The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-08-17
TAE.ELK0zINDEPENnENI.
WEDNESDAY,. AUGU,rI1, ls7o.-
ns German, and French ana Aa~ie.a Peli

tics.
The sore distress Of the Repabiicaa- party
has never been moro strikingiy manifested
--AhAA is ths nAsptisupf,s1ms 6uBcSnbs Feao-
=, buttons in an Ohio convention aud In tho
: Ban Francisco Central Commit designed
20 catch tho German vote by pretending to
= synpathfte with Prussia in the war With
France. When party can DO longer hope to
sb.ain success BY taking a position in Ameri-
can politics. but has 20 go to Europe for a
platform. that party 10 fast Serging npon that
period Of life when II has outlired its useful
mess.
The true policy Of the United States was
expressively laid down by George Washington
In his farewell address to tho American poo
pie. Eutangling alliances with none" ex-
pressed HAIL Thomas Jefferson. with a pro-
phetic eye. foreka~ the danger to free Repub.
lican institutions whom drawn In contact with
the demorslizing opulehee Of n,onarchisl gov.
srnments, and in one of his letters remarke
that he wished the Atlantic were sea of fire
which might forever separate US from kings
and kingly institutions. II was strongly e1-
pressed. but great deal of political philoso-
ply was embodied in the sentiment. The
United States established precedent among
the nations. The great obligation which We
owe to the founders of the Republic il to
preserve that government from all those de-
morahzug influences and entAngliug alliances
with monarchs and monarchial governments,
which they foresaw would impair the love OF
freedom and endanger the Republic
Thus far we have wisely preserved that
neutrality. The American people have not
boen wanting in sympathy when freedom
struggled for foothold anywhere on the con-
dnent. With Hungary. with Italy, with
France. with Germany, with Ireland. with
Greece, with all Of every nation and cline.
from the Poles of Russia to the insurgents of
Cnba, tho ardent sympsthies and hopes ii
this reople have besa given. rircn an one
sreemss s.Sea ;hem 70 S;othsE s2fuggling for
his r'Gss giveTa IS Il SOU Of great Republic
stretches ont his hand to the victims of
kingly or imperial oppression wherever they
suffer. Liberty has always found friends
and supporters with the people of this CONT
pent, and long may il be so. With the strng-
giles OF crowned heads of Europe, OF ambi-
tons soldiers fighting for power and re-
nown, We have nothing TO do. They enlist
dents of birth, descent or traditional recol-
lections, hut these form no part of the poll.
tics Of this country, nor can any artificial
pressure Of scheming politicians wiring them
In. The sturdy son Of the old Fatherland will
sympathize with his native country, aud
rightly; the blood Of France will Jingle in the
veins OF every Erenchman when he reads the
story Of her glory or of her defeat. Base
would be that Prussian who would not with
anxious eye watch that old black eagle rs it
swept on toward the south; and base the heart
OF that recreant son of France here OF at home
who feels no pride i'll the glory Of his country
men. But the duty of this country is plain. II
must preserve an absolute neutrality while the
wargoes on. That duty is con6ded to the Pres
ident and to Congress. II should nJtbe made
more difficult. Neither of these can make
themselves party to either Of the contend
ing powers Of Europe aud mt the same time
perform his duty to this country. The
United States can not go TO war for either
Prussia or France; but if the special politics
OF either are carried into our government
through the ballot box, no man can tell
what difficulties might arise from such need
less and needless complication.
No intelligent patriotic citizen either native
or foguign-born desires such useless compi-
cation. No one but desperate gambler in
politics, broken in hope, defeated in ambi-
ton, would advocate such proposition; but
there are such men, and plenty of thom, who
care for nothing eIcep, to put or keep them
selves in official places men who would glory
in a conhagration for the chance it would
give them to steal.
The present war is not likely to be Of long
duration. 1t is liHbe to be- brought to sud.
den conclusion ut any moment. 1t may be
over before the Fall elections are held; wheth-
or so or not. it will make no difference to any
intelligent German or Frenchman. They,
like the nntive.born, are distributed among
both political parties-mainly in the ranks of
the Democracy. because they know that with
tina. party they are sure to be always with
their friends. II was that party which beat
down the old Alien laws Of tho first Adams,
and which from generation to generation has
stood by the just and liberal naturalization
laws Of Jefferson's administration, even down
TO the last Congress. when the attempt WAS
again made by the Republicans to repeal that
old law, and enact one in it's place making
NATURALIZATION az difficult and expensive az