The native American., 1839-07-27

rule, the mob-like army of Vinegar Hill and New
Ross, is standing monument and reproach. Of
their mutual distrust and treachery, the fate of
Fitzgerald, Orr, Tone, and the other distinguish
ed martyrs Of the Irish rebellion, furnishes most
melancholy examples. And do these people,
who have left their own land in despair OF freeing
it from slavery, aspire to teach us how we are to
keep ourselves free, or impudenuy TO inlrude into
our councils, and participate in our government!
And are we so soon forgetful of the price paid for
our liberties, or Of the sacrifices we have made,
even in our own generation, to defend the ines-
mable boon of liberty, against their sovereign in
his second and last attempt to subjugate us, as
meanly and quietly to yield to their pretensions?
We trust not We trust that the spirit of Ame-
rcans, is yet too lofty tamey to submit to the
encroachmenls of any foreigners upon our dearly
bought and dearly preserved privileges. We
know that there is spirit abroad in the land, that
will, before long, teach all foreigners-not irish
men only, but all foreigners, from whatever cline
they may come-that whatsoever of civil liberty
or personal comfort they enjoy here must be ac-
corded by our bounty, and not seized by them
their lawful prize. We know that the people of
this country, patient though they be, will, before
long, arouse from their lethargy and teach poll
ficians Of every party, who rule or aspire to rule,
that their rights, their privileges, and their nhe
ritance shall not be bartered away for the promo
ton of the selfish views of ambitious demagogues.
Aspiring politicians will soon learn that their best
Iopo for "a IIo
be on the free, unbiased suffrages of their own
honest and patriotic countrymen, and that those
who seek elevation by basely courting the favor
and fatterng the national prejudices and sef-love
of foreigners, who are alike incapable of under
standing the nature, or enjoying the blessings Of
our free government, must, however successful
for time, ultimately sink into the contempt of
every true patriot in the Union.
AN ESSAY UPON THE LITERARY PROSPECTS
OF AMERICA.
A pamphlet under this title by J.. JONES, of
Baltimore, has been addressed to u.s. We have
perused it with care and interest, and for other
reasons than that it pertains to the literary ad-
vancement Of our reputation as people. We
it not only inculcates laudabe ambition and con-
fdence in American talent, but because the whole
tenor Of it is patriotic, and precisely of that
tive character which brings it within the sphere
and spirit of our own action. The author seems
to have thrown this little address out to the con-
tribution of his quota of patriotism in this path,
and to emulate others to do something in the way
Of their abilities towards the establishment Of
character in all respects national among ourselves.
One Of the earliest philosophers taughtthat the
second social duty was that of serving the coun-.
try: and this not merely by strengthening her in
arms, but in the increase of her moral force, the
intellectual improvement of her citizens, and the
unity of her people.
The duty is not the.less duty now than in
the olden times; and no man who has passed the
great cimacteric of his life can look back with sa-
tisfaction upon his course who has not done some
thing towards the political perpetuity Of his own
people, and the preservation Of them as distinct
and independent nation. Every one is endowed
by nature with the capacity to do something in
this cause, and is as much bound to offer up his
mite upon the altar Of his country as he is TO pour
out his vows and his prayers upon that Of his re-
| lgon. The critic, who, like the writer of the
" Essay OIL the Literary Prospects Of America"
Yields his pen to encourage reliance upon our
own capacities in the fields of literature, does his
duty, while he who points out the evils which
flow from the admixture Of the indiscriminate
population of Europe among our own, does his;
the parent who trains up his children to be en-
tirely American, acts his part and the mother
who nstils into the minds of her offspring pre-
ference for every thing of their own land, while
she inculcates philanthropy in general, is herself
one of the mothers Of the Gracchi, and enacts her
duty to the country; SO that from the multitude of
little offerings which every one is bound to give,
great mass of strength is acquired, which makes
us undivided people, and nation with fixed
character dependent only upon ourselves.
The writer Of the Essay in question uses the
following language in reference to the press and
our duties