Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-07-05
.eeTe;gn - Cl..aE::Eationa ANON Us.


se1eign al1.as C1.aEzzatious Among Us.
We haze taken every. occasion so deprecate
the formation of Irish, German, or other for
eign military companies amelg us. In the
last number of tie Cifi4en, the paper edited by
by JoHS MITcHELL, the irish refugee from Van
Dieman's Land, who SO longs aftera Southern
plantation with plenty of good fat slaves, we
find the following call
AvEHGERss eArTi.siTfeoit9!-- Avengers Guard
viii meet fer driH on Tuesday and Friday even
ings, each week, at 5 O'Clock. All Irishmen anxi-
Gus to put into practice our motto, " Nenge geanee,
are invited to join at once So, Captain.
low, we do not for}one IN moment believe tlat
these Avengers are raising their warwhoop OF
Vengeance among us, except as directed
against the British government; but wherein
is the difference between aTTning against Eng
land or against Cuba. The President issues
his proclamation against the latter, but all our
authorities quietly permit the former TO go on,
and the companies are furnished with musketS
| from the arinories of the various States in
Which TREY are organised. Is this right Inc
questions and replies Of the New ork Mirror
touching this subject, are to the point, and ex-
| press our sentiments exactly. 1t asks E1for
| what purpose are these men banded together
! Why no they meet and drill, and parade the
| Streets Haunting their foreign banners IN the
/ face of our stripes and stars ~ They come
/ here for bread aud work, aud home for their
1 children-fnany of them to be supported by
/ izens. In forsaking the land of starvation and
! oppression for the land Of freedom and plenty /,
! are they not willing to leave their impotent
i Saints and theirtrampled ensigns behind them!
] Let them leave their helpless Saint Patricks
4 and down-fredden sham rocks in the barren
! bogs of their priest-scourg6d country, and IN
! this free land of their adoption embrace the
| American flag the InCmopt they touch AmeFI-
! can soil. If the Irish, any other people,
! choose to form beReUGIcHt associations for the
I relief and succor of their fellow countTynien,
! there is no cause of complaint against such
organizations; but rather of approbation.-
And to keep warm the home feeling, to yiyIty
! the remembrance of the misery from which
they have fled, let them wear, as melancholy
I memeutoes, the mottoas and the badges OF
! their Wretchcd native land. But when II comes
to military associations-to the ,irHning OF bod
les of foreign born men, for the purpose o.
| fighting against the citizens and the iustitu-
high time for the State to interfere. In q
! country of equal rights and equal laws, the
lives the property, and the religions OF ali
classes are alike respected and projected
There is not an American citizen, worthy OF
the name, who would not arm himself to de-
fend the rights, the churches and the persons
Of any portion Of the community, without.rc-
gard to sect or origin. The strong arm OF the
Republic viii protect all classes of her citizens
The stars and stripes loatbroadiy and proudly
over all. We want no clannish banners, mol
foreign cliques to disturb the unity of Ameri-
can feelinc-to clash with American arms
The foreign element must either melt into and
amalgamate with the native element, or battle
lines viii be drawn in all our future contests
political, if not military.--SaR.