New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-04
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 1854.

4 piece Of wild land from which to hew 'ut home
stead, We really cane see how they cao te better
employed or the land better appropriated Let
each receive and improve hrs speck Of the else
unused wilderness and SET it to paying taxes
whore none we're ever paid before. We natives
will bay b. surpius provisions, and sell him in
turn fabric,, stock, manufactures TO our mutual
sdysptage. Why not
3. Mr. Clayton is in favor OF egislation TO
prevent our country being flooded with European
criminals and paSpers Quite right. Nc. c. but
why haven't you drafted and subnitved bill
during your twenty years Of service in Congress
ne believe toe Homestead bill admirably calcu-
lated to diminish the burdens of PaupeFism, ina
tive as well as imported oy TRANSFORMING idle
and hungry hsngers-on sceut cities into indie
pendent and thrifty farmers; bu: you oppose this
and hint at something else IS likely TO be more
effective Hold it up TO the light But you
proceed on your assumption that the immigrant
f,lon cares straw about Naturalization, or is
snywIse benefited by it, you are beating the air.
A. Mr. Clay ton thinks native citizens, other things
being equal. should be preferred 10 immigrants in
elections to Office We demur to this statement
of the case. As matter of fact, they are so
preferred, and ever have been, by all parties,
and probably ever will be. The adopted citizen
has fewer relatives and influential friends to push
his fortunes his religious faith often preuices
him il the eyes of majority OF the voters; he is
Ike transplanted tree beside one which stands
where it originally sprung up. Let either parry
a sd 81. Of anal
capacity aud worth as colleagues on the same
ticket. AMI the foreigner will fall behind ia
the vote nine times 10 ten We need NJ legisla
tion on this point the Adopted Citizens now get
fewer and poorer Offices, in proportion TO their
numbers and efficiency at elections, than natives
do. They general have to be conten. with
places which natives Of equal capacity will not
t,ke.
But they are too fond of office" say some
Well; is that popularity Would mt we all
/ ike positions of favor or profit Who shall cast
the first stone at them We certainly think a
great many Of our lrishbern citizens devote too
much Of their time to politics, drink too much
vile liquor in the service Of this or that party
and wear out too much shOe-leather boring for
otfic, when they might far better be asking farm
ers for work or pushing fl to the new settle
ments. But there are better antdotes for this
error th IN prescription.
We all like Office if good enough to suit our
estimate of our own merits, aud we must not be
too hard on those who prefer poor one to none.
We like If, among other reasons, because cleo
ton or appointment implies that we are deemed
more fit ana capable than rival aspjrants But
adopt Mr.. Clay tons principle and our triumph
will imply, not necessarily that we are deemed
better qualified, but that our place of birth was
deemed preferable to our opponents. Would
not this be cheapening official dignity unde
sirably
5. Now as TO religion Mr.. Clayton would
tolerate every body but the adherents of an intoer
ant faith. Now each of us must necessarily judge
for himself what religions are and what are not
ntoerant, and each finds his own church all
right, but its antagonists all wrong. PrOtestants
say that Catholics persecute; Catholics retort
the charge on Protestants Heretics complain
that the Orthodox prescribe them for their
faiths sake; Infdes make a like charge against
10th To adopt Mr.. ClSytOn's rule is to involve
our politics in bitter aud endless contention
about rival tbeOloges. We think the rule Of the
Federal Constitution great deal wiser and safer
than Mr.. Claytons, ard hope he may live long
enough to think SO too.