The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-17
;.eury Wilson's Native NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the Senator in 1850.


At the village of Cochituate, Mass, near
his home, Senator Wilson took occasion on
Saturday evening last to state that Ger
man friend, to whom be had given some
evidence of the position he (Wilson) had
occupied during the Native American con-
test. yentured so far to transcend his au-
thoritv as to write letter to the Germans
of Brooklyn, attaching the name ofthe SEN
ator to it. What he had authorized his |
friend to do was to communicate the follow
ing extract from speech he (Wilson) had |
delivered at Brattleboro, Vermont, May26, |
1880: -i#t.
asi"The hour has now Gomez he said,
(which is to decide whether the American
movement is to be liberal, progressive
movement, American in spirit, principle,
and policy. or whether it shall be narrow
and intolerant, anti-American in spirit,
principle, and policy. fl comprehend it
at all. its genius and spirit, its objects and
purposes, it simply proposes to correct and
reform abuses aud corruptions-so modify
and improve the naturalization laws, and
to create public sentiment that shall tend
to make the distinct races and natlonallties
in America one homogeneous people,
Americans all in sentiment and feeling"
lie had, he said, s'no sympathy with that
narrow, bigoted, ntolerant spirit that
would make war upon race OF men be-
cause they happen to be born IN other
lands, dastardly spirit that would repel
from our shores the men who sought
homes here under our free institutions.
Such spirit was anti american, devilish--
he leathed it from the bottom of his heart.
There is a kind of native Americanism far
more alien to America than are the adopted
sons OF the Old World it would degrade
into seryile races. True, genuine Amer.
canism rebukes bgotry, intolerance, and
prescription, reforms abuses adopts wise,
humane, and Christian policy toward all
men-a policy consistent with the idea that
all men are created equal.
"If the American party is to achieve any
thing for good, it must adopt wise and
humane policy consistent with our demo-
cratic deas--a policy which will reform eX-
isting abuses and guard against future ones
which shall combine in one harmonious
organization moderate and patriotic men
who love freedom and hate oppression"
The second was an extract from speech
at Indianapolis, July ID, 1856, in which
he said: 81 loathe the idea of deposition to
foreigners as foreigners
heithird extract was an extract from
his speech in the State council OF Massa'
chusetts, at Springfield, on the 18th O
August, 1855. Sir" he said, " tht
American movement is not based upor
bigotry, intolerance, or prescription.
there is anything of bigotry, Intolerance, o.
prescription in the American movement;
there is any disposition to Cypress o.
degrade the Briton, the Scot, the Ceit
the German, or any one OF another clint
or race, or deny to them the fullest pro
lection of just and equal laws, 1t IS TIM
such criminal fanaticism was sternl,
rebuked by the intelligent patriotism OF tn
State and country. Every attempt, b
whomsoeyer made, to interpolate with tn
American movement anything inconsistent
with the theory Of our Democratic instltu
,ions--anything inconsistent with the ide
that all men are created equal, '-anythin
contrary to the command of Gods liol
Word that the stranger that dweleth wit
YOU shall be unto you as one born anon
YOU. and thou shalt love him as thyself =
il doing that which will battle the WIS
policy which strives to reform exlstr
evils and to guard against future abuses.
Mr.. Trumbull wanted places for nlnetee
consuls, consul-general, two commerci
agents. including that in San Domng'
twentv-nine trustees and four postal agent
two Judges, two marshals, two distric
attorneys; three Indian agents. two penslc
agents, one suryeyor-general, three supe
ntendents of Indian affairs, one librarian
six clerks, one Governor, one claim agen
seven assessors, five collectors and two s
pervisors of internal revenue, while 4
one of his friends all that he begged W
some office, no matter what. Mr.. Trur
bull put himself in writing as to ninet
seven friends, including a brother-in-la,
His son he did not trust to paper.
went and made personal threats to
President as to him.