Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-27
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.
BEWARE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE y

IT is within the memory of men now living,
when the ilustrious Washington made use of
these words but little more than half cen
t,lry has notched itself on the wheel of time,
and We find the language revived; and can we
doubt the necessity for it now? {? If in the in
fancy of our Republic, it was important that
this influence should be kept down, how much
more now that we have grown to be nation,
is ii necessary to an existence as the freeSt and
most enlightened people of the earth. The
clear sightednesS OF Washington perceived it,
or he would never in this his Legacy to his A
merican children, Gas we may be proud to call
ourselyes,) have used these words. Who can
doubt but that he was purely and wholly devo-
ted to his country, and still in all his acts VIC
see the same feeling. Mark his memorable
words, ssPlace none but AMERICANS on guard
| tonight" If foreigners could not be trusted
| then, for their loyalty to republican institu-
| tions, how We trust them now Ii he fear
| ed their attachment to royalty then, why may
we not fear their antagOnsm to republican GO
yernment now mo doubt there are in the
| present day some few men who, like Lafayette
could appreciate Liberty and Freedom, but
| they are as they were then, the exception,
| not the rule, hence the same necessity exists
| TODAY of placing none but .dmertcaRs on
| guard, or in other words, place none but
| tiye-born citizens to rule over US, and guard
US. Facts show this no new doctrine. What
caused the constant troubles between the kings
| brought about that famous charter of rights and
privileges, so much as the constant appoint
| ment of Foreigners to offices of honor in the
| realm, and admitting them to a voice in the
government. King Henry III. contended more
| against his barons on this point than any other
and when a Magma Chart was granted by
| King John, nearly 600 years ago, it was ex-
preSsly stipulated by the mobiles that sail for
eign officers should be sent out Of the realm. p
| and this was the foundation Of the Rights and
Privileges which the subjects of Great Britain
| at this day enjoy. Is it not so with us 3? Are
not the people now demanding of those in au-
| thority that Foreigners shall not be appointed
to Office 2-and HERE the people are The mobiles
Well indeed may we compare in this respect
our present Administration [NationalI with
| King Henry, and may we notalso say until our
cause is gained, the war shall still be waged 2
Like the English monarch, our President and
those under his control, are pampering their
| forgotten Rcpublicanism by the Seryile obe-
| dience to 20 Foreign influence and the result
| is, Foreigners-some of whom scarcely can
| speak our native tongue--fill our offices, con-
| troll our Custom Houses, superintend our ma
tional works. and divide the g spoils', of cor
! rupt administration. 1t is for the American
| MOBILES to say, how long these things shall con-
| tinue.
1t is needless for any one to say the Demo-
| cratic Party, as represented by our President
| and his followers, is not virtually a Foreign
| Party in all its acts and feelings. 1t is vain
| to deny that they are actuated by an .anti-
.9merican policy, and are wholly under the in
| .fuence, civH and religious, OF those who have
| no feelings in common with an American
| Facts show this, one instance will suffice
In the recent election in Buffalo, the sew
/ enth Ward occupied almost exclusively by
| foreigners (Germans) cast 6SS votes for the
Democratic candidate for Judge, while his
American opponent received only So votes,-
| there is no dSputing this, the returns show it.
! The present Administration is thoroughly op-
| posed to the principles of Washington; the
! great principles on which our Government
was founded and on which it alone must rest,
| II we expect to be successful in the race of
| nations. We dare not be SO uncbaritabe as
| to suppose that Franklin Pierce-who unfor-
tunately has right to the Presidential chair
| nearly two years longer-has entirely lost
sight of the fundamental doctrines Of Repub-
/ lican Government, that he is bound to obey
the voice of the people, and that he is not tie
ruler, but virtually is the ruled. They who
| have given, can also take away, and his fate is
| sealed, if the American party are true to their
| trust Abandoned as he now is by almost ev-
cry honest American, while We can pity his
weakness, we cannot overlook his faults what
hope is there left for him, but in the bosom of
the Foreign Population whose cause he has
espoused. But the day is not far off, when
the fiat shall go forth, from the North as well
as the South, from the East and the West, and
| that from the home of an American President.
a successor of Washington-setPlace none but
Americans on guard to night o. O.
Pflilad elphia, June %, 1875.
IL The annual Synod Of the Presbyterian
Church of Canada was opened with divine
service in Montreal, on the l4th inst.