Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1854-09-01

Mirror, Aug. 28jh. 1854.

lya.-, OBSERVER
For the Pa 'laliun.
MIIroS Aug o8th. 1854.
NJ Eltar-In my letter Of week before last
IN giving an account Of the accident which occur
lel u Mrs. Brown. | Sta'rd incorrectly, tha the
wound on her head had been caused by striking
the sharp corner OF a poSt-the impression re-
e-ive3 from those present at the finland As
Mr. Brown la manifested some di>ple,>ure res
pectin. tie mistake, considering i Of greater
ma 1nltuie than can possibly attach 70 i, allow
me- permission % make The correction for lis salts
faction The wound caused BY the edge Of
a lin steamer which WAS shaken from whele It
hal been suspended ana fell on her heal He
also saws ,,a cI that She ha not been seriously
injured stated 10 such thing, because did
NJ. kuaw | simply said that 81, ''out OF
dan ger at the time ol my writing.
II the same letter, took occasion 70 say some
thing respecting the order OF Know Nohn.>,
and the mprudent manner III which some per
sons acted in reference thereto after reading
which, respectable and rery influential Ger
man "Old Liner conceived the idea that sin
.led him out which caused him 10 wax exceed
inglv wrath and to invoke innumersbe of John
Pettit'> kind OF blessings Oh Echo deNued head
To single him out ccraluy the iarthest re-
move from my intentions; We, II, torSooth, he IS
qiiity of abusing his neislbor upon mere sus-
licion Of being Know Nothing. le Well
every other guilty Of similar imprudence. is
IA liberty 10 consider himself sing led out a> the
man, but not Other" l>e.
am charged with being Know Nothing.
am even charged, III connection with another IN
di>idual, with having brought de ting from the
East. Now beg leave once more, and for the
.a>t time to dleclalm any connection, IN any way
or manner whatever. with any such order. and
amy person making either or both of the above
s>sc,eraon>, evidences to me- elear, and fully.
tha l- chelishes the smallest possible amount of
regard for the feelings Of a nelg hbor who has
never wished him any ham whatever, and none
for the truth.
Sentiments of a Native American character are
of course not ,elished we'll by our foreign
born population, as the sentiments ut present pro
fesSed by tie remnant of the once powerful Dem
ocraic party, which is fast passing away; but
| should not f&el myself a freeman II deferred on
i've born citizens e7cl1s,e5yy ana a s aK
but purely American influences to bear upon the
administration of the same. These principles
are III born; they have grown with my growth
and strengthened with my strength; and while
continue 10 breathe amosph here of this planet,
expect TO foster, cherish and encourage them in
all places. under all circumstances, and al all times
yet, all this does not prove that | am Know
Nothing. claim the night American citi-
zen. 10 be, III sentiment, native American or any
thing else II may, to me, seem right to bc-eyen
good Of my country, and do not array myself in
violence against the government thereof. And
tie man, either native or foreign bonn who would
with clencled tst and closed teeth, threaten me
with vengeance because Of AN honest expression
of my sentiments, would also, if he lad the pow
er throttle the press and deny the freedom of
speech TO the people of this government Il is
the power and place eeking fore sner alone, who
makes great ado about the rapidly growing
sentiment Of excluding foreigners from posts OF
power and responsibility, aud he, with his head
blm full Of tie notions Of the Old World OUGHT
especially to b. guarded against. for lie look, for
The bestownent ot power, to be followed by tie
h"ma re Of The people.
There is cause for all this great hubble in
the land. and no one can fa to see that the
present administration has lad more 10 do with
producing Il, than thins under the sun
Foreigners were sent a ministers 10 play the pan
taloon and dance tie dance Of fools ~ FOREIGN
courts, whilst high minded Americans were -.
aside; Cabinet officers whom the Dcrnocr7acv had
thrown TO the winds, We're picked up BY this
model aimuiStra; ION and appointed over their
>upcrors. Blu wait let PENNSYLVANIA peak in
regard 10 this mater Such rrbuke as j. rpen-
M III her deep teavIng bosom, has never been
uttered Bur these are simply the in,tallrnents
III consideration of tie foreign vote as they be-
come due, and the President can not be blamed
for paving punctuallv-bu, better had a milestone
Deen about his neck and sunk IN the depth Of the
sea, than that be should lave made the contract
with the spiritual rulers Of a large portion Of our
foreign pnpula ion.
would not be understood a believing that
foreigners generally, hold themselves for the high
est bidder | know there are hundreds and
thousands Of honest, patriotic foreigners, who
ca their votes in good faith for what they con
sieier best; but | also believe that tie few who
rule their spiritual subjects with an iron rod, do
f harfr he y.
Grafton in their estimation, Of greater value than
the free principles of republican governments
And whilst would not hinder or modest a sin.,,e
human being in the worship Of his God accor-
ding TO his own views Of prnprieiy and right. I
would al $50 guard with sleepless vigilance, our
free institutions from passing under the wither-
ing rue Of horde Of bigots, whose history pre-
sents Us history Of intolerance and bloodshed.
OF prisons ana racks, IN inqusitions aud tortures