Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-01-19

Firms son may take II TO mean some new
f,neled po,atoe rot remedy, while Mynheer
s,n,krau, NAV understand it TO be a patent
lever. spiraltwis,ed, double-barrelled lager
beer machine These political masters and
their deuded foreign satellites will never learn
TO be competent, intelligent voters, until they
get political rrouncng; and the American
party intends to give II 10 them. Foreigners
must learn that Democracy" and " Whigge-
ry' are not the pass words 10 glory
YoI think foreigners should be allowed 10
rofe in JUS, as short time as Lafayette &c.
fought for American dependence-thati is. IN
a few days or weeks or months at most. The
enigrants of that day-ihe Purtans. Dutch,
Germans, Scoich.iiish, Husueno,s, &c.-who
came Of their own accord, and with their own
meanS-were very diner ni sort Of people
from the hordes who are now yomied forth
upon our shores from European priSoLs and
almshouses, 4; the expense of the respective
governments. land 1arons, and parishes n,
believe that nine cut Of ten of the em.Srant>
of the present lay are hot qualified 10 vote
properly un Il they nave become fully asslmi-
lated 10 our country N inle'eSt language and
knowledge of our iast'auons. And ~hy
should You aud |, Captain, whose fathers fought
for liberty, stay here II years Je!ore voung,
and let Phelim O'Teague, and Hons knicker-
booker, whose fathers fought against ours and
against liberty, vote he same year they touch
American soil, Why this preference TO aliens
over our native. born ciIizens
Besides, dear Captain, what did LAFArETrr
say IN respect to foreign influence IN our coun-
try He knew that we were inv:nclble 10
any armies the despots OF the Old World might
send, but he should have SAID that "J erer the
liberties Of America are destroyed, II UiN be by
Roman Cathohc priests He did not refer TO
native American Catholics nor TO all Catholics,
for he was brought up that way himself; but
he referred 10 the secret, oath-bound, unscrupu-
lous political JEsUlrS, who are being ex-
PEELED from the European world, and are now
sent over to our country BY scores 10 "eonreTf
US miserable heretics, and 10 make our coun-
try as happy as Ireland and Spain!
But now comes the grea, hobby. upon which
our opponents SO pompousy ride. Ii is the
terrible word =. Prescription! They censure,
calumniate ,aunt and anathematize US, because
they think they have fastened this stigma upon
US. Ny dear Captain, what is the dehniiion
of this gloomy iri-syllable, IN Shamokin Dam
dictionaries Does il mean majority! If
so, il may apply to the American party IN
short time, if not at this day. Each political
party in Uncle Sans domain has tried hard
10 prescribe" all other parties in this manner
ever since the first ballot was cast. Why
deny it to Americans We do not choose 10
supper, brawing politicians, foreign paupers,
aliens or criminals neither Roman Catholics,
who acknowledge the Pope at Rome as Su-
preme ruler, and Gods vIcegcrent, and who
are doing all their power TO bring the United
States under his jurisdiction and with the aid
of flatterng politicians, who have nothing but
self,nteres, in view, there has been real dan
ger of having Pope instead of a President.
You charge us with advocating know-Noih-
incism Yourself and the editor OF flicker
ing semi-occasional journal, are the only per-
sons who have misconstrued our Introductory.
And now, with an extract from the Lutheran
Otserrer, we wall bring up" The following
was written bv the able and excellent Rev. DIR.
KuRrz, on the occasion of a number of nar-
row-mnded, bsoied subscribers Withdrawing
their patronage, because the DR.. showed HIM
self a mana true American at heart-and
availed himself Of the independence guaran-
tied to him by the Constitution of the United
States. We hope you will not misconstrue
hs language and spot him as X. \.
s.But mos, Of all were we offended and sick
ened at the contemplate and disgusting pan
dering of both the great political parties TO
foreigners, aud especially to Romanists, in or
der to secure their votes. For the last two or
three decennias, nearly all our great State
and Federal elections have been carried by
Rcmsh priests and their servilc vassals.
Whichever party could secure the Rope al
Rome, and his slaves in the United States,
were sure to turn the balance OF power and
decide at the polls. This was matter OF deep
humiliation 10 us: i, awakened ineiiable con-
tempt and perfectly disguised Us. We were
pained TO the last degree 10 know, that raw
Irishman or German. the subservieht tool oil
his priest, Just arrived upon our shores, as iS-
norant Of our institutions and as lncaPaoie oi
forming a correct estimate OF the principles
and measures ina were at htdhe do al boo''iHH
turkey, could go to the ballot-box and nu'i'ty
our vote or that of any other intelligent and H.
berty loving native citizen in the Union. And
when we saw boisterous and unconscionable
politicians STOPPING down TO those foreign pau
pers and vagranis, and often criminals, and
ministering to their vanity and ignorance,
cour,iny them, making them drunk, and buy
iny their votes; or heard Of Popish bishops
ard priests issuing their mandates and order
inp them how to vote. and how TO defeat true,
loyal. intelligent native Americans. our lndig-
nation and disgust knew no limits. We mourn
ed for a true American party, who would res
/ cue our land from groveling, unprnclpled po-
litics and Popsh in,rlgues. And when the
Know No,hings suddenly sprang into exis-
tence and supplied the very desideratum so
loudly demanded by the exigency OF the times,
how could we help halling their debut and IN
dulging the hope that they would perhaps rem
edy the enormous evil complained of! Are
We a party politician. Wing or Democrat,
an anti.Whig or anti-Democrat because we
wish to see our country delivered from for
eign influence, from the power OF Homish
priests and Romish slaves. and TO be admins
tered by free-born and intelligent Americans
II matters little with us whether those IN pow
er are, or have been called Democrats or
Wings, provided they are honest, enlightened
Americans, and not sworn slaves to transat-
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