Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-10-06

How in Massaehnsetts, the home and
sess Of Repablicanisa, you are proclaim
q ostcssts - prescribed, deprived Of
your constitutional rights and privileges,
and made the infsrios Of ~ negro in this
lasd Of The FREQ and tAs home Of the
brave" The slave from Carolina, is 70.
ceived with open arms ~ The Republicaos
Of New England; and permitted to vote
after ore years. residesce. But the man
Who happened 70 b. born upon . foreign
soil 10 scorned snd despissd, and condemn
Cd 10 sesen years Of probation before he
10 elevated to an equality with the negro
and allowed TO vote. Read the clause
which Republicans reeea,ly made part
Of the Constitution of Massachusetts:
mo PERSON OF FOREIGN BIRTH
SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE,
NOR SHALL HE BE ELIGIBLE TO
OFFICE. UNLESS HE SHALL HAVE
RESIDED WITHIN THE JURlSDlC.
TON OF THE STATE FOR TWO
YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO HIS Ma.
EQUALIZATION, aud shall be other.
wise qualified according to the Constitu
tion and laws Of the Common wealth."
Not only have they adopted this amend
ment. but they continue to glory in its
odious prescription. The Boston Alias
and Bee, the leading Republican paper in
New England, says:
Because Wisconsin Z mean and mar.
row-miDded enough to refuse 70 allow a
negro, however intelligent, to vote, Il BY
no means proves that the negro does no,
deserve the privilege nor. because Wis.,
consin at the same time permits A RAW
FRESHMAN AND AN IGNORANT
DUTCHMAN TO VOTE. WHEN He
NEITHER KNOWS HIS OWN POLL
TICS NOR THAT OF HIS CANDI.
DATE, does it prove that Wisconsin is
either just or wise IN making this arbitrs.
~ discrimination 2"
But New England is not alone. Re.
publicans everywhere approve Of. aud are
beginning to join in this opposition to
nsturalized citizens. The Cleveland Her.
aid, one Of the most influential Republi
can papers in Ohio, is not less bitter in
its denunciations. 1t says:
We unhesitatingiy aver that SEVEN
TENTRS or THE FOREIGNERS IN
OUR LAND. WHO BOW IN OBEDI
ENCE TO THE POPE OF ROME
ARE NOT AS INTELLIGENT AS THE
FULL FLOODED AFRICANS OF OUR
STATES-WE WILL NOT INCLUDE
THE PART BLOODS."
Such is the protection and favor which
Republicans show to foreigners. 1t is the
spirit aud genuine sentiment Of the party
everywhere. If they profess . different
feeling in Iowa, it is only in disguise Of
their real sentiments, and because open
avowed hostility now would prove their
overthrow.
Can our German and Irish friends res,
easy and content under such treatment ?
Are you TO be degraded below the negro ?
Will you undergo proscrip,ion-suff.r
yourselves to be branded as "raw Irish.
men and ignorant Dutchmen, and vet
wheel into line with this Republican par
ty-uphold its organization and extend
i" power? Have you not hereditary a.
we'll IS constitutional rights in this heri
tase Of freedom? Was i. no, purchased,
in part, by the blood Of your countrymen
of Montgomery. Pulaski, DeKalb, Kos.
ciusko aud Lafayette Be as ready to
defend yonr rights as your Fathers were
to secure them. They are guaranteed
you by the Constitution and denied only
by the Republican creed. Where do
honor. pride, interest, independence saw
you should be found a. the approaching
election ?