The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-14
BEFORE an election the Journal could not

Before an election the Journal could not
PUBLICLY advocate this Know Nothing cause;
but not needing any foreign votes he unfurls
his Know Nothing flag, and tries to rally
foreigners under it by calling the Democrat
ic leaders sore-legged and sinking dema-
gogues. That paper has humbugged the
foreign population of Evansville long
enough. 1t wants their influence and their
money; but it does not want them to voteor
hold Office, nor does it want them to wor.
ship in Catholic church, Eng.
We cannot be pursuaded to initiate the
Enquirer's manners, and call it's editor a
Tar, under any provocation, but We do say
most emphatical!y, that in the above he says
what is net true. and that which he kno,cs is
not true. Nothing that ever appeared in
the Journal could be construed to mean that
we are opposed to foreigners voting. Nor
have we ever opposed foreigners holding
share of the ofices-but we are opposed, and
most bitterly SO, to placing men of foreign
birth in office, simply because they are for
eigners. when they may not have in any de-
gree the qualifications for the Offices TO
which they aspire. And we are opposed to
running a ticket composed almost entirely
of foreigners, to fill the city Offices of COR
porution wherein foreigners have not the
majority. We regar 1 those politicians who
would be guilty of getting up such a. ticket,
and nearly every foreigner on it VIGOROUSLY
unqualified for the duties his election would
call upon him to assume, as a set of dirty
political demagogues, whose very touch is
contamination to the interests of cur city -
Such a ticket did the Old Line leaders con.
coct and run land did.partialIy elect last Mon
day week, in this city-a ticket which was
an insult to every American born man in
the city. 1t placed the foreign born over
his head. 1t told him that the foreign born
alone were the proper men to rule Ameri.
cans-that the American born of this city
were unworthy or incapable of controlling or
overseeing its business. 1t plainly signi.
fed the fact that clique of politicians in
this city are determined to rule at any
sacrifice of principle, at any sacrifce of the
interests OF Evansville, at any sacrifice OF
good feeling between man and man and
between class and class. We opposed that
ticket, and we still oppose the demagogue
sprint which irsulted the community by its
introduction, and which spirit is still alive in
our midst, or the Enquirer bellies the feelings
OF those for whom it does the dirty work
We are thus far, and no further than be.
fore the election, supporter of the Ameri-
can or any other cause, which may seek tc
crush down this knavish demagogue spirit
Were the Know N othing party all its enc,
mics accuse it of being in wickedness, il
would be far preferable to this contemplate
demagogueism, which recognizes no godl
ness except it be concentrated in foreign
body. We are an American citizen in every
throb of our heart, nd there fore feelan unc con.
tro!lable disgust, when we see foreign born
: citizens placed above us in the scale of cit.
izenship and common humanity. We make
no distinction between "American eitiz ems, .
but these demagogues are making a mos,
degrading distn ction when they condemn Q
man for being born on this soil, and declare
, him secondary to the foreign born, and tina
the foreign born must rule. Intelligent
foreigners themselves contemn this dema.
> gogueism, while the ignorant are led BY
the nose, as the ignorant always will be LEI
by un principled men.
S The Enquirer's last remark about us no
t wanting foreigners to worship in Catholic
, church,is too simply contemplate for notice
E We should cheerfully give our consent t
the editor of the Enquirer's worshiping il
b any church whose moral code or obligation
f might prevent him penning more rank false
d hoods every day, than for which an ordinar,
lifetime of decent repentance might Obtain
n forgiveness.