Year: 1859

The Milwaukee Daily News, speaking of
the Two Years Amendment, with which the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to be af-
fiicted, for time, says: 1--WE belong to par
ty which has always opposed such measures"
Friend News, you speak like forward and
thoughtless boaster What you say is fatty
contradicted by the record of your party.
Those stubborn things called facts are against
you, and make your boasting very ludicrous.


So far as relates to the adoption of that Two
Years Amendment by the people of this State
the Democrats cannot escape responsibility.
In the first place, that party might have
voted it down without assistance. In the
second place, many of the Democrats, (par-
ticularly in the eastern part of the State,
where the large majorities for it were given,)
worked in behalf of the measure, voting for it
themselves, and either inducing others to do
so, or persuading those opposed to it not to
vote at all. The city of Charlestown, where
the democratic party is stronger than any
other, gave the measure very large majority
nearly two to one. A similar result is noticed
in several democratic towns in the eastern
counties. These Democrats who thus favored
this proscrptiye measure were influenced by
two motives; one was a persuasion that the
adoption of the measure would injure the Re
publican party, and the other desire to make
themselves as fragrant as possible to the pro-
slavery Fillmore know nothings, who are their
ardent helpers and allies in that part of the
Stota of which ara now eDaoGinU


But, Friend News, were you to spend few
weeks in Boston, you might readily inquire
and satisfy yourself, although you might not,
after all, be willing to go home and publish the
facts to your readers. But we will give you
the statement of democratic paper; we mean
an administration paper which always goes for
the democratic party, Through thick and thin"
This paper is the Boston Pilot, which speaks for
the naturalized Irishmen of that party. The
Pilot printed for May 2lst contains an editorial
article on the adoption of the amendment. The
editor begins by saying -" The vote by
which it was ratified has surprised and bother
ed everybody" The truth is, those Demo
Gratis who worked in behalf of the measure,
over-did the matter, and betrayed themselves
more than they intended After showing that
itwas earnestly opposed by many Republicans,
and that the vote was remarkably small, the
Pilot goes on as follows:


"If ever the bulk of the Democratic party
were in earnest in their professions in behalf of
the principle of naturalization, and the equal
rights of naturalized citizens the time to have
shown it efectually was on Monday, the 9th of
May They had an.opportunity toprevent the
perpetraton of great wrong against them,
and they were bound to have improved it but
it appears that large majority of the party,
following the lead of Collector Austin, thought
it would be shrewder policy not to meddle
with the question at all. SO that they miGht
ruuges throughout the State. In Presidential
elections, the Democratic party has had the sup
port ofa large majority ofthe naturalzed voters
Inc recent support given to the free soil idea
Dy naturalized Protestants and infidel Germans
ought not to have turned thenative Democrats
OF Massachusetts against the naturalized vo-
ters who had stood by them for hafa century.
That the non-Catholic Germans will remain
permanently affiliated with tie disunion party
Is not to be apprehended Most of them took
the Republican side, without dreaming that
they were helping on the greater scheme of
destroying the Union. They have now. but
100 late for the benefit of the aliens not vet
naturalized in Massachusetts, discovered that
the Republicans have no respect for Justice or
the constitution, in the prosecution of their
plans. We do not believe that Catholic nat
urallzed voters will be driven into Indifferent
ism IN regard to political matters by the fact
That the Democrats, for fear of offending the
know-nothing sentiment, allowed the amend
ment to be adopted, when they could have
prevented it; but we do hope that the slight
regard paid to their rights by their late friends
VIII teach them little sef-respect"


Ii there had been full vote, and only those
who really believe in that proscriptive Two
Years Amendment had voted for it. the meas
ure would have been defeated by such ma.
Jority as we do not often hear of anywhere.
There is scarcely man in the State who re-
CARDS that amendment as good thing, who
did not go to the polls and vote for it. Most
OF the voters allowed themselves to be, for va
rlous reasons, Indifferent, and did not vote
we think the time will come when most of
them will regard this indifference as kind of
iniatuation. They will disown the measure.
The Republican party of the country will dis
own 1T. And, if any thing more had been
needed as guarantee that the Republican
party will be hereafter the determined foe of
all such measures, if it would be furnished bv
the feelings and purposes aroused in the party
mall the States, by the adoption of that meas
ure here.


A NEEDFUL CORRECTION.