The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-17
Governor Gardeners Message.

The Message of Gov. Gardner, of
Massachusetts, receives high cons
mendation, even from his party oppos
ncnts, for ability, frahkness and good
taste. That part which relates more
exclusively to the American question,
we find summed up in the New York
Tribune, as follows
After abiding to the increase of i'm
migration from 10000 from 1890 to
1910 to one million aud half from 1910
to 1850, he says that large proportion
Of the poverty and crime proceed from
them, aud that wise craftsmanship should
interfere within the limits of the consti-
tuition to direct and control these Gle
meuts. For this great American move.
ment the times are peculiarly propitious
great parties having subsidized into
their original elements, and old issues
having become obsolete or dying out.
lie holds that the dominant race must
regulate the incoming class TO dispel
from popular use every foreign language;
to put all public documents in the Eng
fish tongue alone; to ordain that all
schools aided by the State shall use the
same language; to dlsband military
companies founded on and developing cx
elusive foreign sympa,hics; to discourage
imported political demagogues.- the
brokcn-down leaders of iusuIar agrarian.
ism, or continental rcd republcanism,
whose trade 1T is to put themselves at
the head OF their deluded contrymen, to
organize prejudice to vitalizo foreign
feeling and morbid passion, and then sell
themselves to the highest partizan bid.
der
To purify and cnnoble the elective
franchise to adopt a CAREFUL guarded
check list throughout the nation; to de
velop high and vital patriotism to A.
mericanzc America to retain the Bible
IN our Common Schools; to keep entire
the separation of Church and State; to
nationai2o before we naturaizc. and to
educate before either to guard against
citizenship becoming cheap:
These constitute a work transccndinr
tho ordinary platform Of party, and
ranking with the great movement that
originally founded nations. lie quote,
the opinions Of the fathers Of the Repub
lie IN support Of his opinions. and SAYS
the universal record Of history teaches
that all the Republics that have risen
and fallen, owe their destruction to for
clsn influence, unseen at first. permitted
till too strong for resistance. at last fatal
The citizens Of Massachusetts distrust
foreign influence, nurscd in customs and
creeds antagonistic to rcputiicanism
vcnal voters, controlled by alien leaders
seekers Of Office and honors ignorant
voters, misled by designing politician,
for place aud power; vicious voters
bought by promised impunity and license
for their wrong doings. They hold
therefore, that the foreigners shall enjoy
all the blessings Of the country. but that
the natives shall continue to administer
the laws according to their own iudg-
mcut, and the example of their fathers.
Inc present easy system of naturaliza
ton he calls Il blot upon judicial PRO
NHN"-'ts'. "H" II uepreclatlQn OF the Dug
nlty and value Of citizenship. He is in
favor OF restricting the alien franchise
In regard to the present depressed con.
dltion OF industry, he says our remedy is
not SO much in legislative enactments
and tariffs as in cultivatng u feeling Of
patriotic nationality, and united de
termination to encourage the skill and
industry of the American laborcr by
consuming the home products of the
shop the factory and the field in prefer
ence to imported fabrics and foreign pro-
auctions, which result must be the inc
vtable sequence Of truly American
sentiment pervading our nation
lie recommends an amendment to the
Constitution, that no one Of alien birth
shall be qualified to vote by naturaliza
ton until ho has been here twenty -one
years, nor then, until he can read and
write the English language. In regard
to the military, he says: One of my
- earliest official acts will be. by the
advice and consent of the Executive
Council, to disband all militia COM
"panics composed of persons of foreign
=" birth