Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-10-04

But the intense hatred of the federal party to al
foreign born citizens triumphed Tor pI1ei perlos
during the administration Of John Adams Inc op
position to foreign born citizens otcne Gn.ea
manifested by few leading federalists during ASA
ingtons administration, became the settled pohcy -
the party in 1895. Laws were passed during !hs
administration of John Adams for the oppreSsiol
and punishment of foreign emigrans 10 reach any
4 crush these unhappy people, the Constitution vas
violated by the passage OF the Alien ana oeI!s.ol
Laws. The only object of the law Against alleh -
and the prncpa. objects of the Sedlton La" was ~
deny resident aliens and foreign born cltlZens Ie
RIGHTS of native born Americans. These laws were
aimed especially against German, French, Ocoteh,
Irish and English emgrants. They were genuine ccnl
Native American laws for the persecution ot iO r.
cigners. The alien law enabled the President TO
arrest man not only without trial, not only With
out conviction, not only without certain lniornauon
I but upon suspicion; and when arrested TO SEM
! him from the country or cast INN INTO prison.
denied the right of trial by jury, the privilege OF ma
beas corpus-n a wold the privileges OF trial Whlcn
| we extend to the viest negro. The other laW-tnae
against sedition-was intended to close the mouths
OF the people, to prevent free discussion, TO mu.ze
the press to check the constituent from commenting
upon the acts of his representatives, and to render
the President sacred by penal enactments IAe num-
blest mechanic, editor, who should express IN
print his opinion of the President or any member OF
Congress- charging them with faithlessness In the
discharge of their duties was liable under the sed-
ton law, to Imprisonment and fine OF two thou
sand dollars. Each single soul, within the COM
pass of this Union native or foreign born great or
small, rich poor who uttered whispered, or de-
clared any thing containing charge against the
President subject to the penalties ofth abom-
Unable law.
We have said that both the Alien and the Sedi-
ton laws were intended for the oppression of foreign
born citizens The Alien law intended to bear
upon others than foreigners; the Seditlon Jaw,
a. Adams well knew would operate expressly against
that class. During the Administration OF John
Adams, the brilliant and most uncompromising OPP
ponents Of his unconstitutional measures were the
political refugees from other countries These men
having suffered from the oppression of monarchcal
laws at home were naturally the advocates OF re-
publican form of government. They believed with
Thomas Jefferson in his letter to MaZze, that under
the blighting influence of Federalism
''In place of that noble love of liberty and repub-
lican government which carried us through the war,
Anglican Monarchical and aristocratic pa ty had
sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us
the substance, as they have already done the pow
of the British government"
And another authority informs us that:
''There were then two hundred papers published
in the United States one hundred and seventy
were in favor of the Federal Administrations about
twenty-five opposed to the measures then
adopted and greater portion OF these were III the
hands of foreigners'' Williams Administration
Of John adams, page 49, 81
This affords clue to the secret reasons which
governed the Federal party in passing the Sedltlon
law. 1t was to crush these twenty-five independent
presses-to put down all opposition to the monarch
ical and unconstitutional proceedings of The Execu
tive and corrupt legislature. The first prosecu-
tons under this act were of four editors, three OF
whom we're foreigners The treatment of Calender,
Cooper, Lyon and Holt, furnish the best commenta-
ry upon the sedition law Peters, Iredell, Addison
and Chase the judicial blood-hounds let loose
upon these foreign born Democratic editors. Mr.
Lyon. intelligent Englishman, in a Democratic
paper called sThe Time Piece" spoke of 1.-The rid
culous pomp, idle parade and selfish avarice" of
John Adams. woods Suppressed History of Ad
ans Administration, page l64) He arrested,
Iredell, after commenting upon the henous crime of
ridculing the President, passed sentence:
"That you be imprisoned four months for the |
costs of this trial. and fined one thousand dollars
WhartOn's Stute Trials Of the y. s., page 337. |
"This unfortunate man then conducted out of
court and thrown into dungeon six feet square, !
where he was left to starve during rigorous win
ter" Hoods Suppressed HISTORY, PAGE I59.
We might multiply, if it was necessary the cases |
of cruel prosecution and persecution practiced by
the Federal Judges and Federal officers upon our |
foreign born citizens during the Administration of |
Adams. They were hunted by official blood-hounds, |
rcmorseess as Mohawks, convicted by packed ju-
ries, and sentenced by Judges corrupt JEFF
ries
These were the blessings, this the protection af
forded to foreign born citizens by the Federal Wing
of John Adams. All the power, all
the influence of that Administration, were directed
against the foreigners who sought refuge in this
country after the revolution-for they were Demo-
crafts They took grounds for Thomas Jefferson
Down for this crime as if they had been beasts of
prey, and unworthy ofthe protection which the ne
gro now enjoys.
They were torn from their homes at the discre-
ion of the President, and the social rights of free
nen, open accusation hnpeas corpus and trial by
ury denied. They were incarcerated if they dared
o arraign public officer for political misdeeds.
The Native American party of the days of John
Adams more respectable, both in numbers and
measures, than any that has since existed. 1t had
or it's leaders nearly all the educated aristocrac
members of the Federal party which during George
" ashngton's eight years Administration was ON
lipotent in the United States. 1t had the prestige
If education, wealth, talent, position, Office, and
members. 1t is idle to suppose that any subsequent
organization of Native Americans under any name
n disguise, will ever equal in strength influence
he Native American organization of 1895. The first
lad for its executive head patriot of the revolution
Iohn Adams; the last has for its head the drunken
senator in Congress of one of the smallest States of
he Union. So odious did Native Americans become
n 1900, that the Democratic party, formally organ
zed only two years before-led by two great
Firginians -crushed the party that originated the
Alien and Sediton laws, and elevated jefferson to
he Presidency. The present Democratic party
Tas formed for the purpose of repeating the Alien
nd Sedition laws. "Justice to the oppressed of ev
ry land, was the cry of the Democratic masses
Tho rallied to the resolutions of l798-99. Those
esolutions the National Democratic party unanim-
lously endorsed at Baltimore in 1862
The Old Dominion, God bless her, ever true TO
he Constitution, first to raise the battle cry in
efence of the prosecuted foreigners who were ev-
rywhere falling victims to the Alien and Sedtion {
sws.
The Virginia Resolutions of 98 and 49, and the
eport of James Madison in their vindication, prove
MS The following constitutes the fourth of the Sc
les: ;
ItrFhat tbo GoDo-o1 A.,o,,lI,r