New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-30
BRAND THE LIARS!


The Loco-F oco organ in this City says
aGen. Scott would repeal all naturalization laDs-h
would hare no foreigners become american ctttEels-h
turns his back upon all such support 49, Thes
Wing leaders have no Intention OF offending Gen. Scott
and they perfectly well aware that he 1ants me
pOes Of foTegH-bOTH sub aud that the greatest in-
dignity they could put bin would be 10 select an
rlhmap German or French man, b act as an officer OF
Scott meeting"
The writer of the above kne0 he was
lying, and didn't mean to do anything else.
Let us expose his baseness and hypocrisy;
In 1643, a Native American party
was started in this City. Its originators
were nearly all of the self-styled Demo
cratic party, who were indignant at the
large share of Municipal offices apportion-
ed to the Irish in the then recent division
of the spells in Our City. SO they organ
lied party to procure repeal or radical
change of tie Naturalization Laws, nom
mated ticket for the Fall election and
polled over Nine Thousand Votes for it,
at least t,oo- thirds of them cast by pro-
Tossing Democrats
Ghe next spring a great many Wings
went in with them, avowedly to secure
City Reform, and thus gave them the con-
troll of our City. Bat this could not have
been had not great many Democrats
voted the same way, as Five thousand
Wings refused to vote the Native Tickets,
and vet they had large majority.
The Native agitation spread to Phi'a-
aelobia. where it found a similar incite-
ment in local politics, and there led to furl-
GUS riots, in which two Catholic Churches
were burned, several men killed and Others
severely wounded. An intense excitement
spread over the land. The Irish were re
ported the first to resort to violence IN
Philade'phie, and poplar feeling ran high
apainst them. Under the influence OF this
excitement, Gen. Scot wrote one or two
letters evircing sympathy with the popular
feeling, and a desire that the privileges o,
Naturalization then enjoyed should be cur
tailed or Withdrawn. We believe these
letters were private, but their teno' was
as above stated.
The excitement passed of, and Reason
resumed her sway. Gen. Scott, like most
others who had inclined to Nativisn, er-
pressly repudiated The idea Of making any
change an our LawS ,ohich should render
Naturalization more difficult than itnOO IS.
His letter avowing these views was writ
ten more than four years ago, and has long
been before the public. We reprint it here
though it is already familiar to every poll
tician, in order to show the determined
rascality of the above quoted assertions;
WASHINGTON May 90, 1913
DxAR SIR, In rsply ~ your kind letter of the 9Th
Inst tat pleasure In saying that grateful for the TOO
partial estimate you placo on my puohc services you
DO me no more than justice Ia assuming that entertain
akind ard ibei al views tow I'd nsturalized cid
Rensn Certainly II would be impossible for me 20 rec
ommend SUPP OFT any measure intended - exclude
them from just err full participation In all civil aud
pottcs rights now scored to them BY our republican
laws and institutions.
Ii Is tue that in season of unusual excitement some
years ago, when both parties complained o. fraudulent
practices In the naturalization OF foreigners ana wnen
there seemed to be danger that native and adopted c
gems would be permanently arrayed against each other
In hostile factions was inclued TO concur In the opn
modification of the natural zatOn laws might be
Necessary In order TO prevent abuses, Say st lie aud
restore harmony between the different classes OF our
people. But later experience and reflections hars entirely
removed Ats IMPRESSION and dissipated my apprehen-
sions
In my recent campaign In Mexico, very large pro-
portion Of the under my command were your
countrymen (lrish) Germans, sc. | witnessed with
admiration their zeal fidelity and yslor 10 maintaining
flag Ia the face OF every danger Vyiag VITA each
other and our uatveboin soldiers In the came ranks
In patriotism constancy and heroic daring, was happy
10 call them brothers 10 the field shall Rways be 70
salute them rs couDtrymen at home
remain, dear SIR with great esteem ySsss ~
Wa. y. ROprs.oS, ESQ
In his letter of acceptance herewith
published, Gen. Scott avowS desire TO see
our Naturalization Laws 50 amended as
not to restrict many degree the facilities to
becoming American citizens now afforded,
but to enlarge them so as TO admit to citi-
zensbip all who shall have served cam
paign under the flag of our country. This
is not merely liberal but wise sugges-
ton, which we hope to see carried into Ell
feet.
Nov mark the hypocrisy of the men
who would make Gen. SCOTS by-gone and
explicitly retracted expressions In ia
vor of Nativism a bar to his sup
port by Adopted Citizens. Among the
Present. leaders and faglemen Of the Sham