Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-10

not the ambition of foreigners deserve careful con
sideraton. We told that the Constitution eS-
cludes the foreigner from seat in the House OF
Representatives TIL he have been seven years citi-
zen and from the United States Senate till he have
been nine years citizen This is true out the "e-
duction from it is entirely allacious. Senator Glenn
ems argues that it is mark of infamy stamped on
the foreigner by the Constitution. For, says he,
al is idle to talk of degrees of nfamy. If exclu-
sion for life renders infamous, exclusion 1or
years must have the same effect.
Now, it is we'll known that native cannot De d
Representative till % years of age, nor senator
till &c. Therefore our own citizens are excluded
from these two great immunlties during term Oh
years And since &c it is idle to talk OF degrees Vi
infamy =" orr own citizens rendered infamous by
the Constitution No rational man will accede to
such an absurd concl usion; and yet, II Senator
Clemens argument be sound, this plain deduction
must be true in principle. The true reason for this
temporary exclusion in both cases is to secure men,
who understand our nment for these lmpor-
tant offices. No one is made infamous by the Con-
stituton but this provision merely prevents dema-
gogues and political tricksters from filling the i'm
portant offices before their age and experience entl
tie them to such consideration.
| always have loved the Constitution and will al
WAYS maintain its principles and therefore say let
its provisions be enforced they now exist but do
not change one article of that conservative instru-
ment. Let (natve or foregn) be eligible TO OF
flee till age and requirements render them worthy;
but do not be so narrowlnnded as to believe your
selves the only people on earth who have any tai
ents honesty. G are in the next place told that
the South is endangered by foreign influx How
l but ,and that is by electlng aooll-
tionstS to Congress and a President lnlmlcal 10
Southern interests. Now, are foreigners abolition
lists? l can show q think) in few words that they
are not generally abolitonists If they are aholl-
tionsts it would be the policy of the north to let
them come. But the same legislature that enacted
the " Personal---very. Bill, also subjected the for
egner to odious civil disabilities Now, the plain
deduction from this fact is that the majority of the
foreign population opposed to their fanatca dis
doctrines Let if be remembered, too,
that Horace Greeley called Massachusetts, :" the
model Commonwealth" Now, if foreigners were
abolitionsts would Greedy have praised the legisa-
ture which prosecuted his bosom trendS But grant
gratia)that they opposed to South
ern interests, they too few to inJure us. Ihs
statement, however is anticipated by Senator Glenn
ens who says that the disparity between the native
and foreign population is not so great as Is general
" believed. For he says, the majority of foreign
ers are males. Now, the last returns show
this statement to be inaccurate, for if you examine
the census for 1885, you will find that the male and
female populations nearly equal where there are
Tac foreigners but wherever the foreign POpuLdIio
is large the females exceed the males in number.
For the truth of tn is statement refer my reader
to Suffolk and MddlcseX counties, Massachusetts;
City of New York, Albany, and Kings counties, n
Y; Philadelphia and Providence, Rhode Island. In
all these places there is large number of foreign
ers while there more females than males.
| shall not denV that Senate lowered its uigni-
ty by its craven courtship of Father Matthew and
ko>S.Htth but an Far from believing that Sena
tors were actuated by any improper motives. Let
it never be forgotten, however, that the bill to as
sumo the responsibility of KoSS'Iths expenses
introduced by W. H. Seward a Wing, and support
eG by Col Gentry, late X. n. candidate for Govern
in Tennessee! We are called upon to visit the
fields of Brandywine and Monmouth, and to remerl-
Der that foreign mercenaries fought against but
no mention is made of Koskiusko Dekalb Steuben,
Lafayette, Montgomery, and many others who ex-
erted themselves so nobly in defence of our liberties.
The name of Arnold is not mentioned by Know
have hnnT0 nln
about the traitor, had he been foreigner. The
Star and Register would have traced his ancestral
line Noah at least, and abused each generation
the procreator of traitor but he native
American and, therefore, the K Ms must deal light
ly with their brother. AS to the Entertainment of
Scott, Jackson and Houston it is sufficient to say
that it has conceivable connection with this SUBJ
ject. But, at any rate, they have all been amply
rewarded for their many services 1t has been often
and strongly urged against the party that it
originated at the North. And it is (all must admit
a suspicious circumstance when consider that III
its Northern elections it has invariably elected abo
ltionsts But the learned Senator ypains its origin
by large collection of figures showing the amount
of crime among the foreign population of New York.
but these figures poor defence of Know Moth
ingism interpreted by him, for in the beginning
of his letter he says " there is not of the mil
lions who flood this country who would not have
exchanged his land for ours, if the ConSi
tuition had denied him the privilege of vot;ng'
Then, why mention the corruption and degradation
of foreigners in this connection? For X. X. doc
trneS, if carried out to their full extent would not
prevent the influx OF foreigners This is truth, but
not the ThOle truth. The Scoundrels and criminals
of other countries will still shelter beneath the wings
of the eagle, while the honest and high minded will
not come to land where justice IS partial Nor |
do approve of the means proposed for eecng this
great reformation. The ballot box is the instrument
Now, if reformation is needed surely it would be |
more efectual to pass positive enactment than
trust to so variable and uncertain means as the !
ballot-box.
Senator Clemens then goes on to comment very |
eloquently the alleged order of Washington put
none but Americans guard tonight" As this |
ORDER which cannot be found among the writings of
Washington, contains arguments, it might fairly |
be passed in silence; but cannot forbear comment
ing strange idea which in his comment |
In speaking of the foreigner, he says: " He still
looks back on the green fields of his chdhood-he |
remembers every stone by the high wayne reads |
the history of his native land and in his heart of
hearts he feels that there is his home and there his
hottest affections garnered up" If the foregoing
sentence contains any argument confess my inabil-
ty to see It, None of US will forget the
of his childish mirth-the Preside where we have |
often received mothers warm kiss or a fathers |
blessing. know not how others may feel but |
never expect to forget the spot where my Amy and |
first poured forth the sweet strains of melting ovc
Charity would induce me to grant the same prvil- |
ege to Others without thinking them less patriotic
on that account All we can demand of foreigner
is obedience to laws and institutions and we |
would be unreasonable in expecting him to turn
brute and forget every thing that nature would teach
him to cherish
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