The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-10-21


auspices of his name and his successes.
UNION OF LoCoFoCoIsM AND NATIVE AMER
IcANIsM.-The returns from Pennsylvania
render probable the election of Judge WooD-
WARD, to the Supreme Bench of that State.
This has been caused by the union Of the
Locofocos with the Native mericans.-
That Judge WOODWARD is u Native Ameri-
can of the rankest kind, will appear from the
following extracts from Il speech made by
him while u member of the Pennsylvania
State Convention, and then published:
"Sir, appreciate as much as any man liy-
ing, the many political rights and privileges
which ], in common with the people of the
United States, am now enjoying, and 1t is
my honest impression that ace do but Sgitande,
those privileges, in comforting them upon eve.
ry individual who chooses to come and claim
them. He knew that great portion ol
those who come among us from foreign parts
consisting frequently of the t0orSt part Of bt
population Of those countries, and they are IN.
acquainted NTH The value Of these privileges, and
that therefore they do not kRolo holc to uali,
them. | think that in thus cCnferring indis.
criminately on ali we are doing injury 10 our
Liberties end osR institutions; and believe
lhls ig the 5Ime has not yet come, 10 riI sped,
as augg- NhEn it will Be iudispensibly nee.
c.isu-V eighar iar this buGy, or some ether
,haag 4s iAis State. or Of the United States
no lV ,l aSe:her i is not right 10 put n,
gGea gGt. t-legaii0n. by which foreigners
si,oulo BE- prevented from controlling our e.
leetions, aad trow-beuting our American cit
.zcns IL The polls. ....sr. .E
"And whit claim have foreigners from any
country -uyc, sir. from any country -whicl
is strong enough to Justify us in pr0SLitaf5Gs
our poiiticai pririhgsS, by conferrne then
\ cnrclcssIy and unfortunately on every in.
divdual who may reside here for two or
| three years, become u naturalzed citizen,
and then command our Offices! There are
very many of these emigrants who know
nothing Of political privileges in their own
country before they emigrate to this. The
word is unknown to them; or, if they hear
of it at all, they hear OF it as something in
which they have no participation. Is not
this the fact! Sir, we all know that II is;
we know that very many of these emigrants
never enjoyed any political privileges them
selves; that they hdue no hno,oledge Of them
and least Of all haze they any knopledge Of our
people, 'our government, and our inSiiiatiOnS.-
The acquil ement of this knowledge is moi
the work Of day. They have no sympa.
thy in common with us; they have no quuli.
fications to render them i'll recipients Of MeS'
high political privileges.
| How Judge WooDwARD's views were re-
garded at the time will be manifest from tht
following extract from speech by Mr.
CUMMIN, an Irishman, and member of the
Convention from Juniata county:
| ,l.I,f 6 s.,
ment went to cast r. proach upon foreigners
and to show that they were not worthy t.
be trusted.
| "The gentleman reasons rather out OF tn,
0 book in one poirt, when be says that tn,
!, time is now come when the United State
can do without foreigners--that there is M
necessity for them--that the people of tn,
Is United States are now able to fight thei
u own battles, and that they can live safe an,
lree without their presence. He Is mistaken
ifhe supposes that he can find justification
e IN such reasoning as this tor the argumen
n which he has offered. There is no groun
on which II can be justified. hope, there
fore, that he will withdraw his amendment
. and that he will make an apology for what
. regard as gross insult upon the Irish an
the other foreign population of the State"
e A FArAL MIsTAkE.--The Dayton G
s zette relates most singular circumstanc
Z wbirh occurred inDarke comfy, on Wedne
9 day last. A Mr.. Robbins and boy, viii
d out hunting. discovered what at frat thu
e supposed TO be grey squirrel. just beyor
i pile Of logs in the distance. On clos
'i examination, they concluded il must be
eround-bog, aad Robbins fred at the objec
On reaching the spot, what was his horr,
to find that he had shot a man through ii
e head. II appeared that apedlar of jewell
J who wore skin cap, had seated himse
: beside the logs, 80 that his cap was just vi
ibBe, and was In she act Of counting his moi
2 ney. The motion Of hls grey skin cap d
seiped the haateF. The unfortunate stral
sse Rived Bet a skSsJ ums.