Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-06-05
Native Americanism.

Our article, which published few days since, has
stirred up hornets nest in the Wing camp. The
Madison Banner comes back with a vengeance.
The editor attempts by to show that he is right,
will be seen by the following extract:
% Ours is government of the people. This pre-sup-
poses that, to enact good wholesome laws and govern
WELL the people must be both vrtuous and intelligent
But admitting for arguments sake that the great
of foreigners who annually rush shores vr
tuous and wemeaning people, anxious to cultivate
soil and to dig canals, will it be pretended by any
candid man that they are sufficiently Intelligent to make
our laws for usa Would it be prudent admit classes
of men frame laws aud to govern who in many
instances do not recognize the obligation of law and
not govern themseves2 The Germans, a people,
peaceable and quiet but, their arrival gener
ally totally ignorant of language and OF
be equally ignorant Of the and operation of
free institutions. The Irish, the contrary, mpu
s.ve, turbulent and ungovernabe. We have known in
stances where they set the laws OF the couHIy at de
ance and could only be brought to subsection by the
paramount power of their priests 1t is evident that
such men are not prepared to exercise the right OF su
rage"
When foreigner lands on our shores he is Immediate
y taxed for the support of government both directly
and indirectly he is required to bear his portion of
the burdens of government. He is made amenable to
all the laws. He is punished if he violates them Yet
according wing doctrine he remain probation
five years before he can vote for the who imposes
the on him. Here is taxation without representa-
tion which is contrary the spirit of Republic
That foreigners have sometimes set the laws of the land
at defiance is true but have native American cit
zens done the same? Witness the burning of the Convent
at Boston, the burning @. Catholic Churches Phade
pha. The endish mob up their shouts of triumph
whilst the devouring element consuming the sacred
atas and when 'the cross, that terrestrial emblem Of
celestial hope" fell amid the burning ruins, demonac
yell went forth that would have shamed the dark regions
of Pandemonium. The Magistrates stood mute, and
the strong of the law pasied before the fury
the multitude. But this mob directed against
foreigners which presume the editor of the Banner
would excuse.
In this denunciaon the editor Of the Banner however
is not alone. The New Albany Bulletin to his
rescue. He says in defence of the Banner man:
Ifthe clause is condemned only by whg papers the
fact only goes prove that wing editors care
ul OF the Institutions of the country and more zee
to speak their mind than the democrats. For there
any whg and who look upon the incentives to the in
seron of that clause in the constitution, in the same
light-as a violation of principle to secure power"
Now we have heard of Democrat opposing this
clause in the new Constitution There may be such but
we have with them. That the wings are hon
est in their opposition we have doubt 1t was
the of their original par y, uuder the ad
mnstration of the elder Adams but which torn az
and destroyed by the Democratic triumph which resulted
in the election of Thomas Jefferson and the
adoption of democratic measures.