Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-03-31
NaturaIiZed Citizens.

We have always assured our naturalized
citizens, that the inveterate hatred the
managers of the Republican party enter
tain against foreignborn citizens and relig-
ious liberty was only conceal ed for time
1t is manifest, that it is cloaked merely to
get power, and when they deem themselves
strong enoagh to effect their purposes,
they Will cast OF the mask, and proceed TO
appress the foreignborn and the catholic
In Massachusetts, the Republicans have
passed law to prevent naturlized citizens
from voting until two years have expired
after the date of their naturalization papers.
This puts the white citizens of German,
Irish, English, Welsh and Scotch birth up
on a statue of civil inferiority to negroes,
who are fnll citizens and voters. in Massa
chusetts. and are eligible to office. Again.
they are engaged in an attempt to make
the Catholic children in the Boston pnblic
schools participate in certain religious eH-
ercises, at variance with the scruphes Of
that sect The children. to tho number of
three or four hundred, declined to partici-
pate in the exercises, and theroupon the
trustees proceed to expel many Of them from
the schools; one boy having been severely
chastised because he did not conform, al
though he expressly stated TO the teacher
that he did not do SO, because his father
and the priest had forbidden him to do SO.
The spirit of persecution is here plainly
evinced We ask the foreign born citizens
and catholics, and the just and liberal of
American birth and all denominations in
Ohio. to mark these doings. Very recent
ly we were informed by the citizsns of
New England birth, at their great eelebra-
ton in Columbus that they wanted the
West, New Englandized. Nearly al the
epublican State officers of Ohio, are New
England men; and if the Legislative power
of the State as well as that of the Admins
trative departments and the Judiciary. is
suffered to pass into the hands OF this par
ticular class, they will endeavor TO enforce
their peculiar notions by law. Their favor.
ite theory is, that they have pecuiar
mission and genius for governing other
people. We are convinced that the acts
we have noticed above would be introduced
here. if the Republicans were once securely
fortified in all the departments of the State
UoHciHilcHl' AL tHc pciHiCiOuo hHao
Of that party are drawn from New England.
The persecution of foreigners and catholics.
the oppression ofpoor white men, and the
elevation of negroes are favorite tents with
them. In the New York Legislature they
introduced bill to tax catholic funerals.
Not content with bounding them through
life, they would pursue them altar they
are dead. The same spirit animates them
with regard to foreigners: and we call upon
the people of Ohio to resist in tine so mis-
guided party. They will be quite as ram
pant here as they are in Massachusetts and
New York. if the people give he power.
Forewarned forearmedl
We refer our readers to the account Of
the school matter. and to the resolutions
passed by the German republicans of Bos
ton, on the first page. The resolutions
are admirable; but we assure everybody
concerned that the only remedy is to vote
against the republican party everywhere.