Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-01-26
Foreigners.

tons are now Of daily occurrance, in New
York, and any moment the wires may trem-
bic with the dreadful news of "Bread Ri
OTIS" similar to those which have disgraced
the lands across the water.
German radicalism in its most desperate
shape now stalks abroad The advice to
an army of reckless men who lately parad-
ed the streets of New York. was "to put in
practice the principles of the social repub-
lic," that principle, boldly avOwed. is "might
makes right!'
We copy from the Washington Star of
the 9th inst, portion of the speech of one
of these German radicals, and the admira-
bic comments of that paper. The Star is
a semi-O1iciaI administration paper. 1t
says:-Clev. Her.
Of all the infamous public sentiments on
American public affairs, ever uttered, these
Of the unnaturalized foreigners, English and
German, who spoke at the meeting Of the
unemployed at the Tabernacle IA New York
on Monday night last, are most conspicu-
ously Infamous. They demanded a divs-
ion of lands, threatening to apply the bay
onet to obtain the supremacy of social re-
publicanism after the French fashion, and
English and German Radicalism and Athe-
ism, &c. These are panaceas for the hard
times now affecting SO many thousands in
New York. The following is q specimen
of their harangues:
"Mr.. Roedel here proceeded to address
the German portion of the audience sub
siantially as follows: Brethren-for the
first time speak in an assembly Ike this.
We have not all the same language, but
our feelings are the same; they unite US
here with the American people. For the
advancement Of these sentiments, we must
not only unite with them in speeches, but
also in acts. In our country we have fought
for liberty, and many of us have lost in the
battle our fathers, brothers, or sons. Here
we are free, but not free enough-wo want
the liberty Of living. (Applause.) We have
fought in Germany for liberty Of speech
and the liberty of The press. The German
press is against US in this movement, but
We need not care for what those papers say /;
we must act on our own hook. Here we
have social liberty, liberty of speech, and
liberty of the press; and when we want
anything that is just. We are bound to oh.
tain it. (APplause.)
"If you don't know your rights yet, hun
ger will teach them to you. You don't get
bread nor wood, and there is plenty of
them. At our revolution IN June We ob-
tanned three months credit, and when we
had no bread soon obtained it, because we
were 100000 bayonets strong. 1 have
nothing further to say than TO advise you
10 put in practice the principles Of the So
cial republic. The Iri6gue said to-day,
that the rich would give US q million if
they we're forced TO it-but now they will
hold their money in their pockets and re-
fuse to give it up. When the VOLTS hun
cry he has no consideration, and takes his
food fearlessly where be finds it; it must be
the same with the masses. Help yourselves
and then God viii help you. We must &C;
as the wolf, and we do not want any auxili-
ariesl Let us act-act by ourselves"
(Applause)
Now, we have TO say, that it seems to be
high time to have gen d'arms at every
street corner in New York, and some other
Northern cities, to manage such gentry as
Napoleon treats them-powder and lead
being the only arguments, evidently with
which men entertaining and urging such
sentiments are capable Of being made TO
understand that popular rights under our
laws and Institutions do not extend to The
privilege Of numbering and rohbing bg
wholesale, to procure the establishment Of
the "Republ.c democratic, social and frater-
nal" in our midst If foreigners in the
United States choose to give encourage
ment to such sentiments. the result viii be
change of our naturalization laws, by
which, hereafter, they viii be vigorously
excluded from our land.
How iong a time, ne ask. ought such
men as the above described assemblage, to
be in this country, before they are allowed
the privilege Of the elective franchise p
five, ten or fifteen years? Three score
years and ten would scare atone for utter
ing such sentiments in a Republican land.