The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-10-18

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ground them beneath iron heels, :
tie asylum Of our Infant Republic
They had seen the Goddess Of Libes
ty with outstrstchtd hands invitin,
them over the water and they lande'
upon our shores with hearts burnin,
with devotion to that celestial Deity
This feeling srrayed them on tn
the republican party, the party O
popular rights.
This incensed the opposite party. an'
the Federalists met them with the ali
en- law Of 1898. Bat Il proved fata
to it, authors, and sealed their dealt
warrant. It aroused he alarm ofth'
country, and ell the tras friends ofth'
constitution. and thS tasDous resolu
tons Of l70s-'So, thc 60 set adopt
Cd in Kentucky andths other in Vir
ginis. and constituting ever since th,
cherished texts Of tks States Right,
party. were adopted In express refsr
ence TO IN opposition to the alien ant
sedition laws. Thce doctrines pre-
vailed, the Republicm party emerged
from their temporary eclipse regain
ed their ssccndency, dcctsd Mr.. JEFF
ierson president and under his aus.
pices and express Recommendation
immediately repealed these odioua
and tyrsnical laws. The same uni.
form attachment Of our foreign popu.
lation to the Democratic party, has
given frequent occasion since, for the
dcnunciation Of their political adver-
saries, who have ct sundry times
been "Ared with indignation" and
sought their revenge in attempts to
organize "Native American Parties"
The Democracy have never sympa-
thiscd in these movemcnt-and they
cannot cid this latest and most formi-
dable experiment without deserting
the principles Of their organization-
and especially the policy they have
for the last IS years.
Why should they charge that policy?
Have aliens ever proven dangerous to
our country-Are they les fit to be
trusted now than when we were in
our infancy? In what instance has Q
foreigner ever sought to betray our
Country in stations either civil or mill.
tary-Some ofthe most distinguished
names in history are to b found in
that list of foreigners who aided us
with their blood a. well as Geir treas.
ure TO win our independence. Ham
ilton was a foreigner, who vas mot on
" appointed one of Gen. Washing
tons military family during the war Of
The revolution, and sealed his devo-
lion and fidelity by bis blood, but af.
assisted in the formation Of
our present constitution. Robert Nor
rio, was an alien and an Englishman,
md yet he not only planned the siege
,f Yorktown, but advanced the mo.
aey to cnable Gen. Washington, to
his army to that pOint.-lt
. needless to mention Lafayette, Steu-
ben, Kosciusko, Pulsski Dckslb.--
Who stood Rrmer at hk post in the
terrible battle at Camden, than tho ali.
IN or the Native commander? Dckalb,
,r Gates?-When the celebrated Ds.
sezac, who assisted Gen. Jackson in
,btaining the victory ofthe sth ofJan.
lary at New Orleans, was some years
Afterwards tauntingly asked when he
became an American Citizen, he
proudly replied that he was baptized
INTO the family Of American citizen in
IRE and blood, upon the plains Of
under Andrew Jackson.
No foreigner entrusted with the com.
nand of our armies has ever proved
} Hull or an Arnold.
What troops behaved with more
yallantry or fidelity than the numer-
,us foreigner with our army in the
Mexican war? Their conduct made
} convert ofGenl. Scott, and efectu-
lily drove him out Of the ranks Of the
Native American party" But It is
,rgcd against foreigners, that at the
North where they mostly abound they
lrs al abolitionists. This ID utterly
anfounded. And it docs seem to me
hat the fierce war waged against them
BY Northern Know Nothings, who are
very nearly oil abolitionists and free
,oilers, 10 q fact 10 totally at war with
he statement that no other proof is
We never had . truer friend
han the gallant Shields, who 10 . for
,igner and . Northern man, and who,
y we have seen, was turned out Of
he Senate because he was true to our
rights. John Mitchell, the Irish exile,
aad barely settled down in New York,
hight BY the side Of Greely. when he
became the champion Of our cause,
and in bis controversy with Henry
Yard Beecher through the papers,
handled the knight ofthe abolitionists
in q manner he will not soon forget.
In every point ofvicw then, which this
policy presents itself, ! see the most
objections toit. The new
order asks N 70 turn aside from the
policy undsr which we have flourish.
ID and prospercd - . nation, and to
declare war against the people Of all
other countries, without discrimination
~ to merit or demcrit, qualification
os disqualification.
They ask 10 in effect TO close our
ports sgaint further immigration, and
70 drive back the victim Of oppression
to the tyranny he hes Aed from.
cannot consent to this. ] wish our
9 ountry to continue what it has hith'
erto been; the boasted home of the