The native American., 1839-04-27

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pishment of the great object which we have IN
view, viz.-the Withholding political power from
/ the hordes of foreigners who are now crowdlng
into our country by the repeal of the nainralza-
ton laws. For, although the ignorant and the
| bigoted might be seduced, the corrupt anu sedi-
tious MIGHT be stimulated, and the amblllon Of the
denagogue might be temporarily gratitied by CT
4 viI connections, which would eventuate IN the
/ overthrow Of orr government, yet the subsequent
i discovery that they had not increased their own
| happiness would not restore the blessings which
we had lost nor avert the bitter legacy OF misery
which would thus be entaied on all posterity.
That the minds Of many foreigners have IN
dulred in imaginlngs connected with the possible
future usurpaon Of all political power i'll the
United States, is not only Swallowed forth in the
hostility Of large proportion of them 10 repeal
OF the naturalization laws, and their slanderous
and vimperativc assaults on those native Amerl-
cans who, loreseeing the dangers which threaten
their country, have avaied themselves OF right
guaranteed by the constitution to every American
citizen, and have peitioned Congress on this sub
lect. bnt the design has been openly avowed IN
the following handbill, which was literally circu-
! lated in the City Of New York the late charter
election. 1t is in these words:
! FRESHMEN, to your post, or YOU will lose
Il
rulers; hy negligence. YOU will become lis slaves.
Your own country was lost by submitting to am
billions men. This beautiful country you gain by
being firm and united. Vote the ticket, ALEA-
AMBER STEWART, Alderman, EDWARD
FLANAGAN, for Assessor-both true IRISH
MEN"
: Here. SAYS recent report of a special COM
mittce Of It's own body TO Congress-" Here you
have the objects avowed-the subver-lon of your
government and a revolution contemplated"
Mark the language of this appeal. and remem-
her that it was made TO foreigners, in the city of
New York al IN election for officers Of the city
government, within which they number more
than one hundred thousand foreigners.
An eloquen, and powerful American writer, in
treating on this subject. thus feelingly remarks
The political seer, in casting the horoscope Of
our conn,ry's destinies is frequently compelled
II cove. his ewes with his hand, in order to con-
cea the streams of blood which roll before him"
The object Of the present undertaking is to aid
IL arousing our coun;rvmen TO keen perception
OF the dangers which threaten them, from foreign
influence, through the suicidal process Of indis-
crmnata foreign naturalization.
Mnri, has already been said on this subject, but
much more remains 10 be said; and we are deter
mined. in conjunction with the fearless and patriot
ic spirits who are now employed in the same great
cause. to sound the alarum far and wide, until the
American people shall have been aroused from
their lethargy and induced to think deeply and So
lemnly on this momentous suhJect-untl every
city, town, village and hamlet throughout our
county shall respond to our warning cry, and
shall lend their aid in the correction of this great
and ncaicelable evil.
|, is only necessary that the American people
should reflect. to cause them to act promptly,
powerfully and eGectually in this matter; and.
in order induce them To reject, their attention
must be awakened by constant and spirlt-s,irringI
appeals from those who hare thought, and thought
intensely and profoundly, on this subject.
When. previous to the Revolutionary war, a
tri(ing tax was laid upon tea. which probably
would hardly have been noticed by nine-,enths Of
the conlmnni,w. 4 few patriotic spirits, seeing inI
it the germ Of future slavery, threw themselves
into the breach, and warned the people Of their
danger. Be it our duty to follow, at an humble
distance in their patriotic footsteps; for although
ineilAbly beneath them i'll talents, wisdom and
ability, yet we feel we love our country as sim
cerely and as devotedly.
UIc, therefore, like those patriots, seeing por-
tentcus evils approaching our country from TO-
reign influence, like them, though far inferior,
will never cease to warn the people, till those
evils are corrected or averted.
When we sometimes converse with our coun-
trvmen who have never reflected on the momen-
tous subject of foreign influence, they sometimes
reply to our expressions of apprehension, /" Oh !!
what can few foreigners, more or less, do to in
lure the United States!''
But, when we tell our countrymcn that, in
1907, the foreign-born population in the United
States bore a proportion to the native of about
zone to forty" and that now the proportion is
about one to five or six, and that from two to five
hundred thousand foreigners arrive annually in the
United States.
When we tell our countrvmen that there
now i've millions Of individuals Of foreign birth
in the United States, or about one-third of our
whole population, Of whom about 10000 are
paupers and vagrans, supported at the public
cost. al an expense to the American people and
their government of two millions and quarter
OF dollars annually, sum about equal to the an
nua cost of the whole American navy.
When we tell them that, among these paupers
and vagrants, are the vicious. the lliterate and
The nsuhordinate, the feon, the incendiary and
he abist, who have fed, or been transported, to
our young, pure and beautiful republic, reeking
with the perfected and finished proficiency in
undergraduates in the school Of crimes, hich
nave been maturing in degree for many centuries,