The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-09-22
.yhich will Ye Choose-A Word to Foreign
g@ao Bora Citizens.

f{ arty retained control OF the GoVern-
rent Of the United States. Each recur
ing Presidential eletion brought to them
.success at the polls. To this result,
one can doubt, the foreign born citizens
ontributed in no small degree. During
Ii those years the Irish and German
opulation, newly made citizens. voted
,e Democratic ticket in solid mass, and
was only when some OF them began
forsake its odious principles, and the
,reign vote was no longer cast as
nit, that the power Of the party began
waver.
It would seem that the Democratic
,rty should therefore have manifested
,me appreciation of such devoted sup
orters; and we would naturally sup
ose that it would in a marked degree
ave advocated the cause of the foreign
orn citizen, and ever be found ready to
ght his battles. Yet, how different
ave been the facts.
Probably no single feature in the
,olicy of foreign governments was OF
SO great ard direct interest to so large
!. class of our citizens as the doctrine Of
perpetual allegiance-once citizen al
ways q citizen-which was firmly ad-
hered to by Great Britain, Prussia, Aus
tria, and, in fact, nearly all the principle
Governments of Europe. To the Irish
and German emigrant in particular this
was a matter of deepest concern. He
could not safely visit the land OF his
birth or, if he did make the trip, it
was with doubt and uncertainty lest he
mi ght, on his arrival, be seized by the
Government officer and hurried on board
the ship or into the ranks of the army.
His claim to protection as an American
citizen availed him nothings for the
Government Of the Fatherland denied
that his declaration Of allegiance to the
| y nited States freed him from his obliga-
! tons to it.
The many eases of this character
which occurred during ''good old Demo-
cratic times gave ample opportunity to
| that party to repay, by taking steps to
! iemedy the evil, the answering devo.
ton of the foreign born citizen let
we find nothing of the kind The Demo-
cratic party, in this as in every other
case, had not the nerve to demand that
which was right, regardless Of conse
ouences During the forty years of
/ Democratic administration not a thing
was done to remedy this state of things,
/ 4 nd the fact will ever stand a black mark
! on the record against them
/ On the other hand, one of the first
acts of the Republican party on its &C
! cession to the contro! of the Govern
/ men,, in 1860, was the inauguration OF
/ measures looking to the settlement OF
I this matter The result has been tfea-
| ty witt, Prussia, in which the claims of
the United States were conceded. and
that power, after residence OF five
years in the United States. relinquishes
all claim to it's citizens. There can be
no doubt that this principle, first insist
ed upon by the Republican party, will
T be incorporated in the form of treaty
j with other European nations. Free
America demands it. What power shall
I :iare refuse?
! Do our foreign born citizens owe any
debt Of gratitude to the Democratic
] party. wiich never had the manhood to
make the demand
Probably few of our readers but re
! EotI To- Noh n
! Catholic Priest, who, while performing
the duties of his sacred calling, after
the Fenian skirmish near Fort Erie, was
captured by the Canadian militia, and
on trial before a British Commission,
sentenced to death The sentence was
afterwards commuted to Imprisonment
for life. Who was it that advocated the
interference of the United States Gov
ernment in the matter2 Not any of the
Democratic gentlemen who should have
been foremost. Hon G. S. Orth, mem
/ Der from this District, called the atte n
ton Of Congress of the matter, and ''saw
ii ,n instructing our Minister at the Brit
ish Court to ask his release, in the name
of the United States. But for the fact
that the resignation of Mr.. Adams left
us for nearly three months without a
representative at that Coart, it is proba
bic Father McMahon would now be al
liberty. o fz.s..-f s..s =.
Irishmen and Germans should remem
Der these things Lafayette Courier.
Taxpayer, rem ember from this time
forth the Democratic party is pledged
that all your real estate. farms and vii
lage lots, shall be subject to Federal tax
alton. All your personal property, not