The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-26
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conservative party, ,wl 10 swept away with everything
else conservative when het party loses The power
Prom the Providence journal Of March ,, lsS
lin commenting upon The fact OF some TWO hundred
foreigners making oath and akng out their hfs papers
in Boston preparatory 10 becoming natualized he jour
nal says;l
Here Is an example OF go hundred psrsoas sdded ioS
the voting lists because the Pope had ~ ~
How many OF these two hundred men may De eoiahnaeu
by the Pope before ier aH term o % ~ @
milder The corruption n me system 81 M
lion which has 20 long ben tsse anu '
The federal laws nrni'h no pio1ecuon aaaias. ese
frauds; but States project thel own suffrage ron
,he Foreign INVASION These audulendy naprezed
Massachusetts, they can vote IN ne" loI ou
objects radical party 10 confer upon them The r2h
OF voting The abolition of the dollar tax. the repeal
OF the open ballot and the abolition Of the pfopertyqua
iicaion alien birthhee the grand obi
jecis which the Doriies democrats regars as the
foundation OF their power
lIn the Journal OF March 9th. 1851 the same charges
against the democratic party OF wishing to abolish tle
properly qualification for foreigners is repeated
Providence Journal Of March %, ls5l
The FOREIGN VOTE After repeating many OF thei
foregoing charges against The democratic party OF wish
ing repeal the provision Of the constitution winch re
quires property qualification OF citizens OF oreign b
10 entille them TO vote, &c &c, the Journal says'l
We do not want such men o ia Rhode Island. WEI
do not want suhge contaminated by such anil
infusion of foreign influence We wish that the result OF nj
isinna people We do not wish 10 see the vote OF a ea
Rhode Island citizen balanced by that Of a man who has
guage who utterly OF our manners aud customs
and OF the whole spirit OF our institutions Admit o'egn
ers TO with the facilities Tor fraudulent
naturazatlon, and we should be completely overfnh w,s
whole Full. OF lRisIMES converted mo
American cizens in Boston, in half an hour; and this
she p,rncros or rr PRIEST We do not wish to see
such a spectacle here; do not zee how any true
Rhode Island wish to such a completed
overthrow OF the suffrage Of Rhode Island, to see the
State placed the mercy Of men Who however wei! they
may mean, certainly Ignorant OF our Institutions, ana
completely indifferent interests, who are here
to-day and of tomorrow. III Congress would enact more
stringent naturalization law. so as TO prevent fraud we
should not reg OF the suffrage
evil As is. strongly express our hostility
10 the measure
The Providence Journal of March 3lst. 1851. speak
ing of the objects of er opponents, ii successful,
charges that among the inst will be:
The removal of the restrictions pom the sulrnge which
open suffrage Tree as II is IN any OF the
other States and chiefly abolish the property quaiica
ton for foreigners. OF whom there are about seventeen
thousand already in the State, and more continually
la some Of the States foreigners no, required
through with even the form OF naiurazaton or taRs
The oath of allegiance TO the United States, NC
The same paper contains the following rich morsel
KEEP rEerLE That if the D1rrite tickle
for officers Is elected hs restriction o. landed ama
is be done with and whole army OF irish Catho
lie be let in 10 vote do VA American cit
liens of Rhode Island.
Same paper OF the next day. April LIST, 1851, says:
yet the State Of Rhode Island is in ths hands Of the
men Of Rhode Island purpose to keep in such
Our opponents propose practically annex 1t 10 Ireland
Here, then, have the oaspoken sentiments of The
wing organ and the wing parry of Rhode island. W.
might present them in much stronger language had we
ventured 10 quote from correspondents rather than iron
the editors words; bat have selected only such
articles written by the editor himself, and fo
which he has twice been honored with the ohce OF gov
OF the State by the wing party Mark we'll fellow
itzens, the language we have quoted tdenounces you
unfit for political rghisas unsafe repositories OF
lcal power-as dangerous N yolr very existence to the
sss, ignorant men, WAC learnt II perjure yourselves
sfore you had learnt 10 do il in Ineligible Engshwho
hspsssss fshst P Pr S son our ana 0
gal denunciaton Real again and again the pas
sages we have quoted, and tell whether you are
willing to in;rust your political desiinies the part,
which thus ,ramples upon and insults you Only small
number OF US in Rhode Island properly the in.
suit which whggery has heaped upon US. We cannot
vote wing constitution chains down, and wing
ascendency branch OF the assembly prevents the
action that is necessary release Bat not
voluntary slaves, and are unmindu OF the deep
terest we have IN the approaching political struggle. And
we appeal TO our brethren in other States who speak
through the ballotboK, To remember bonds. and
rally in their might against common enemy.
JOHN j. MCGOWAN, M. ID,
JOSEPH CARROLL,
JAMES BARNES,
native OF England
MALCOLM WRIGHT,
native OF Scotland
PATRICK WALLACE,
OWEN WHITE,
BERNARD CLARK,
THOMAS McGLlNN,
OWEN OREiLLY.
MICHAEL CLARKE,
JOHN HARRINGTON,
LAURENCE FALLON,
PATRICK BARRON,
JOHN DARCY,
and $50 others, natives OF Ireland
PROVIDENCE, Oct 20, 1852