New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-20


try and tainted the air Of every cline and stained the
robes Of righteousness Of every sect itk koOd-~th
the blood Of every human Rscrifce which honest
and esrbeat in lite fsith:he ypocres and binds OF
profession alone escaping the swords the flames OF
perfecu'iop. The colonies were blackened by the
burnipes OF the stak and dyed red with the blood
Of intolei snce. The American Revolution made a
new era Of liberty to dawD-tbe era Of the liberty Of
eon'aenoe II there r. any essence in Americanisn.
the very salt wberewh IL is savored is the freedom Of
opinion and the liberty Of conscience. l. it nov pro-
pOsed that shall 60 back to the deeds Of the dark
ages OF oespotsn tbs, this broad land still unoccu-
pied in than half Of lite virgin soil shall no longer
be lum for the oppressed that here, a. else
where and az ain an Of old men shall BE- burdened oy
their births, and chained for their opinions ras,
that design Of that intent will remain 'eeTa oued
forever. -.
have said this organization was against the spin,
Of our laws. Our lava sprsng from the nece-sV y.
the copoiion Of early settlers they ptougu,
with them from gland their Penaes' the hou.snolu
gods Of Anglo Saxon race, the lIoerues OF hasn'
Charta, the trial by jury, the judgmenl ., .no r.
al d the other munimen,s Of human dignity ana hu
man rights secured by the first English ChAr'H inee,
toragn,rs brought with them rom HL,oPe ~;
they found the virtues 10 extend THESE $50
unments; The neglect o. toe until thew were
thoroughly taught the lesson OF "y go1,'
they could be their own soVereiens' anu Iuo veiy
uerienee of despotism they ha1 once ,as'eu ria'e
hen, hate tyranis either elective or hereditary lner
ds,,n,e and e1posed condition trained them to hardy
hsbi,s and cultivated in them every sterper vrtue.
They knew privatioD, fatigue, endurance, seudehia'
for,itud. and were made men administrations, cour.
.ceons generous Just, and trusting in God Iney had
~ foht Indans. from Philip on Massachusetts, Bay,
10 Poyhstan on the River of Swans. Aud they bad
an une1pored continent TO subdue. with it, ing
soil its majestic forests, its towering mountains, aad
it, uDequsled rivers Above all things my needsi
noniiaffon more fejloc s,tttrs-mOre foreigners 10
migrate and 10 aid them the tdsk If fougders 81
fp1tse set beoge them 10 open ne forests 10 Leuet the
htis and RAISE up The U0Aeys Of grant nep eoHairy
Well these foreigners did their task like men Such
awork WHO can exsggerste il They did it against
all odds and in spite Of European oppress'oo They
grew and hived, until they were rich enough to be
taxed They were told taxation was 20 Tyranny.
But these foreigners gave the word new Hu'n Vi
freedom. Taxation r'th0m rePre'entat,on WAS tyr.
amy. The attempt TO impose it upon them tue least
mite Of IT, made them resolve tina. they would give
millions for detence but not on9 cent for tr'dhte
That resolve drove them TO the necessity OF war qua
tbev- forfiPnfrs, Protestants, Cdthotics, and all
took the d alternative, united as bind Of brothers,
and de- clared their dependence upon God alone. And
they entered to the world complaint of grievances
a Declaration Of Independence! This wss pretty
well to chow whether foreigners, of any and all re-
liciops Just fre,b from Europe could be trusted on
tbs side Of America and liberty One of the first OF
their complaints was:
eorse has eDdesvored 20 p'trent the population
uaIisaton Of oregae. rua ctae'' 70 encourages
hir and raising the conditions Of new aPPro-
praiions Of land"
There is the proof that they valued the natursiza-
ton of foreigners and the immigration of foreigners
bither and that they desired appropriations new APP
preparations of land for immigrants
. Another complaint was that they had appealed IN
vain to A" British orethreH." They said
have appealed their natre justice and mssnsnity
ard have cOnjueo them by the IL, Of cur common kAded
TO jae and eOn.angnn'fy We must. therefore
hold them hold the Of mankind enemies in war, in
peace, tiepds'
There is proof, too, that natirism cant always be
relied on to help ones own countrymen, and that
brethren and Kindred and consdnga,Hry will fail
whole people in roubef just as kiDsbip often fails
families ana individuals i'll ne trials of life.
Ard la'ty for the support Of hi. deel.stiOn, .1
pledge each Other ire' rtEne' and sacred hoHoy
Th6re was Tolerance, there was firm reliance on
the one God there Yves mutually OF pledge each
TO the other at one altar and there was 4 common
stake Of crfce-" lD,s fortunes, and honor" And
who were they There were Hancock the Puritan,
Penn the Quaker, Rutledge the Huguenot Carroll
the Catholic Lee the Cavalier, Jefferson the Free
Thinker These, representatives of all the signers.
and the signers representatives of all the people of all
the colonies.
Oh NY counirymen, did not that "pledge' bind
them and US Their heirs forerer TO Fath and Hope an
God and to Charity for each other-to tolerance IN
rehZi0n, ana TO " mufuaiuy' IN political freedom
Down, down with any organization, then, which
"denounoes" separator" between Prott slant Vr-
GINA and Catholic NATURALIZATION the children
of Catholic Carroll and of Protestant George Wythe.
There the names stand together among " the sigma
"tuies, and will redeem their mutual pledges
with my lite" my fortune" and my sacred
honor" " 50 far as in me ies-so help me Almighty
"Godp'
think that here is proof enough that " foreigners
and Catholics both entered as material elements into
our hmertcanism. But before the 4th Of July there
were laws passed of the highest authority, to which
this ret org abizatOn is opposed.
/ On the l2th Of June, l776, the Convention Of Vir
giDa passed declaration Of rights. Its fourth
Iv..f. Jain
Titled TO exclusive or separate emoluments or privi.
"leges from the community bat in consideration Of
public services; which not being descendibe,
neither ought the offices of magistrate legislator,
cor judge 10 be hereditary"
Now, does the Know. Nothing organization not
claim for the Mature born set Of mea" TO be
titled TO exclusive privileges from the community as
against naturaliIed and Catholic citizens; and thus,
by virtue Of BIRTH TO inherit the right Of election
the Offices of magistrate legislator, or Judge which
not descendible They set up such claim for
the ndirdHoI person native born, but they do set up
quality for Maturity, 10 which, and 10 which alone
they claim, pertain the privileges of eligibility to
offices.
Again: Does this organization not violate the 9TH
section OF this declaration Of rights which forbids
"aH power of spspending laws or the execution of
claws, by any authority without consent of the
"presentstives of the people, as Injurious TO their
"ngbs, and which ought not to be exercised J"
When the laws say, aud the representatives of the
people cav that Catholics and naturalized citizens
shall be tolerated and allowed to enjoy the privileges
of citizenship and eligibility to office, have they
gained secret power 10 suspend these laws and 10
prevent the execution Of them by their sole author
ity without consent of the representatives of the
peopei This declaration denounces il a. injurious
to the rights of the people and as power which ought
not TO be exercised.
Again Does not this organization annul that part
Of the sth section Of this declaration which ssys:
"That no shall be deprived Of his liberty, except
"by the law efthe land the judgment of his peers
This don apply alone 10 personal hberty-the free