The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-29

Saxon race liberties of Magma Charta the trial by
Jury the Judgment of the peers and the other mnnments
Of human dignity and human rights secured by the first
English Chata These foreigners brought with them ro"
Europe Here they found the virtues oexend these rights
and their munments The neglect of the mother country
left them sefdependent and sereliant until they were
taught the lesson of SELF government they
could their sovereign and the very experience OF
dssposm they had tasted made them hate tyrants
either elective or hereditary. Their destitute and exposed
condition trained them hardy habits and cultivated in
them every virtue They knew priyaton, fatigue
endurance selfdenal forhtude, and were mnde men-a
armscauous courageous generous, just and trusting IN
God They had to fight Indians from Phillip, ON Masss-
chusetls bay Powhatan the river of Swans And they
had an unexpored continent to subdue with its eemng
soil its majestic forests its towering mountains and its nn
eauaed rivers Above all things they needed population
more op-sealersore foreigners 10 en5ra<e and TO d,d
them the task founders Of empire set before them 10 open ne
forests level The hills and 10 raise up The pasys q giant
country Well these foreigners did their task like men
Such work who exaggerate it? They did against
all odds and in spite Of European oppression They grew
and thved until they rich enough to be taxed They
were told taxation tyranny. But these Foreigners
gave the world truth of freedom Taxation uuhouf
representaon tyranny The attempt to impose 1t upon
them the least mite of it, made them resolve "that they
would give millions for dfenee but not cent for tribute
That resolve drove them to the necessity OF and
foreiqners Proestans Catholics and alltook the dire al
Tentative united band Of brothers. and declared their
dependence upon God alone And they entered TO the world
a compla OF prevances-a Declaration of independence
This was pretty well to show whether foreigners, OF any
and all religions just fresh from Europe could be trusted
the side of America and liberty One OF the hrst OF
their complaints was
ale George IIl has endeavored preoen the popua
ton of these States for that purpose obsruc NE aws for
naturalization Of foreigners refusing 70 pass @hers 70 en-
courage their emigration hher and raising the conditions
of appropriations OF land"
There the proof that they valued the naturalization OF
foreigners and the immigration of foreigners hher and
that they desired appropriations, new appropriations OF
land, for immigrants.
Another complaint was that they had appealed IN vain
TO British brethren" They said;
We have appealed to their ndtice justice and magma
nimty, and have conjured them by The tes our COM
mon kindred to dsavow these usurpatons &c They too
have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguny We
must therefore acquiesce in the necessity which denounces
separation and hold them we hold the rest Of man
kind enemies in war; in peace friends"
There is proof too that narism can't always be relied
on to help ones countrymen and that brethren and
kindred and consequently will fail whole people in trou
BILE just knship often fails families and individuals
in the trials of life
aAnd" lastly for the support of this declaration, nth
fy reliance the protection Of Divine Providence, we ma
.s sy e '''" other our 'e our Fortunes ana '
There was tolerance hese was a firm reliance on the
God there mntuaty Of pledge, each to the
other at altar and there was common stake o sncr
fce-"lres, fortunes, and honor" And who were they
There Hancock the Puritan, Penn the Quaker, Ru
ledge uguenot Carroll the Catholic Lee the Cavalier
Jefferson the Free-thinker These representatives of all
the g = and the signers representatives OF all the peo
pie of all the colonies.
u.s. their heirs forever to Faith and Hops ~ God and to
charity oy each ohero tolerance in religion ana 70 rEta
atty IN political yeedoms Down. down with any organ
zaon then, which "denoun1es" Separation between
Protestant Virginia and Catholic Maryandbetween the
children Of Catholic Carroll and Of Protestant George
Wyhe There the names stand together among the sig
natures and will redeem their mutual pledges with
my "lif my fortune and my sacred honor $50 TAR as
in me lies-so help me Almighty GodW
think that here is proof enough that Foreigners and
Catholics both entered material elements into liner
But before the 4th day of July there were laws
passed Of the highest authority to which this secret organ
izaton is opposed.
ed declaration OF rights Its 4th section declares
"that man. set Of men, are entitled to exclusive or
separate emolnments or privileges IRON me community,
but in consideration Of public services; which not being
descendb neither ought the offices of magistrate legs-
lstor, Judge to be hereditary
Now aoes the know nothing organization not claim for
the ndpc-bornp 'sd 81 mem to be entitled 10 exclusive
privileges from the community against nauraized and
catholic citizens; and thus by virtue Of BIRTH Ninherit
the right OF election the offices of magistrate legislator
or judge which not descendibe They set up such
claim for the i8dDua person native born, but they do
set up quality for norty to which, and 70 Which alone
they clai pertain the privileges Of eligibility to Offices
Again Does this organization vioetette 18th section
of this declaration of rights which forbids "a power CT
suspen3g laws the execution of laws by any authority
without of the of the people, as In
asos their rights and which ought not to be exercised
When the laws lay and the representatives of the people
say that Catholics ana naiurazed citizens shdH be toI-
Grated and allowed to enjoy the privileges II citizenship
and eligibility Office have they organized secret power
suspend te2e laws and to prevent the execution OF them
by their sole authority without consent OF the representa-
rious to the rights of the people ana power which
ought not to be exercised
Again Does not this organization annu that part of the
sth section of this declaration which says "That
shall be deprived Of his liberty except by the law OF the
land, the Judgment of his peers 7? This don't apply
alone c personal libertythe freedom of the body from
prsonbut man shall be deprived of his franchises OF!
any Sort of his liberty in it, largest sense except by the
law OF the land the Judgment OF has eegshe trial by
jury. Has, then, private and secret tribunal ri -
impose qualifications for office and 70 enforce Their laws by
test oahs to deprive amy Of his liberty TO be
elected?
Again Is this organization not Emporium in mpcrio
against the 14h section Of this declaraon which says
That the people have right to uniform government and
therefore that government separated from or lndepend
Of the goyerappt Of Virginia ought to be erected
established nitn The hmiis HyeoP u is not government
but does il not will it not politically govern tic portion
of the people belonging 10 it differently from waGl Che
portion OF the people not belonging TO il are governed by
the laws of Virginia.
Again 1t does adhere to the 'jusice and NODDED.
hon incncaed in the 18th section of the declarations And
lastly avowedly opposes the 10th section which declares
Ntbat religion, or the duty which Creator,
and The manner Of disehsgng IL be directed only by
and concop net by force violence and there
fore al equally entitled The free exercise of
lgon according to The dictates Of conSctsRee aailai " he
mutual duty Of all 10 practise Christian or6sayaacc lore
charity toiodrds each other
But this organization only contravenes the rules
Declaration of Independence and Rights but it is III
the face OF positive and perpetual statute, made
part of organic lazy by the constituon-ihe
Against this law, this know-nothng cider attacks the
freedom of the mind by imposing "civi ineapacittops
1t thus tends to beget habits of hypocrisy and
it attempts punish religion and another