Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-28
Truth Well spoken
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iwho celebrated l1r'day as 'U,Iiob men il
Irrespective of.poiifcsl PARTIES, the other b
VesPasian Eliss Esq. before. sthe5know
Inothings, OF those denoninaling, bemseIyt
the American party. In the .pfation Of III
former we find a very important subj c
considered in a most practical and gcloseI,
reasoned manner--,hat is, the true csus,
Of the physical growth and.grratness q
this people, which, as It necessarily extm
Iplifes The positive. end almost incaIcuabl,
advantages which. have resultedirom mi.
migration to- our shores. is avoided liz Iii,
latter productions, as are near y all the 9th
er PRACTICAL tangible matters Of TACT ant
trecgrd,s which an Orator against $ hon ihr,
tell might End mere di!fieu'ty IN dispdsins
Of fIiah IN letting alone: ."tfths mem
men! These constitute a Stale" SAYS Mr..
Carlisle-the mighty oceans which wash
our shores, the broad fields and greaI riv-
ers the mountains Of mineral wealih aud
the teamlug vallies. being but tie means
and iiistrum .nts of men. Thus Mr.. c..
rightfully assumes that no man not utterly
besotted will presume to deny that our
prosperity and power haye 4ept eyen pace
with our population, and that our popnla-
ton has out,tripped the career of all Other
nations in that respect solely because of
the unprecedented immigration which we
have invited and obtained. lie proceeds.
And how have we isviled and obtained
III Not simply by throwing open our
ports 10 the craven spirits Of every land
content, for the privilege of bling hew
ers Of wood aud drawers of water, 70 be
among us, but not OF us, not by this, nor by
any thing short of the honest tender and
free pledge of brotherhood, aud Of spe-
cies Of political Regeneration which in the
reasonably appointed time and name,
should confer OH every exile who should
have finally planted the lives Of himself
and his decendcnts in our soil as that Of,
bis adopted coontfy the privileges Of CHI,
zenship obliteratlng forever his ties ofnat.
ura allegiance, and by The sam~ act ner
gnlg al his anteceden;s in new fountain
of his lie and race. This is political re-
generation.a Let those sueer tit who are
themselves too narrow Of soul 10 .compre-
bend what it is 10. be truly an American
Cit zen. Let those deny its efficacy who
ere ignorant or forgetiul Of our country's
history, OF who are unable or unwilling
to fathom its meaning or perceive lis NOR
al 80. :.
Enigrants ourselves in the beginning,
and fngi.is.ss from the oppression Of the
Old World, by the tide Of immigration
mainly have we been. borne TO our pres
ent condition. 70 repress this ilnmigra
ton, TO interpose obstacles to natura ization
nav, even to refrain from active measures
for the encouragement of both, was by our
fortlathers regarded as styra meal griev-
ance, ct to be settofth prominently IN the
catalogue Of injuries Submitted to can-
did world 10, Justification of :he momen-
lous measure which we are here to cele
brate. In their solemn unprecedented Of
the. British King they say.-ss.,ggs 7.slsT,- 4
tile has. .endeavored TO prevent 5 the.
population Of these States; for that .pur-
pose obstructing laws tor naturalization Of
foreigners, refusing to pass others to en-
courage their imigration- hither, and rais-
ing the conditions OF new appropriations
Of land" s..,.-t.s 49, a.. .5.ts= ~.
In the first address Of President Wash
ington to Congress, among the earliest
sub; ecto which he commended to their
and action in carrying the
new government into effect, was that Of
Accordingly thefirst Con
gress unde. the Constitution axed the
term of naturalization a: two years--an
act which Iereivedtlie signature Of Wash.
ingtop. Afterwards, in the adHjnistra-.
of a A.,
which gave birth TO the notorious alien
and sedition laws, the term Of probation
WAS extended to fourteen wears; but in
1904 MIR. jefferson, in his Grst messageito
Congress, uses this language: 81 as.sg,a
u cannot omit recommending revisal
of the laws on the subject naturalization.
Considering the ordinary chances Of hu-
man life, denial OF citizenship under a
residence Of fourteen years is denial to a
great proportion Ct those who ask il. and
controls a policy pursued iiom their frsi
settlement BY many Of these States, ard
still believed of consequence 10 Their pros
perity. Ard shall We .reiuse,' continues
the ausher of the Declaration of lndepen-
dence,) shall we refuse the unhappy tugi.
tives from distress that hospitality which
even tie savages OF the wilderness cxten.
ded to our fathers arriving in this land?--
Shall oppressed humanity ind no asy iuni
on this globe? The Constitution indeed
has wisely provided that iol admission to
certain, officers Of important trust alesi-
dence shall be required sufficient to develop
characteFi and design, but might not the
general character and ca liabilities of ri,i.