The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
THE FOREIGN VOTE

city-nnd the remarkable thing that strikes
us, 10, the foreign element. American Demo.
cracy has ceased TO exist in New York-and
IN its stend, the Democracy is Irish or German.
In the llth Ward, Wednesday night, the
spectacle was presented of hundreds Of Ger.
mans under few Irish leaders! The "rich
Irish brogue" was cajoling off the "sweet
German accent The American leaders seem
to be only those In Office under the city and
Federal government-City Hall officers, or
Custom House offcers--while the rank and
file are all German or Irish. If there be any
American Democrats here, not 10 office, they
have ceased, INCA great degree, to attend
publlc meetings-for the Democracy of this
city is foreign, foreign, foreign.
The attendant upon Democratic meetings
generally In this city, would scarcely suspect
he wns in the United States of America. In
some Of the Wards-he would think he was
in Limerick, or Dublin, and in others, on the
Rhine, the Elbe, or the Danube. German pla.
cards and German speeches are seen and
heard oitener than American. The orators
touch upon themes known in Tipperary, or
Cork, or Frankfort, or Bremen, or Berlin
but utterly unknown TO the great body of our
American born citizens.
+ The Police of this city-under Mayor
Wood, have become now about two.thrds
foreign. We, American citizens, have to rule
over us-to the exclusion OF American born
policemen, an Irish Police-for the Germans
generally nrc kept from the police by the
superior political tactics of the Irish Demo.
cracy. Foreign Military Companies are num-
erous among us. There are Irish Regiments,
and German Regiments, and French Reg.
ments, all preserving their nationalities. And
in ease of instruction, we should be called
upon 70 rely upon these Foreign orgnniza.
American land This has hpe"u,. ,ho our Ia own
German CITY in the world. excent ,hrsa
Vienna, Berlin, and Hamburg-and Germans
N's. III Us ,ul 'orce on tne HUDSON as on the
transpanted Germany. "' '"' /"
Ali this would be well-if not very we'll
provided these strangers would readily ANAL
gann.e-n"rry ana ,htermarry' ana thus
nol;s;c,ilv W. waIsnn,a tho,, ", anu
gers, to be Americanizcd, as soon as possible
but they will not nmngamate with US MS
49,, o Eora;an e .rha "I ao'u'ers. helr rot'cs
Europenn Democracy, md ornor;za -, ,uea a u,
that idea of Democracy upon American So.
clety. Their social amusements are, in the
m"n, rorelsn; ihe'r military organizations,
onr Hack R"nnbIcar frion "a i tn Even
summer trying to rally the Germans no ~
Foreign Party and MS Foreign men, against
Ane' IT III 'me nlteen southern States of
Amor;.ons hova ,;,,d ,,ussa; .na' we
have told the Germans. in this ls56 w,s ,"o ~
oi,snrcn'cal' .yrahnieai Government-no bet
leS'""n I'VE uesPotisms they came from to us;
"na lne ilecker ana Struve Ned Republicans
"luong tnem seem 10 believe and so join
Pon.'ca' organizations directed against one
nan OF our common country.
THE PRoposrn Nrcpo Rryo1r W. o,;,,
tn. following from the Momnh;s E,r,., az
ENQUIRER. of the aIsi. anu
I'VE desire 10 ref.r with MI nro,o, ,,,,,;,,
TO the ALLEGED intent;on of tba s,pv, nonuia "
tion in our ne;uhborbnod of RnIa;ah p' a1
other places to revolt nm ,bo All rs ,h , Wv
suino mon,b Wo hao,d ~ ,h,, ", WV .n,
Monday n;obt I'm, AID M, tha m1 .os s"o' v"
The Anpen5 in its ;ssne NJ yestorda" ,,o w H.;
saws: "'o'"'"s'
IA Mr. H,rd yr;,;,c u,s,.r :. ,h,a
with prompting them to this affair. We learn
," a', .sm ,t mesrUes are now IN CUSTODY as
est excitement nrev,iiS a,n"na o". rni h.s
We have still further learned that the attack
was to have been made on election day, day
mo- most uhi"vorabie Tor such ntroclous designs.