Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-04-25
VOL. 20, NO II

What does your law do with that old soldi-
der (! 1t sends him to your penitentiarr and
disfranchises him forever, Should he ever
afterward appear at the ballot-box. yopr
Imported sovereign from Botany Bav.
with hands stands stained in the blood Of
his wife or child, having voted, would chal-
lenge successfully his vote, on the ground
of infamy
Now, sir, ] appeal 10 men of all parties
Il appeal to the man of foreige birth who
has adopted this as the land of his future
destiny aud the home Of his children--I ap-
peal to all men whose political action is in
any wise governed BY the principles of moral
rights not the American party correct in
its opposition to the irfnx of foreign pau
pers and felons? If Americans, native and
adopted, now here, cannot rule America.
who shall rule it? Shall we degrade our-
selves by submitting tamely our heritage
of freedom to influences such as these?-
Never. lsay never. lApplause.l II may
suit the purposes of venal party to cut off
the head OF AmericaLs in Office and Thus
deprive them of bread, to make room 70,
the adopted fellow-cittizens. This system
Of importations from foreign prison-cells
aud lazar houses may give a party power.
But mark il Power thus secured will be
short lived lApplause.l FIVE must have
the aid Of such fureign influence to carry
on our government, let us al once have nro-
Fisi0n Of law 70 send the American ballot
box into all foreign lands. Let it be taken
from peniteutiary to penitentiary, from pris-
on to prison, from cell to cell, from lazar
house to lazar house, from pest house TO pest
house Let the inmates deside who shall
rule America Let them deposit their
tickets to neutralize and overcome ours in
deciding who shall govern the land of our
birth, if il must be SO. But let us. ask,
With view to the safely and we'll being of
our own people, and for the protection Of
our fre-sides, our fanatics, aud our homes.
fesist this influx Of paupers and felons who
bring % us disease poverty, aud DEATH
lApplause.I
God knows we have our own internal troub-
les: but these are our businessmen tho
business OF other nations; and we can set
tie them ourselves without their interference,
We certainly do not seek the council of
those who do not come to our shores yolun-
tarily; from love of liberty, determined to
| maintain eur institutions and abide by our
laws. We wage no war against the adopted
citizen Of foreign birth, if be be truly
American in heart. Bat If he comes to in
c ulcate .foreignisms and subFert our system
or engraft upon it principles which he i'm
ports from other lands adverse to Ameri-
can policy, then We say to him, We are
against you, and we can get along without
you whether your name be John Bull, Pat
rick O'Referty, or Hans Heatenspokenbsr-
ger Laughter ana applause-l
/
Mr, President some people thereafter to
dissolve our Union. Now, sir, / regard
that as simply ridicul ous The truth is
sTtdt thing call't be did' Laughter At
least, sir, know that NY native State re-
gard all talk about dissolution as the fruit
of imaginations bewildered by fanaticisn.
Why, sir, how would you make the diyisiont
| 1t has been said that the Ohio river is to be
the dividing line. The honorable Senator
| Mr. Crittenden) and will both object to
that, for many reasons. The gallant buck
eve lads have crossed over that river: they
have wooed, won, welded, and carried
back Kentueky's fairest Daughters. Zap
plause.l They have reared hosts of young
americans, tapplause,) and do you suppose
they are ready to split, and make q di-
visions daughter aud applause.) Ms. It's
not worth while to talk about that. Ken
tuclSy and Ohio, whatever may BE- their
troubles as neighbors, viii never consent to
belong TO seperate confederaeies, and thus
render .heir people, linked together By the
strong tics of consanguinity, aliens and tor-
eigners TO each other No, never [Cheera
and applause-l
If such be our destiny, trust ] shall
nev live to wituess the border strifes which
must eusue. never want to see the pure
waters of the beautiful Ohio Redeemed by
American blood shed by American hands
[Applause.l ha We strong feelings on this
poi1t. When an infaEt on the Ohio river
without protection from the sealping-knife
1 of those sayages hired BY British gold I"
massacre inaiscriminately the pioneers
mother and her children, in the war Of 1912
| 10Y and gladness were broughtt to the heart
of the mother who watched over my cradle,
by the express who returned from the scene
Of hostility with the news, "Ihe Kenfueky
regiment has arriredtn Yes, sir, w5en
Ohio in her infancy was about to be over
come. Kentucky's noblest spirits rallied 10