Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-27

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The ~ association was addressed
$ by Dr. w IF this City on last Friday
}; evening. T Is. eloquent and we'll timed
remarks add ed principally to his fellow
citizens of ign birth were received with
great attentonvnd frequently interrupted by
2 the most enthusiastic cheering. His remarks
< in relation to the duty of foreign born citizens
, in casting their vote in this election are so apt
= and forc;ble that we transfer them to our col
umns believing they will do good wherever
they are read
After speaking of the other topics of the
} capaign he said
ton to the political condition of this country
and to the different political parties, acting as
prominent bodies, he will at first view discover
two great parties, the democratic and the wing
parties. Every one opposed to each other eve
ny one claiming to uphold the best principles
for the good Of the people and for the good of
the common country; every one of them will
try to convince the foreigner that their respec
tive PRINCIPLES are the right ones, the only right
ones, according to the true spirit of the consti.
tuition. Democrats are willing to show to them
the soundness of their principles, and to grant
to them the enjoyment of all the liberties they
enjoy themselves. Wings will not loose time
nor opportunity to convince the foreigner of
the superiority of their system, and do not seem
to be unwilling to enlist foreigners into their
political avan-guard. They all are kind or
prudent enough to wish to have the foreigner
as their fellow citizen. This, said, the for
eigner will discover at first view because these
two parties occupy the foreground on the ma
tional theatre of this country; they are at war,
in close combat and the caumnies and lies,
misrepresentation and vituperations issued by
both parties, like cannon balls surrounded by
powder smoke and dust, are covering the back
ground OF this interesting spectacle. But dust
and smoke disperses for while, and behold
there another army advances on IAN army rich
ly attired and well equipped, disgust in their
look, contempt in their mien, and pride and
scorn in their naughty march, Do you see as
they advance their banner unfurled, waving
through the air, and showing to the astonished
world of foreigners the spirit that agitates them
and leads them into the battle field; do you
hear that never ceasng everlasting war whoop:
The Natives, the Natives we are And do YOU
see that chivalrous leader at the head of the
gallant band. do you see that noble comman.
der in. chief, "tired with indignation?
Yes, fellow citizens, the Native American
party is that party and the only party which
has shown its hostility to The foreigner. There
was once a very sad time for tie foreign emf
grant. The native party raised boldly her
head in al parts of the country, and threaten.
ed like mighty and poisonous weed, to cover
and suffocat the whole country In Philadel.
phia they laid in ashes the churches of the POOR
foreigner killed emigrants in the open street:
and in New York they succeeded in elec,inp
he native mayor, Harper At that time thu,
vital question IN regard to foreigners was: To
be or not to be; whether the emigrant should he
in future a freeman or a slave
At that timeit was wher General Scott threw
him,el into the arms of the Native American
party, at that time it was when General Scott
wrote his Native American letters, and d.cla
red himself ready to Impress the stamp of 10.
nominy and serytvde on the forehead of the
foreigner. That he did not succeed is certain.
" not his fault, he tried his best; but suppose
the noble son n Mars had succeeded, what
would have b9 he consequences? ask so.
because 1t Is attention that constitutes the
moral guilt Q erson and not the success
The conseqY would have been that the
hundreds 0n Lands, who arrived during
the last te e years in this country.
never won tired the right of citizen
ship. NJ would not enjoy this
elevate that German Wing,
that kurrah for Scottr
wS July, if the Gene
ling out his
61alpt, fell
fecially
Ns Rfy, he was one
of tn\ hd strongholds, at
the tin Were strong and the
poor emf *. Whether he denies
his bitter or not, this is indiffer-
ent tous, be Eism is lying in the dust,
and the fore ilaiion Is strong enough to
maintain TIL hts themselves; and if he.
that gallant pr, his brow encircled with
the laurel Of IA ,ondescends now TO approach
the atmosphe II that contemplate foreign
plebelan populNt, in spite of that sacred fire
OF indignation, inhabiting his patriotic bosom,
if he fatters now that foreign population in
order to gain their votes. he only renders him
self pitlable IN our eyes
Foreign fellow citizens, to whatever party
you may belong this man tins great and intiu.
entail man. dee AIRED himself ready in lo44 to
crush you down into the dust and to burden
you with the yoke of servitude-and this very
man asks now your votes for the highest office
in the gift of the people. Do you know your
duty now! appeal to your love of liberty. l
appeal to your Just pride as men, will you kiss
the lash that wounded you. Will you vote for
a man that intended to place millions of your
countrvmen who landed on the shores of this
country since ls44 ON level with the colored
population of this country? Let US answer
that question at the next November election
with IA laundering NO, and we will give the
salutary lesson to all politicians. great and
small, that the foreigner never viii vote for
man, that has shown the iupertinence, to tres.
pass on his dearest rights and to work for his
political degradation. The man that did not
consider us worthy TO have a vote We do not
consider him worthy to receive our vote.
But some of our native friends will say and
have said So That the Native American party
does not exist any more. Butt them say SO.
That anti foreign feeling is still ranking in
their bosom, aud ii circumstances We're more
favorable than they now are a; present. they
would kindle and nourish that fire of inGigna-