Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-01-03
The Thing Explained

The Thing Explained.
The Vincennes Gazette contains an article
in reply to one Of ours headed "Singular In
fatuation." 1t will be remembered that the
Gazette in a lengthy and well written article
full of good sense and truth as we thought
set forth the advantages which the ancient
borough OF Vincennes and the good old coun-
~ Of Knox presented to persons seeking a
home. Vincennes and Knox county, the
Gazette said, needed more population. We
remarked that we considered it very singu-
lar complaint for a Know Nothing editor to
make, that any portion of the country-espe-
eially so old a settled county as Knox--should
stand in need of Immigrants, since the es-
pecial object of the X. Ms, as we thought,
was to prevent immigration.
But the editor Of the Gazette c~orrects
Us. He says emphatically that the "Amer-
lean (Know Nothing) party offers no obsta-
eles and would erect no barrier against legiti-
mate immigration" And in illustration and
confirmation of his views, he copies and en-
dorses a portion of a speech of Mr.. Critten-
den on this subject in which that distin-
guished american says:
81 feel no unkindness, no hostility to the
foreigner whatsoever. / nm willing to offer
him every thing, every blessing our country
affords. l will tell him, come and share them
with us. If you have been the object OF OPP
preston IN a foreign land, come here and be
free. If in another land you have suffered
from want, come and share our plenty. Our
laws viii protect you +; our laws will give you
such freedom as you cannot enjoy elsewhere
in the world beside. But we reserve to our
selves the right to govern our country.
Leave that to us. You shall ave aihthe
. benefits our free institutions afford. That is
the great boon we Offer"
The thing is now very clearly explained,
and W. thank the editor for having thus told
the world what he expects Of those immi-
grants whom he invites to his town and coun-
iy. He says to them in effect Gentlemen,
come among us. You are welcome to make
your homo here. Buy from us our waste
lands we viii take your francs, your thalera,
aud your sovereigns in exchange. Come and
settle among MS we will buy your produce
aud sell yqa all you may need for yoHr fam
lilies. Help to make our roads, build our
school houses and our churches (; support our
schoolmasters and our ministers. Help rs
to pay our State, county, township, and city
taxes. If war breaks out help us to fight our
battles. All these privileges VIC freely offer
you. But, remember, that You are to have
10 voice in elections-thqt Is orr especial
business. You may pay taxes, as we do, but
you shall have no voice in choosing the men
who impose them. You may DO your share
towards paying school teachers. but with us
lies the exclusive privilege Of saying who
these teachers shall be and what they shall
teach. You may work as many days on the
road as we do, hat we reserve the exclusive
right to say whether a road shall run by your
farm or not"
Such is the language which the editor Of
the Gazette would address to these immi-
grants, whom he invites to make their home
In Knox county. 1t is the plain sentiment
Of Mr.. Crittendon whom the editor quotes
and endorses. We thank him for the ex-
PLANTATION, and take pleasure in doing him the
justice he seeks.
But we apPrehend the editor of the Ga
zette and Mi. Critten,lep DO not speak the
sentiments Of n majority Of the people of
Knox or of any other county in Indiana. We
have confidence to believe that they would
not seek to inveigle immigrants into their
midst under p~retence of giving them bread
and then turn them off with a stone. The
people of Indiana would scern to invite to
their borders a class Of persons with whom
they would be unwilling to share al their
privileges and all their responsibilities.
CHun BE8TFN TO DEATH BxaAx Oh
MAID.-The New York papers contain ac-
counts of the death of a boy between four
and five years of age, who had been beaten
TO death by al old maid named Miss Pack
hurst. She would sometimes beat him for
two or three hours at a time with a strap or
whaleboDe. The child was in delicate
health, and his mother having died he was
placed under the guardianship of this spin
ster. She was committed to prison to await
an examination for murder.
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