Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-03

ever, that Ireland mas Deen pufihcu w WIG Pui g.
ing And pray upon whom, into whose midst,
has the poisonous vomit from such purging been
elected 1t Is the height of folly 70 expect in the
face of the experience of the last ten on fifteen
Years that our natiye-born population VIII close
their ewes TO the true character Of the Of for
eign emigrants who rushing into our country,
One having every opportunity 70 learn their
characteristics thus describes them
'They are an impulsive and uninstructed mass,
without the first elements Of political education
inbued with exaggerated notions of liberty--and
easily used by demagogues of their own country.
men, as well as ours, TO secure the election o.
candidates unfit to be elevated, and to support
measures fraught with imminent danger 10 the
country
They hardly land upon our shores before they
ara made the dupes and tools OF demagogues mno
TO render them efficient In the earliest eiecslons
carry them through the most DaIeaosu p.JalsS,
n evado or defIaud the laws Of naturalization!
Having thus tasted the privileges OF free govern
ment they quickly pass into political Icentlous-
ness and fancy that they have the right, In the
penitude of their newly acquired freedom, TO drive
fom the polls under threats or violence, the native
horn voters They embody themselves into clans
and societies to control and overcome elections,
lid by some chief Of their own nation, or some
demagogue of American birth, who Is himself in
turn, but the tool Of some higher power which
Yields the influence of money or the patronage OF
Office. Who can recall without shame and morti-
fcaton the trucking means used and rewards o.
fcred, during the last Presidential election, by
the intriguing and corrupt leaders Of the two great
political parties which were contending for the
ascendency to secure the foreign vote To believe
that such an element can exist in our political or
panization without danger to our institutions, ID 10
re;ect the warnings Of the wise and good men OF
the earlier and purer days Of the republic, and 10
close our ewes to the solemn teachings OF history.
But the danger from foreign influence does not
end here. 1t goes beyond and rises ABOVE Tue IN
lnt-bor. II exhibits itself in an attitude which
seorns to appeal to the elective franchise Tor its
nowcr to do mischief Not satisfied with the priv
epes of an elector, IL seeks to become the repre-
sentative, and when tired Of the limited power ana
patronage attached to that position, II stretches
forth its hands to clutch the high offices Of the
goyernment-thus widening its held OF mnuence'
nd consequently its capacity for mischief Are
the people aware that four of our European minis
tors Of high grade are foreignersg Have they 80
soon forgotten the difficulties, into which the reck-
Icssness and Infatuated radicalism OF Soule--that
arch enemy of our UDion--were SO near plungng
our country To expect such men-foreigners oy
birth and still foreigners in their prejudices-when
sent abroad as representatives of our government
n forget and discard their old associatons--to
b,ry their old auarrels and grudges--and have an
eve single to the honor and interests OF their ADOPT
ed country--especially when in conflict with their
own kindred and the land Of their birth, IS requr-
ing what few, il any, have the disinteresteaness,
the devotion, and integrity to perform!
1b.ra Is still another fountain, from which this
foreign influence flows, perhaps more poisonous
In it's effects than any other. ! refer to the pur
oses and conduct Of foreigners who visit our
country. and by secret intrigues and popular har-
anrues, endeayor to incite our government against
nations with which we are at peace, or failing in
this, to exasperate our people against their own
,,,la, What ph.cOulpd and
natriotic American can look back, without indgna-
ton at the conduct OF Genet-that inpudent ennis
sary Of French Jacobinisni--towards the immortal
Washinrton-appsaling to the passions and preju-
dces Of the lawless against hisresoluton TO shield
his country, in her weakness and infancy, from the
caamitics of foreign war, 70 gratiiy the rapacty
Of revolutionary Francel Have the designs and
conduct of the English tic-Thompson--so
.onn pa.sed from the recollection Of our people
IL Ia worse than stupidity--it IL criminal-longef
10 dispuise the fact that our country is becoming
kind of refugitn peccutorum OF all nations ano
racesl Here the unprincipled demagogues ana
lawless leaders of the defeated, broken ana us
-racea factions. rebellions and revolutions of Eu-
Is5pe aock to rule our potics-dictate 10 aur gov
ernment--ware war against our institutions, or
,ar their piratical expeditions against nations who
are our neirhbors and friends Let any American
freeman recur If he can without humiliation, TO the
,riumphal procession of Kossuth through the Uni
rid States When did the populace oil Rome ever
orship an imperial conqueror, with more aplect
saryity than thousands of our population did that
y tie battery he had rse w
ed--no wonder he had the audacity 10 believe thar
he could beard our government successfully, and
dragon the nation into crusade against the
despotisms Of Europe
Now, is there an enlightened and patriotic Amer
lean who viii not concede that something should
be done 10 check these evs--to stay the progress
offoreign infuenceY The American party re-
ply, Extend the term of your naturalization laws
being uniform throughout the United Ststes-let
no State admit foreigners to the rights OF suffrage,
unless they have been naturalzed according to the
law Of Congress-and oppose the election to Office
Of persons OF foreign biIth-beleying that justice
policy and the instinct Of selfpreservation demand
that nativeborn Americans should govern the coun-
trylr This remedy strikes at the root Of most, II
not all the evils and dangers which spring from
this source. am aware that IL has been urged
with much rhetorical flourish, and with an ample
fund Of vapid grnndiloquence, that the remedy
proposed IL at war with the spirit Of our institu
tions and unjust 10 foreigners. In what respect,
prayf 1t deprives no one Of his civil and religious
rghts--nor does it withhold from him the protec.
ton of his life and property-and y Is absurd to
say that every foreigner who Is drifted upon our
shores has right to all the political privileges Of
native. born citizens If So the right accrues so
soon as be is domiciled here, and, consequently,
our present naturalization laws are unjust. The
Federal Constitution itself IL at war with any such
claim Of right, inasmuch as It excludes persons Of
foreign birth from several Of the most important
Offices
Would any American give bis aid to repeal the
provision of the constitution excluding foreigners
from the Presidency If not then TO that extent
he approves the principles Of the American party.
That provision was the first great spark stricken
from the flint Of native Americanism The
blow which drew Il forth was given by Washington,
Hamilton. Madison and their ilustrious compeers.
When IL Is proposed 20 extend the principle in its
operation, II becomes a question not Of right, but
OF policy. Naturalization, by which foreigner is
clothed With the political rights ola native citizen
Il a boon which may be Withheld Tor time or re-
f.ed altogether &c policy or the national safety de-
mands that Il should be done. This Is the princi-
pie upon which all governments have acted. IL Is
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