The native American., 1837-09-30
COMM UNICATIONS.
THIRST FOR OFFICE.


There is no feature in our association so objections
Die 70 The foreigners that which proposes to exclude
'nem from Office as long there is competent aaive
oolHg 10 accept" The desire for political equality,
"nich they enjoy in the turbulent which men do
VINO are newly possessed Of strange rights to be sure
great boon with them and SO is the qualification they
'eel 10 being prematurey raised to the grade of res
pectahie citizenship, which has taken us a long life
ana much effort to establish hut all this sinks into
they are denied the post and emouments
q once. 1t is the aun fumes which eternally
haun's 'hein and from their first landing the hour
o. teir death, the craving is for Office! oce Oce!!!
vow 'he motive with us in declaring that foreigners
should not De put in those places is entirely of diff
fereat nature: it is not because we desire the dstrbu
ton OF the mere dollars among people, though
'nat would be both just and reasonable, nor yet that
we wish the patronage Of Government to be confined
ourselves because such patronage is desablc but
because we conceive that the security of our Gov
efnment our Institutions, archives our principles,
our pubic and private interests, and ourselves are
much more safely &c be entrusted to the natives than to
men VINO have sprnng up from the seeds and love Of
monarchles and become statutory PATRIOTS only eby
virtue OF the law, in such case made and provided"
Inc people generally do not know how their public
Offices are burthened by those spurious patriots: they
who 1--we In the country, and suppose every thing is
honestly managed for the good of their own country
men, would hardly believe that the wheels Of Govern
ment are SO clogged by foreign and alien incumbents
IN oce that there is scarce American force enough to
keep them a-going. Il is really reproach to every
American that ne should toarate this state of things
on cannot go into the a,d Office to ask for the land
which was due to your ancestors for their services but
you find the demand has to be investigated. admitted
or rejected, by foreigner and you can hardly turn
yourself round without seeing the unfamiliar faces Of
strange Countries Or if your eyes deceive you, your
ears tell from those uncouth tongues, that the men are
not Of your land.
Go to the State Department, and you witness the
same scene; to the War Department the same-the
Navy Department the same-to the Treasury the
same-to the Patent Office where the inventive genius
OF our conding mechanics is shown, and Won will as
certain that the MATERIAL as we'll as the lowest duties
are in the hands Of foreigners One would suppose
that even Iapacity itself would be satisfied by such
monopoly indoors; but mott embraces every range.
Is the Patent Office burned down:-who burned il, No
one knows. Who was the superintend ent-a foreign
or; who are employed to rebuild it-foreigners; who
supervses it-foreigners; who are the selected work
men-aliens.
Is Treasury building destroyed. Ave. Who are
on the alert to rebuild -foregners; who supentends
those foreigners-there too foreigner. What Are
there no natives willing to be engaged, Yes-hun-
dfeds seeking, anxious, starving for employment; but
mysterious policy on the side, and parastcal
crnging on the other give all things and all work to
the foreigners Go to your superintendent of the pub
lie buildings, and ask him who he employs for the
public works-for the CAPITOL gardens, for his Office;
and in ne for every thing. and he must unwillingly
answer-foregners and if you were to carry the in
quiry even little further and ask who are the secur
ties on his public bond should not be surprised if
for the sake of consistency he were to answer-for
eigners.
If superior merit, talents or morals, or any other
good quality, entitled them these universal preferen
ces, there would be palliation; but in the great
majority Of instances, those very men thus put into the
high as well as the low places, are individuals
who have been hanging about upon the very outskirts
of society unable to make living other by their mo-
dicum Of industry their talents and finally beg their
way into public Office as into Lazar-house to conceal
all their diseases.
is not this public grievance worthy the attention
OF our Legislatorsand If it u.s. are there none SO hon.
est SO faithful to their country as to undertake the re-
medy without special call! We shall pause for a re-
ply; and if,the answer proves that politicians study
the interests Of party than Of the people, we shall
then resort upon first principles to the people them
selves, to work out their own regeneration.
We deprecate the thirst for Office in our ewn people.
and shall endeavor to discourage it as much as posi-
Bile. We desire to incucate reliance by every man
upon some settled occupation where industry NAV a
ford Independence in principle and means, and to
leave the public perqnistes TO be distributed nasked
for among the deserving men Of our own country.
whose misfortune II is to be obliged to accept Of such
employment. ff
But as to foreigners, we shall endeavor TO exclude
them frem all future participation in our political af-
above all from the custody Of our archives
The control over on mechanics and the general usurpa
lion Of our birth-rght. T..
NATIVE AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS
ate article spoke of Native American Associations
and the objects they had in view. great deal having
said OF the services Of foreigners in achieving our
Independence, we give a letter from General Wash