Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-08-21

now required y remain ia this country .
certain length of time before they become
citiSens. An parties agree that thil is right
and proper Ncbody-hbt even the for-
eignsr himself doubts the propristy Oi
this. Now let Us inquire, Why is It proper
that the foreigner should remain here sev.
eralyeAts before becoming . citizen! Why
not ndturaliSs him at once the very mo.
ment he touches our soils Isit simply be-
cause of the s.accident Of his BIRTH" II
SO, then all parties In this country prescribe
men "for the mere accident Of birth, I" and
have always done so since the formation
Of our government. But nobody imagines
this to be the case. There are several rea-
sons why II is necessary and proper that
they should remain here q term Of years
before becoming citisens. l.. II all men
became citizens the moment they touched
our sod, ths monarchs, Of Europe would
need no invading army to overthrow our
Republican institutions. They would only
have to send over an army Of ciiissns about
election time, TO outvote the natives, and
inaugurate any hind Of government they
chose, peaceably and legally. One reason
why we require men from foreign countries
% remain here several years before voting
is 70 test their fidelity 70 orr system Of gov
srnment, and the ePtsritycf their intentions
10 coming here. E. Those who smigrats
here Or q least . large majority Of them.
are entirely ignorant Of our language, our
laws. our institutions, or the foundations up
on which they rest. In order to their be-
coming good citizens. it is not tonly necessa-
ry that their intsmions should be good, but
also that they should be able 70 act ander-
siandiag'y, 80 that they may not be made
the dupes Of evil and designing men, and
aid in destroying our government while
really Intending to uphold it. 5. Those
who have been reared under another form
of government have formed habits, and
contracted vices and prejudices which are
contrary to the genius Of our institutions.
Time is required to overcome these habits,
vices, and prejudices-in other words. to
Amsricanics these foreigners; and until they
are Americanized they are unfit to partici-
pate in the affairs of our government.
All parties in this government agree on
these points, and all parties have agreed on
them. ever since our government has had
an existence. The only difference Of opin-
ion is in regard to time-on party claim
ing that Jeps years is long enough probation,
and the other that a longer time should be
required. Yetthe demagogue who penned
that resolution would make ignorant men
believe that one party is in favor of pro-
scribing men for the more accident of5irth. ;
and the other is opposed to all prescription.
The truth is. if there is any prescription at
all on ccount Of birth. Americans are now
prorcribed longer than foreigners they
being compelled to reside here tpsnty-ons
years, and foreigners only .fys--ths moss
that ever was claimed by the party which
is charged with prescribing men on account
of birthplace. was that foreigners should
be placed on an equality with Americans.
and be compelled to reside IN this country
as long as Americans. before votin g.
But we cannot do justice to the subject
in short newspaper article, and we wish
to notice one other clause in the resolution:
1--WE proclaim to the world the universal
Democrattic doctrine, Equal and exact
justice to ALL MEN, Of Whatever state on
persuasion, religious or political" 4, i
Now if we understand the term "ALL
MEN," i includes every, body--black, ss
well as white-the negro. the Indian the
Chinese, &c. According to this doctrine the
Democratic party ought to be very bitterly
opposed to slavery; because nobody will
deny that great injustice ia practiced up.
on the poor slave, who is compelled fol
generation after generation, to labor for the
support Of others. and be subject in all things
to the will of his master. Yet the practice
ofsthe so-called Democratic party is now
and always has been to labor for the exten.
sion and perpetuatiOn Of slavery, and even
in the very resolutions Of which this is @
part, they declare, in effect, that slavery
may be extended into Kansas, IL the
white men want it there. OF the injustice
toward the Indian in the western forest, and
the Chinese in California, we have not time
now to speak. But there is one religious { y
society we wish to name in this connection
The great Democratic doctrine certainly
embraces the A0RMoNS of Utah. Whal
does Democracy say to admitting them int
full fellowshipf Mormonism "having sprung
up in opposition to evsrY principlsof com
mon sense, in violation Of every mora
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