Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-05-17

~ -"~ A~NA18 " W Nibn uet4fmtnluR ID
time and place Ofthsir sppsAEnnes in the world
that they were entirely passive IN regard 4
these grave events, and tddid nj possibly, Il
the nature Of things. exert 11 Slightest sgeH
ey IN bringing them about. Admitting the cor
rectness Of this statement, which s not sus
ceptible Of successful contradiction, can it be
considered an honor. in the abstract, 10 hay.
been born in Boston. New York, Philadelphia
or Baltimore, or disgrace to have 6rst ap.
Peared on the stage Of action in Vienna. or Par.
IS, Dublin or London : To sum up The whole
in few words, natives are Americans because
they could not change their destiny. while O.
dOpted citizens, capable of exercising vOIitiOn,
are such from choice.
A secret, Oath-bOund, political association,
has recently been formed. composed exclusive
y of nstive Americans. As virtue loves the
light, and vice delights in darkness, it may
naturally be concluded that the midnight pro.
ceedings oftbis mysterious order, are illiberal,
prOscriptive and Infamous. The prevailing
opinion of good citizens, irrespective of party
is, that most Of the members Of that society ans
dissP sPpOiuted ofice-hunters, who have hit on
the happy expedieDt of fOmenting national jsaI-
Ousies that they may ride triumphSntly into Of
fee upon the surging pillows of agitation, which
their unhallOwed yesrnings after wealth and
power have unhappily created. Thsir un.
principled efforts have. in numerous instances.
been unfortunately but too successful. In this
country may now be found, holding lucrative
and honorable Offices, certain men who had
been candidates for political distinction fer the
last twenty years. and never could come with
in hailing distance Of their successful cOmpet'
itors.
Another leading object Of the Know Moth
ings is, to keep adopted citizens out Of Office,
ana to prevent them, il possible, from exerci-
sino the right of suffrage. The prescribed
class Il tsttereG n this way, will be unable
to claim any country c' theirs They have
renOunced allegiance to foreign princes and PO,
tentates, and sworn fidelity 10 ne Uni'eO
States. By this act they ceased to be su1GS'ec''
of the countries whence thew came, and the
government under whose protection they de-
sire to place themselves may be deferred by
this new party from acknowledging or receiv'
ing them. Many of these injured and persecu-
ted men are united in marriage to American
women. These wives are the mothers Of nu-
merous children, who are also TO the manor
born The strange aud anomalous spectacle
is thus presented to our view, Of the heads Of
American families. tOiling patiently and low
ingly for those depending on them for support,
while the government under which they live,
and intend to die, may be induced by a sworn
band of unprincipled men to treat them as a.
liens and enemies. This is rather more than
unassisted human nature can, or perhaps ought
to bear; and conveys tolerably distinct idea
Of the ingratitude Of OfrepubIics.
But this is not all. A powerful effort will
ere long be made to abolish the Naturalization
Laws. and to place persons Of foreign birth on
q footing with the serfs Of Russia, or the infs.
rior castles in india. Indeed, their condition
NAV, in the course Of time, become as Distress
ing as the bondage of the Israelites in the land
Of Egypt. The hapless defendants Of Africa
have been long enslaved. in this land of liberty
and the enslavsment of Europeans will prOba.
bly be the next in order but whether they
will bear the yoke as patiently as their down
trodden African friends, is yet matter of un-
certainty. An idea, worthy Of profound con-
sideration, here presents itself Should natu-
ralization, and the suffrage consequent thereon
be withheld from persons OF foreign birth,
will such of them as possess property be tax
ed for the support of the government? 1t is
known by almost every child in the country,
that the commencement of the Revolution was
brought about by slight tax, imposed by the
British parliament, on teas sent to Boston. 1t
was then contended that Representation and
Taxation must stand or fall together; and that
as we were not represented in the British Par
lament. we had no right to pay the tea tax
Hence the delightful beverage which caused
such bitter contention between the mother
country and the colonies, was destroyed in
Boston harbor by an unlawful assembly. If
the reasoning employed by the heroes of the
revolution was correct then, it is now; and g.
grseably thereto, no portion Of the American
community. unrepresented in the National Le-
gislature. should pay the first dollar in the
shape of taxes. for the support Of the govern
ment Their resistance to such claim, would
be in perfect keeping with the glorious exam
pie set them by the brave men who fought and
bled in defence of liberty.