Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-17

VIC o''i lnst. ana came to the following resolu.
ton: sI 49,
Resolved, As the sense Of Ibis mee,inc.
that an early resumption OF specie payments Is
desirable and practicable, and that it is hoped
that The Convention Of Banks, which is adj !.
lourned to meet on the second Wednesday Of
April next, in the city Of New York, will name
an early day after said meeting for IA general
resumption Of specie payments by the Banks.
and that 1t be recommended to the several
banks In this State, TO express TO the Deleca.
ton from the State, in said Convention. t6eir
earnest wish that they should vote for an earlv
day after said meeting for the general resump-
ton OF specie payments by the Banks"
We find in the last number of .the Native
American" published in Washington CITY. the
following article:
ut was with the most abect shame and
grief that we understood from one of The 70.
porters, on Thursday, that Mr.. Allen, Sen,.
tor OF the United States from Ohio. had bro,,
forward resolution in that BODY to give to all
foreigners the rights of citizenship SO soon as
they should place ti.eir feet upon our shores,
Mercitul God! no probaton--no apprenticeship!
Bursting from the gloom Of ignorance upon
us, TO seize our sacred rights and govern MS,
There is no INDUSTRIOUS idea that could seize
upon the mind Of man equal to this of Mr.. AL
lens. Will the people Of this free. indepen-
dent, and glorious nation bear with this imri.
GUS insult TO their liberty? If we were no,
rightly informed we shall rejoice: but if it is
true, we can hut lament, in deepest grief, at
the degradation to which Senator of our
proud Senate has fallen. The resolution was
referred to the Judiciary Committee, TO be G.
qnaIly respected viii, The memorial Of natives
OF, the land. Where were the bold hearts Of
other days, TO "hurI the blis,erne wrong from
the very atmosphere Of the Capitolr" We
transfer The above to our columns, that our rea.
ders can see the course that is pursued by
certain parry at Washington city. composed
Of few selfish and anlirepnblcan individuals.
whose avowcd intentions are 10 create preu.
dlces against portion Of our fellow citizens.
because. forsooth, their fist breath was no,
breathed on American soil! Every feeling we
possess is American-.-but we cannot see why
foreigners should be branded, e., nasse. as a
set Of conycs and paupers, and as wishing to
seize cur sacred rights and govern U.s." We
are all foreigners or their Immediate descend.
ants. ---Our ancestors are now sumberinr in
their narrow beds beyond the Atlantic's wave
----some beneath the green sod Of the sea cir,
lsle---oillers, perhaps, in tho land o., Bruce and
Wallacc---and many near the home Of the la
mented patriot Of La Grange. Bu, their sons
with republican hearts, who bid faren ell to
the '.liomes Of their childhood" TO seek home
where they might inhale the breath Of freedom.
aud enjoy the beneli,s of equal laws, must
the Indignation of ari@tocr0tS and nnJobs, under
the imposing name of Native American Asso-
cation!"
The resolution Of Mr.. Allen, referred to by
the Native American, is simply the fo!Iowing
Resoiced, That the Committee on the Judi
clary be instructed to inquire into the expedi-
ency OF amending tho existing laws, so as TO
admit to the rights of citizenship, without
further delay, such men of foreign birth, as
may have faithfully served a fall term of en-
listment in the army Of the United States, up-
on their taking the usual oath.