The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-04
Foreigners Appealed 10 as Class-HIT. Bolts
their FIatrcrer.

their Ela;rcrer.
We do not remember SO remarkable an in
stance of inconsistency as that of Mr.. JSo. NJ.
Boris sudden change of relations towards
foreigners. On Saturday night he bestowed
upon them fulsome eulo2ies. Our own re-
porter. whose report is corrohora ted by a num-
Der of intelligent gentlemen, represents him
rs saying that rs a member OF the Know Moth
ing party he had thought the country was
safer in the hands of Natives than Foreigners;
but things had changed. lie now had to call
on foreigners 10 save the Union from desecra-
ton and destruction at The hands OF the de-
scendants OF those who established the Gov
eminent. He expressed his confidence in the
foreigners and their readiness to save the
Union He took back all he had said hostile
TO them, and he d&d not believe he should ever
say word against them.
When ii is remembered that only five years
since Mr.. Boris used every effort in his power
10 disfranchise forei~ners-that he entered
secret conclave and took an oath against
thcm-that he was bound to oppose them for
any office of trust, honor OF profit-that he
was bound to aid in restricting the immuni
ties Of all future emigrants to al least TWEEN
ty-one years residence before yoting-(M Mr..
BoTrs declared himself in favor of denying
| words, d" till doom's day and that he strug
| gled with this organization as one of its lead
| ers in this State rs long rs it eXisted-We say
when all this is remembered, would be at
| loss 10 account Tor his complete change OF
sentiment. and his expression of extreme con-
| tidence i'll the men he SO lately distrusted, but
| that the change occurs just ut the moment he
| ,eaats their roteS. He might have admitted
! his error; but TO express that high faith in
| foreigners implied i'll the reliance upon them
| to save the Union from the descendants of
| those who established il, is as fuIsone and
| should be rs DISCUS ting TO foreigners as it is
| offensive TO his native fellow citizens.
Such o shallow device TO seduce the support
| of foreigners who were so lately the object of
| his attacks, and whom he desired to deprive
| of oil participation III the Government and
| reduce to mere " hewers of wood and drawers
| of water" can hardly have its effect Oh any
| intelligent adopted citizen. Could any one be
SO ntiuenced, he would indeed merit the dis
| reimbursement Mr.. Boris endeayored 10 visit
| upon him
| But what are native citizens TO think of an
! attempt 10 bring IN foreigners as q class TO
| take upon themselves the province Of preserv-
| ing the Union from destr uction at their hands?
| But is it net moro than mere voting that Mr.
| Boris expects from foreigners in the matter of
! preserving the Constitution Does he not
count upon their enlistment to reduce the Sc
! ceding States Whatever be his expectations
| from the Germans, French, Italians and Irish,
| Jas he himself enumerated them,) we believe
he will be woefully disappointed. The for
eigners are TOO shrewd and too patriotic to be
deceived by Mr.. BoTrs and they will no doubt
despise his disgusting effort to Halter and win
them, to be again betrayed, whenever his per-
| sonaI interests make that polite.