The native American., 1838-12-22
THE TRUE PARTIES OF THE COUNTRY,


the imposing names of political parties, agitate
the feelings and arouse the fears OF citizens,
the more are we convinced that the germ Of all
the commoton and outbreaking proceeds from the
amalgam OF foreign and licentious materials, with
the steady yet sensitive qualities OF our own peo-
pie. From the "whiskey insurrection'' in 1898,
through the whole cycle Of commo,ions down to
the Harrisburg seltion, we canno, only trace the
agency of foreign aid, but see the hand of the
alien carrying the torch Of civil discord and hear
the voice that urges on 70 laA lessness. ,,
who is Il tina, in the far Wes. stirs up the. blind
bgo,ry Of fanaticism, and i'll the form Of new
sect, under the name Of Mormons, endeavor to
consecrate their faith by the blood OF their bene-
factors! They are foreigners-people who came
here as guests, but who, emboldened by the neg
ligence Of our own rights and the unusual privi-
leges Of new land, ou,str,p the licence OF all
laws. In early times we had to encounter the
Vaccinations Of these men, even when liberty was
just lingering at threshold. The father Of the
country, and the steady patriots OF the revolution,
were assailed by foreigners, whom a willing con-
fdence had placed i'll nigh Offices; they sank, how
ever, before the just Judgment Of an indignant peo-
pie, and their names are only pronounced as me-
lnento Of reproach. When the INVASION Of Mexi-
co was planned in 1904, but arrested by the vigi-
lance of Jefferson, the principal actors i'll that
scheme, of compromising our national faith for
self-aggrand,zemen., were foreigners, some Of
whom have gone down ignominiously as puerile
men to the grave, and, rs pseudo or naturalized
citizens, left upon country the stain Of their
bad deeds.
In the present agitaing questions beta cen the
policy Of the North ad that Of the South, III those
concerning the leading parties OF the day, VINO are
the agilal0fs, the opel the avowed anu vengeance
dealing men! they are foreigners. The first al
tack upon the domestic relations OF our Southern
States, came from foreigners. The war-cry was
raised under TIL. name oi philanthropy i'll Europe.
The eve tina. colIL passlveiy contemplate the
greater par. o 900, 800 oi lfsh.en IN vassaiage
at home, was sanslnveiy alive to The supposed
miseries oi less Than uvU 900 of Lawful slaves
here, where scryitule was the very ul,faism Of
liberty compared wit, .ie degraded yet coAtelitel
bondage of the pccscaleJ tree Of iceland. The
late disturbances d. harrisburg, are part OF the
great chain fryi .iscord. made up OF those alien
Inks from The days OF ..sc iteyouton to the pre-
sent hour. Yo.f oAlot ooAes are depraveu; your
citizens are il,ll,n.dalea; your pours houses are
crowded; the penisnIlar,es oi the different States
are fitled dlrecl tax for the maintenance OF the
mendicant, is Ill being; your country is divided
into factions; your language corrupted; your man
ners defei; your morals assalled; and your rights
invaded, and all these things are more or less at
tribu,abe to foreigners! Why is it SO? 1t is be-
cause men who are politicians by trade, forget
the sacred obligations they owe to the nation and
posterity, by bartering future security for present
success; because the ambition to succeed as De-
mocrats or as Wings, is greater than the pride
which these same men should feel for their coun-
try; and because the strength which the foreign
force can be induced to bring to either side, will
defeat that which is antagonist. Until these doc
trines prevail, we can have but little hope that the
eyes of the willing blind will be open, or the ears
of the self-made deaf, be sensible to calls. The
day will cone, however, when self-delence will
urge the present patrons Of the foreigners to throw
off both their attachment and their confidence in
them, as it is an nfrac.ion Of precept Of nature
that any good man can consor. in his country's
cause, with those whom habit, allegiance, con-
science and birth, have devoted to that OF another.
= The agency OF bad men in the affairs Of Cana
da has already nearly brought us in conhic, with
the powers of neighbouring nation, and that,
too, through the nsidious efforts Of pretended pa
,riots, too brave to fight the battles Of liberty,
which they engender, and too srai'orous in the
cause Of humanity to forego involving the Ameri-
can people in the conflict Of a war i'll which the
victory Of the agents is spos, and the defeat
merely disappointment. The influence Of for
egners may be traced in every ramilication OF our
affairs, political or social; they are interviewer in
such insdous shades and threads, that sometimes
their Vaccinations can scarcely be traced; but
still it exists, and is advancing with such accumu