Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-06
They Dearly Love the Germans

The Quincy Herald" exposes some Of the
sympathy that the Republicans exhibit for for
eiyners. 1t sayS:--"Thc Republicans Of Mas
sachusctts made it Il portion Of the Constitu-
ton of that State, that every loreign.born per-
son, after he shall have become q citizen Of the
l.. States, must wait seven years before lie can
exercise, in that State, the rights Of a citizen.
A runaway slave, however, is entitled to enjoy
all the rights oil citizenship in that State, by
remaining in that State one year. The Ger
man or Irishmcn would have to wait seven
years. That was done by Republicans. We
present another specimen of Republican apprc-
citation Of Germans and freshmen. One of the
Indiana contingent republican electors, John
NJ. Wilson, made 4 speech some time ago, in
which he expressed without any reserve what
ever, his views of our foreign born population.
We give a specimen Of the whole speech. lie
said:
"In the heart of the foreigner beats not a
single noble impulse, not one single throb Of pa
triotism! lie is so british and degraded that
he has no sympathy for anything but cabbage,
lager beer, potatoes and b%uttcrmilk, or some
other outlandish dish, fit only for the hogs Of
the street or pen. All the oaths in the world
cannot bind them. You may swear them to
renounce all allegiance to their Prince or King,
and to support our Consultation, and it amounts
to nothing. They care no more for oaths OF
this kind than the idle wind which passes by.
Some tell us that many foreigners are in
tclligcnt, How in the name Of Almighty God
sn + IL. - a.. ~ p,,n
king his pipe, and if you can see a ray OF in
telligencc in that dirty, idiotic looking face Of
his, show it to me. Look ut the drunken,
bloated Irishman, with his rutgnt whisky bot
tic in his pocket, and he drunk, and swearing
and wrestling, and show me in that polluted
race any spark of morality, intellect or educa-
ton. The idea is perfectly absurd, it is per-
fectly prepostcrouS.
You see WIDE MOUTlTED LUP-EARED,
MULl.ET HEADED DUTCllMAN coming up
lust from the land of circuit, with the foam Of
beer sticking to his horse tail whiSkerS, and his
breath smelling Of onions and garlic, enough
10 kill q white man three hundred yards; and,
before he can say anything III the world but
Dimocrat,' he must vote, and that vote counts
as much as yours or minc. This is outrageous
and abominable. THESE FOREIGNERS who
have carried the elections for Old Lines, WILL.
HAVE TO LEARN THEIR PLACES. THEY HAVE
NO MORE RIGHT TO VOTE THAN THE
DUMB BI,UTES OF TIE FIELDS, AND
HAVE NOT HALF TIE SENSE Of a NEW
FOUNDLAND DOG, and God knows that were
a candidate for any office, Id tell these PAU
PEERS and EAGABONDS, these VILE, DIRTY,
FILTHY, DEGRADED, lDlOTlC FOREIGN
Frs, | don't want their votes, and if ever ain
a candidate | hope to God | never will get
them"
In Massachusetts the Republicans have On
their electoral ticket three who voted for that
provision Of the Constitution Of their State
which makes such offensive distinction among
citizens, and in favor Of the negro over the for
eign.born citizen. In Indiana the Republicans
honor with the position Of alternate elector II
man who spoke in the offensive terms we have
quoted of Germans and Irish. And they pay
Carl Scllurz TO 20 over the country and declare
that, if the Declaration Of independence was
not intended TO place the slaves and negroes ON
an equality with the whites, then was it 4 sham
and n humbug, and the American Revolution 4
mere Yankee trick. These Republicans mix
things up considerably.