The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-04-30
THE TRIBUNE.

Our amiablc friend of the Juhnstowr
Tribune devotes, in its last issue, some
column and half TO The FREEMAN. Not
TO 'outdone in courtesy, we shall devote
the same quantity of cur space to its ben
eft, and, perhaps, even ego back" on il
half column or 30. We shall quote the
very words Of the Tribune and follow them
with our reply, 50 that our mutual readers
can understand the ground Of controversy
between us.
Let us premise, however John Hck-
man, leading Radical member of the
Legislature, in speech in favor of negro
suffrage, urged the Radicals to meet the
issue sqnarely, and alleged that the negroes
we're better qualified to vote than ''the
Irish Roman Catholics" &c. He was
followed by other Radical orators, who
denounced the Irish as ignorant whisky
drinkers and the Germans as lager beer
swiI!ers, etc.
The Tribune undertook to apologize for
the mlpraRe3lce of the Radical leader, and
without attempted TO contradict the SLAM
der en large body Of our citizens, en-
deavored to escape by alleging the folly of
Hickman in Ihus exposing Radical opin~
ions.
1t then undertook TO assert that the
Radical party does not prescribe ANY
man on account cf race, religion or color, -"
and charged that the Democrats do so
prescribe. We rePeIIed the assertion, and
denounced the article as Astounding with
misrepresentation.
The Tribune undertakes q reply, not
that We have "said anything that merits
a reply" but because it is disposed to
'graiify our weakness" Then comes his
extlngui6her, and in order that nothing
may be lost, we give the ZiaJuae's words
and our reply:
Trbne-''1. Prescription of any man
on account Of race, religion or color we again
assert is not a Republican principle. We
point TO the authoritative declarations Of
every state and national Republican couven-
tion that has ever been held as proof of our
a7.ertion. Nor has the practice of the party
given any color Of truth to the FreeBldn's
allegation. On the contrary, time and again
has the party. through its representatives,
declared itself the friend Of the well behaved
foreign. born citizen, whether he be r man
Catholic OF Protestant"
Rspy-The civilized world recognizes
the theory that a revolution discharges the
national debt: and our Radical opponents
cancel their political sins in the same way
The Democratic party, whose existence is
co>equal with that of our country, and
which has always battled for the same
principles under the same name, presents
its record of three quarters of a century.
and Is willing to stand upon the merits
or demeri:s Of that record. The Republi-
can party is the creature of day, and
has no record. The first Republican Ma
tional Convention was held in 1856, and
there was no resolution against foreigners
or Catholics, for the simple rcason that
Know Nothincism was then in "faling
circumstances The second Republican
Convention nominated sectional candidates
whose success eliminated in war In
1864 they dropped the name of Repuhli-
can, and assumed the name of the Union
party. 1t is entirely useless to argue that
the Know Nothing party Of 1854 and
1855 was the Republican party of 1856 :;
they went over in a body, taking the new
name, and what is party but the aggre-
gate OF the persons who compose it p
Thus, by merely changing the name, they
keek TO get rid of their past deeds, and
absolye themselves from the debt of pro
ecriptton by a sort of political ''statute of
limitation" But even according TO the
Tri6anle'S own showing it is ''tceH 6elared'
foreigners whom they wonld not prescribe;
and well~behaved foreigners, according to
Puritanical Radicalism, are such rs would
treat the negro as an equal, esctew De-
mocracy, and swear by Thad. Stevens
But we do and shall hold the present Rad
icai party responsible for its past practices,
under whatever name they held at The
time.
Tribune A few years ago a Republican
Congress passed a law to encourage immi-
grafton, and a. late as Monday last the pres
ent Republican House Of Representatives
passed Mr.. Banks's bill for the better pro-
ASCtAoh VI udNOI dItLSO ClllZClS tTlVSRDg
Ebroad."
Repiy-Yes, when New England could
not furnish n sufficient number Of negro
substitutes to take the places of her own
stay-at-home patriots, the Radicals passed
bill TO encourage immigration" in order
10 fill up thsr quota, with the suggestive
remark that "an Irishman or a German
would do as Uell to stop bullet as any
one else" And Mr.. Banks's bill for pro-
teeting foreigners abroad is in precise
keeping with Radical policy. They want
the foreigners to all ''travel abroad -
What we complain of is that they 11roscr16e
them at home Even Radical leaders
make bunkum speeches for the ''lreedom
Of Ireland" while they would give a mo-
nopoly of the freedom of this country to
the negro, ignoring the rights of the for
eigner upon our soil!
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