The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-10
The Irish, Dutch and Niger, Accord
ing 20 NIr. Bittinger, Of Ponnsylva-

nIus
EDITORS OF THE REGISTER:
At meeting held last Monday night,
in behalf of the colorsd freedmen, Mi.
Bittinger, of Pennsylvania, remarked:
"TRese unfortunate people should rees'rs
our attention. We talk aboat filling our coua.
try By foreign emigration. When the Irish
come here we place them upon the railroad,
and IN the course Of generation they can
learn 10 read and write, and thus become
Imeyicanised. You take foreigner and
are him his naturalization papers, bm this
does not make him an american citizen, ca
oept politically. Here, ,ce haze the negro, al
ready IN our midst, lrho speaks our language,
understands om customs, &c. Why, then,
should zee rely apan foreign immigration to
nil ap oar country, rhen ire haze popala-
ton here already An,ericaniged'"
The endeavors now made to relieve the
sufferings of these unfortunate people,
are praiseworthy indeed. Whose heart
is not moved by the misery which is now
their lot! Whose soul does not swell
with the desire to help them-to do
something, together with Others, to better
their wretched condition. At sight OF
such misfortune all partisan feeling is
hushed. We do not ask any more who
or what is the cause of it. We see moth
ing but the misery and our Inherent be-
nevolence revolts at the sight.
But how narrow, how indescribably
narrow must be that brain-hOw con-
temptibly selfish must be that soul-that
with such gigantic, such monstrous mis-
erv before 1t, can stoop 80 low as to detile,
to degrade a class of American citizens
who had not the fortune to DO born on
tLisspecial part of Gods creation. Shame,
shame OH the man who stands up and, on
the pretence of serving in the holy cause
of humanity, merely INDUCES in low
blackpuardism about foreigners; and
shame OH the foreigner, who quietly sits
listening to said blackguardism without
one flash of indignation firing up his
soul.
We would simply ask, did the foreign
born gentlemen who listened to Bittln-
gers DISCOURSE, believe what he said! or
did they not believe itl Have party ties
or worse-have the charms of power
become so great that not spark
of that holy. deep-seated affection
is left in their souls for that spot on
earth, though it may be i'll another hem
isphere. where q sainted mother bent
praying over their cradle is it necessa-
nv, in order to do good act. to aid and
care for the unfortunate blacks, to have
our former nationality defiled and tram
pied on is it necessary, for such pur-
pose, to lend a quiet ear to defalcation
and blackguardism9 never, never!
Intelligent men have long since came
to the conclusion, that, after the work of
abolition is completed, foreigners will be
forced into the position which has been
occupied so far by the negro. In place
of the Southern Aristocracy, then, we
shall have mere money Aristocracy
which, as is known the world over, is the
m 1st cruel of all n Intplace of the slave,
we shall have the Irish and Dutch to de-
fame. defile and whip.
The above discourse of Bittenger, from
PENNSYLVANIA, furnishes additional evil
dence for this conclusion.
We can well imagine how sympathetic
ally the hearts of such men as Campbell
of the Post Office, were touched Hisstol-
id countenance was lit up with o rare
flicker, when Bittenger touched off the
! lrish and foreigners generally in such
beautiful style. 1t comes natural to him.
But how some of the others stood 1t. Is a
fiddle to us.
The Irish riH learn to read and write