The native American., 1838-09-22
lCoMMUNIcATED
Sir:

Doctor Jones, the co-edtor with you of The Ma
tive American, is now travelling for the purpose
of obtaining subscribers; believing, as do, that
it requires the most active and perseverlng exer-
tions to rouse the public mind to sense of the
evils which it is the object Of your paper to make
known. The tocsin must be sounded loudly and
perseveringly in all directions, people so
prosperous as we have been, can be made TO re-
alize that there are secret agencies at work that
may strip us at once of all we hold most dear.
Nations, like individuals, are always in the great
est peril when they disregard every admonition
of the dangers which lie in their path. The Gen
eral who is too confident in his strength, is
often overthrown by a comparatively weak cne-
my. 81 will pull down my barns and build great
er," said the selfconfdent man; am too strong
and wealthy for any thing to check my progress;
and he was met by sudden and dreadful punish
ment. And is it not kindred feeling which is
manifested by those who say, Why do YOU con
cern yourself about the increase of forcigners?-
it is being frightened at mere bugbear-thev
are not as drop in the bucket-we can crush
them at blow. Could men talk thus if they
were acquainted with half the facts which have
been published in your one paper? And yet not
fftieth Of the facts which ought to arouse their
vigilance, have yet been told
Your New Orleans correspondent has, in note
appended to his communication in your paper of
which these locusts that overrun our land conrive
to devour almost every green thing; but there are
other ways in which they are far more dangerous
to our peace and prosperity. allude to the Sc
cret societies by which they are held together
aander oath. These may be found more particu-
larly existing wherever any large body of them are
congregated together on any public work, and by
which they determine in effect who shall and who
shall not work fer the State or Company who
are paying for the improvement. In secret con-
Glaze they determine the measure of vengeance
to be inflicted on all who oppose their designs
on all who take work contrary to theirwarning-
OH all who give evidence in court of Justice
against one of their countrymen-on all who re-
fuse to join the Association when requested, or
who, having joined, make any effort to act as free
agents. Who name in rotation the three or more
of their number who are to carry their DEGREES
into effect, whether by the midnight torch or the
deadly bludgeon-and the whole of which socie-
ties, in every State of our Union, are bound to-
geher by one great central Society, in the City of
New York, which keeps constant correspond
ence with them by special messengers. And
these men, the very leaders of them. are known
to have assembled at our elections and cast their
votes into the scale of him they would should be
the sheriff for the brief space for which they ex-
pected to be residents of the country. Is there no
danger, I would ask those Native Americans who
cry peace, peace, why concern yourselves about
the foreigners? Is there no dang,r when such
Societies exist in our land, the members of which,
as the laws now stand, can, bv united effort, in
many instances, turn our elections in favor of him
who will concede to them the most, and thus de-
termine who shall be our representatives and 90
vernors! Is there no danger TO be apprehended,
in time to come, when we see them bold enough
already to mutter vengeance against the few who
have had sufli clentove ofcountry to try to arouse
an American feeling to councract this foreign
combination9 Ought it not TO excite the deepest
melancholy when see the elite of these men
taken into our public Offices, and trusted with the
keeping of the most confidential correspondence,
and the most valuable archives?
Can such things be, and not excite our special wonder
will as readily admit as any one will, that
there are very many valuable citizens among us.
who were born in foreign land who have been
here for years, peaceabe, intelligent industrious,
and duly sensible Of the blessings which thew re-
ceived in being made partakers with lis in all the
rights of American citizenship. But hold that
such men ought to hail with rapture, for their
chlldren's sake, any success which may attend the
effort to restrain the present indiscriminate adj
mission TO those rights of the hordes now being
thrown upon our shores-and | cannot doubt
that such men are and will be pleased with any
success which may attend us. though in MANY
places the terror which has been inspired bv the
secret societies above referred to, is such as IN
render it dangerous to avow such feeling.
And will here once more repeat an idea held
out in former communication Of mine II cannot
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