Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-09

A Move In tho Right DlrscsIon.
A friend has sentus the following ex-
tract from an sddress Of d.. MoELEHERAx,
Of the Catholic Church, on Know Nothing.
ism. The address appears in the sAmer-
ican Cels," and ils recommendation, con-
sidering the source, are entitled to eOnsid-
hefstieH. and we hope will attract attention
in the right qaaFier:-0. s. Journal.
/ ro EXTRACT.
! The traitors endesvors 10 pat yoH Of
guard by representing England Is nearly
bankrupt and in danger Of revolution.
/ England never was a tenth 50 rich as she
is now. ERgland is one vast bank. The
poorest laborer is paid in gold or silver.
There is no paper money unless for high
sums. The government wishes 70 increase
the national debt. although they have bound
LESS resources, because the debt Is source
| Of strength. Every man who holds gov
ternmenl securilysis supporter Of the g0T-
ernment England has glutted your mar
ket wish as much goods as will do ron for
several years, and she has herself as much
cotton rs will serve her until she can grow
IL, or until the war with you is over She
could have raised cotton in the West Ind
les or South America; ont il was her in
teresi to take your cotton, lest you would
begin to manufacture il yourselves Eng
land has gold to purchase armies Of men
for hundred years. She does not want
your corn. Her agents have persuaded
you that cheap English goods and paper
money ore best for you. She has taken
your gold. deprived you Of work, and LEFT
sou in the hands ofIhe Wall-slreet specula-
tors. England begins to End that your
commerce is going to take more out Of her
bancs, than what she makes by her trade
with you. She sees you determined 10
have a navy. and she is determined TO
smash sou up before you get a nary able
to defend your Merchantmen. She eould
afford to lose property here, seeing that
she can get Cuba. st Domingo. the Sand
wich Islands. &c., and she could seize your
merchantmen.
The President talks Of priFateers, but
England is twenty -tin1as as ricn as you,
and could also ct out priyateerS England
claims the sovereignty of the seas. and the
right TO search and con6scate your ships.
In the meantime, she graciously pleases to
suspend her righi"-that's her word.
She treats you as colony, and, in fact, as
long as you have no home-manufactures,
you are not and cannot be On independent
empire, with resources within yourself Ike
England. You have no home market for
your corn, cotton and gold. Your farmers
have some absurd idea about the necessity
Of foreign market, ss il these were little
patch like England. You prefer, for the
sake Of few English-Anerican ship-own-
ers. to have the Glasgows, Manchssiers,
and Shefields located in England, instead
Of having them somewhere within this vast
dominion. You are still only q colony Of
Englsnd-thal's her boast-holding The
same relation to her. that the red Indians
do to you-still dependent for blanket or
shawl TO cover your sqaaws. or 9 knife to
cut your meat England is deeeiYing yeu
exactly as she deceived Spain, that neglect
ed her own manufactures, because she bad
gold mines TO pay England for cheap goods
dirt cheap. You have a great meEch-
ant feet to carry on this work as long asis
lasts, exactly as Spain had When you
have worn the railroad irou,. knives, pets
and blankets. and burned the coal, Eng
land still has the gold in the hands Of her
capitalists, while you have paper rags and
idle workmen For fear Of strengthening
American capitalists, you take English
goods and strengthen English monopOlisls.
The lecture went on to unraVel the so
phisms Of the knaves who had duped she
Democratic party to favor English goods,
and called upon every true American and
especially Irish-Americans 10 take this
pledge: - ,f4ss
al promise. IN the presence Of God, and
you, that viii By every lawful means,
support American Industry; and I further
promise that will immediatly administer
this pledge to Others"
AS each person is bound 70 administer
this pledge to some one else. the cause
must extend to every true American and
friend Of America.