The weekly American banner., 1855-10-05


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'eratitulIe. h a I fHDsll&| lE8 lo kIl X h, kafy'
were aasentufer5 Nho came Dy III j; am l|I<J e1f
i. II wc owe ll.de fo foreiQs,crs Isl 1 Ile
troope Who W fobk fo7 III, whaf lla ~ 14<|
10 foreigners (|15 {roops wIo cdi1c.t is i.rhf
aroirsf us2 M s s
n A. sT sa;d hcfore tI,ev were hound d fSolt
against vou. becanse their country was 1t war
with vonrs.
NJ. Hold sir. Hess il no part of England.
What saw you to the Hessian trooos wl.o can1o
10 firht against US for nav. and whose cruel ana
destructive warlsre has caused the farmer, to this
day, TO call that insect, which il most destructive
Of his crops. the Hess;aa fur II we owe grati-
tude TO all foreigners for the aid Of French troops
who came to fight on our side for pay, what do
We owe all foreigners for the deeds OF the Hes
sians9 sssTis apoor rule that yont work both
ways.
F. But you admit that yon owe gratitude z
La Fayette, and he was foreigner.
~. Yes, sir; and It IS q debt which neither
our government nor people have been slow e &C
knowledge, and, as Tar as may be, TO repay. %
-far as mere pecuniary compensation could express
our gratitude, our government has expressed II
! by large donations oil land 10 La fayet'e. De-
sides this, the highest pubic shonofs nave oeen
extended to him, and our people have given him
place in their hearts second only TO thaS Wn'cn
is filled bp Washington himself. II a descenddnl
of La Fayette should present himself 'he Who'e
nation, as one man, would be IN iavor Oh dona'
tions (fhe needed them) of land or money, Z
him-not to every foreigner who may struggle
to our shores. We would be in favor OF ADMIT
ting him to citizenship by special act oil Congress
or supposing that unconstitutional, we would re
gret the impossibiity, and would desire by ever,
constitutional method to evince our gratitude
the ancestor by kindness to the descendant.
II r. You think you owe gratitude to La Fa
vette merely as an individual; insist that yo
owo hin, orat;tnde as foreigner. Had he bee
native hs would have been contending for hi
own interests. and YOU would owe him no thanks
i ~ Than vou think we owe none to Wash
J ;nc,o,, The American heart feels differently
p... toLa !, as Won viii. our debt to La Fayett
= : fere;rner. does not make Is indebted to a
foreigners; otherwise, what do we owe to all fol
leigners for the deeds Of such monsters as Cur
ningham, the jailer of General Howe? He Wa
an Irishman, and you will say that, as subje'
J Of England, it was his duty to act against u.s.
, might insist that it was the duty of the Irish t
: throw off the yoke of oppression from their ow
necks, rather than assist in fastening it upon our
: Bat admit that it was Gunnigharn's duty to al
4 against us, was ii his duty to confne the Amer
: can prisoners in filthy, loathsome, unhealtf
rooms to half starye them, and to hang one
!. them every night at twelve O'Clock, by way
i innocent recreations Such was the treatme
elwhich many noble American patriots received
the hands OF a foreigner. II we owe gratitude
: all foreigners for benefits received ut the hands
one, what do we owe all foreigners, by the san
rule, for such injuries received at the hands
q one? If we owe them all gratitude for the CO.
4 of La Fayette what do We owe them az FOR
the deeds of Cunningham