Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-08

We feel constrained to warn our countrymen,
that unless some steps be speedily taken to
protect our institutions from these accumula-
ted inroads upon our national character, from
the indiscrmlnate immigration, and naturai-
cation of foreigners, in vain have our predeces-
sors whether native or naturalized, toiled and
suffered, and fought and bled and died, to a
chieve our liberties, and establish our hallowed
institWDns.
We consider the efforts which are now ma
king in the United States, to procure repeal
ofthe naturalization laws, as having amlirect
tendency to secure the permanent welfare, hap
piness and liberty, not only of our own descen.
dants, but also of those of naturaized citizens
and even ofaIiens and foreigners and although
we occasionally meet with base and selfish
spirit whose motto is "let future generations
take care of themselves" yet we believe that
there is no more sacred or more universal
principle IMPLANTED in the human bosom, than
that which amates the parent, and the patri.
OF, to transmit unimpaired to his posterity those
institutions which minlstered to, or fulfilled the
measure of his own happiness.
If our appehensions of The dangers from
foreign influence in the United States, be toun-
ded in sound eason and the wise, the just
and the good, of every political party, are dat
ly becoming more and more convinced OF It's
correctness, AID our opinion is rapidly becom
ing universal throughout our country; then,
not only our posterity, and the posterlty oil
naturaized ciizcns, but even foreigners who
may desire to emigrate to our happy land, to
the end of time are interested in the accom-
plishment Of Our wishes, viz, the repeal of the
naturalization avs. For If it be admitted that
the participation in our political privileges of
the ignorant, tie corrupt, the perhdious, the
vile, the seditiols, and the hostile foreigner
may eventually warp, distort or overthrow our
republican fornof Government, then those be-
nign features which at present characterize
our institution, being destroyed; Anarchy,
confusion, and centrally despotism must inev,
itably ensue, hece the beni6cent peculiaritles
of our country will become extinct, and thus
this last asylumof the oppressed and afflicted
for relief and happiness, will be cut off for ever
Thus it appears that the future happiness o.
succeeding generations, even Of foreigners, now
in distant lands, nay be secured by the accom-
plishment of thesreat object which we have II
view, viz: the withholding political power
from the hordesof foreigners, who are now
crowdng into our country, by the repeal of the
naturalization laws. For although the igno
rant and the bigotted might be seduced-the
corrupt and sedttious might be stimulated, and
the ambition ofthe demagogue might be tenn,
porarily gratifel by civil connections, which
would eventuate in the overthrow Of our gov
eminent, yet tie subsequent discovery that
thew had not increased their own happiness,
would not resLor, the blessings which we had
lost. nor avert he bitter legacy of misery,
which would thu be entailed on all posterity.
That the mn6 of many foreigners, have in
dulged in imagings connected with the posi-
bic future usurpton of all political power in
the United State, is not only Swallowed forth
in the hostility d a large proportion OF them to
repeal Of the naturalization laws, and their
slanderous and Imperative assaults on those
native American, who foreseeing the dangers
which threaten heir country, have availed
themselves of a light guaranteed by the consti-
tuition to every American citizen, and have Pc
titioned Congress, on this subject, but the design
has been openlyavowed in the following hand
bill which was IberalIy circulated in the City
| Of New York, atthe late Charter Election.
| Ii is in these Wrds;--
"IRISHMEN to your post, or you
will lose Amrica. BY perseverance
you may became its rulers: by neg
! ligence you will become its slaves
Your own country was lost by sad
hitting to ambitious men. Thls
, beautiful country you gain by being
firm and united. Vote the ticket
ALEXANDER STEWART, Alder
man. EDWARD FLANAGAN, fol
\ Assessor, bob true IRISHMEN."
Here, says d rcent repor. of a special com
mittee of its ownbody to Congress.--"Here you
have the object avowed--the subverslon Of
your Goyernmeh--and revolution contem
plated"
Mark the Language Of this appeal, and re-
member that it WIS made to Foreigners, In the
City Of New York at an election for officers Of
the City Government, within which they mum
Der more than ON hundred thousand Foreign
erS.
\ An eloquent ami powerful American writer
in treating on this subject, thus teellngly re-
marks.
"The political ser in casting the horoscope
Of our country's estinies, is frequently com
j PEELED to cover hissyes with his hand, IN orde
! to conceal the streams Of blood which roll DC
fore him."
II The object Of tn, present undertaking IS L
) aid in arousing our :ountrymen to keen per
) ception Of the daners which threaten then
: from foreign inhunce through the sulclda
, process of indiscritinate foreign naturaliza
3 ton.
j Much has alreadybeen said on this subJec'
: but much more remins to be said, and we ar
: determined in CONJUNCTION with the fearless ant