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ry Of the Telegraph, oblige US to recur once
more to this "materal for capital" SO gener-
ously furnished by our amiable neighbor.
The Telegraph, in a tone of well-counterteit
ed indignation, asks us, how could we suppose
that the Telegraph meant that one law should
be enacted for foreigners, and less stringent
one for Americans, as if we were to be struck
dumb by his tone and manner, he continues, and
says it is beyond his knowledge. We will re-
fresh his memory little by quoting his own
language, and leave the inference to be drawn
whether the Telegraph has or has not init
mated a necessity for the enactment of more
stringent law for the conduct of foreigners than
he would consider necessary to have enforced
against other offenders. In allusion to the late
riot in New York, in which some German tail
ors participated, the language of the Telegraph
was, that the excitable character of this class of
people, Germans, of course) needs the most
stringent laws to keep them in ORDER What
is this but broad, open, unmistakeable declara-
ton, that more stringent law was necessary
for the keeping in order of this class, and the
context of the same article is made more CON-
prehensive by abiding to ALL foreigners as a
class, who come to this country with ''mistaken
notions of liberty So much for the first in
terrogatory; now for the second
evil the editor of the Express countcnance
and defend the conduct of the Germans in their
late riot in N. York;
Why does the Telegraph ask this question,
when the reply is anticipated in our first remarks
We there stated emphatically, "that we were
no apologists for violaters of law, be they native
born or adopted citizens; will not that satisfy
even the greatest stickler for the majesty of law
We say, enforce the law against all offenders
but do not condemn whole community for
the crimes imputed to few. On the subject Of
more "stringent laws the Telegraph takes a
new and more reasonable, but not just position
in his last. Hear him: "Stringent laws can be
mot ought to beg enacted for Americans as we'll
as foreigners. Why not say at once that there
should be but one law for all? Would it be ask
ing too much, or are you determined to create
and punish the distinction? "The assistance for
our Defense may be taken when it can be bet.
ter spared, and when we shall have undertaken
to defend "violators Of law or advocate the
necessity of more stringent law for 'sclass''
in the community. This profered assistance
for our Defense is bad translation of an arti-
Gle which appeared in German paper of New
York After citing the language of this article,
which contains just about as much meaning as
many other silly illusions conceived by those
who would not like to boast of being German,
the Telegraph asks, in the same counterfeited
air of triumph, "Will the editor now ask for ev-
idence of the assertion that foreigners arrive in
this country with mistaken notions of liberty?
Why, certainly we will. Give us the evidence
by all means Your bare assertion will rather
raise than depress the balance. Is it because
that newspaper printed in the German languae
in New York, abuses the police, that we must
therefore conclude that foreigners arrive in this
country with mistaken notions ofliberty.' What
relation has this German paper to the foreigners
in this country, that they must be judged by its
contents? AS we'll and with mush justice
may we Judge the American people by the con-
tents of the Telegraph. Would such judgment
be very fattering to the former? Yet, it is le-
gitmate inference according to the reasoning of
the Telegraph. After considerable show of
indignation about ''trampled rights emotions
of liberty" "Democratic Party" &c. &c. The
Telegraph asks us 2 other questions: elbow does
the editor suppose the two great parties in the
United States would stand, were the foreign vote
thrown out2 would not the Democratic party be
greatly in the minority''
To the first we answer, that one of them would
not stand at all. One of the great motives for
being Wing being taken away, thousands who
now cling to that party because of its hostility
to foreigners, would not have sufficient induce
ment left to bind them to its yoke any longer,
hence in reply to the second question, we would
say that the Wing party, being weakened by the
withdrawal from it of those who base their hos
tlity to the Democratic party upon its liberality
to foreigners, the popular party would gain as
much if there were no foreigners in the country,
as it now loses for its attachment to the down
trodden of other climcs.
The editor Of the Telegraph concludes his
article by uttering a wilful, premedtated false
hood. We regret the necessity which compels
us to use uncourteous language to him, especi-
ally when he sets out with courtly promise in
his late article, but unfortunately his promise
and performances are 50 much at variance, that
there is no middle way left to us between silence
and apprehension. The following sentence con-
tains too falsehoods, or more properly speaking,
lies; s'This editor would not only not have a
stringent law for the punishment Of offenders,
but he would have special law for The protec-
ton of those foreigners who chose to violate the
laws" e.#E .s.. ...- ....-..
Where or when have we opposed stringent
law for the punishment of offenders At no
time and nowhere. When or where have we
advocated the enactment of special law for any
class? Did the editor suppose, when he penned
these egregious fasehoods that his bare word
would be believed, and that he would be allowed
the privilege of being our accuser and our Judge?
But enough of this subject. 1t has afforded
the Telegraph little notoriety on which to lin
ger on in existence while longer. Were that
all the harm it was calculated TO produce we