Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-02-22

troeleye ConVefston 70 kuoE Hotu- |
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We have slready alluded 70 hope
ful signs in reference @ our old friends
conversion to the Truth. From The
6rst we had hopes that when be saw
his error he would. like true man,
renoance il. His difficulty was that
he conjured up aideous monster that
had no real existence. and called Il
Know Nolhineism, and ,hsn lampoon-'
ed Il without mercy. The same IS
the difficulty with many an honest
man Ia Indiana. When made &C.
quainted with ths real purposes OF the
X. Ms. they like other hcaesi men
" III embrace Il. and aid in carrying
Il out. The following declaration Of
opinion. by Greedy. IN eleiter u the
18th inst. constitutes him A. genuine
AKIN. as any ia the land, andwe are
willing TO admit him 70 full member
ship at once This j. al Of Know
Nothingism chat has any existence in
Indiana, or ever had except with a
very few impraclicable men. Tho Pc
culIarity Of our State Constitution
gives US an Immediate and tangible
work 70 do that Is not alluded 70 In
in ihis lelter--and that Is all. We
add 10 orr creed that none but eiIi.
Gems Of the United States should yoie
or hold Office.
j Ihayc no quarrel. and win have
none. with an earnest. faithful oppo.
Inent Of the Nebraska iniquIly because
OF "Amcrlcunism." II he wishes 4
probation oftwenty one years imposed
on immigrants as condition prece'
dent OF naturalization. must differ
from him on that point very decidedly
| butt win be at least "a tolerant Of bis
views as he shall be Of mine, Ny
warfare is against that kind OF "Ameri-
canism' whose cornerstone is Abase.
ment to Slavery extention and the
slave power. With this sort / do no
expect to be at peace; with the Other
! win not quarrel is forced upon me
Now l hold that there are faults IN
: our Naturalization Laws and prevalen
abuses under them which ought C
be promptly and thoroughly corrected
cannot assent TO twcnty-on.
! years probation for immigrants aspir
ing TO citizenship. ner anything like il
I believe five years long enough fol
T the better class Of immigrants and for
" years too short for the worse; but
would like to see all melefactors
whether their crimes were committee
before or after their arrival in thi
Q country. inhibited from na'uraliza
tim, and the same with regard 10 in
G veterate paupers. would glad,
s have every applicant for Naturaliza
: ton required to swear that he wa
acting under no impulse or suggestion
from any other person, and that h
y would permit no individual or commit
II tee to pay the cost Of making him
, citizen. ! heartily approve the prir
ciple embodied 10 that provision {
e our Reformed State Cunstituiio
e which requires ten days to interven
n after Naturalization prior to an exc
y else Of the Right Of Suffrage. / heal
= tily wish the ten days were ten month
d South Carolina. see IL stated. ht
Z just passed an act requiring fico yea'
" to elapse after naturalization prior /
e an exercise Of the right of suffrage
u CHS term seems to me unreasonable
/ needlessly long; but the principle a
g hrmed is sound and important. A
% no youth can hasten his majority
order that he may vote in some al
,e proaching election, so / would BAY
&c no immigrant tempted to become
3 citizen in order to vote for some cal
II didate OF election just at hand.
n want to see our Naturalizatis
Laws so amended that the Safeguard
OF against fraudulent or unworthy a.
o. cessions to citizenship now cantempl
to ted by their spirit shall be secured |
y their letter. l believe our adopt'
y, citizens might have been induced, n
"a merely to acquiesce in, but TO demai
D. salutary amendments Of. our Natura
s. ization laws; but when the demaud
v made a part Of system of warfare u
e. on the foreign-born and their right
" how can such cooperation be expec