The native American., 1837-12-30

We have received number of new paper published
A. Washington City called the . NATIVE AMERICAN"
The principal oSss e s e % ripsdi laws 2
Modification Of this law, we think, might conduce
70 ihe welfare aud safety Of the country; but the time has
not when the oppressed q every sna,' , 9s
the tone AMI spirit Of our Republican nsutu'ons ana
we believe the time has not yet come when :uch ior,
eigners worthy shall be denied me privileges o.
the Native American advocates reform OF the abu-
ses growing out Of faulty Naturalization law we think
its object aandable one but when 7 advocates an un
trine. at valance with the first principles Of our inst
t,t;ons ard savorns too much Of that narrow policy
which belongs 10 desPots alone. Lyons Arsus.
The foregoing is from the Lyons (New York; Argus,
naper which we have received and placed upon our
exchange list The notice taken Of our paper calls from
us some remarks which will endeavor to condense a.
much as possible In the first place our cotemporary OBJ
serves that the time has not yet come when the op
pressed Of every nation shall be denied home among
us on such terms as comports with the tone and spirit Of
our Republican institutions" We would ask in what
consists the tone and spirit Of Republican institn
ton,. and the reply may elicit truths highly de-
rable in the course of our discussion. We hold that
the tone and spirit are themselves, the very germs and
genus Of free Government peace, orer sobriey. and
willing submission to the laws established BY Congress
What is Congress! The collective wisdom Of q whole
people representing their wants, their opinions and
condensing the mighty impulses Of growing world into
the channels OF systematic legislation Congress is
conyeation Of the free States Of empreone in body
in spirit-in word, National. II is the apex to the
sublime theory Of Republican Government-to keep
which perfect and m the component parts Of the source
fthe Peope) must be untedbound in links Of endless
and harmonious sympathy, and looking back to some
.reat era such as our Revolution and gazing forward to
the accomplishment Of those high hopes that lit up the
stars Of onr banners in the days Of warning gloom
To carry this system Of reflection and attraction
the people should speak language, and that language
,houd bs Sacred and in only should President
verse and al the other ten thousand official Of
IN. preat governmental wheels. The Constitution
..sv declares that no man can be President Of the Uni
IA states unless he be native born not through the foa
tain Of second Observation-Disclosures pure from
.he American soil. Why Is this proviso, unless It
i to impar he preference that our fathers held
towards natives to show that they esteemed native pn
rer and better able to govern his own countrymen And
why should not the rule extend through the whole range
&c Asc~rss We can see no reason. If native makes
beer President does it follow that foreigner wond
make better Secretary Of State! And yet how init
matelv connected is the Executive chair with that De-
nament The Constitution. and no law under it, for
bids the chair the State Experimentation being bsstow
ed upon foreigner and yet the native President may be
ruled entirely by his subordinate cabinet minister We
maintain then, that the genius Of Republican Govern
ment is sympathy ;-in-
a..d L 4 the spirit Of ali that pretend to
.t,h;l;ty and it has, in peculiar manner, placed Eng
land where she is. the beautiful mistress of Euro
mean world holding her majestic scepter in the thunder
n, way Of Russia and bidding the Prussan and the
Austrian hold back his hands from helping Nicholas, the
Gar to the possession Of all the world 1t the spirit
hryht and unaioyed Of nationality, that binds millions of
cpether into one all powerful bond, to resist and to
punish.
tn. Argus goes on to say" And we believe the time
b M. vet come when such foreigners as worthy.
shall be denied the privileges Of citizenship in this. the
country Of their adoption Such foreigners as are wor
thy. Will the Editor turn for moment to the brief
history Of few years Will he examine the statistics Of
New York City. Will he the pages Of the Re
,.ters Of Boston, New York, Charleston. and New Or
leans Will he enter into poorhouses every where
for true as the needle the pole the emgran steer for
the old familiar haven Of the vagant, the poorhouse
Let him turn to the condition Of the people in the poor
bou.e, Of Rhgiandto the poor Of Germanyo the poor
f Prussia and Austrato the dark and frozen serfs Of
Russia tell u.s. then, whether are ingour voices
AGAINST the worthy foreigner the mscreant alien. Let
s take the condition Of Ireland and enter fully into the
situation Of the poor in that country and then we will put
II to any candid man. il these people are fit to interfere
with, aye to govem.ths moral. industrious. contenrd
and free country In the first place. will say that the
investigation we aou to enter on. is painful in the
extreme Spectacle after spectacle Of horrid and wofi
ignorance and babarty Of grim and ghasty misery. start
,,pon u.s. and chill the very marrow in our bones But
standing, as we do humbly in own Of merit
but prordly in the opinion Of our friends to point the
.v to reform and nationality, compelled to the
d,e,dfu and narrowing task. "In Ireland" says Mr.
in his Evils Of the state of Ireland their
a their remedy /" famine is almost of annual
r.nee. crime is frightfu both from its arocy and
..,,. agriculture in the worst state manufactures
n existence the country overrun with hordes
oew,nder;ns mendieans" And yet Ireland is FERTILE
~. 6.d. are rch and her people strong hardy and
v.. hut s the land is reeking and desolate, and the
ueop,e bergars in the place Of their nativity Our au
thor in another place remarks When first arrived in
Dublin suffered the greatest pain from the constant sight
Of half-naked and squad human beings; at first at
tempted to relieve hem but found beyond
NV individual to make the upon
the mass Of misery, and gave up the attempt as hopeless
Each person s actuated by the feeling. and thus
e aritv eeases1 He goes on: " The only scenes to