Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-17
The great question Of the times seems

zed citizens and foreigners. A large
party has avowed its determination TO
make war upon them; to intimidats
them, if possible. from coming here or
TO debar them from becoming citizens
when they have arrived. Is this sound
policy'
In all governments the laws must be
analogous TO some common principle
Ours is republican government. l, is
based upon the broad recognition Of the
RIGHTS OF MAN. 1t does not assert ,ha,
certain classes Of persons, only, have
rights, for the most despotic governments
declare the same thing, bu, that all men
have certain inalienable, imprescriptiblc
rights, and among them is political
liberty.
It follows, then, that il the fundnmen.
al axioms. which underlie our institu.
ions, are true, that the policy which
would entirely exclude any class Of
white persons from the rights Of citiz en-.
ship is anti.republican. On the same
principle that one class is prescribed,
another may be prescribed also, and the
work may 60 on until the numbers OF
freemen may be as greatly reduced in
America, as they now are in England.
The Hindoos profess TO have a great
dislike Of foreigners, yet here we find
them contending for the very principle
by which crafty men, in all ages and
countries, have enslaved the souls and
bodies Of men. 1t is not "American u
as they falsely pretend;-it is austrian.
1.-THE SPIRIT in which zoe act," says
GOETHE, sis the HIGHEST NATTER
The spirit actuatins the Austrian despo'
tism, and that Of the Hindoo lodges il
precisely the same. They only take diff
IeTent directions.
We are met at this point, however
with the assertion that the mass Of tht
emigrants to this country ale not fitted
by education and habits to become cili
zens. We are told Of their ignorance
their brutality. and servility. Grant
all. What has so degraded them? Is i
not the iron rule Of European despots
And because they are down, it is propo
sed to pile barn door upon them, ant
q ton Of pig.iron on top of that BE
cause they have fallen into the FIRE
therefore, ia our tender mercy, We mus
pitch in keg Of sunpowder to max
their destruction more speedy and sure
This may be the spirit Of despotism
but 1t is utterly foreign to the genius
Christianity, Of Philanthropy. and De
mocracy.
And what does the very condition I
these foreigners prove? Does it not den
onstrate how debasing and horrible Il
European Governments are when the
have reduced their subjects so low
Should not the spectacle Of these Gre
lures inspire in the breast Of every fre
man, hatred Of tyranny and strong
devotion to the rights Of his fellow mai
The licsn:iousnsss Of foreigners is
fruitful themo Of invective. My philo
opby teaches me that there is no efe
(, without a cause. Il is not surprisi
+, that mon who have pined in chai
should become wild whom set free. T
coli, that for days has been standing
tho stable. will kick up his heels VIII
loossd, and race. jump, and scamp
from one end Of the field 10 the 9th
psdl he il fairly exhausted sftsrval
hsis quiet This honsIy illustrate
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