The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-01

Further Facts for Adopted Citizens.
We have shown in our former articles up.
on the subject that The wings have been al
lied with the Native Americans in defeating
democrats and have given several extracts
from whig papers and speeches. as evidences
of the perfect detestatior in which they hold
foreigners. t.@i2
We add few more, to show how the
wings in the West favor the Germans and
the Irish. During the session Of the India.
ma Constitutional Convention in 1851, a
clause was proposed giving foreigners, who
declared their intention TO become citiz-ns,
the right to vote after having been in the
United States one year and in the State six
months. During its discussion, one Of the
whig leaders, Mr.. David Kilgore, uttered the
following sentiment:
"a man, then, who has no feelings in com.
mon with US, who never felt the pulse OF lib
rrty till he Set foot upon our soil, such man
is to enjoy the opportunity and the right TO
vote and to hold office among us; whilst thtse
rights are 10 be denied 10 The unfortunate
BLACK MAN, WHO HAS TEN TIMES
MORE INTELLIGENCE, and who has liv-
cd in the State Of Indiana from his BIRTH"
Upon this The Cincinnati Enquirer re-
marks: saH g.t
The adopted citizen, who brings bis family
here; makes this country the home of him
self and bis children; who labors and earns,
and invests in property; pays taxes yolun-
teers when there is war, and performs all the
parts Of good citizen in peace;-sucha man
is branded BY this Indiana Whig leader as in
ferior 10 lhe NEGRO, as having ten times lesi
intelligence than the NEGRO, and there fore
ten times less righlAo pole and hold o6icc
than the NEGRO.
lfony doubling reader is disposed 10 ques.
tion the utterance Of such sentiments, one
short year since, by this Wing, let him turn
to the Book OF Debates in the Indiana Con.
vention.
If any Wing is in doubt Of the political
connection Of this delamer, let him take uE
any Indiana Wing paper, and be will fine
DAVID KILG0RE is one OF the Scott Pres
idential Electoral candidates in that State
That, then, is his party Endorsement.
Take another case: II is the very climax
of grossness:
S. w. Parker. in our neighboring town oil
ConneIsville, la, is the paternity Of such a
wholesale and sweaping defamation Of the
adopted citizen as this, published in the
Watchman:
"The country is literally alive and swarm.
ing with IGNORANT F0RElGNERS--men
who were born and have lived all their days
under the iron and ignominious sway Of
Kings and Priests men who have not even
one Just conception Of the duties end priyi-
leges ola free-born Republican, and an Apos-
tolic Christian-men who, from their King.
ridden and Priest-ridden ignorance, can be
ss little trusted with the immunities of an
American citizen, ss an infant child can be
trusted with blazing fire-brand in maga-
zine Of powder. Foreign Kings, for their
safety at ho ne, and the contamination oil
Republicanism-and the Pope OF Rome, fol
the pushing on Of the Who're Of Babylon, are
throwing thousand upon thousand OF those
BES0TTED aud RECKLESS WRETCHES
upon our shores every week.
Comment upon such atrociousness OF Ian
gnage and denunciaiion would be out Of
place. II is disgusting even TO read.-much
more loathsome would be the task of criti-
cism.
But aUhO is the suthorl Who, the reader
asks, is s. W. Parker? Look over the list
of iUhig Congressman from Indiana in The
late session, and there be will be seen figur-
ing as large ss life. Look over The list Of
Wing candidates. for the next Congress, snd
the same s. w. Parker will be discovered
having been re-NOmindted by bis party
These, then, are his party Endorsements.
Such ore the opinions Of leading men o
the Wing party, in regard to adopted citi-
zens; And yet, foreigners. after declaring
you 10 be no better than ''catlIe," calling you
.sdirty Dutch" unfit for civilized societ5, ap-
plying TO you every low epithet Of the Eng
lish language, these same wings have the
the impudence 70 ash you 10 vote
for man who has expressed himself favoa-
bly, towards measure excluding you forever
from The right Of citizenship! viii you do
III We shall sec.