The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-09-21

DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
FOR PREsIDENT,
FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE PREsIDEST,
WILLIAM r. KING,
OF ALABAMA.
The wings and the Adopted Citizens.


spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from
| our statute books"
This is the language OF four Democratic National Con-
ventions against the schemes OF the natve-Amercans.
II adopted by the great convention which nominated
Gen Pierce II stands out the boldesl defiance OF the
foes OF the adopted citizen tha ever has been made In the
face OF prejudice and OF assonn the face OF the violent
aud bloody persecution of the foeignersit has been
adopted aud adhered to and il has been carried out with
the same heroic rmness from the beginning to the pres
day No such declaration has proceeded from
the wing party because the whg party has relied upon
and received the OF the native Americans In 1874
and in 1s4s, the whole body Of the native. Americans
voted agaDshe democratic party and the coward silence
of the wings in their last convention consistent with
their policy before intended to prepare the way for
another nativist demonstration in favor OF the wing
party at the coming election AS if to make the nten-
ton OF that convention clear and decided, strong
resolution was adopted, which the of the strug
Cling nations against the despots of Europe deber
aely discouraged Is not, then, manifestation of
traordinary efrontery in this party to pretend TO
favor the Of the adopted citizen after being
Gently and douby committed against it! II would be the
most unaccountabe natuaton il this impudent and dis
gushing pre,ence had influence the single vote of
regard Of consistency and Of truth in any wing attempt
argue, in the teeth Of such of conduct has
been adopted by the whg party. that the wings in
favor of liberal naturalization laws but this task degra
ding and difficult as it is. is cheerfuy undertaken by
proniga,e presses like the New York Tribune and by
abandoned meIceuares like w E. Robinson oil the same
| city.
In 1874, after the riots in Pennsylvania the wings OBJ
tanned the vote of every political native American for
Mr. Clay This is history The adopted citizens, terri
fed at the crusade against them, and alarmed for their
lives and their properyfor it is known that two riots
followed each other in rapid and in startling success
| sion-soUGHT SHELTER RANKS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY. There they safe. That great party com.
posed of OF all creeds and of all persaasons was
united upon that high principle only less sacred than re-
ligon itself-the principle OF religious federation and
freedom of conscience II welcomed tue prosecuted to its
arms. 1t defended them against their foes becoming
rampant around them. and beating back The combinations
headed then BY the ,oho falsely profess 10 be
in favor Of The of the adopted citizens While the
| l.. c. Levns, and the w. s. Archers, and the j. w
Ashmeads and the ]. Watson Webbs, opposed and as
sailed them, the Franklin Perces and the William R
Kings stood by them and advocated their Just rights
All this is history.
But what more The ADOPTED CITIZENS IN 1874 vo-
TEpFo Ma Polk; and after the election in which he
riumphed by their aid. the wing leaders and the wing
presses, for Scott, ADVOCATED THE FoRMA-
TIos NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN PARTY, aud
poured out the walls OF their wrath upon the foreigners
aud upon the adopted citizens. There were then no
Robnsons, there now, stand up and charge the
democracy with being false to those whom it has al.
ways defended, because that Infamous accusation
not then necessary 10 wing designs This, too, is his
tory.
Wha, followed The election OF General Taylor in ls4s
The appointment OF hundreds OF native Americans TO Of
fee He the native American candidate long before
be became The whig candidate and he rewarded his
friends Cotemporaneous with his election was the .
umph OF all the native American and wing candidates
in Philadelpba-,he Of the Philadelphia riots
and the defeat OF the democracy, with the rights of con-
science" and OF religious liberation" inscribed upon
their banners. And this, also, is history.
There is one great fact which remains be recalled 10
national recollection and that is the position OF General
Scott during all these native American movements
Where he when the poor Irshmen, and their wives
and children, fled before native mobs, and by
the light of their burning churches and the blazing roofs
Of their humble homes became targets TO the muskes OF
their 6endsh foess Where then was Cen Scoul He
WAS APPLAUDrsG RIOTERS; and he reoiced the
consequen they had produced In 1885 he began TO
organize party, because the adopted citizens OF New
York dared to vote the democratic ticket And in 1914
he reoiced the prospect Of naivst success, in his
letter to George W. Reed, exlant, and never yet
apologzed for recaned by himself Ia ls4s this letter
was exhibited in Philadelphia to help his nomination by
the wings, bat Gen. Taylor had anticipated him.
II the poor Hungarians called upon to vote for
Joseph of Hapsbug-if the people of Erin called
upon TO vote for another Casereagh the French we're
invoked TO the support Of Wellngon-and all this the
ground OF certain blessings conferred by their foes
il would not be more monstrous idea than TO expect the
adopted citizens for the candidate for President Of
the wing party and that candidate Cen Scott.
II is foundation stone Of the federal faith that the
people Of this country are ignorant They admit this to
each other in secret and they prove it to the world by
their actions in public. Upon this they build the hope
OF being able to rally the Catholics and the adopted c
gems to the standard borne by w. H. Seward, who de-
claed to Governor Smith, in The executive chamber of
Virginia that he would exchange cargoes of southern
free negroes for many cargoes OF white emgrants
from Ireland and Germany and that society, and New
York especially. would profit BY the exchange But ig-
noran as the wbg leaders believe the people, including
the adopted citizens to be- there is quite enough popular
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