Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-25

adoDted, Jews or Gentlles.
| What our Georgia friends whether Wings or
Democrats, who have gone into this New Order
are really after, what they intend to do cannot
imagine Those of whom / know have assured me
thai their object is reform, both in State and
Federal Adminstrations-to put better and ruer men
IN the places of those who now WELD authority
that thew have no sympathes party men or other
wise with that class speak OF at the North-that
thew are for sustaining the Union platform of our
State of 1850 and that the mask of secrecy will soon
| he removed when all will be made public. If these
he their objects and also to check the frauds and
correct the abuses in the existing naturalization laws
which have mentioned, without the lndlscriminate
PRESCRIPTION of any class of citizens on account of
their brth-pIac or religion then they will have my
co-operation as | have told them, in every proper
and legitimate way, to effect such retormaton.-I
Not as secretly initiated co-worker in the dark for
any purpose, but an open and bold advocate OF
truth in the light of day But will they DO as they
saw? VIII they throw off the mask? That is the
question Is it possible that they will continue in
potcal party fellowship with their worthy breth
| rem of Massachusetts. Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, and the entire North? Every one of whom
elected to the next Congress is deadly foe! Do
! thew intend to continue their alliance with these
omen enemies to our institutions and the Constitution
of the country under the totally mis- named assoca-
| ton of the American Party"-the very principle
upon which it is based being anti American through
out
True Americanism as ! have learned it, is like
true OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in neither confined to
any nation, Cline or soil whatsoever. Amerlcanism
the product of the soil 1T springs not from the
land or the ground it is not OF the earth, earthly;
it emanaes from the head and the heart; it looks
upward, and onward, and outward its life and soul
those grand ideas of government which charac-
terise institutions and distinguish lis from all
other people and there no two features III our
system which so signaly distinguish us from all
other natiors as free liberation of religion and the
doctrine of erpatrlGtion-the right of man to throw
Oft his allegiance 10 any and every other State, Prince,
Potentate whatsoever and by naturalization TO be
incorporated citizens into our body polite. Both
these principles specially provided for and firmly
established in Constitution. But these Amerl-
can ideas which were proclaimed III 1889 by our
sires OF TO- are by their sons at this day de-
rided and scoffed at We are now told that "natu-
ralization is a humbug," and that ii is an . i'm
possibility. So did not our fathers think. This
" humbug and " impossbIlity - they planted in the
Constitution, and vindicaton of the same principle
was of the causes of the second war of ndepen
dence. England held that 4" naturalization was an
impossible thing She claimed the allegiance of sub
iecs born within her realm, notwithstanding they
had become citizens of this republic by constitu
lion and laws She not only claimed their allegiance,
but she claimed the right to search our ships upon
the high seas, and take from them all such who
might be found in them. 1t in pursuit OF this
doctrine of hersof the right to search for our " nat
uralleeh" citizens-that the Chesapeake was fired
into, which was the immediate cause of the of
1912
Let no man then, barely because he was born in
America presume to be imbued with real and true
Americanism who either ignores the direct and posi-
tive obligation of the Constitution ignores this,
one of its most striking characteristics AS well
might any unbelieving sinner claim TO be of the
faithful, one OF the elect even-barey because he
was born somewhere within the limits of Chrsten-
dom And just as we'll might the Jacobns, who
"decreed God out of his Universe have dubbed their
club "Christan Association because they were
born on Christian soil The genuine disciples of
'true Americanism, like the genuine followers of
the Cross, those whose hearts warmed and
fred, elevated and ennobled-by those principles,
doctrines and precepts which characterize their
pectve systems 1t is for this that Kans-
chatkan, Brton, Jew, HindOo be as
good Christian any one born "Calvarys
brow" or where the Sermon on the Mount was
preached! And for the Irishman,
Frenchman, German or Russian, can be as thor
oughly 'American'' if he had been born within
the walls of old independence Hall itself. Which
was the 'true American" Arnold or Hamilton? The
one was natiUe the other an adopted son. But
to return. What do Georgia friends intend TO
do Is it not time that they had shown their hand
Do they intend to abandon the Georgia Platform,
and 60 over "horse, foot and dragons into poti
cal alliance with Trumbull, Durkee, Wilson & CO.!
Is this the marked out for themselves by any
of the gallant old Wings of the 9TH and 9Th Congress
sional Districts : trust not | hope not But if
they do not intend thus to commit themselves is it
not time 10 pause and reflect Is it not time to take
reckoning and see whittier they drifting? When
'be blind lead the blind' where IS the hope of safety?
have been cited to the resolution which, it is
said the late Know Nothing Convention passed in
Macon. This, it seems, is the only thing that the
six hundred delegates could bring forth after two
| days 'labor'-and of it may well say, "Montes |
| pdrtur1ent ct rldlculus mus maScitm"-"The noun
| talns have been in labor and ridiculous mouse is
born" 1t simply afhrms, most meekly and submits
slvey, what no man south of Mason and DiXons line
for the last thrtyfve years would have ventured 10
deny without Justly subjecting himself to the charge
of inciUaSm-that is, that "Congress has consttu
tional power to intervene by excluding State
applying for admission into the Union, upon the
ground that the constitution of such State recognizes
slavery" This is the whole life and soul of il, I'M
less except the secret blade of oab which it bears
towards Kansas and Nebraska, concealed under
garb 1t is well known to all who are informed,
that in the organic law Of these territories the right
OF voting, while they remain territories, given
to all who had filed declaration of intention to be-
come citizens This was in strict compliance with
the usual practice Of the Government in organizing
territories and under this provision that class of
persons are now entitled to vote. Kansas, in two
elections under this law, has shown that an over
wheImng majority of her people in favor of sla-
very, moi Notwithstanding all the Executive influence of
the Free Soil Governor (Reeder) whom MIR. Pierce !
sent out there 10 prevent it; hut whom the people
have lately driven as they ought 10 have DONE from
/ the country. Now then, when Kansas applies for |
ADMISSION as a slave State. she doubtless will, a |
| Southern acknowledging under this resolution can
unite with his ''worthy brethren at the North, in
voting against 1t, upon the ground that have
voted Tor Il Constitution recognizing Slavery, who
had not been ''naturalized' but had only declared
their intention. For this resolution in it's very heart
and core declares that The rig ht 10 establish Slave
constitutions Gin the organization of State Govern
ments, belongs to the and NATURALlZED Citi
zens excluding those who have only declared their
! intention A more insidious attack was never made