True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-07-02

olution who were not natives ? They
were either already retired or else retir-
ing TO that great reckoning where dis
counts were not allowed. II the honor
able gentleman Opposing the propOsiliOn)
would point his finger to any such kind
Of person now living, he would agree TO
his being made anexceplion to the amend
menl. II was time that the American
people should have character of their
own, and where should they find it! In
New England and in Virginia only, be-
cause they were homogeneous race--a
peculiar people. They never yet appoin-
ted foreigners to 81, in thathOuse (cf Con-
gress) for them, or to fill their high offices.
In both States this was their policy; it
was not found in, nor was it owing to
their paper constitutions, but what was
better, it was interviewer in the frame of
their thoughts and sentiments, in their
steady habits, in their principles from
the cradle-a much more solid security
than could be found in any abracadabra
which constitution mongers could scrawl
upon paper.
1t might be indiscreet in him to say
it, for to say the truth, he had as little 'f
that rascally virtue prudence, he sppre-
hended, as any man, and could as little
conceal what he felt, as affect that he did
not feel. He knew it was not the way
for him to conciiate the manufacturing
body, yet he would say that he wished
with all his heart, that his bootmaker
his halter, and other manufacturers
would rather stay in Great Britain, under
their own laws than come here Ia make
laws for US, and leave us TO import on
covering. We must have our clothin!
homemade (said he, but l would mucI
rather have my workmen homemade
and import my clothing. Was it best tt
have our own unpolluted Republic pee
pied with its own pure natiue Republicans
or erect another Sheffield, another Man
chester, and another Birmingham, upo
the banks of the Schuylkill, the Delaware
and the Brandywine, or have a host
: Luddites amongst us--wretches froT
' whom every vestige of the human ere;
J, ton seemed to be ell'aced ! Would the
wish to have their elections on that fioc
decided by rabble What, their oper
ing their gates and letting in the rabb
e of whole world to be their Legislators +!
d elf (said hey you wish to preser'
Y among your fellow citizens that exaltt
O sen Sc Of freedom which gave birth to Il
Revolution--if you wish to keep ally
among them the spirit Of '76, you ma
endeavor to stop this food Of ina'nigr
ton! You must teach thepeople Of FL
rope hat'3 they do come here, all th'
J. must hope to receive Is prOtection--6
l. that they must haze no share IN the go
IS ernment. From such men a Temporal
!. party may receive aid, bet the count
i cannot be safe nor the people hap
~ ,Ohsre they are introduced into gorer
c. ment, or NEEDLE oith public concerns
lie any great Degree"
d This (said Mr.. Randolph) is favorat
>, time TO make stand against this ev
. Immigration and if not this session,
;. hoped that in the meet there would be
IS revisal of The naturalization laws"
;e Forty years have elapsed since
a above ,carniny was given TO our countl
'it men, and no change yet--no revision
o. of our laws of naturalization no che
n but rather an impetus given to immig
il tion