Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-29
SOMETHING FOR FOREIGN BORN CHI
ZEF6 TO READ

The Rock Island Union and the party il
represents, has long admired Schuyler Col
tax, Vice President of the United States.
la the year 1855, Colfax delivered an ad-
dress at VinceDnes, Indiana, and German
citizen Of Rock lslAud hes preserved the
following extract from it, which he desires
VI to re-pubIish, in order that cur forsign
born citizens may see what kind OF ssnti-
menIs are entertained 10 regard to them by
the grea. moral Republican party;
4 "Some tell me that many for
eigners are intelligent; yes, Intelligent
How in the name =. A mighty God can they
say it? Look at the buchanan, smoking
his pipe, and if you eau see ray Of inteli-
gence III that dirty, idIotic looking face OF
has, SHOW iI TO me Look.st that drunken,
blosted lrishman, with his rot-gut whlskey
bottle in his pocket, and he drunk, swearing
and reeling, and show me in that polluted
face any spark of morality, intellect or sdu-
cation. The idea is perfectly absurd it Is
preposterous
I'VE mus change the laws of the land,
and prevent these ignorant, degraded pau
pers here from voting and holding office
They are q seat of unprInoipled Williams and
ruthans, who congregate in and around our
large cities and villages. and live by stealth z
and begging from the Americans Some
tell me they have rights. So they have
the right to live under our laws and till the
the soil, and do IA we bid. They are iufe-
rior in intellect and intelligence TO the
Americans, and they must and shall be PAL
H. ~ ;. H..
the point of the bsyonet and with powder
mincingly, or of fearing results In
regard to shematter a great cry has went
up by old liners about the foreigner being
driven away from the polls, and not being
allowed to vote. This | suppose is true in
many respects. Would you have the
American citizen stand back, and let 8
blosted, red visaged, drunken brute of sn
lrishmsn vote instead of himself? See the
wretch as he approaches his knees knock
ing, and the sloebsr Of tobacco running
down his jaws, and as he comes you hear
him "hurrsh for democracy" and here he
comes, fresh from the bogs, Just one year
ago, and wants to vote-and because The
boys cry move him. and he gets knocked
dowu for his Impudence, q great cry is made
about it By old line demagogues. say il
| is right-le them stand back.
again you see Q lop cared, wide mouthed
mullet headed Dutchman coming up Just
from some hut in the Land of Kraut with
the foam Of beer still sticking in his horse
tail whiskers, and his breath smelling Of
garlic and onions, enough to kill white
maa 800 yards, and before he can say any.
thing in the world but democrat" he must
vote, and that vote counts as much as yours
or mine. This is outrageous aud abomina
ble.s These foreigners that have carried
elections for old liners will have to learn
their places. They have o more RICH, to vote
than the brutes OF the field, and have not
the sense of good Newfoundland dog; and
God knows that we're candidate for any
office, would tell these psupers and vaga.
bonds, these vile, dirty, filthy, degraded
idiotic foreigners, did not want their votes
and if ever am . candidate, | hope to God
| never will get shem."
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