Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-17
Know Nothineis,a.

The country has been sgitated for several years
with the impression that some onslaught was about
to be made upon the rights of foreigners coming into
the country, by the class of men known as Know.
Nothings Thus far, however, the attempts which
have been made have been very few and not one
of them we believe successful, although made where
it was supposed the Know Nothings were largely in
the ascendant.-At for instance, proposition to
amend the Massachusetts Constitution to impose ad
ditiona restrictions upon foreigners in the matter of
suffrage, rejected by the Massachusetts legisla
ture although it was almost unanimously reputed
Know Nothing. The first really successful attempt
to impair the rights of foreigners has just been made
and from what source did it come From Buch-
anan Democrat. in the United States Senate, adams
of Mississipp.-After the talk of years which has
been had about Know Nothngism-after our for
egn voters have been frightened year after year in
to voting against the Republicans on account of
Know Nothingism, we find the very first attempt to
make Know Nothngism practical and, to curtal
the rights of foreigners comes from pro-slavery
Buch anan Democrat
When the Toobs, Douglass, Kansas bill was be-
fore the Senate, Adams moved an amendment that
no foreigner should be authorized to vote until af
ter he had taken out his second papers, or in other
words to refuse him the right of voting until he has
been here five years. This amendment prevailed
by the following vote:-
YEAs.--Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Bell, of Tenn
Briggs, Broadhead, Brown, Clay Clayton, CoLamer,
Crittendon, Fesseaden, Fitzpatrick. Foot, Foster,
Geyer, Hunter, Iverson, Mallory. Mason, Reid,
Thompson, of Ky, Yulee-22.
NAYs-Messrs Allen, Bigler, Butler, Bright, Cass
Dodge, Douglas, Evans, Jones of Iowa, Seward,
Pugh Slidell, Toombs, Weller, Wilson, Wright
l6.
OF the yeas, Is are pro-slavery men, and all be-
yond question will vote for Buchanan, and four are
Fremont men and among the former is Brodhead
of Pennsylvania, Democrat, and Bucha mans own
state man. OF the nays Ia are Democrats and
Republican. Durkee, Wade Harlan, and Trum
bull, republicans, being absent, every one of whom
would have voted against it had they been present.
SO that it was originated by Democrat and passed
by democratic Senate, where the democrats are
two to of any other party. And it is instructive
to remark that although Douglass voted against it
yet he never opened his mouth to prevent Its adop-
ton. 1t was his own BILL If he had opposed the
amendment it could not have been made; but he
contented himself with casting quiet vote with
reference to il.
And now for the motive of this action on the part
Of the Democracy, and fortunately have their
own confessions. The Washington Correspondent
of the Milwaukee News, the old bunker organ of the
State, thus states the object
The passage yesterday morning of the Kansas Bill
is, however, truly important, that measure being
of an eminently healing and conctlatorv charge
ter. 1t is the bill of Douglas, framed on tho basis
Of that presented by Mr.. Toombs, and amended in
minor particulars by Senators Geyer and Adams
The patriotism of Democratic Senator's and especial
ly of Hunter and Mason, was conspicuous in con-
cedng; for The sake Of sa0ing the principles Of the
bill, to The Knoac NohSnes the exclusion offoregners
who had merely declared their intentions and were
not naturalized from the right to vote on the cha
racter of the local institutions of the State That
concession should 60 far TO disarm opposition in the
House.
What does all this mean: simply this. The for
eigners have been sold by the Democracy to pur
chase Know Nothing votes in the House to give
Kansas to slavery. That is the length and breadth
of it. The moment the question esentod itself be-
tween the foreigners and the slaves the south said
give the slaves and lot the Foreigners go, and the
democracy enacted. 1t is further in order to
state, that this bill with its ultra Know Nothing
clause got the vote of every Democrat in the Sen
ate, except Dodge of Wisconsin, this showing that
the Democracy have not particle of hesitation in
sacrificing the foreigners when necessary to advance
the interests of slavery.
VIII this Democracy still have the effrontery to
talk about the Republicans being X. n.