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a1lthe syzf afossg with The rood that CONES
IS from foreign lands, when we no lonr.
e1 es'alia.ls,zeed ofthe latter. With bliEd
nurse A,e serpent in our bosom. although
the boding signs of the times forewarn US
that its torpidity canno. last much longer
and that when warmed into vitality, and en-.
ergy, the ungrateful sting must surely
comei


Before leaving this branch of the subject
it would be we'll enough 10 advert to an OBJ
lection which | have before glanced al, and


which is mol unfreqnenty urged without
however, show OF plausIbllny against the
policy | am advocating. Certain conduri>
ors ofthe newspaper press, have Tor purpo
ses oftheir own. endeavored 10 asSlmIate
the objects aimed at by those who advocate
change of the naturalization laws. 10 those
of .he celebrated Alien and Sedlti0n laws
of 1913. The best and easiest way 10 show
that this is false-that no similarity, what
ever EXISTS 10 peruse the acts referred to
end This perusal request at the hands OF eve
nv one who has read, or heard the char &c
of identity. The existence. at that period
Q7e8.l Of a party in this country, which
favored in the most unqualified manner
French interests, and urged an almost un-
limited alliance with France, was the mos
wing cause which produced the passage of
those celebrated laws. What made them so
odious. was The fact that they conferred un~
,..,ar a4ha prns idas1-rnd haI .
ches OF the Government irresponsible TO
public censure. Had they. indeed. been in
operation during the first part Of the pres
ent administration, they would have made
sad havoc among the funds Of the Wing
Party With slight alteratiCn-the in.
sertion of "Candidate for the Presidency In
place OF President they would within the
last FIVE months have made utterly penniless
the whole democratic party But sir, excuse
this pleasantry.--I repeat, that the laws u
sually termed the Alien & Sedilion laws of
John Adams had nothing whatever 10 do
with our system of naturalization. They,
indeed, empowered the Presidentio Danish
from the country, at bis discretion. all f0T>
eigners suspected of being dangerous to the
peace and safety ofthe government. And II
was probably this feature that won for them
the support o! such man as Washington;
so jealous did he ever show himseifof toe
Introduction Of foreign influence Let those,
therefore, who are so ready to condemn.
and numerically to abuse those enactmenls,
let those who cannot now fully realizs
the dangers of the crisis (which callek for
such violent measures, remember that
George Washington was among the num-,
B II Of their warmest advocates IL any one
doubts this fact, have only to refer him to
a letter from Washington to Patrick Henry,
in Sparks correspondence Of Washington.
More anon. L.


Memphis. Dec %, 1914