The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-08-04
The Wings and Adopted Citizens |!

u Necessity Is said TO be The mother of all M
veTtion. The Wing party. in its recent efforisfo
gan poarer, would TO furnish, verhcation of
this saying. Tofhe necessities which surround them,
may, perhaps, 10 some extent be attributed the
specimens of inventions and expedients which they
have recently presented the country. Dishonored
in their past professions, aud ashamed of all their
former measures, they now countenancing the
doctrines aud courting the cooperation of the Native,
Abolition, and Know Nothing factions, with the vain
hope OF gaining power. They have resorted 10 the
dangerous and mischlevous expedient of tampering
to national and sectaran prejudices- arraying one
class of protesting christians against anotherof SOW
ing the seed of intolerance and persecution, which,
in other ages of the world have produced the bitter
est fruits that have ever been presented TO the lips
OF man, only that presented to Eve by the SER
pent.
Two years since they had especial affection for
the foreigner and for members OF the Catholic
Church, aud vanly attempted to cajole and hatler
this class of people to support the Wing candidates,
without reference to their political sentiments. But
this expedient failed. These people voted in accer
dance with their previously conceived notions OF po
lilca affairs aud the Wing candidates were reject
ed. Now they about 10 try another invention
lhey have allied themselves with the hhow Moth
ings and Natives, and foresworn the prescription OF
both the former classes from civil place In the eec-
tion of Mayor CONRAD, OF Phila., have the first
fruits of this coalition, and, in his inaugural address,
We have their first edct against all citizens not
native born. The adopted citizen is distinctly told
III that document that notwithstanding the guaTan-
of the Constitutions he shall not be pc rmted TO
hold office in this country. Not the humble
station OF police man.
Let contemplate, for moment, the practical
workings OF this unjust and ant-republican doctrine
in our own community The accident of birth is to
be test for civil office and every citizen not native
born must be prescribed. Under this doctrine many,
very many, as good citizens in Bedford
county would be degraded. For instance, Messrs.
NICHOLAS Lyons, JAcoB BoLLINGER RoBETT FYAN,
JONATHAN FEIcmNER, MIcnAEI. BAxNox, WM. SrAuL,
Val. WANT, JoHx ]. LurHER, Jos. GoNDoN, JAMES
PRlcE, GEO VoxsrElx, EwD KKRR, WAITER BRowx,
Rev. J. McELuEHY GEO. HYNsLlxG, JouN RIDDLES
Din, and hundreds of Others that might be mention
ed had we room all citizens of high respectabiIity,
with all their affections interests and hopes center
ed in our country With no other country to love-
and no other institutions to obey they are Americans
tcue Americans. by adoption, faith, affection, and
hope yet. with all this they could not hold any Of
fee under this strange dogma of Whiegery. How
shall the sous aud daughters and grand children, OF
these respectable citizens brook the imputaon thus
east upon their parents How shall they relish a
doctrine that breaks the pledge of the constitution 10
their fathers? How shall they tolerate party that
proscrbes their ancestors because OF the place OF