The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-04-20

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The descendants Of every foreigner. VI Fead
this very geuissi aud characteristics Essay
on whigzsry. that they NAV see ;he iighf IN
whishf they are heidby NE pshy wheih =
How dominant IN this country. IL j. the
lot Of many young men ia Ihis cOaBsyLnd
among them, ourseif-to Be TIE deseend.
cate O. sf~ofeiyBsfss MED wa. % Va sR.mI
stlyes IF tle oPpses-sQas n he Oh WORD
fought en- Asllpm 10 tbe New D4ght ~
= freedom, anJ after lad been achieved
a. down beuealb she Free Of Liberty hey
sided Washington 70 PlauL Ffom lbsss
JoreigArys have sPrsag some Of the beet
names in Americas history. BEr because
these Foreigners have. 10 most cases. in the
exercise Of heir legitimate franchises. cilo-
sen 70 dissent from the monaIehicaL pSlaci-
pies OF whiggeV-prineipIes which had im-
PEELED them TO leave their old fatlser-lahd
-sheg are TO be branded BY pfudisl aud
transcendentaI Americans, as a~vagaboad
foreigners" "plsgas 81 Egypt" etc. Il
seems, however. that such iofeigners az A.
bert GaIIaiIn. es 3 \. Benjamin, Fwbo imp
pen TO be whigs. are not such panpers as
SouIs and Shields, who adters to- demoera.
tic principles.
But to the Wings lecture
II think il tune that real. home,born-
" home honofing Americans. those who
/" have received the legacy Of a good name
2 aud en- American spirit and breeding,
= should look TO the course and bearing OF
" the many increasing spurious Americans
I" ard sagabond Foreigners we have among
]" us. For, like the plaques OF Egypt. they
" are In our high places and low places
" conspicuous before fffe nations eyes, aud
I" gfoveIiug aud grabbing in the dirt and
!" darkness Of Illicit tmic. Witness Soule
" and Shields. in the United States Senate,
son the o side and ON the other, every
" village aud cross-road in the Southwest,
" where every dog-hutch has an occupant
" with the Haunting sign OF ~ striped
I handkerchief auda mouidy pair of boots
Messrs Soule and Shields are Two OF the
most distinguished men in the Senate. The
~eIoquence and intellect OF Soule. and the
bravery and sound knowledge Of Shields,
&H
made them famous in their respective states
--those amongst whom they lived, called
one to the battle field and both to the Ma
tional Legislature. Can il be possible that
any man, with the slighles. pride Of country
10 hts heart. can with sincerity, believe that
Shields il q plague or a ~svagabondf'-
Shields. who fell amid the iron hail that
rained upon the battle fields OF Mexicoa who
stood u~udannied. where certain genuine
Americans we wot Of. had they been in
IN his shoes. would have turned tail upon
the Mexican batteries, aud lied like shorn
sheep before n north wind. What Of La
Fayette, Paul Jones. Kosciosko. steuben.
and other distinguished Foreigners, who
fought for that peace and safety in society
which exists now. and without which Ger
tain genuine Americans would not have
ventured from their doors. unless swollen
70 The Dimensions of Jacks Giant, by layers
Of iron, brass and copper around them -
Are these grea. men plaques" and "vaga.
bonds.,'
We claim to be an American by birth and
hear--but rec happen to be a d~escenaent
ola foreigner" and we are as proud OF his
blood as though he had been the most re.
lined and double-jistilIed Yankee that ever
smaggled his way 10 the South with wood
en- nutmegs and brass clocks. Nor shall we
feel that Our ancestors were not NJ genuine
Americans, as III Use whose siblue noses"
and hectic coughs are the only evidence
that they were spawned somewhere on this
side Of Canada. hff
We cealess our utter surprise at en-
ding such an illiberal, anti-repuIlican, aul
we might add, anli.ehrisIian article. I'M the
Wing. During the last few months, d se-
rles Of high toned, enlightened ard moraIar.
ticies have appeared In It's columns, breath
ing the spirit Of charity and Christian liber.
nifty. II the editor Of that print \ as sincere
in whathe wrote, how Is he to reconcile
the doctrines to the sosdia man.hating dec.
larations which he admits TO his columns
this week. II he Is governed by the chr,s-
tian impulses, he has professed, why should
the native citizens Of this great government
be advised 10 eSterminate the foreigner
as plagues Why not. under the broad
mantle Of Christian philanthropy. 20 forth
into the community. take the stranger by
the hand and point him 70 the Cross, rather
than stand aloof. ard with a cold relentless
heart. exhort the popu lace to fall upon him
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