Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-03-06
1865. s5i. ',s vi NJ ST. g.

d Isssye preyeni iGbu abuses si i DE hatptazaion
lla%s,s BY amIehalng b,hbsa laws; 70 stop Pi'.he
abuses sIofIa pfomlsuc6us ssmiesaiion; 40 pre-
ven, s,ha jmrpns,ion jpsp This counwyoof
foreigi 3aupers and conviess, The, .Awpee|sIit wpe|I
lean, Refotmers make no, war aga1st
| HI et!.sy ,RSned emigraiiod; I'd, they pio,esl
agEihessSdkihgolbsl lU1i,ed S.ases ''eishesJ .
Peuslscdl6nysora Psoper es,ablishmshaitbi
he use Of foreign nations They belieye
| that .republicpn, goysrnglen. ,can only be
peenpmnanenlIy Del mnanenlIy established upon al educssiohi
al basis alhftaih4 III n6rs SH,eIliRa6cs You can
lhaingla tbevballp,ibdxa apdT'ihe
Ilaael ienerapee, iheb beiler it wAl be ipr ihe
Icopnsfy They regard the, elecslye fran,
'6''' z '''. '''|' Y S. I, q M 4.
Egenlxtll of abe couh,rysand shsy belisve
,ha. this cannot be dopei tas lhe pa.urnliza.
tim laws now are. as there are so many lull-
lgyowhro,ers comingsin,dhhS ccanlsy Iefery
Eyaarpffom foreIgnlaads. shos ase iwhp!lRtg,
norani ,of ilshis,ory end shslpYr p9ses ofiIs
institutions. They, therefore, very proper
nv require i longet probation. American
born icilizehs have loifeachtheage of fa~sn-
iy i0ne years before sheylea6 Ao,esiinl many
lpG lhe Ssaseslhsy heye so pay A iax in al.
di.on there,o.t Their children are nur,nred
il OR pubic schools and other ssminaries
fYom 9iheif f1lhnes; they are instructed d
the firesidean their duly to God and phsir
EcounuyiIhe speeches of f,oufq great sla.es'
men are among their school declamEaaa..iiopTs;
they inhule The, ptipciples of Free Govorn.
tment In The very 'air hey breathe; they bh.
derstand Tire pflnciplesS ofi Repdblieanism,
Land they give nm inielIigon. vote when they
Ego ,o,.he pols.l Is. u, iheEelore, sright tbal
American intelligence should bc Ct every
election day smoihored up or neutralized BY
,heI foreign, element Swhichis so rapidly &C.
formulating upon our shores. and ,wbichIhas
been used year lai.er year by demagogues
on the one side and prisst-cral, on,he oth-
or, 10 give The one Office and the olher Sec
ular and ecclesiastical power. pa'l
s,l ,ltis, 10 our judgment, a mere question. ol
policy,Gof which is best for the country, the
supremacy of an intelligent American influ.
ence In all rour eleciions.i or Irnixed hale
and half compromising with ignorance and
saperslliop. We do nos Imeant 10 say iha'
,all Of the foreigmbornsoisrs areignorant OF
supors,i,ious smsn+-iar drom Il. Many ol
the wisest men int the country, or nwho have
been in she country, frs, saw ahs light oi
heaven in foreign lands Blu. II cannot be
denied that there is'a very great ignorance,
in regard TO our institutions, existing among
a very large por,ion- ofr,he emigran.s who
are daily coming 10 these shores. We
woaldsndr punish ethem fors,hair Ignorance,
nor 'despise them for their poverys but we
would pro,ect the ballo,.box in, iis purity,
and make ID Wha, h was Liniended 10 be---
the exponent of the ihselligenti AMEAlcAS
IWILL. bs tailSga m oS agd lnaF'tg ody InAl
bsThis view Of The case we believe TO be
the sone which now prevails in this country,
Itois not confined To- natiye.born ciiizens; il
is slmos, The universal sentiment among
Intelligent men, without disnnciion }of birth
or position. Is strong, because, Of its in.
rate jus,ice.ii Iiis not sihe offspring Of pref.
udice and bigoiry, but dofasense and paitiol
isms Itis opposed, chiefly oyamen who
nave hitherto regarded the foreign vo,eh as
merchapis doiiheir deposits 10 bank 10 be
checked upon, when needed. but who are
begianingto find thai. Ihey have oyerdrAwr
Itheir accounts. 9grb ohW ,siqangHfaGs,9 Ir
reThe american sentimeni has extended
from ihs shores of ihe Atlantic to the Pa
cifcv I'VE readIOl It's triumphs in the State,
- Nsf- a.. -
every Slase nathea Union, and 1t will in
crease IN volume, and In power, becadst
,is founded in justice. and because'thei bes
interests of our country demand liIslsuprem
acy. !, is an element Of peace, prosperity
and Nationality; no. Of oppression, exclu
siveness, or bigotry. =, Gin. Gazette, >'sves'
i4odG 1s'sg Henry NvIISOm. oaqbao'so'
Tia, ,Lsgsslpis u, .MsssSsh1seigs a.