The native American., 1838-09-01

all these bearings on the different branches o.
the Government, they can force 1t to Proceed III
whatever direction they dictate. and bend the IN
terests of this country entirely TO the will OF an
other. When all this, say, is attended to, II is
impossible for us to say we stand on Independent
ground"
Mr. Jefferson's language in 1871 was prophetic
of the evils and corruptions upon our country ana
its institutions, of which we are now complaining
bv the increase of foreign population. tie then
said:
.rhe present desire of America is 10 produce
rapid population by as great importation of for
eigners as possible. But is this founded in policy!
Are there no inconvenience to he thrown into
the scale against the advantages expected from
multiplication of numbers by the importation of
foreigners 1t is for the happiness of those united
in society to harmonize as much as possible in
matters which they mus, of necessity transact
together.
Civil government being the sole object of
forming societies, its administration must be con-
Quoted by common consent.
Every species of government has its specific
princples-ours, perhaps, are more peculiar than
those of any in the universe. 1t is composition
of the first principles OF the English constitution,
with others derived from natural rights and natu-
raj reason. 10 these nothing can be more op-
posed than the maxims Of absolute monarches.
Yet from such are to expect the greatest
number Of emigrants.
''They will bring with them the principles Of
government they have imbibed in their early
youth, or if able to throw them off, it will be in
exchange for an unbrded licenousness, passing,
as is usual, from one extreme to another. 1t
would be miracle were they to stop precisely
at the point of temperate liberty.
'In proportion to their numbers, they will
share with US the Legislation; they will infuse into
it their spirit, warp and bias lis directions. and
render it heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted
mass. ! may appeal to experience for verhca-
ton Of these conjectures. But if they are not
certain in event, are they not possible! Are they
not probable! Is it not safer to wait with patti
ence for the attainment of any degree of popula-
ton desired or expected! May not our Govern
ment be more homogeneous, more peaceable.
more durable! What would be the condition of
France, if twenty millions Of Americans were
suddenly imported into that kingdom! fit would
be more turbulent. less happy, less strong, we
may believe that the addition Of half million of
foreigners would produce similar effect here.''
The Southern and Southwestern States are
deeply interested in the consequences of the great
increase of population from foreign shores. 1t is
not merely that the preju1ices of a strange people
are infused into the minds of their citizens, upon
invidious comparisons between the things Of this
country and those Of the old world; nor yet the
more important fact that the republican spirit of
our own people is impaired by the corruptions
Of the monarchists, the licenousness Of the
renegade-all Of which are severe and material
evils upon our people and laws. which, in them
selves, demand speedy remedy; but it is, that
fnra tha
its of those States, is another natural enemy to
their social peace, and swells the band of future
revolutionists which already exist in embryo
against either the special institutions and proper
ties of some of the States, or against the fixed
doctrines Of the Government.
The peculiar construction of our national svs-
tenn, which is made up of confederated sovereign
ties, many of them dissimilar in their constitu-
tions and laws, and yet all entitled to Jealous
protection by each other, makes it not only a
duty, but absolutely necessary that we should not
tolerate any population, whether natiue or alien,
which tends to promote factions against the es-
tabshed order or rights Of a',y portion Of those
States.
The early education and subsequent habits of
foreigners make them, as soon as they land here,
partsans against certain features in the domestic
policy of the South, without their understanding
the subject in any of It's bearings, and without
pausing to reflect that the system was imposed
upon us by the avarice and cupidity of their own
countrymen and ancestors. :..
That the angry spirit not only exists in those
people this subject, but is kept in constant ir
ritaon by demagogues in their own land is mani
fest in all their publications. O'Conne, whose
patriotism, purchased at the annual expense Of
thousands of pounds drawn from the devotion and
sacrifices of his own countrymen, takes holiday
from the vassalage of Ireland to denounce the
comparative freedom of American slavery, and in
his address in London says
''In vain did the star-spanged banner wave
over every sea, proclaiming the honor of the
boasted republic of modern times; those who
fought under it were felons of the human race,
traitors to liberty, to their honor, and bias
phemers Of the Almighty"
Such is the language of the great archetype Of
Hibernian faith in politics, while at that very
moment the abused sons of America were send
ing the aid of their purses and the aspirations of
their hearts to cheer this agtator in the supposed
struggle against intolerance. The spirit of this
utterance was not confined to the dominions of
England, but was sent upon the wings of the
vulture to prey upon the peacefulness of our
shores. Very soon do we see the attempt to
impress the whole community with the same