The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-08-03
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Times, should make such an editorial descent
as is exhibited in one article of his Satur-
days paper, and which we feel the more
particularly called upon TO notice, as MIR.
Drew, if not other Locoioco speakers at the
Hickory Club meeting of Saturday night,
gave utterance to the same low SANDER upon
Scott The Times, under the head of "Ad-
ditions to the Baltimore PLATFORM" has the
following:
! Gen. Scot, under his own hand proposes:
! 81. To retuce the term of naturalization
/ from FIVE years to three years.
80 To EXCLUDE ALL ALIENS FOREVER FROM
THE RIGHT To VOTE IN ANY PUBLIC ELECTION
WHATEVER, EXCEPT
so. Such aliens as shall have served two
years in the army or navy, who shall there
/ by be entitled to the rights of citizenship
including the right of suffrage.
81. Aliens shall be exempted from invol-
untary service in the militia; the army, or
navy Gust as free negroes and Indians are.)
20. The law is to go into operation six
months after its passage"
Now we deny that Gen. Scott ever pro-
posed any such thing, 'under his own hand'
or in any other manner, and we call upon
the Times to make good its assertion, or
confess TO the foreigners of Evansville that
| it was and is a deliberate and wilful attempt
to deceive them, and another insult to their
common sense. OF course the Times can't
do the one thing, and ,eOaf do the other
We ask foreigners either to disbelieve such
gross mis-statements against Gen. Scott, or
demand the proof.
Now We know precisely where that lie
originated. 1t is second-handed with the
/ Times. That infamous Locofoco sheet. the
n. \. Herald, which is now opposing Scott
by every species ol SANDER and blackguard-
ism, and backing Pierce and King to the
extent OF its influence, which is very small
with any one acquainted with the notorious
and frequently cowhided Bennett, its editor
the Herald published communication
which originally appeared in the National
lntelligencer, which it stated was written by
Gen. Scott, and which it could prove was
written by him if any body denied it. The
letter contained the paragraphs which ap-
peared in the Times, or ut least their sub
stance, and Bennett knew well il would i'm
co sheet in the land, and the proof would nev-
or be asked by them. He has failed to prove
that this letter was written by Scott, ana he
never Tor a moment believed he coU.d thus
l.-t h Ill sf,o
SCOTS friends have denied he was the author.
The Herald remains silent, and does not even
ditemft to prove him the author as it said i,
could. iocotoco papers continue publishing
the falsehood, Lnolciag it to be one OF Ben
rnetrs base attempts to injure a man as f /
t above him in every manly and honest trait o.
; character as heaven is above earth, or as hon
, or is above rascaliiy-and little Locooco
stump orators seek to gull Germans and 9TH
er foreigners into the belief that Gen. Scott
did give uttcrance to such opinions.
! The Times copies portion OF Gen. SCOTS
letter of acceptance, (Which it once declined
publishing in an honorable manner a our re-
quest) for the purpose of contrasting it with
the extract above and proving Inconsistency
on the pant Of Scott. We are glad it has in
any manner, and for any motive, published
this extract. 1t proves what Gen. Scott's
true position is, and how base has been the
ISLANDERS of those who have tried right here, t.
make Germans believe that Gen. Scott " a:
for compelling any foreigner to serve one OIL
two years in the army or Eayy and in time o.
war, before they could become American citi-
, zens. In this extract he advocates giving
foreigners the right of citizenship, who have
served one year in the army or navy in time
: of war--a very different thing-the chang.
: ingof the naturalization laws in no particu.
l lar, except making naturalization TN easier
matter to any foreigner in the army or nav,
f than the laws now will permit. This was ovel
: Gen. SCOTS signature--and was writer
, only last month. Does any American born
: or naturalized citizen believe Gen. Scott vii
forfeit his word in this matter--that
: elected to the Presidency, he will seek o
: countenance change in the natural:zatiJr
laws which may render it more difficult for
F.. foreigner to become an American cit;zen!-
No-the editor of the Times don't believe it
nor DO those petty demagogues now stamping
! it at "Hckory Clubs" believe it.
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