The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-08

great desire for the Presidency TO per-
nit himself to be nominated at such
price! If General Taylor had meant
well and honestly with the naturalized
citizens, he would not have answered the
Natives; or if he had, it would have been
an answer which they would have re-
membered. This is net all: the Natives,
when they nominated Taylor, passed this
tresontion-"1'hat we believe with the
true American principle, that to be born
on the soil can alone give the right to vote;
aud thatthe doctrine oftwenty one years
residence shall only be considered as
tending 10 full and entire exclusion of
all Emigrants." And this born nobility,
or betIert this born mob, have taken Gen.
Taylor under protection, because he suf.
fers them to use him as tool, in his mis-
cradle changings. Then lei the Native
born Americans vote for Taylor; we are
not ashamed Of our German birth, and
will not vote for any Native candidate,
even if he had won the battle of Buena
Vista without German aid.
The German has received from his
Creator, the same qualifications and pow
ers as the American, aud will not be so
stupid or cowardly as to vote for one,
who is the candidate of those who des-
lpise and maltreat him. He will not help
TO his own degradation. With party
strife we have little to do. but look on
him as traitor, who in the least degree
contributes to a division between the Ma
tiveborn aud Emigrants. We desire to
be one with the native born. We will
bear their burdens and aid in their pros
'perity. We will stand by them in dan
ger and death. We will jointly with
them bare our bosoms to the foe. But
we will be respected as Americans aud
not be treated as interlopers and servants.
We love America, and therefore will not
be haied by Americans. We love liber-
ty and ale ready to bring it every sacri-
hce, and therefore will not tolerate any
exclusion from its privileges and bless
ings. The natives believe they alone are
made intelligent by God-the only ones
who have received from nature proper
sense o. honor and right: and therefore
they irish (intend) J To deprire s.of all po-
ht'cal nights, and elerdte Gen. Taylor to
the Presidency. Germans, he on your
guard! goto The polls, aud do not suffer
yourselves to be tainted that you laid your
hands in your laps, when men attempted
to make slaves of your countrymen.
Remarks. The reader will be surprised
when we tell him the above has partially
produced the effect desired by It's authors,
and yet ii is disseminated by somebody
whom nobody knows, is published without
date, without name without any clue what
ever te lis place adjudication or its authors
No individual has been found base enough
TO own the foul publication; we only know
that it follows in the foot tracks of John B.
Weller & Go.
We ask the leaders of :he party in this
place, if they own the lying concern! We
ask the Eagle to defend lis dissemination!
Is there to be found, in the county, man
base enough to own that he had hand in
it! II there is, let him stand out from
among his fellows. that tie finger Of inelTa.
bic scorn may be pointed at him, that his
name may become bye-word and reproach
among all honest men.
We ask our German fellow citizens TO
read the pamphlet carefully and examine It's
contents. Let them mark the appeals to
their prcjud ccs, not their honest Judgment
Let them notice the inconsistencies Of the
reasons urged upon them. Are they willing
10 shear the burdens" of native born cit
izcns! The pamphlet says SO. Would a
iprman have said that! Do they believe
that they ought not to vote for Gen. Tay-
lor, because native e-bOrn citizens support
him. The pamphlet says they should. Do
they believe that Gen Taylor would refuse
to acknowledge naturaized Germans as IeI-
low Citlzens, after having seen their patri-
otism and bravery upon the battle field!
| Never, no one can believe that.
But further are our German feIlow.cti
zens willing to act upon and adopt as their
own majority of the sentiments in the
above pamphlet! Look at them; examine
them closely. Do they not see that, If
these were the professed opinions Of the
Germans as a class, ten fold moe prrju-
dice would be excited against them
and there would spring up party Of Ma
tives, 50 called consisting of nearly all ma
tive citizens. But we do not believe Ger
man wrote the pamphlet. twas written
by some miserable. lying demagogue, and
translated into German, No honest high
minded German would say that he
''pas Willing 10 bear The burdens 4f Natiue
cHispns," thus in effect becoming their SER
want
When such efforts are made to induce
he honest democratic Germans TO vote
against General Taylor, what is their du-
ty! Is it to allow such base attempts, to
delude them from the path of duty, to 60
unrebuked! Most assurdIy not. They should
frown upon all such efforts. They should
spurn from them every attempt to excite
their prejudices against good, and honest
and patriotic man, whom they love and
esteem