The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
No, 81:

Jan Irish Catholic.) the command Of the
first ship which eyer eyer daRlarlcd the stars
and stripes upon tie seas; So soon for
get the noble. intfebid irish Montgomery,
who at the head Of our troops stormed
the heights of Qasbec, foremost fighting,
first cfiihssonning TIE snow with his hearts,
blood? So soooh' lJrgct the glorious and
ever should be remembered deeds of Pu-
laski, DeKalb, and host of others, whose
names adorn the pages of our Revolutions
~ history? So soon forget our gallant
Shields, who braved the dangers at Cerro
Gordo's heights, and those Irish Catholics,
as well as American, who fought gopa
fight against Catholic Mexico? Are
these facts so SCION forgotten! Alas it
is too tfhe. YOU can find them now ready
to, dance upon the graves of those patriots
who have been gathered to their fathers,
and even mathematical, inflct curses loud
and deep upon their descendants aud the
soil which gave them birth. 1t Is too hard
that these things should be carried to such.
an extent in this our boasted country, anil
that too by such men, who for the most
part have never felt a sabres cut. or smclt
the gunpowder of a battle field, but whose
recomfnendatiOns are wonderful degree
ofe&pertncss in handling slung.shot Br
unerring certainty of casting a Brick-bat
against their unoffending neighbor adding
to this most remarkable propensity for
church burning &c.
1t was to be hoped that the letter ahd
spirit of our Constitution. which should be
engraved upon every heart, should h6t SO
soon be erased from memory's tabist.-
That Constitution, framed by Our Revolu-
tionary sircs, sealed with their blood,
made sacred by the glorious Washington,
says, "No religious test shall eurr be re- re-,
quired as qualification to any Office Of
public trust under the United States ~
Whosoever violates this, stands morally d
peyured man. You must pardon me in
deed for expatiating upon this subject;
but | could not help tiny feelings be-
come excited, because l love dearly nv
country, and never wish to see exist in it
an element which threatens its perpetuity.
For three generations my ancestors are
native born. am opposed to foreign In
Auences and entangling alliances. / an,
opposed to foreign organizations for bo-
litical Office, and 60 for putting them down.
think when foreigners become natural
lied, they should become Amerieans ahd
act in concert arifh them; when they do not.
a penalty should be inflicted. l wish to
see the laws in relation to them faithfully
executed. That they, however, las is sadly
monopolize our best offices, is an absolute
falsehood-the "Blue Book" proves nv
say; from them as matters now stand and
as the condition of our country satisfActo-
rily proves we have nothing to fear but
much to gain-we have an immense do
main of wilderness-by them the large
forests of the far west are cut down and
made the abodes of civilization-they act
as pioneers for our own native born sub
jects-tMy are but a short time on eafth--
they soon pass away, and their children
and chftdren's children possess the same
blessings of birth and are in every Other
respect pari passu with ourselves; they are
natipe born Amerieans, living under our
laws, supporting government and protect
ing our flag. Had emigration been stopped
half a century ago, ask where would now
have been our strength, our power, our
resources far more, how many would
have been our native population? viii
take leave of this subject ahd apologize to,
you for INJECTING my humble Thoughts
the hasty promptings of my mind, upon
your time.
WAYsIDE LrERATURE.-The following
"notes" was found. posted in o store in
Posey county, Indiana.
"NoTEs. ~
"thare will be sale at Susanak teuiss
An tho 10 ~ f,l,,,s, n c.1-- r, -r4yx