Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-02-26
- From the Louisville Journal.
JOHN MITCHELL ON NATURALIZA
TION.

JOHN MlTCHELLON NATURALIZA
TION.
The great truths in reference to the
necessity for modification of our natura-
lization laws which have been announced
by the American party have been treated
with scorn and ridicule by the Democracy.
But silently and surely, in spite of the
opposition to them, they have forced them
selves upon the convictions of sensible
and thinking men of all parties, Demo-
cratic leaders and demagogues may sue
coed for a time in exciting prejudice
against the American organization, but all
their sophistry and disgraceful assertions
of the superiority of the foreign over the
native citizen are unavailing to hide from
the popular understanding the undeniable
truth and justice and patriotism of Ameri-
can principles or to crush out from the
popular heart love for the maxims in
culcated by the American party. The
proscriptive spirit of the Democratic party
prescription more tyrannical than ever
was conceived by the most willy and de-
spotic chief of the JesuiGs--teaches the
masses of the Democratic party to turn a
deaf ear to evey argument uttered by an
American speaker, and to disbelieve any
thing, however palpably true, that may
be published in an American newspaper.
The sachems of Democracy are painfully
conscious that, wherever the principles of
the American party are understood by the
masses, their truth and justice and the
necessity for their adoption as the per-
manent policy of the Government will be
at once acknowledged. These reckless,
rule or ruin Democratic leaders know full
we'll that if the veil of Misrepresentation,
with which they have sought to hide from
the popular gaze the glory of the princi
Piles of the American party, should ever
: be drawn aside and the plain truth of
these precepts should be allowed to shine
forth undimmed upon the minds and
hearts of the people, the power of the
Democracy would Immediately be dissolved
and the masses of the American people
would rush with enthusiasm into IL Q a1ks
of the American party, and second an
eager and active support to its principles
While the Democracy generally have
thus studiously endeavored to conceal the
truth from the masses of their followers,
the following CLEAN of truth in the
columns of Democratic paper should be
spread far and wide and everywhere brought
to the attention of those who have reviled
the American party and denounoe its
efforts to protect the institutions of our
country from the fatal influence of for
cignism and the sad consequences of a
continual influx of foreign pauperism and
crime. 1t is from the bold and vigorous
pen of John Mitchell, editor of the
Southern Citizen. He is an Irishman by
birth, not yet naturalized, violent Demo
crat in politics, and cannot be accused Of
national or party preiudices in favor OF
the American view of the subject.
Journal.
"When American cities have got to
hunger mobs and soup kitchens, one can
ask themselves whether it is wise or just
to keep the doors of this Republic Sc
widely and invitingly open; the access to
them so very easy, and next to no ques-
tons asked.
We are about to approach a delicate
subject for the Democratic party in the
United States (to which party we give ouI
hearty faith and fealty) hold it to be one
of their strong points to cherish and ten.
derby entreat "the foreigner Yet there
are certain considerations aside from party
which lead to the conclusion that some
thing is wrong in all of this. And kind
of suspicion arises that, even in the Know
Nothing ranks, there were patriotic and
, good men who had no sympathy with the
benighted sectarianism of that mschevious
society, but who, nevertheless, instructive
" revolted against the cool insolence OF
European powers in chasing ''surpIu:
- population" to America as penal colony
OF criminals and paupers we have enough
4, OF the emigrants to America, a very
!, large number are real paupers and crimi
nails, which falls out in several ways
> First there are emigration societies having
p funds provided for carrying to Americ'
}, the very sweepings of the work houses
. and poor houses. Some of these are il
connection with the governments of tn,
= several countries, and it signifies LITTLE
whether the poor wretches so expatrateC
n are landed in Canada or New York. ]
:, in Canada, most of them find their way
southward These have neither means
5 nor spirit, nor hope. They have lived OF
r public aims, left their homes at the bid
b dngs of their "betters," and emigrated IL
}, Jorma pduperis, These are true pauper
. either born paupcrs or having the hear
y and soul within them, ground down to
o pauper heart and soul by bitter oppression
e and privation--not fit to DO citizens Of
n any country.
/ And for eriminAls-we know that car
goes of Italians and Germans are some
= times sent over with an intimation tina
! they are "political cEeadAss" VIE Knew