Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-04-17
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&A&tss a1a Adopted citissns.
AZ the elections are over and some thing
nay now be said without their REASONABLE,
,eausng these feelings Of luminosity which
might have resulted from them during al
excited canvass, we will make acme re-
marks upon sabjec, which we have in.
teaded for some time to notice, and which,
- re think. 10 deserving Of the attention oil
the community. We refer to the adopted
citizens Of the country. and to the feelings
Of antagonism between them and those
born here. and which, If not on the increase
have already grown sufficiently strong to
disturb the proper and peaceful progress oil
those institutions which osght to be dear to
- all.
In wha, we shall say, az we shall write
without any ill-feeling. we hope to cause
none. 1t 10 subject Of Importance. and
while il should be discussed fairly and with
ealmness, it should also be treated fruily
and without any fear Of speaking the truth.
As has been well remarked by an eminent
writer, mo resolution is 90 likely to be
supported with frmness, a. that which has
been adopted with moderation" Let US
then enter into the argument with can
dor and with discretion.
We hold it to be fundam.ntsl principle,
derived alike from international law and
common sense. that people inning ating to a
country, must come with the intention Of
supporting the institutions Of that country.
II they come with any other intention, and
successfully assail the long established poll
y Of the country they come to, they are
eonquerors in fact, whatever they may be
calied in name; and their settlement de-
serves % much to be called Conquest, a,
that which was made Ia England BY Wi.
liam and his armed followers. This is he
case, where the newcomers numerically
approximate though remotely, to the people
among whom they settle; bat the case is
much stronger when the strangers, except
IN few localities, bear but q very small
proportion to the entire mass Of the n a,iye.
born citizens. This is also the fact. when
the country which receives new. INN grants
10 feeble and newly Sc ttled. bu, the fact Is
still stronger when the country is old and
already possessed of the elements necessa.
y to attain any presamable degree of fur.
Tier greatness. We presume tina, no man
vi istsiligence and candor will dispute the
correctness Of the foregoing remarks.
We come, then, to the second branch of
Tie argument The peopi of a country
who have Prospered and become powerful.
y the promaigassoa of particular doctrines
and the establishment Of particular ,n.,i,u.
'siens, are not likely to view with indiffer-
snce any asssiimens Of those sc,rines and
institutions. They ascribe 60 them their
past success, they expect from them their
prosperity, and they would no,
only be foolish, but d.relict to the duty
which thes owe to III own pos,erity and 10
humanity 10 gener al. if they did not guard
tnem sSh extreme vigilance, and look with
"aca sa'spieion upon any indications Of
visa C. change them.
!" think that such Il the situation Of
Eae people OF the United States with regard
to those who now come amongst them
From feeble beginnings, they have reached
their present position Of greatness, by pur-
suing certain policy. II Is the duty and
ought to be the inclination of immigrants TO
conform to that policy, and not endeavor
to establish foreign customs which are in
conflict with ours, and which, in most cases,
resulted from forms OF government that are
entirely antagonistic to those Of the repub-
lie which they have chosen for their new
home. We state fact, and disclaim any
intention Of disrespect, when we remark
that nearly al the immigrants to this coun-
try have been the subjects Of monarches,
and that the hope of lettering their mate
rial fortunes in this land OF plenty, much
more caused their leaving their fatherland,
than any prediction of one form of gov
ernment over another. We find no fault
with the inducemen, which caused their
removal, but the fact involves an important
Consideration. The functions required
from the citizens of republic are very diff
Gerent from those permitted to the subjects
Of . monarchy. In the old countries, a
large number of the class of whom we are
speaking, considered thata chief part Of the
business of life consisted in music and dam
cling and such like enjoyments, and If they