The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-04-20

THE oB1EcTs o. AND NEED H
TIE AllERl 1loN
cincincinn zetls n
ii the y1ash on Union Whie
s. len VA he lh to ron
other countries hrs materially adasa g she
wealth and prosperity 81 this and partisan use
sought 6 Sc d the iae ngs
1--WE Do no. understand the obi St the
American movement g Sc the prohibition ol
immigration, buk that L seeks 'nlase iA.o
American politics more Ct AnelieNa 'ncipleas
to plve more distinctipeness 81 Use American
name and characters % prevent a6asa il the
naturalization laws. BIZ amending those laws;
% stop The abuses q pfomIscua emlgEaton,
"a prevent the importation into this country oi
foreign paupeFs and conYiets
The American refoFmers NAL Be no war againli
! healthy, honest emigration, but they pfotes
against making the United States either renal
colony, 81 pauper blishment fer the use
Of foreign nations. They believe thatrepublican
government can only be permanently establish
cd upon "a educational basis that the more IN
telligence you can bring to bear upon the ballot.
box, and the least Ignorance, the better il viii
Be- for tie country They regard the elective
franchise As the palladium Of their liberties,
that should express II every election the intell-
gent will Of the country; and they believe that
this cannot Be done as tie naturalization laws
now are, as there are 80 many full-gropn voters
coming into the country every year from foreign
lands who are wholly ignorant of is history and
the purposes ofits institutions. The here
fore, very properly require longer probation.
Amencan-born citizens ae to reach The age
Of twenty-one years before they can vote, il
many Of the States they have to pay tax in
addition thereto. Their children are nurtared
in our public schools and other seminaries from
their infancy; they are instructed st tie Preside
in their duty TO God and tlieil country; the
speeches Of our great statesmen Ire among their
school declarations; they inhale the principles
ofFree Gogernmentin theyery air they breathe;
they understand the principles Of Republicanism,
and they give an intelIigen vote when they 90
to tie polls.
Is. ittherefore right that American intelligence
should Be. at every election day, smothered up Or
neutralizea 81 the foreign element which IS 30
rapidly accumulating upon our shores, ana which
has been used year after year BY demagogues on
The one side and priest craft on the other 70 give
The one Office aud The other secular and eccesiaa.
tical poBeTl
Itis ia oar alsat nsIe qaes -
lieY e Wild lest for theco J, the suprema-
cy Of an intelligent American influence ID al our
elections, or mixed haIfapd.half compromising
with ignorance and superstition. Wedo not mean
to say that an Of the foreign born voters are emo
rant or superstitious men--lap from II. Many Of
the wiaest men 10 the country. o. Who ave been
in the country frstsaw The light Of heaven ID for
eign lands. But it cannot be denied that there is
very great ignorance in regard to our institutions,
existing among very large portion of the emf
grants who are daily coming to these shores. We
would not punish then ior their ignoranca boz de.
spise them for their pogeFtyi but we would pro-
tect the bal!ot-box il its purity and make i what
it vas intended to be.the exponent Of the inteli-
gent AMER1cAN WILL.
This view Of the case We believe to Be Tie one
which now prevails il this country. II IS not
confnedto native-born citizens; It Is almost the
universal sentiment among intelligent men with
out distinction Of birth Of position. til strong
because of its innate justice. Il Is not the Off
spring or prejudice and bigOtry, but ofsense and
patriotism. It IS opposed, chiefly, 81 men Who
have hitherto regarded the foreign voters Is mer-
chants do their deposits il bank, to be checked
upon when needed, but who are beginning 70 find
that they have overdrawn their accounts.
The American sentiment has extended from the
shores Of the Atlantic 70 the Pacific We read
Of its triumph 10 tie States 81 Massachusetts, and
California, and IN every State of the Union; and
il viii increase IN volume and IN power because
it's founded in justice, aud because the best ils
terests of our country demand its supremacy. It
Is an element ofpeace prosperity and nationality;
not Of oppression, exclnsiveness, or bigotry.
THE SOUTHERN DEMOCR CY EN-
DoRSED By THE ABOLIT1ONISTs.
Weed, the editor Of the Albany Evening
Journal, the most unscrnpulou aud foul Adolf
ton paper ia the Union, has come out and ex-
pressed himself in the most complimentary
terms Of the Southern Democracy Standing
shoulder to shoulder with them q determined
and bitter hostility to the Know Nothings, he
seems 70 look upon bis Democratic allies il the
South with 90 eye Of intense admiration and
affection. He eommends their courage and
their s.boIdness 10 doing as be and Seward are