Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-03-08

worship at their respective alters; let each
of them, unrestrained, use their efforts for
the care ofsouls, whether foreign or native;
let immigrants have the protection Of the
same laws we have for ourselves; but lei the
sovereign pore, be kept out of their hands;
because they have no right to it; and from
profound conviction that they are not pre-
pared for its reasonable use; and that by it.
indiscrcet use they would destroy their own
liberties as well as ours.
Let perfect impariiality exist as 10 Pro-
testant and Catholic immigrants, in the OK
cusion of both from the ballot box. And as
there is no reason TO doubt that, if no pre-
ventiye means are used, that American free
dom will be destroyed, ard al no distant day,
by foreign means: then, can any one deyo-
ted to our institutions-can any religious de-
nomination, object to the objects or means Of
the Americans! If any of them should quit
their religious sphere, and enter the political
arena, and become The partizans of an dlicn
faction, and should excite and neitate this
people, they will have to bear the rcspoasi-
bility. and take the consequences.
We have now come to the point, where
the native parties must unite;o or submit their
country TO the government Of OF an alden sor-
ereign. For everybody knows that the na-
tive parties, dividing their numbers, and 3D.
ding the foreign vote to the weaker party,
makes the majority. In other words, aliens
hare the natire parties comYtteiy in their pou.
or. They can make whoever Of the party
candidates they please President of the Uni
ted States. There is power on earth sonc-
times, from motives of policy, held in obey
ance; but which can 4: any time come into
activity,-a power competent to concentrate
ard control the foreign vote. A foreign
Pro:en;a.e is the sovereign Of the United
States.
Our elected men will know to whom they
owe their success. Tho Ok knoweth his
owner, and the Ass his masters crib"
Yes. the .qss has already TO bear his mas
ter on his back; and the Or his masters
YOKE on his neck. The native parties have
therefore, TO unite, or attend :he sale, and
bid of their country 10 a foreign Auction
eer. The price TO be paid in office and no
ney by our own people.
Israel doth not know; my people doth
not consider. Your land s,rnn
gers devour it in your presence. .
1t is as 4 beseiged city
Does not every motive that should infu.
ence the men of America, plead with the
native parties TO amaleamntc and cast this
abominotion from their country, ard como
with united hearts 10 the rescue Of its
threatened liberties?
A. this momcntous epoch in our history.
the dark, portentous, i'll omened cloud in
pending, and in tie presence of their peril
cd liberties, wha: viii the americans io?--
Bright reason will counsel them what 10 do.
A voice will come from the graves Of their
fathers counscling them what to DO. The
blood of martyrs, shed in the cause Of civil
and religious freedom, will counsel them
what 10 do. Not a closed but m OPEN BIZ
BILE will be the counsellor Of Protestant
America what 10 do. All the glorious re-
collections associated with the Star Span.
gled Banner will counsel them what to do.
And the united voice of ell these counsel
ors will proclaim that "AMERICANS
SHALL RULE AMERICA" And this
proclamation will thrill every true Amcri-
can heart, run along every vein and throb
in every artery. And the Americans will
raise up power that will be as impossible
TO resist as the mountain wave Of the ocean
swell, Your friend
Chiffon ALLAN.
Wind Trip Across the Prairies.