Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-31
KNoWNOTHINGIsM AGAIN.

was so prevalent In this country before
the al was fought and whipped In a
number Of encounters by the democratic
party. Those who cherished . hatred OF
and lack of confidence In foreigners were.
therefore, the natural enemies OF democ-
racY and drifted into the republican
party. In New York state whore the
bulk of foreign immigration first strikes
our shores 1t IL notorious that foreigners
generally vote the democratic ticket.
because 1t was there that the wal against
their various c was so vindictively
and feroely fought that it cannot we'll
be forgotten. The consequence 10. that
republicans there, Is q rule, dislike the
foreign element and distrust it. The
New York World having criticised Gov.
Cornell for having recently disbanded
the Fifth regiment OF the State National
Guard. = German regiment, has receive
ed the following letter, which 1t justly
characterizes as "truly remarkable"
IL As Edi2or Of aAs World:
'.s1R: l regret to observe the spirit Of partf-
san mallguity in which you ~criticise the action
of the republican state authorities In disbanding
the Fifth and other German regiments Of mill
tia. You seem to forget that our German popu-
lation is 30 pervaded with the teachings Of So
cislism and inadelity that it wsuld not be safe
to depend upon it In any crisis when . contest
had been begun between the mob and the repre-
sentatives Of law and order. All homer to Gov.
Cornell and AdJutant-General Townsend for
their COURAGEOUS and patriotic action. Put
none but Americans On guard
A REPUBLICAN OF 49,
New York, December %. 1881.
'tPut none but Americans on Guard I"
Here is the old slogan OF $3.50. If it
is true that Gov. Cornell, the chief mag
istrate of the Empire State. has disband-
cd this German regiment because he
desires to ''put none but Americans on
Guard" or for the reason that he con-
siders our "German population SO per-
vaded with the teachings OF Socialism
aud Inidelity" as to be untrustworthy,
it should be known. 1t Is at least very
singular that such motives should oven
be attributed to him by a party friend.
and a matter 10 far unexplained, it at all
explainable, why such q course should
have been pursued toward these espec.
ial regiments. There is nothing manly
in inviting to our shores an industrious
and thrifty immigration, promising
those who compose it q iull share of the
liberty We enjoy, and then, after they
sever their ties of home and kindred
and friends, alter they tsartully tear from
their hearts their loved fatherland to
substitute for 1t our country, to say to
them, 'You are of meaner fiber than
We. You have not been reared to liber.
ty and cannot be trusted to protect it,
Better far to tell them to stay at home.
Then, at least. they would remain unde-
ceived. 1t il not for our soil and climate
that they come; but for those boons OF
freedom CT person and OF conscience-ot
equality before the law-of which
Thomas Jefferson prepared the Magma
Charta. Harper's Weekly and a few
other republican papers occasionally
discreetly air their Know Nothing
views, but they are hardly so frank q.
this Republican OF '54," who desires to
"put none but Americans on Guard
because Germans can not be trusted
to protect law and order.