The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-08-18

! sity of a vigorous effort for the ascendan-
cy of our party in Iowa, this fall-will
appreciate the prompt action on my part
consequent upon the limited time to car
ry this service through.
am, very respectfully
9lf Your obi servant,
G. DoNNELLAN.
i For The Guardian
Mr.. EDITOR:
| notice in your paper of August
III, over the signature of E. G. B., an
article giving a, true version, as regard
it, of the Massachusetts, amendment to
the constitution Of that state, requiring a
residence of two years after naturaliza-
ton, by foreigners, before. they can vote.
1t is we'll known to the readers OF the
Independence Civilian that that sheet has
always charged the authorship of that
amendment, and its sanction by the peo-
pie, upon the Republican party. Who
would be the most likely to know the
truth, the editor of the Civilian or Z. G.
B.-a resident of Massachusetts, and one
who was in the state at the time the act
passed the Legislature and when it was
sanctioned by the people Admitting
both to be equally worthy of credit, as
to truth and veracity, we must admit
that +. G. B. has better chance to know
the truth than our "by chance an Edi-
tor" The statement of Z, c. b. goes to
show that the act was passed, and made
part of the Constitution of that State,
through the intrigues and double deal
ing of the democratic party The Dem
ocrats voted for the amendment, think
ing that by lying and intrigue and mis-
representation, they could gull some of
the foreign born citizens into the belief
that they were the friends of the foreign
er, while the Republicans were their en-
emies.
Any one who has watched the acts of
the Democratic party for the last eight
years, will be convinced that it is no
great hardship for the members of that
party to promise one thing and do an
other.
1t is no hardship for them to get down
on their knees in the dust and kiss the
feet of the foreign-born citizen just be-
fore election, and the minute they get
his vote, to spurr him or any of his
countrymen that ask favor of them.
To illustrate this let me refer the /" by
chance an Editor" to an election that
was held at the Court House in the vii
lage of Independence in the month of
October, 1853, when our worthy editor
stood all day at the polls with book in
hand, ready to mark down the names of
all those who voted the democratic ticket.
Perhaps the editor will recollect that at
that election NICHOLAS BoEHNLErN. |
German, was on the Democratic ticket
for the office Of constable. Perhaps, too
if he thinks hard and long. as he used
to do before he became +" a collegiate ed
ucated man." he will remember that
though all the other Democratic candi-
dates for Office were elected by from As
to SO majority, yet NICHOLAS BoEHN-
Lem, the only foreigner on the ticket, was
defeated by about 80 votes, thus making
a difference of rs votes at least, provided
that none Of the Democrats voted for the
Republican candidates. Then there were
several Republicans who voted form
b. because they thought him good
man and would not, for personal reasons,
vote for their own candidates-so that
there must have been more Democ rats
that would not vote for foreigner thar
what the returns really showed Now
what did the Democrats nominate him
for Manifestly to secure the German
vote Why did they not elect him If
they had it would have displeased their
Know Nothing friends. Was there any
design in this ? No one can doubt il.
Otherwise for what purpose was our
worthy by chance an editor" this was
when by profession he was lawyer)
pliced at the polls 50 early in the morn
ing and kept there till the polls closed /?
Perhaps he will tell us. If he does not,
we have right to draw our own concu-
sions. and from the effect produced that
day We have reason to believe that the
Afrioanzed Democracy placed him there
to prevent the Democrats from so far for
getting their secret oath as to elect for
eigner to any Office. QUI LIBET Ia