Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-02-03

person or foreigner is permitted al his pleasure
shift the responsibility Of his support and care.
This grievance, no doubt, would long since hav,
been corrected had the complaints against it as.
sumed some tangible shape aad been presented /
10 the national legislature. AS 10 The necessity |
and Practicablli;y Of this reform, there need be
rat, party organization 10 accomplish it. This /
evil, which is SO universally felt, nnlrries and
sus,ains chiefly the Whole fabric of the new
party. Another cons erable evil resulting from
The foreign population is the abuse and evasion
of the naturalization laws. The period of five
years was fixed by the act Of 1909 because i,
was supposed that the foreigner situated among
our cilzens, it oil different language, would
soon learn the language Of this country, and
rom Ms associations with our people wonld be-
come fully acquainted with The spirit, if not The
letter oil our constitution and laws. Formerly.
the few scattered foreigners were esteemed
general favoriles. bsctu,s they Were SUI posed
TO be SOFT Of political .exiles, who were blnst-
Ell their country because OF their supposed pro
cliviy to popular rights and self government
or iecause it was supposed tha, they were at
iacheJ to our country BY its free institutions and
IS generous sympathy. What the sur.
iouudnss Of the foreigners We Gud that
large portion of them follow the gang, herever
II leads, and are seldom brought in,o social com.
munica'ion with the citizens of the Country
Ihev sol Ian, b,vo -
themselves for The proud distinction Of Ameri
can citizenship
On the other hand, however, we fell proud 10
say that, there are those whose counlenances
beam with intelligence aud whose 'tpugues give
uilerance to the goodness of their hearts
who would Go credit 10 any country. The dis.
similarity oil the naturalization laws, OF some
OF The States Of this confedeEacy, has lead to
great confusion and many gross abuses. Ii has
been the policy oil some Of the new Western
States TO hold out every in lucen nj to the EN-.
| isran, to settle within their borders, and anouu
the rest, they have offered the privilege OF eili
zenship after very short residence. II is said
that in The Stale Of Michigan The very tliei
| period Of six months " i'll en.Ile one 10 ci.izen.
ship.
| must, however, he said in ommendalion O:
the foreigner. ttia:, notM outstanding his itnper
feet acquaintance with cur institutions, he gen.
orally takes an enlarged view OF natural rig h 5
and republican liberty. Too oiles, however,
he mistakes an enlightened popular sovereignty
Tor an unlimited lIeense 10 20 any hing tia a
depraved nature may prompt, The abuses
" hicti have been ptaeiiced upon the Ell eciv..
franchise have aliser, mol as much because of
radical de.ee! IL The na,uTaiizal oa laws Of The
federal government, IS o! ihe careless nlorce-
men OF lhem by commissioners OF ees tons, or
the criminal evasons OF the susffasa,oN
The generous libtnllily OF the American PEG.
pie towards the alien has probably been III fault
Il Is, hower YER hotie Trait ot character. aud
VIII Constitute an Interesting page III OR conn
iiy history. Our investigation bring u, 10 HE
following conclusions list. That LIE ate4l In
flax OF alien paupeFs and criminals is becomlas
sontce oil great anno, ance, and al intoieIable
evil 10 slave Owners in the saalh, aud that In
mediate action should be had upon The subject,
by Congress- ID. That the existing naluializa.
tion laws have been abused and evaded, aa1
require revision, IN the hope that they may
be better adapted 10 tile exiseHces Of the coun-
try, and nsy more efleclGal, guard the high
prerosaIye OF American citizenship against TN
worthy objec,s
10 accomplish the loforms 81 :ch we have
indicated, Gun any one conceive the necessity u
Il fetal abrogaton oil The lvo sfea, politlca,
parties oi the country, and with them the tuuda.
mental principles 81 a tue republican govern
menl-pluciples whiei, have been thoroughly
acrulized aid tested ioI the last half century.
Shall they be abolished AID buried in otl.y'
ion TO give place 10 the vtritst derdast--a
perfect aufesque upon enlightened patriot ism,
under the. eupaonious title Of Know Nothing p
The old fashioned, Tree, open, manly and hon.
oabe discussions of great governmental plinci
pies, addressing themselves to the intelligence
and sound judgment OF the people is 10 be sue
ceeded by secret midnight conspiracies, plotting
aaains, the very parties i'll which the consIi ira.
Tors We're barn. Whose nan.es and principles have
been haslowel by the associations aud llbois oil
ilie greatest statesmen ana patriots The woili
ever produced, whose memory, we trust, fer
the sake OF the republic, has not been balshed
from the recollection oi The American people
Oar children are no longer to BE- tau.h, the les.
sons Of Instruction impaired By thu lllusllous
sages Of the republic. Franklin, Jetiefsun,
Madison, Jackson, Clay, Webster Calhoun,
aud Others whose names are nse,ib- ia letters
oil gold high up in the temple Of fame, a.e 10
be thrust aside, like SO many Egyptian muni-
mics, aud the youths Of thu nation ale 10 be
sen. out upon new specie Of uight.erranlry,
in ques, Of what! KGoae Nothings. O tempo.
ra! o mores! How sopeniely ridiculous. -
How profoundly contemplate! How INSULT g
10 a sober minded people! But wha, is TO be
done with the venerable filheis Of the country,
who were assoc lated with the illus,I ous dead
in their Ia5ors lor the good OF tho countiy 3
Shall their syery locks aud warning no ooger
command respect Shall they be sllsnned ny
the gaping and babbling OF The new oracles
which would .cilse tie very sui. i'll the iitna-
nenl! Yes the fathers of the republic Must
be siencei. The true a msricans are only Ia
be heard. The fathers WHO urou9ht IL In Us