The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-09-12
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ing speech, is one Of the contingent elec-
tors on the present Republican State tick
ct. The speech was made in 1855, and
is copied from official proceedings of a re-
publican convention, as published. Re-
member while you read this, adopted cit
liens, that this man is honored by the re-
publicans y with the position of elector.
"In the heart of the foreigner beats
not one single throb of patriotism. He
is SO british and degraded that he has
no sympathy for anything but cabbage
and lager beer, potatoes and buttermilk,
or other abominable outlandish dish, only
fit for the hogs.
"Some tell me that many foreigners are
intelligent; yes, intelligent. How in The
name of Almighty God can they say it!
Look at the Dutchman smoking his pipe
and if you can see ray of intelligence
in that dirty, idiotic looking face of his,
show it to me. Look at the drunken,
bloated Irishman, with his rot-gut whisky
bottle in his pocket, and be drunk and
swearing and reeling, and show me in that
polluted face, one spark of morality, intel
lect or education. The idea is preposter-
Gus.
ave must change the laws of the land,
and prevent these ignorant and degraded
paupers here from voting and holding
Office. They are set of unprincipled
villains and ruffians, who congregate in
and around our large cities and villages,
and live by stealing and begging from the
Americans.
"Would you have the American citi-
zen to stand back, and let bloated, red
visaged drunken brute of an Irishman
vote instead of yourself? See the wretch
as he approaches his knees knocking and
the slobber of tobacco running down his
jaws, and as lie comes, you hear him hur.
rah for Dimocricy,' and here he comes
fresh from the bogs, just one year ago
wants to vote-and because the boys cry
move him., and he gets knocked dowr
for his impudence, great cry is made
about il by Old Line demagogues. say
it is right? let them stand back.
5 Again: you see a lop.eared, wide
mouthed, mullet-headed Dutchman com
ing up, just from some hut in the land O
Krout, with the foam of beer still stick
ing in his borse-tail whiskers, and hi.
breath smelling of garlic and onions
enough 10 kill white man 800 yards ant
because he can say nothing in the worlt
but Dimocrat he must vote, and tina
vote counts as yours or mine. This il
: outrageous and abominable. These for
/, eigners that have carried elections for ole
liners, will have to learn their places
They have no moro right to vote than TIN
brutes of the field, and have not half tn
sense of a good Newfoundland dog; anc
God knows were | y candidate for any
= office l would tell these paupers and vag
L bonds-these vile, dirty, filthy, degraded
. idiotic foreigners,I do not want their votes
: and If ever am a candidate, / hope t.
f God never will get them"
a Now what do you think of it! "Ah
but the speech was made in 1855-fv
:, years ago" True enough, we answer
: but he has never renounced these opiu
= ions and yet he is thus highly honore'
! by the party. Again you say: ether
5 is plank in the Chicago platform pledg
I ing us our rights and assuring us agains
> the action of such men. The party ha
: promised 10 pass no more State laws lik
: that in Massachusetts, placing us belo,
IS the negro in our political rights" Yes
4 such plank is there and such pledg
is made; but let us see about il me
v ment! Carl Shurz said to the Chicag
/ Convention we must have that plank c
we shall lose the very heavy vote Of th
: adopted citizens; this we must have {
st be defeated. This convention, know
contains many Know-Nothings and "
l. will be defeated if we do not get the
= support; but yet you must put in tn
plank; my German friends demand it an
i it must be put in. twas put in withol
>, much open opposition; but we state wins
+ we know to be fact when we say TIL
there was an understanding that 1t sho
5, not be binding on State Legislatures
., Shurz forced them to accept 1.-THE
did it with general private protest.
y This is a well known fact to all who a
s. at all conversant with the action of u
=" American Republican party in the val
d Gus State Legislatures, TO wit: The
!, have only withheld from passing laws ill
: that Of Massachusetts, in every Sta
d where they have a majority for the reasc
r that they feared to lose the whole foreig
ID vote in the coming Presidential electio
= They have introduced similar laws. in
p almost every State where the partv exis