The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-08-29
From the Fin, Cite,
A Democratic Record

Mr.. EDITOR The leaders of the Dsmo...
party in this State make many loud pretsn.;o.'
OF Their love for foreigners. Iu the Ola Cnu.
try, the word democracy has a nsc,,ru'
charm Tor the emigrant's ear; he regards en-.
ocrscy as the great desideraium that i - - ui'
him, as soon a. he arrives on our Shores ~, ~
the restraints OF kingly power and the ,yr.n;..,
eNaetions OF petty princes. The emirr,n, :,
most As soon As he steps his foot upon our No..
Is greeted by some disirtsressed democratic ,,ssS
tician, who very gravely informs him IT,, Va
Democratic party Is par eree!!enos the poor MAJ.
friend and the ready protector of the right. ..
all ioreign.eorn citizens Laboring under ,b;s
delusive idea, thousands upon thousands Of sn.'
eisners have been led unsuspectingly and unv;,.
ungiy INTO the embraces OF the Democratic ma.
~ Ii Is high time that our iorsign-boru ci,;,sn.
were nndsesired IN regard TO this matter !,
may not be amiss here 10 state tha, the e.,
Government, under the control of the Demo.
cratic party, has refused them hones,e.ss on W.
vast public domain-that an eminent Demo..S..''
Senator has proclaimed that porer,v /,
and that "poOr man ave CRIMINALS" but -
10 remind your readers that the Democ,.., -
Michigan belle their pretended love for To-.
ers, their action in the last legislature az Ms
legislature the Democracy made an s;tem,, =
restrict the right of foreigners TO vote by .i,.c
ing 10 the qualifications heretofore existn, -,
further provision, that they should nosss. .-s
freehold ral.ei at tlco huadrei and I'm. 80.
Ii viii not be forgotten that the Constitution =,
our Stale allows every foreigner TO vote who h.
resided in the State two years and SIX month.
and has declared his intention 10 become |, c;,;
Zen six months preceding the day Of election :,
which he offers 10 vote. On the lath day a.
February, 1889, while the House had under con.
sideration joint resolution proposing certain
amendments 10 the Constitution, Mr.. Bancroft
''an eminent democratic leader" Of Port UuroD
moved 10 add clause requiring all aliens 10 po.
sess a property qualification Of $3.50, 50 ths, the
same would read as follows
In all elections. every white male Citizen
who has resided in this State tao wears and 4,
months, and decaIe ed his intention AS aforesaid
six months previous TO election and ssho 10 "A.
ornsr ga fee simple Of unincumbered real ssfa.,
withsn th,s State, OF the ral.s Of t,co hund,ea
and NIFTY dollars, shall be ali elector.
| have put the words Mr.. Bancroft proposed
in italics, so that the foreigners If the Fourth
Congressional District NAV see who their real
| friends are. twill be seen that epery De7aocre.
&c member of the House voted for the restrictive
clause, while every vote against il was a Reoub.
lican. The following is the vote, see House Jour.
nal, 1889, page 800. The vote being upon Mr.
| Baucroits amendment, IL was lost by the iollow.
ing vote:
fEAs-Messrs. Bancroft, Beers, Bee.on. A.
W. Buell., ii. ). Bue. Bush, Bushnell, Car,
Carpenter, Campau, Connor, Daltos, Davis, FRS
bee, Giles, Grace, Greenfield, Mckinley, Monroe.
Pratt, Reeves, Richardson, Smith, F. IL. THON
son, Warner, Wendell, 20. All Democrat.
bu, two. Carr and Monroe.
NAYs-Messrs Allen, Baldsn Becbe, Brexs
ter, Brooks, Geo. W. Brown, Benjamin Brown.
:. f. Brown, Childs, Daniels, pickey, briggs.
Enos, Fallas, Ferris, Fowler, Gage, Glluly, Gless
ncr, Goodwin, Kelly, kore, Lane, LOOMS, Nc.
Mahon, Niles, Mitchell Mussey, Mulholana
Newton, Perry, Perkins, Phelps, Raymond
Richards, Reynolds, Robson, Sessions Sharpe
Starkweather. Thomas, X. Thompson, Wallace
Watkins, Wikerson, woolnough, Wilson, and
the Speaker, is; all Republicans.
Ii will be seen that r. II. Thomson. the Dem
ocra,ic candidate for Congress in this District
voted for the restrictive clause. Let our German
fellow citizens OF the Saginaw Valley remember
that +. ii. Thomson in the last Legislature, vo
ted to deprive them of the right TO vote, if the,
| DO not own unincumbered real estate worth two
hundred and fifty dollars.
| Let the hard working miners Of the Uppei
Peninsula, Germans, Irishmen, and Others, ne
member that +. III. Thomson voted in the last
| Legislature of this State that they must be the
owners of two hundred and fifty dollars worth o
unincumbered real estate before they are entitled
TO vote. BE il known TO the poor foreign-borr
citizen that L ii. Thomson, who has a banker
ing desire 10 represent this District in the Con
gress OF the United States, wishes to deny YOU
the privilege of voting, unless you are the bona
f,ie owners Of two hundred and fifty dollan
worth of real estate. You may own twelve jack
asses, four COWS, three horses, one hundred hogs
but these chattels are not the passports to make
YOU voters. T.. ii. Thomson SAWS or did say BY
his vote in the last Legislature, that unincumber
ed real estate should be really necessary to make
YOU voter.
Keep it before the hard.isted, honest, strug
Cling, ioreign-born citizens, in the mines Of the
Upper Peninsula, on board the crafts that nav
gate the Lakes, among the Germans of Saginaw
Valley, that T.. III. Thomson voted in the last
Legislature that you should not have the privilege
of voting for your rulers unless YOU had the t250
real estate qualification.
Ii is to be hoped that you will remember this
fact in November next, not forgetting that Row
land +. Trowbridge, the noble Republican Tar
mer-nominee, ia your friend, aud will protec;
your interest. CIylS.