Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-14

balumOfc, ma among otoet tulnke fNqueuJ
startling, the following sentences
"In many wards the way 10 The poIls Is
blocked up BY tOwdies, who refuse 10 per-
NIT any naturalized citizen 70 vote. Those
who attempt il are knocked down and
trampled under foot
We call the particular attention Of our
naturalized citiSens who voted the recent Rel
publican and Know Nothing ticket to the
above paragraph, sent out from Baltimore
by the "Reporter Of the Associated Press,'
who is himself member of the opposition,
and who will not be charged With making
the matter any worse than i really was II
shows plainly what viii be done with adopt,
ed citizens where the feeling Of hatred to
the foreign born exists in the freshness Of
1854, and where the power may be safely
exercised. We have sfmiiaF. accounts Of the
abuse Of adopted cllizans a. Che polls where
the Republican strength was overwhelming
at the recent elections.
II is not too late TO again look into this
matter Of Know Nothingism; and as the
election IN this State is over. we cannot be
charged with getting up bumbug issue to
gull any body. It viii be remembered that
in 1854, when it became evident that Sc
oret element was at work throughout the en-.
tire country that threatened to overwhelm
everything, the journal of this city at once
abandoned its position in the whig ranks
was the first to desert the party--and took
a bold and defiant position for the new and se-
cret organization which had suddenly arii en-,
and whose main idea was the oppression and
political degradation Of all who were not so
fortunate as to be born in this country
No exceptions were made-all adopted citi,
zens were to be cut OF for at least 81 years
from any right whatever as citizens. And
this It was declared, was "only the beginning
of tho eHdl' 1t was to be the frst step to,
wards forever prohibiting any person Of for
eign birth from participating, in any way, in
the affairs of government in the United
Statesl These odious and unjust doctrines
were publicly proclaimed, and we're advo'
Gated in the most offensive way possible
Those who refused to acquiesce we're at once
prescribed, and they were publicly and pri'
yatey told that they should be put down.
The foreign born, as the new system gained
strength, were insulted, and if they protest,
ed against the abuse heaped upon them,
they were beaten like dogs If they resent
ed these outrages they were shot down like
brutes These allegations are true, are
within the memory of every man of
to-day.
The secret cabals increased astonishingly,
and in the elections of 1854 they completely
overwhelmed the country, carrying by force
of numbers, fraud, violence, and murder,
nearly every election precinct in the country.
During all this time, the Democracy stood
up valliantly for the rights Of adopted citi-
sens, and fell with them in the struggle
Tney had ever shown themselves the friends
of the oppressed Of all nations and from the
organization of our Government to the pres
ent day, we defy them to point to an act Of
the Democracy wherein they have in any
manner forfeited the friendship and grati-
tude of adopted citizens
The Know Nothing whirlwind having
swept over the country, and threatened to
destroy all our political economy worth pre-"
serving, and prostrated the best interests OF
the people, A powerful reaction was the re-
suit, and the party went down as suddenly as
it came up The Sober, sc cond thought of
the masses Of honest men created revul-
sion in favor of law and order and the
rights of freemsn, and peace once more
reigned over our distracted country. This
was a signal for the breaking up the Oppo-
stion.
Engaged in the forefront ranks of this
disgraceful TRADE against the foreign>born
the leaders of this bloody crusade against
adopted citizens-were the editor of the
Dayton journal as chief bugleman and f.
p. Cuppy, E. A. Parrott, and others on the
Republican ticket just elected by the votes
of the very men whom they then attempted d
to DEGRADED Cuppy and ParrOtt were the
most active men in this county, in trying to
disfranehise adopted citizens, and prevent
the foreign born from ever exercising in this
COuutIJ tue rights VI iIb0uaeuI uuu Jetj Ny
the votes of these very men-(whom, if they
did not succeed in degrading, it was the
fault of the Democracy)-they have succedl
ed in triumphing over the party who have
been the lifelong friends Of the adopt
ed population of our country aud have
made, from the organization of the govern
ment down to the present day, very many
sacrifices forl Had II not been for the
democratic element which is now being
prostrated by their assistance, the adopted
citizens Of this country to-day would moi
have had any more rights--ays, not as many
than the negroes.
1t is now The time to Iookat thisnsattsl
Alright The niger issue &, for the present
settled in Ohio. Il did notaamouDt auy
more than the snuff which the opposition
got into the eyes Of the voters on last Tues
day win any man of common sense be-
lieve that these. Know Nothing gentlemen
think any more of adopted citizens now thar
they did when they we're running over tbl
country getting ap Know Nothing lodges
and pressing men into the Order in corn
fields, hay mows, shops, &el It is too lat'
now to help this matter, but a reeuFreneso D
these things may be prevented We men
ton the subject now, that our adopted citi