Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-25
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The following from the New York Herald il enough 10
the blood OF every American horn man in the land
While the country !. fallen until shreks for freedom and
noisy empty hubbub about Kansas, freshly arred for.
egners mnuy Of them paupefs and criminals no doubt
through defective naturalization laws being made
good American citzens 10 appear the Polls on next
election day there 10 ostle aud beat away American
born men, aud deprive them Of the tights for which their
fathers fought aud bed- These temporary but
permanent evils, growing daily. Think Of il Americans
think Of four hundred foreigners naurazed per day or
fifteen thousand in Six Weeks Read the Herslds state
ment
During the past six weeks the Superior and Common
Plea courts have been engaged in the duty increasing
the number Of czrns OF the great republic and in lessen
ing ~ the same proportion, the subjects 81 foreign prn
ees poteniales aud powers The EOfk about
~ o'clock every morning and continues without cessation
u three or Tour ~ the afternoon and between these hours
the interior aud exterior Of the City Hall presents
sualy animated and lively appearance The eazerress
Eth which the aspiring foreigners crowd about the en-
frances OF the two conrs requires the presence ola sonsd
cradle force ~ policemen. who fnd II difficult matter
70 repress their afdO aud impauencs, and prevent
them from rushing unlimited and unbdlen INFO the pre-
Of the judges themselves For six long weeks have
the courts empoWered With the authority iJr natuazt
ton been beseged this way aud during that time about
6iern thousand Of our foreign born population have bren
admitted u the privileges OF citizenship They come
from Poughkerpse and other places along the North riv.
er, aud Long Island has contributed large number ~
addition u the dWeers w New York who form the great
majority Of the applicants.
ieT-and they are very icW-appy Of their own A..
cord but the great bnk recruited by tho Naturaz
ton Committees Of TAmmany Hall and the Republican
GENITAL Club. The former have taken the Iish under
their special care while the Germans whose tendencies
are Of republican character N have fallen b. the
charge OF the latter. Both committees pay the natura-
zaiou fees ~ confederation II s generally understood Of
the votes which their candidates expected h. receive IT,
return. Nos each Zee amounts TO 6ity cents and AZ
there have been about fifteen thousand nsurazed the
whole smount paid must be seven thousand dollars
The greater par Of this has been paid IL u SAIL by the
democratic committee who have made Eve citizens n
cry Three presented by the republicans IL the first week
or no the herman appcants prepondersted, hat they
nave since been left IN the minority by the constantly w..
creasng msiorty Of the Irish. The number nsturalzed
IN the Court Of Common Pleas and the Superior Court
eSceeds Tour hundred per day, (or about 5000 eithn
he las, sS veeks) bit duriog the sst two days over
three hundred applicants received their papers in the
Court Of Common Pleas alone