Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-21

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us are generally intelligent and educated people men
Of character and suppose one reason OF y IS owing
to the fact of the existence of the peculiar nstitu
ton among Us which regard as one 81
est moral social and political blessings ever
vouchsafed To man. and another reason IS owing 70
the fact that we have not encouraged these men 10
come as they have in some of the Northern states
where they are now complaining OF them 50 u ,s %.
WHY do we not know that two or three years ago
the people of some of the Northern cities regarded
foreign fiddIers and show girls as being woetny OF
alteration almost of worship? Then coming the etner
side of the Atlantic was of itself certain passport
to the highest honoTs.
We all recollect with what cxultation IT was ner-
aided through the land when the /" Swedish Nlght-
iBgale /" touched the American shores NO one mas
forgotten the grand demonstration that was maue III
the great commercial emporium of New York; wheh
the literat the clite aristocracy and upper-tendu
of that city hockcd in her train in greater
than ever the Pagans followed alter the car oi jug
gernaut 1t was but fevsyearS ago tnat tney M
troduced at the North, member OF the BRUSH far
lament lecture upon the subject OF abontionsh'
The people of the North alone responsible Tor tue
introduction into the country OF tna' class VI
lent and vicious foreigners, of whom they now COM
plain so loudly.
Here will say, that am as much opposed as
any man be, to the introduction into TINS coun-
try of the vagabonds, felons paupers, and conVics
of the Old World | say, let the government pass
such laws it has authority and power to do under
the Constitution, let the States and your municiPa
Corporations pass such laws as they Pieise, "
press the introduction of this class of foreigners out
do not persecute the wedsposed foreigners on this
account You will find it no easy matter To stop
the importation of convicts and paupers, and when
Won try it YOU will ascertain that 1t Will De some
ibino ike the slave trade. Mercenary will tit
out vessels in the port of New York 10 bring con-
vics and paupers of Europe to this country as thy
now fit out slayers to sail to the coast OF Africa 10
get slaves for the markets of Brazil and Cuoa.
do rot care what kind of laws you pass against the
importation of felons and conEicts, you will lind
Yankee captains visiting the ports of Europe, and
having their agents in its cities to contract secrcty
with the public authorities to rid them OF their con-
yicts and vagabonds by bringing them to our sea-
ports-the more risk the higher will be the price OF
passage and a brisk trade will soon be "opened up
by these enterprising mex. You may nave laws
upon your statute books, for furnishing III the Sc
yercst manner those who engage in the importation
of foreign criminals. You may for what care II
YOU can find warrant for it in the Constitution, put
this importation of felons on the same footing with
piracv-you may take the vessels OF the navy and
scour the high in search of the volaors OF the
law-you may whenever you find live cargo" OF
criminals on board ship, string up your 1ankeee
skipper to the yard and pitch his body to the
fishes of the sea. Even then Sir, fear 1t Will DC
difficult to stop the importation. Sir there are now
men at the North who have grown rich by the I'LL
portation of this class of foreigners. Punish those
who engage in it. DO not adopt the plan recently
proposed by the philosopher Horace Greedy. That
amounts in substance to reducing the poorer class
of foreigners to slavery, and if it is carried out,
New York will become a great slaVe-narket-whlte
men Will be SOLD at inc OlOCk.
| am opposed to making slaves out OF any class OF
white men on earth. know of no good reason for
prohibiting the immigration of well-dsposcd foreign
crs this country assist in developing its reSour-
ces \ large portion of the foreigners of the w est
are German farmers and they arc known to be good
citizens. for one, can see no reason why an Or
derby and well disposed class of our population
should be prosecuted because mcrccnary men III the
commercial cities will violate the rules OF deccncy
and propriety by bringing a different class of for
eigners here. Enforce your naturalization laws.
We hear great deal said aboutsits having been al
ways customary to naturaze any man who desired
to be naturalzed In that part of the Union IN
which reside, rejoice to say that the natnraliza-
ton laws of the Federal Government are enforced
to the very letter. just strictly as any law we
have upon the statute book of our State. If You
will impeach your Judges when they violate their du
tv and make them enforce the law, we can then
have none but good class of naturaized citizens,
and no unless he proves good character, and
is we'll disposed to our Institutions can get his
naturalization papers. | do not understand this
sudden change Of opinion in regard to foreigners.
Twelve months ago the case of Martin kostza was
before this House. and gentlemen then seemed to be
exceedingly anxious to curry favor with foreigners.
Why this sudden change? Isit because military
companies composed of naturaizcd citizens stood
in scrried ranks in Boston, to maintain the laws,
and protect the officers Of the Government in the
discharge of their duties, when a Southern man was
there seeking to claim his property under the Con-
stitution? Is it because these naturalZed lrlShmcn
prevented blood-thirsty mob of natve-born trait
from rcScuIng a fugitive slave! Is IL because
Bachelor, who asslssinatcd by that mob was
native of ireland?
Yes, Sir, because these kept off abolition
traitors, hear this cry against them. The fact Is
notorious that of the first acts of the Know
Nothing Governor of Massachusetts, 10 disband
their military companies. Issppose another reason
for the outcry against foreigners is because they gem
orally vote the democratic ticket. In the last pres
idental canvass the wing candidate proclaimed
new principle on this subject. He for admit
ting to the rights of citizenship all who had served
in the army for a certain length of time, and but
short time at that. The wings then said he was
rght-they then said that service for few months
in camp-(the last place to learn the operation of
institutions -shoud entitle foreigner to citi-
zenshp. Such of them have joined this new
now say let who is born abroad
ever be naturazcd
Yes, Sir it is because they cannot get the sturdy
Germans and generous Irish to sing the peans of
federalism that they are prejudiced against them.
The ways Of federalism the ways of inconsistent
cy. Before mportan. election it has high appre
citation of adopted ctzens-t is then greatly fascin-
ated with the srich Irish bregue and the sweet Ger
man accent" but the election over, and how is it
then? Why, Paddy becomes "splay footed Irish
bog trotter," and Hans damned lop-eared Dutch
man." Laughter Why efforts now made to
raise party opposed to religious liberation?
And here again 1 must be permitted to say that l
have relation connection, far l know,
either among the living or the dead, who ever was
a member Of any Catholic church, and while yield
to no man in the ardent and sincere hope that the
day will come when the Protestant religion shall
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