The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-11-22
FOREIGNERS INDICATED,
A Speech Delivered During the OLD
Kaow-Nothing Days Ia ths Oradlo !.
Of Liberty
BY HON. CHARLES SUMNER,

lrao American Sentiments Which May
Be Kpad With Profit BY Latter
i1Av Higota
Tho following noble vindICAtiotl ,il
Foreigners In taken from gpaeeh dslty.
nred In Fnnrnil hall, Hputnn, iu tho yfnr
1866, by lion. nhnrlun sumner, hf Mas.
aaell,,Bobts: Tbs inuompetSnty Df tl,tg
KnnwnnlIing party. m the organ OF our
Cauge. Ia enhanced by tho llusonngninl
secrecy III whirl 10 had lts origin, aud
yot uhro,hs itsolf. For myself, lat ms
HAY that o,, Che linrr Of The Senate have
ntrivsn, by vote ana ephsnl, In ennjunns
liOn with my ,ll4tln9ninhnh ftiAnd Mn.
GhnaN, Tor L,h limitation OF tbs n''crHt
uhgatunu Of that body, Under shelter uf
which NO nunh of the hasinaBB ,,f tha
nation la trauaarltl, aud lAyh thNrp
presented tho nxDlnulu ut Lhnt AMBIENT
Kbmnn. who bade hip urGhltucb ~, 10
eolutlunt hin hunyt, That hia gueBtH and
all that they did might bo ybup by thh
world, nn "A ltE mpdeI for American la
atltnt,Ons, What hAvh lugGh therG |
now urge here. Hut Tho Upneial nitnA
wblCh this party prnpoat,p, sbem tn bO
ia harmony will, tho Iathneaa III WiAGi.
it hoxIna- Even IL justlltahla. nu any
grounds uf public policy, tl,ey should
not be nasoGlatnd with our oauat: nnt 4
Avn unwilling tn all1uo ta, thAtn Wlthptii'
axnrDpDing my frnnk dsSennL.
II In proposed 10 AtlnlnL nnn for their
rtllglun nn,l nlaD Tor their birth lf
thls obiect Gun prevail, vain ArD Lsth
Llinuphs 0f Civil ureedon ln its n.Ayy
hard fought AnlJH; vain lu that Religious
toIDrMtlDh which wa MI prnfNsu. Thh
tltnu ut hmltAf)old tbo torLur1u nf tho
Inuniultinn, tha prescriptions nf t'oh
cnufotWigta may all boreysyed. ~ VIVA
nait,ly II, .eucaue theas t''aLrAHra, hlu'
tAtsd by Is dominant rellgloua sect. thA'
our country wAs early settled. Ia ono
place by lAuakprB, who sol ut ponklt all
forsnD; in M oLhef by pntitana, who
diuownou bishops, Ia another by Epls"
cnpalinDu, who tnlta their uA,Ae frossA
blnhnpn, aud la yOt another by CAl',
ollcB, who l,Dk tn tln Pope hg their
Anlritnal Father. Slowly nm0nE Illn
u,rugglihg goGln was evolved the great
duA Of tho Equality nf all mhn before
the law without regard to rhllalo,su lo
lief, nor can any party NOW nreAnzn "a
prescription maochly for tellgiong belief,
without calling IA quoution this ,ua 1ns.
tionabln principle.
Hut TAth0icH arc mostly fOrelEn0tn,
and, on tla account. Ate gondbNnDu-
| l4et uu Bee II tl,srD bn Anv reunOn jn
this, mud here indulge Mo with ono
word on foreigners,
With tho ancient Graeku foreigner
was "A barbarian. and with Tho ancient
hpn,ntla ho wat IN enemy, In carly
tnDubrn tlmpn Tho h'.Hlority Of thin iAdg.
uloni wAu relaxed, but nndor tho inll,l.
once Of re,daintn, tho different uover-
o1gntiss, whether provinces ar nutione.
wore kept in u condition ot Isolation,
from which they l,avn boon gradually
pushing, until now. when tho Provinces
nre luergUd into nations, and natlOnH
Are giving uigns That they too will yet
eon,luinAle into cue. LII our rOuntry
another example ID already displayed
From all natl0na people epmmtngle
here. Az III ancient Oorinth, bv the ae-