The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-06-30
FoeYIsM POSTED UP, WITH A CONCORDANCE.


FOGYIsM POSTED UP, WITH A CONCORDANCE
The National Inteliigencer of 18th inst, in an
article on Rights and Duties" vents tide Of
garruIous grief over the tendency of the times
to erect false standard of rights, as possessed
by political exies and refugees or by political
or religious reformers, who, in virtue Of these
various characters, have even larger license
than the citizens of the land in which they are
sojourners, and entire immunity from the re-
strictions imposed on citizens by the laws Of
their country It-that is the Inteliigencer
81 ngfh ssft the liberty Of grouping
Kossuth and his followers, Leahy, and Gavazzi,
into bundle of instances of the offcious and
immodest not to say impudent, conduct of for
egn sojourners; and complains that eve are
getting to be too often favored with those ex-
Otics, who come to claim the interference of
our power. And for what? Why, to trample
our established policy under our own feet and
embroil us with European nations; and to cap
the climax, to join our own to the denuncia-
tons of itinerant preachers against to them.
an offensive branch of Christianity, professed
or cherished with the deepest devotion by hun
dreds of thousands of our people"
The gist of the Intelhgsncsr's complaint and
the burden Gifts grief are thus stated-"Wheth-
er those meddlers who traverse the world to
give unasked advice or dictation to people
whose languages they can neither speak nor
read, existed as far back in the recesses of time
as the age of Solomon we cannot decide" If
the InteHigeneer will compromise for an anti
guilty Of precedent but a little less remote, we
think we can relieve it from something of the
crushing sense Of innovation under which it
suffers. We refer it to the book called the
Acts of the Apostles. Therein it will be found
written for the edifcation and comfort of SIM
cere followers ofthem which are given us for an
ensample, that the Inteligencer "Tertullus in
formed the Governor against Paul u on this
wise We have found this man a pessiIent fel-
low, and mover of sedition among aM the
Jews throughout the world, and ringleader
of the sect Of the Nazarenes," Chap. xiv, s.
Again tine Jews laid hands on him, cry
ing out Men of Israel, help. This is the man
that teacheth all men everywhere against the
people, and the law and this place, (the tenn
plcj and further, brought Greeks (foreigners)
also into the temple" (chap. XXI, 27, 2s)
Not content with stirring up the Jews, both
pro and con. in Jerusalem, the foreign emissary,
or soiourner, If you like the word better, gave
them a touch of his exotic Interference at Thes-
salonics, where the complaint was that "these
who have turned the ,Dorld upside doWn haus
come hitler also ~ and even at Athens the
storic and epicurean philosophers called him
babbler, for attempting to talk Greek like q
native, not seeing how a born Hebrew could
possibly either speak or read their language"
See chap. xvii, 6, IS. And at Thyairs this
notorious "meddler," in company with Silas,
got into another scrape, the Intelligsneers who
informed the rulers against them, charged
mark the words--that "these men, beng Jesrs
do exceedingly trouble our city, and teach GUS
toms which are not lawful for US to receive
neither to observe, being Romans" Chap. xvi,
90, 81
So, you see, neighbors, that the thing is not
so new Is it might be, and the world may sur
vive II, if experience can be relied on. Are you
satisfied As for "frowning down oil those
haranguers who come among u.s. we are sor-
~ to Say, that the record Of those old-time dis
turbances of the peace Of nations is not so en-
couragng as you would wish.
The intimation that Kossuth could neither
speak nor read our language, is rich concert
for the writer Of the editorial in which it is
made. Could he name the man "to the man
ner born,n that among us in his whole life,
spoke as much good English as kossuth in his
five or six hundred speeches delivered during
his tour of the States Does he know any one
who had read our political literature so under
standinglya Indeed, THAI Monaghan exotic
seemed ~ il no was gifted with tongues, clovsn
tongues, tongues of Ars, 100 reminding the
American varieties Of the pcntecostal wonder,
when every map heard p. gospel in bis own
tongue wherein DO vi I'm.