The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-15
4 roRElaNEE,s VIEWS

pecially among foreigners who have come
amongst us.
When the foreignerreaches this country
everything is new to him, the customs and
The habits; and, as might be expected, q
certain amount OF caution on his part is
called for lest he may get on the wrong
track and blight his anticlpations oil sue
cess. His aim is to make friends and live
in harmony among those with whom he
may associate, and thousands oil such on
their arrival here have been beset by IN
trieuing men, many OF them unable TO
make living at professional business,
who have made tools and dupes OF these
foreign brethren with view Of securing
Government positions for themselves.
They have taken them by the band at q
time like that We are passing through,
battered them and appeared as the friend
of the laborer and wOkingman, and thus
have worked on their kindred sympathles,
telling them, amongst other things, that
their parents came from England or Ire
lane, or that their grandfather came from
Scotland, or from the banks Of the Rhine,
or the mountains OF Switzerland.
But foreigners land the writer Is one)
by thousands, all oyer the land, are begin.
ming TO look at national affairs in diher-
ent light from what has In many instances
been represented to them. States Rights,
for instance, Is a subject that has engaged
their attention. Am an American Gu.
zen OF State citizen2 is a question that
they have learned TO ask themselves. You
say that lam both, subject TO the National
and also TO the State laws. This answer
we conceive to be right On renonnciDg
my foreign allegiance aud becoming q cit
izen OF this country, what Ia my nation
atty as an adopted citizen? Am not an
AmericanP It was my intention to be-
come one when first landed on these
shores, and in confirmation oil the same,
| find by referring TO my naturalization
papers, that | became 8 citizen oil and
subject to the laws and government oil the
"United States OF North America" And
further / find that the penalty Tor VIC
lating that solemn allegiance reads thus:
EVERY person land suppose that am
one Of them owing allegiance 10 the
United States, who levieS war against them
or adheres to their enemiesrgiYing them
aid and comfort within the United States
or elsewhere, Is guilty Of treason"
When weioreigners lett our native land
we came to this country under the belief
that II was the Gland OF the Free" but our
feet had hardly touched its soil till we
heard the wall coming up from the cane.
break and the cotton field, echoipg along
the banks OF the Mississippi and the
shores ofthe Gull, asking, Am ! not man
and Ia brother?" and when called on to
arise aud perpetuate that condition OF hu-
man degradation, and to extend its power
and wickedness, could we rush reckless
and defiant in the face Of that solemn al.
legience we owe TO the United States, and
sever into disorganized fragments this
great nation which Is, above all nations,
land flowing with milk and honey. We
ask. could we, at the instigation OF men
who had no sympathy with Us, whose
aims we're only sectional and selfish, and
who in point OF position recognized US
only as white hewers Of wood and draw.
ers OF water" Join with them in attempt.
ing to destroy our adopted nationality
We have the authority OF one whose
judgment never erred THAT a kingdom
divided against itself cannot stand"
Therefore we want this glorious republic
to stand, East and West, North aud South,
united and zone inseparable" as original
ly designed.
The foreigner comes to this country with
view of lettering his condition in life,
actuAted by the very same principle that
influenced those on board the "May.
tlower''; and 1t is the same still. His de-
sire is 10 secure more liberal remunera-
ton for his labor. He comes not TO better
the circumstances OF over-popuiated En'
rope. 1t Is his personal improvement that
he seeks, and should he adopt course OF
legislation or national government anita
RonistiC TO what he came here for, the re-
suit will most certainly be that he will be
no better here than in the land OF his
birth.
Now, one OF the parties already referred
to hold up square on their banner, No
Tariff but for Revenue" What does this
mean2 What would the result be? What
would follow the removal OF profession
from our industries all over the country2
Why cannot working men study this ques-
ton OF Tariff? Why can they not keep
Garfield and Hancock, Democratic and
Republican stump orators out OF sight, and
decide for Themselves and their families,
as to their own interests.
My fellow foreigners, your labor is your |
capital. Protectit! lfyou don't, no body
else will.
What party has been the workingman's
beneiactor? What legislation hasenacted
laws and steered the ship Of State safely
and skiIliully, bringing the country up
TO its present prosperous condition Only
look around your own city and see
what an increase there Is in population,
wealth and enterprise. Why was II you
could not procure house or building
lot before the Republicans came into Ma
tional power2 Go to-day around these
rolling mills and glass houses and mPnu.
featuring establishments, and observe that
everything is in steady operation. Go
over these streets and alleys, and the sub.
urban sections OF the city, and you will
End, in the great msjority OF cases, that
the residents are the owners OF their prop.
erty. But for the Republicans, to-day you
would neither have house nor a Nation.
Atty.
But, say some, our country Is drifting
into monarchy. We are going TO have
A Sultan, or a Montezuma, or Car, OF
something which Austria, Russia and
Prussia all three, and the King OF the Can.
plbaI Islands thrown in, could not, II
united, approximate for despotism. Be.
ieve It not, my friends. We are progress.
ing, Rssuredly. Weare paying of nation.
n debt by the millions. For what? To
ave the Union Of these United States.
Dur exports have been heavy; our i'm.
ports, our manufacturing interests in all
departments are in prosperous operations;
he tramp has about disappeared; money
8 lying idle; people are paying their debts;
ew failures occur, and there Is an increas-