The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-01
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CHARLOTTE, N G, FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE L. 1855.

grade lhe Gchtte man TO ia condition lower than
That held by the negro in the South. The Ma>sa-
chus"Hs Know No hing" l. gisalure passed II
bill lately Ia amend their Constitution, So as To
exclude from ihe polls IN that Sale, here after, all
naturalIzed clIIz ns, from Whatever nation they
may come ; and yet thy will allow tunua0"g
"eYIo Stare from the South The same right vote
lhat they give lO heIr native born sons J.
Ih"y thus exhibit the slrang" Paratfoc 0F acufftnS
against their own race-lheIr own bsod-even
their own ''kIih aud kln," it may be, while they
are vainly and fanalically endeavoring IN reUefSe
The order of nature. by making The black man
equal 10 the white. Shall we second them IN any
such movement? Shall we even covnlenanc.
'neal so lar 10 bear the same name-lo say
nothing OF the same pledges. passwords, slgns and
sy ymb"lS Shall we affiliate and unite ourselves
under the Same banner, with men VIII )se ac;s show
them 10 tie governed hy such principles. and to be
bent upon such purpose. This question tor
Southern men To CONSIDER. Others may do ii II
they chooss; but, cell you, | never shall that
you may sci down : fixed ta.t'--one OF the
hXedest OF the fixed. | am at all aslonis he'd
at The RAPID spread o! this new sentiment at The
North, or rather new way Of giving embudImrnt
and life I" an Old sentiment, long cherished by
large class OF the NarIhern people, notwil hsland-
ing the paradox. 1t is true, know Nohnglsm"
did not originate, as understand its origin, with
the class | a;Iude To. II commenced win the
!'borers and men dependan, upon capilal for work
aud employment. II sprang from the antagonIsm
of their interests to foreigners seeking like en-
pIoymen's, who were underblddIng them in the
amount OF wages. But y capitalists OF that
section, The men Who hold the land aud property
in their own hands. Wishing 10 dispense with IT,
00rerS and employers whose the polls are
equal to their own, seized upon this new way Of
ettcctlng their old, long cherished desre-and the
more eagerly as they Saw that many Of the very
men whom they have ever dreaded the insu.
p"rable obstacle between them aud their purpose,
had become the willing, though unconscious ins
srum"n' OF carrying that purpose ou, which, from
the BEGINNING was desire to have D0tinSLeSS
population TO DO their work, and perform all the
labor, both IN city, town and country, which cap.
ltaI may require. And as certainly such law
shaR b. passed, so far from Its checking Immigra
tI"n, there will br whole cargoes of people from
her countries brought over, and literally bought
up in foreign porS-t, be brought ln Amer.
Ican ships to supply the market for labor :hrough
Out all he Tree States OF The Union. The African
Slave Trade, il re-"pened, would not exhibit
worse spectacle in rafficnc in humnn flesh. And
those most cIud' men at the North wEn started
this thing and aiding accomplish the
end, may find they have but kindIed flame to
consume Themselves. The whole sub trutunu of
W ho Can work and who, though achite, cannot
U0te This Is what the would be Lords OF that
section have been wanting for long time. 1t is
n scheme with many of them 10 get achtte SLuVeS
instead of black one. No American Ltbo/er, Or
man seeking employment there, who has v0te,
need to be retained long when his place can br
more cheapIy filled by a toIeigner who has none.
This will be The pracucaI working oI the proposed
This is The philosophy Of the thing.
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attack upon general suffrage. In line with this
policy, the Know Nothing" Governor of Connec-
lieut. has already recommended the passage of
law denying the right of Uohing 10 all who cannot
read and write. Aud hence, the great efforts
" hich are now being made throughout the North,
to influence the elections, not only there. but 10
spending their money in the publication OF books
and tracts, written by "n"body knows who,' and
broad cast thrnug hout the Southern
States. to influence elections here, by appealing TO
he worst of passions and strongest preJndices OF
our na1ure, not Omittng those even which bad and
wicked men invoke under the sacred but pros
u'ed name OF religion.
Unfortunately torsthe country, many evils which
all good regret and depore, at this time,
which have a direct tendency wonderfully to aid
and move forward this ILL OnteHed cruS0de. These
relate The appointment of many forr gners-
wholly unfit, not only 10 minister Offices AT home,
Dut 10 represent our country as Ministers abroad
and TO The ereat fru~{s and gross abuses which
At present attend the administration OF our natur.
,Azarion laws. These are the evils felt by the |
" hole country, and they ought TO be corrrc:ro-
not bv prescription OF all iorei gners, without re-
gard to individual merits but, 10 the first place, |
~ So amenhIDg the naturalization laws as etfrc- |
ually To check and prevent these frauds and
buses and in the second place, by holding tn
-ict accountability al the polls in our elections,
III those public iunclionaries who, either with par
isan views, or from " whatryer motive thus Impro-
1erIy confer office, whether high low. upon
f0ret9heFS to the exclusion Oi naive
,orn cltIz"ns, better qualified to fill them. An
,lher evil now felt, and which Oug ut to be reme-
ilrd The flooding it is said. OF some OF The cities
With 1lIuperS and criminals from other coun-
ries. These ought ali to be Internationally ex.
,ludpd and prohibited from coming amongst US;
here is 40 reason why should be the jeeders
If other nations paupers, either the keepers or
zeculio"erS of IhrG tfIons. These evils can and
,ug mt To be rrmedied wihou, resorling 10 IndIs.
rIminate onslaught upon all who, by Industry.
ntrrprIse and merit may choose TO better their
condition in aba ndunIng the respective dyhastIes
If the Old world in which they may have Glanced
o have been born, and by uniting their energies
With ours, may feel pride in advancing the pros
'erlty, development and progress OF common
country not much less dear TO them than 10 us
gainst those who thus worthily come, who quit
he misrued empires Of their "iaiher land" hose
'parts have bern fred with The love of ideas
nd our institutions even in distant c!imes. would
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