The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-02
THE FOaG4GNEh'S FRIEND

When, under the administration
of the elder Adams, Congress passet
the sO-called "Aiien and Seuiiivl
laws" the then young Dem0rrac,
Of the country, under the Leadership
Of Thomas Jefferson, took q tiru
Stand against them aud u ceeued II
eiec;iDg tn. il Chief President. Thos'
laws We're the uu,growth # the stirl,
of Native AmericanisM" which
even at that early da., l. ok fUrm IL
AL lntense Hatred vi foreigners. They
Were repealed ny a Deuvcr.tic al
mlnlstraLiun. After the defeat Vi
General Scott for the Presidency III
1857, the Wing party ceased to exist
as u party. A large number IF liz
memCers retired 10 the Democratic
ranks. tut the great majority Uf then,
united IN forming Via Was then
called the ''KuOw-Nothing" party, u
party characterized by its iutens.
hostility to foreigners aud especially
" Catholics.
In many of the State elections in
1854 aud SO they swept the field, but
again the Democracy Came to the
rescue of the foreign boru citizens
aud the KNOWN Outings were driven
into the Republican party which was
OIganIzed in l8 6, and there they
have since remained. In the Instance
recorded the Democratic party proved
itself to he the friend Ut foreign born
citizens, and the history of Its legis>
ration bears further evidence oi the
sincerity and practical value of its
friendship. Ii the light of these
facts, and all Well informed foreign
born citizens know them, it is mol at
all strange that the immigrant from
distant shores should LaluralIy affili.
ate with the Demo;ra;lc party. 1t is
and always has been his friend, de-
and sharer of political prefer
ment aud hOnors. These truths are
emphasized in a recent number OF the
Western Waterman, of St. LUIS, u
Catholic paper Of this coun-
try. which contains an elaborate re-
view of the claims to Catholic sup
port of Blame or Cleveland. Iu re-
to the record Of the Demo-
cratic party, that journal says:
"rhe Democracy was in power
when the political truths of our sys-
EN- yer crystalllz,ng She held the
ems and placed them IN her corOnet.
The Democracy is the country in
dress-the constitution en-
leshabie. The other parties have
hallenged b. r power and have ap-
to the passions of the people.
democracy has had these issues ar Z
aged against her these hundred I
ears. Every anti-drmocratic party I
bat has arisen in this country since 4
iadison has had passion ana prju>
ice as its cornerstone, while prIn |
iple and patriotism were enshrIred =
, the old Democracy. Old I-aac
a. blind. There may have been :.
Dme sharp practice at the bottom Of '
1e business. But now the inherit. f
nee of the nations honor is with t
,e Democratic Jacob, and not with n
,e Republican Eau. Take away b
'e Germans, and nearly all the Re- il
lblicans of the country are the chill
zen of the political heresies That
ave sprung up amongst us. The
epublican party is the political roof
ee Of every bigot, every c~ross-eyed e,
rogue, every party pharisee n,
the Iand-w while it is universally RI
'own and recognized as the party e,
the whited sepulchres, VIII" would hi
AXE the Catholics of the United r.,
ates a ''foreign mi missionary field" I,
d place them ON u level with the -,
,ttentot and South Sea Islander. T.,
10 Democracy Is the party of broad, Y
eral, American ideas, aud she is ~,
party with which the great, free, r.
nest heart of the Catholic church in
ats most in sympathy" IN
This is a plain, manly, straightfor- ii,
'rd statement Of the services OF the lev
mocratic party in behalf of those np
'om the leading split of the Re- no
flican organ'za,i~n would if it IN
I'D forever hold in political bond, do
There need lie no fear foreign NJ
m citizens will overlook the fact y
that any considerable number of fri
m will act with the Republican
this year. Ingra,itude is not or,
lracteristic of q people who, for he
first time in their lives, taste the Il,
ee;s of personal and political ljb> to.
y in free America. o.,