Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-26
JOHN MITCHELL, THE PATRIOT.

Mr.. Shepard in his speech here Monday last,
occupied the ground that this country should repel
from its shores the "paupers and criminals" of Eu-
rope. We have always maintained that the govern
ments of Europe should not be permitted to make a
Botany Bay of this country, by sending hither per-
convicted of offences other than political, and
paupers declared and regarded by law. But this
is matter with which the federal government has
more to do than it has with the qualifications of
voters in the States; the States and The corpora
tons within the States must be looked to in this
pect and, general rule, they exercising the
power of sending back or of requiring indemnity for
the settlement of these classes Of persons in our
midst
Mr.. Shepard omitted to state the fact that for
egner be naturalized who does not make it sat
isactorily appear to the Court that he is ga of
good moral character attached to the principles of
the Constitution of the United States, and well dis
posed to the good order and happiness of the same'
but Mr. Haywood in his admirable reply, showed
this, as also the similarity sf this movementin which
Mr.. Shepard leading in this District, to that of the
alien law of the elder Adams.
But Mr.. Shepard spoke of the Irish patriot, Mitch
ell, "a conUict and traitors! Mr.. Mitchell's crime
is that he endeavored Washington and Greene en-
deavored for this country i'll 1916 break from the
lluUS Vi pdCeu IueIu NY
ish rule. For this he tried before corrupt Court
and by packed jury and sentenced to transportation
forfe to Australia He escaped reached this free
try, and is now soon will be, naturalized cti-
zen thereof. His first crime that of which
Washington guilty-rebellion against the
British government; his second crime, in the est-
nation of the abolitonists was, that he defended
slavery and expressed the wish in doing, that he
had "a plantation in Alabama, we'll stocked with
negroes" and his third crime in the eyes of Know
Nothings is, that he will not join Them some 9TH
Irish, English and Scotch ngrates and traitors
have done, in prosecuting account of their
religious opinions and because they happened to be
born in Europe Asia. Some time last year Mr.
Mitchell invited to visit Virginia, which he did;
and recently he was the guest, by express invita-
ton, of the Legislature Of Louisiana. He is the
staunch friend and supporter ofthe Constitution of the
United States, the advocate and defender of African
slavery, and man of lion heart and unwavering pur
pose in his devotion to the rights ofman. Such is the
man, who is denounced by the Know Nothing candi-
date as " convict and traitor! God grant that Eu
rope were full ofsuch men If it WERE corrupt aristo
cracies and despotsms would be overset, and the
honest masses would obtain liberty and justice. We
saw we hail all such "convicts and traitors"
Mitchell, Meagher, ODunahoe, and S NTH O'Bryan,
and bid them welcome to our shores. Nor acoutd
zoe repe1 the poor Immigrant because he is poor. If
he can reach here by his own means, and if he
come of his accord, and, painting for breath
and smarting under the lash of the opprcssor, he
can just crawl up the shore, say we would
not send him back-we would not make his honest
poverty crime Let him, poor though he be, find
a refuge here-let him look upon that banner fthe
stars and stripes, and livel
Is there an Irishman, the of an Irishman
in the District who can vote for Mr. Shepard?