Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-30
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their father land" whose hearts have been tir'
ed with the love of our ideas, and our institu-
tions even in distant cimes, would not close
the door of admission But to all such as our
fathers did at first, so would continue most
freely and generously to extend welcome hand.
We have from such nothngto fear. When in
battle or in the walks of civil life did any such
ever prove traitor recreant to the flag or cause
of his country? On what occasion have any
such ever proven untrue or disloyal to the Con-
stitution
will not say that no foreigner has ever been
untrue to the Constitution; but as class they
certainly have not proven themselves 80 to be.
Indeed, know of but one class OF people IN
the United States Mt this time that look upon
as dangerous to the country. That class are
neither foreigners or Catholics-they are those
natiue born traitors at the North, who are dis
loyal to the Constitution of that country whieir
gave them birth, and under whose beneficent in
stitutons they have been reared and nurtured.
Many of them are "Know Nothings" This
class of men at the North, of which the Massa.
chusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut
"Know Nothing" Legislature.are but samples,
consider as our worst enemies And to put
them down, | will join, as political allies now
and forever, all true patriots ut the North and
South, whether native or adopted, Jews or Gen.
tiles.
What our Georgia friends, whether Wings or
Democrats, who have gone into this new order,
are really after, or what they intend to do can
not imagine. Those of them whom | know
have assured me that their object is reform, both
in our State and Federal Administration-to
put better and truer men in the places of those
who now WELD authority--that they have no
sympathies rs party men or otherwise with that
class speak of at the North-that they are for
sustaining the Union platform of our State Of
1850, and that The mask of secrecy will soon be
removed when MI will be made public. If these
be their objects, and also 10 check the frauds
and correct the abuses in the existing naturaliza-
lion laws, which have mentioned, without the
indiscrimnate proscript tion Of any class OF cltI-
zens on account of their birth place or religion
then they will have my cooperation, as have
told them, in every proper and Legitimate way,
to effect such reformation. Not as n secretly
initiated co-worker in the dark for any purpose,
but rs an open and bold advocate of truth in
the light of day. But will they do as they say!
Will they throw of the mask? That is the
question. Is it possible that they will continue
in political fellowship with their worthy oretl'-
rem of Massachusetts, Connecticut. New Hamp.
shire, and the entire North Every one OF
whom elected 10 the next Congress is our dead
" foe Do they intend to coninuethe alliance
with these oper enemies to our institutions and
the Consttulior vi t.r ."''','y i'ie' Inc ,''''"
misnamed assoaj',.or .@fr,a Sir.S
the very prin :r'.S -s@'' ''e-
ing anti-America n ,f l'.sa
4 !. True Aneri'' = iG,.f.e
like true Chris = .,.et,,tss- - 'rFs
confined to any ',i'
Americarism is
is not of the ea
the head and -, eai" ii '''J, A'!s-
onward and ou.Maru, lis riie ana soul are those
grand ideas of government which characterize
our institutions and distinguish us from all other
people; and there is no two features in our sys-
lem which so signslly distinguish us from all
other nations, as free toleration of religion and
the doctrine of erpairie,iOa--the right OF
man to throw of his allegiance 10 any and every
other State, Prince, or Fnlsnta:c whatsoever,
and by naturalization 10 be Incorporated as citi-
zcns ia:o our body petite.
Boil, these principles are specially provided
for and firmly established in our Constitution.
But these American ideas which were proclaim
ed in 1883 by our sirc> of 7G,' are by their.
"sons" at this day dcridcd and sco!Erd at. We
arc now told that naturalization is i" hum
bug" and that is an "impos>ibility." So did
our fathers think This humbug and i'm.
possibility" they planted in the Constitution;
and vindicaton of the same principle was one
of the causes of our second war of independence
England held that naturalization" was an i'm
possible thing She claimed the allegiance Of
subjects born within her realm, notwithstanding
they had become citizens of this Republic by
our Constitution and laws. She not only ciain~
I'd their allegiance, but she clnimed the rigk 10
search our ships upon the high seas, and take
from them all such who might be found in them.
Ii was in pursuit of this doctrine of hers--ot
the right of search for our naturai:ed" citizens
that the Chesapeake was fired into, which was
the immediate cause of the war OF 1872. Let.
no man then, barely because he was born In.
America, presume to be imbued with real and
true Amercanism" who either ignores the di-
rect and positive obligations of the Constitution,
or ignores this, one of its most striking charac-,
teristics. As we'll might any unbelicving sin
ner claim to be one of the faithful-one OF tho
elect ercn-barely because he was born some.
where within the limits of Christendonl. And.
Just as we'll might the Jacobins, who "decreed-
God out of his Universe" have dubbed their
club a "Christian Association" because they
were born on Christian soil. The genuine dis
eipIes of true Americanism," like the genuine.
followers of the Cross, are those whose hearts
are warmed and fi-ed-puriied, elevated and
ennobIed-by those principles, doctrines. and
precepts which characterize their respective
systems. 1t is for this reason that Kamschat-
kan, n Briton, Jew, or Hindoo, can be u.s.
good Christian as any one born OH "GalVary's
brow" or where the Sermon on the Mount
was preached And for the same reason an
Irishrnan, Frenchman, a German, or Russian,
can be as thoroughly American" as ifhe had,
been born within the walls of old Independence
Hall itself. Which was the "true Americana
Arnold or Hamilton! The one wasa nattre
the other was a.! adopted son. But to return.
What do ouy Georgn friends intend to do Is
it not time that they had shown their hand 8
Do they intend to abandon the Georgia PLATFORM
and 90 over "horse foot and dragoons, INTO a
political alliance with Trumbuli, ,Durkee, Wilson
g. Co? Is this the course marked out for them
selves by any of the gallant old Wings OF the
9TH and Sth Congressional Districts !! trust
not hope not But if they do not intend thus
to commit themselves, is it not time to PAUSE
and reflect? Is it not time to take reckoning
and see whittier they are drifting? When the
hind lead The blind" where Is the hope of safe.
Lo.,. od to III. ,,bicb