The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-10-31
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Of tho spirit Of Native AmeEicansm as .ex-
emplifed BY the aysges Of Oregon. II
m,y not be admired in lis murders OF our
fellow citizens thsre, but Il il fully more de.
fensible in tho native savage, whose fathers
have inhabited the soil from time immemerl-
al than in the cultivated citizen whose faith
or or grandfather was an smigran, foreigner
The aborieinc knows nothing Of Christianity,
Iaf tlle world beyond the, bounds Of his
hunting grounds, nhhing Of all those more
lofty feelings and principles, which clvlifza--
tion ,inculcatcs; and he can scarcely be blam.
ed for his hostility 10 superior race, before
which his must gradually retire and at leng'h
become extinct Tho educated Native,
who can plead no such consequencest HIM
self or pos,eriy, would shut out the coun-
irymen ofhis father or grandfather from eV.
cry advantage which he could deprive them OF
because, fresh from the expressions oi monar'
chy, they understand, desp'se and reproba.e
the distinctions in classes, privileges ana
conditions which the Native arlsiocrat would
establish. In plain words because the mass
of adopted citizens are democrats, and op'
posed TO the arisio, ratio tendencies OF priv
ileQe protecting wlliggerys there is preJu-
diced and selfish faction IN this Union iha'
would deny 10 every foreigner the right 10
become citizen Of this Republic for twen-
nv .one years, aud by consequence in almost
all cases for liff. Intelligent as are our cit
izens this iaciibn is large, it holds within It's
ranks many whose EN- nence o. intellect only
contrast more. fully with their desp'cable
narowncss ofsoul. |, goes high Tor lt' par
I,ixans, even Gen. ZACHARY Taylor, the
wbip candidate has no, hesitated 10 counte-
nance i, TO the world by becoming the candi-
date of those who avow this Sc fish principle.
And this too, though il has associated itself
with the burning Of churches and the open
murder and persecution OF the Roman
Catholic taiilh, as was done in Philadelphia.
The fear that Catholicism will by means OF
emigration come tUrule the country is abb.
surd. Il was remark of DR.. Johnson in
his day, that Athe fellow thlt would then
cry ou, Popery wouiI have cried fire at the
Deluge." The Roman Catholic religion
may Iivs and progress, but Catholic es'
iablsbment or Protestant establishment or
any state church cannot be set up among
us and the knaves who try to get strength foI
privilege, and to shut out and continue aliens
those Republicans who happen 10 be born
under moIiarchies, are far more dangerous
to America, the Union, and to our Ma
tiona Prosperity and happiness thar all the
heads of all the churches in the world.
The world has got beyond priest rule.
The rule Of ca aftslisis-lhe arisiocracy OF
wealth, whether that be in masses of land,
hundreds OF slaves, boards Of money,or worst
of all, the privilege TO make rags money--i'
row the true tsngcr. And Naiivelsh, with
Zachary Taylor fof its head, seeks TO elevate
capital above man, and sel6.bly to exclude
The thousands Of intelligent Germans, Irish
French and Scotch, WHO annually flock it
our shores, and who settle and fiji up thu
wild lands Of our broad Union, and brini
Their knowledge Of the manufactures, art
and sciences Of their native land 10 add Il
the wealth and intelligence Of our great ant
growing country. This is the aim ofnativeisn
but il is an aim that The real intelligence o
America will never allsw 10, be successful.