The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-11-08

MS declining age! VIII the pracucal
workings of the change sought prescribe
either? Does it pluck single laurel
from their brows? The truth lies here !;
you aimed in your brief criticisms to
anticipate my positions, and with one fell
swoop ingulf me and the doctrines advo-
Gated, in the impenetrable gloom of an i'm
passioned prejudice.
But sir, ifthe policy adopted in our fed
eral organization. violated none of tho in.
alienable rights Of emigrants-and the per-
manency of our Institutions required this
safe guard, viz: five years probation
and this the trainers Of our Constitution
believed) and foreigners emigrating to this
infant Republic. thereby eediDg the righ.
to govern themselves to the constituted au.
thorities to govern. was not oppressive or
unjust! Then if the permanency of our
free institutions require the safeguard ad-
vocated. viz: ,wenty.one years. and for
eigners still emigrate, thereby ceding the
right TO govern to the constituted authori-
ties; then is the changes sought for. no
more oppressive or unjust than is our ex-
listing policy. And in support of the pro-
position re- asserted, viz: the repeal OF our
Naturalization Laws, need only refer to
the arguments adduced in my first article,
as their force is not lessened by the mere
assertion, neither proved or prorable.'--
But you assert that the hostility to the
government which exiled them Uhe for
eigner) will be a sufficient guarantee Of
their opposition to similar institutions
here As successfully may you assert,
that vice will provide its own remedy
You may argue with as much plausability
that the mere change of residence from
France to America possesses the magic
power 10 as suddenly change the language,
habits, and improve the intellectual con-
diton.
Was not our Puritan fathers the oppres.
sed and heart-stricken OF earth Did they
not sever the siken cord that bound them
to the endearments of the social hearth
stone and loved ones-braved the parils
OF the Ocean-endure the privations and
hardships of the wilderness for the sake
of liberty, especially of religious liberty
Alas for them. and your position. they
prosecuted as bitterly as they were perse.
cutad. I" Where is the evidence of your
sufficient guarantee ?'
But you asser, that the only place on the
broad earth, where entire tolerance was
protessed and prectised, was the Catholic
colony of Maryland, &c.
If history Is to be relied on. Pennsylva,
MIA, West Jersey. and Delaware, were as
fully open TO all denominations as; was
Catholic Maryland. But lie. US examine
how much praise Lord Baltimore deserves
for this tolerance. Will you deny that the
charter completed by Charles to Lord
Baltimore, specially provided religious tol,
erance in that colony Why did Charles,
who was Protestant Prince, guard so
carefully the religious rights Of all in d
Catholic colony? Let the religious cru
saders of the darker ages answer. But
in the face Of the charter guarded right OF
the oolcnists. what does the boasted laws
Of Lord Baltimore do Fine and impris-
on every man who dare utter word a.
gainst certain doctrines enumerated in
those laws. Where is your sufficien.
guarantee 2
Perhaps more OF the oppression and
degradation Of the masses Of the Old
World is 70 be attributed TO their system
of nobility. than any other cause and in
deed that influence was brought TO bear
sorely upon our infant Republic; and
scarcely was that influence exilcd to its
own native place, until it was strongly ex.
hibited again in the Alien and Sediiion
laws OF blue light Federal notoriely. rem.
dered so odious in those days. Where
then was your sufficient guarantee -
That guarantee is alone to be found in
h arts fully lyAmericanized-thoroughly i'm
bued with the genius of our free insttu
,ions, with that novel idea. self-governmen
reduced TO a practical certainty. shedding
ills benignant beams around even the for
eigner seeking an asylum among us-se
curing to him those God given rights. tha
will elevate him to the high position of ar
American. morally and socially. Blu
where is your 'suficien guarantee,
in the removal Of ]. w. Davis from 6
clerkship in the city Post Office of New
York. for having expressed his attachmen
Where is the sufficient guarantee in sub
uniting our party nomina atoms for the ap
proval OF Right Rev. Bishops for endorse
ment before they are finally ratified 2
What has changed the moral and politi
cal aspect, Of the teeming millions Of Eu
rope, that the mere act of emigration 81
thoroughly Americanizes their hearts p
O, consistency. thou art a jeacel. But a
presumed to know few things it
lust 10 acknowledge their are few othe
things did not know, which wish here t.
particularize. did not know that bus
mess letter, strictly Of a private character
must be brought to the public eye in I
newspaper controversy, and false color
ing placed upon it. in order to hurl peii
contempt at the writer. did not kno,
that to be associated with one or more il
the transaction OF legitimate business
and in that associated capacity. subscrib
for a newspaper was disreputable. Th
old adage still is applicable. live an.
learn ONE THAT KNOWS FEW THINGS.
= adopt the caption Know Nothing
from the fact, that these articles were calle
forth ny an editorial under that capton.-
Certainly am no Know Nothing seein
am a Know Something.
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