The native American., 1839-01-19

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matter whence they spring 10 claim brethren If
The energies OF the States already planted ad acent
10 e shores OF The lakes be seconded and sustained by
wise and magnanlmous policy on part, State
vi HIN twenty Yeas, vii! have desert paces-her
commercla ascendency will rivalry, ard her hum
dred cities renew the boast OF ancient Crete. he Policy
OF Tue Slate includes every which tends dese
oe our own resources or those o the regions which can
be made tributary to commerce, and every measure
WHICH invites the labor and capital OF Europe ltrequres
lhat We welcome emlaants among ourselves, or speed
lhem on Ulelr way to western destination, with The
sympathy which their misiortun,s al home, their cond
ion as strangers here and iheir voon liberty ought
10 excite II their Inclination Leads them 10 remain
among us, We must assinate t!ieiI principles, habits
manners and opinions 10 our own. To accomplish this
we must extend to them the right Of citizenship with all
us inesthable franchises We must secure to them
largely as we ourselves enjoy, the nnites Of religious
worship And We should act mol less wisely for
St'es liian generously towards them by establishing
schools in winch their children shall enjoy advantages OF
education equal 70 With free liberation OF their
peculiar creeds and Instructions
The posscssors Of ..the incalculable surplus
labor of the European states," whom this Gov
ernor looks upon as so desirable an acquisition
to our Irrational greatness" would be greatly
more, In proportion to the native citizens of the
United States, than the latter are to the Indians;
and if the Governors wish should be gratiied, as
there Is but too much reason to feal, we predict
that our fate would be even worse than that which
we have imposed upon that unfortunate race.
If '.they come to us under the same law which
controlled the coonsts in their emigration here"
do they come under the same circumstances?
Md our ancestors. the pioneers, who endured SO
many hardships, and priva,ions, and tolls! Or do
we, their descendants, deserve no more than
those whose progenitors waged seven years
war against us to deprive us o the blessings OBJ
taineI at the cost of mountains of treasure and
rivers of blood, by the termination Of that war in
our favor; themselves ready to come forth. in obe-
dience to order, to "burn, sink and destroy
every species Of property, including the pubt,c
departments, the Presidents House, and the
Capitol, and to indulge the brutal licence granted
by the watch-words, 'booty and beauty" Or,
if they come with the olive branch, shall they en-
joy equal participation in the blessings already
prepared to their ruthless hand, for their easy,
comfortable, dangerless and moneyless enjoyment?
No, never. Justice, reason, nature, forbid it.
We have the Governors observation-disclosures
confidence i. is entitled to, we claim still more for
having recorded it in this paper from the first
movement of steam navigation across the Atlantic
that 'this tide is now acquiring increased vo-
lumc and velocity" by reason of this facility and
if this were the only or chief end to be served,
it would be the greatest curse that ever did or
could befall this country. ..
If we had the power to "roll it this tide)
back and to build and rebuild up in Europe, and
to abolish and destroy in America all those nigh
ty institutions named by the Governor, even
though should silence the ''poasI' vfn.ocfers
..Cre,e," we would exercise it as an alternative
that would leave us in no worse condition, not,
however, with the insolent pride of Xerxes
when he ordered Mount Alhos out Of his path into
the sea, and the sea itself to be fetered; butt in
humble obedience to the demand of patriotism,
to save our country.
If Governor Seward thinks that the policy of
New York requires that she should ''welcome
emigrants' there, he is not quite sure, perhaps,
that the Western States would thank him for help
ing those emigrants to that "destination." 1t
would seem to us, at least, reasonable that he
shou confne his views within his gubernatorial.
jurisdiction, and leave other States the liberty o.
adopting their o,cn policy to their oecn con
Germs.
As to foreigners devotion to liberty that's
political trap, baited with a certain sort of ***6ug
with Surname, very plenty now O days, tc
catch branless sycophants.
And if this Governor expects to 'assimilat'
their principles, habits, manners, and opinions
10 our own," especially if the recommendation
his. brother Governor Of Ohio, to have foreig
children educated in their ancestral tongues, be
acted upon throughout the Union, he must enter
into an alliance with Governor Shannon, and call
to their aid first Paas and then Mars; and in the
event of the want of still aid, the only alter
native left is Mr.. Allen Of the Senate of the Unl-
ted States, with the accessory benefits OF his
statesmanlike resolution, to manufacture, at once,
armies of foreign soldiers into citizens by term
of military service.
Now we are very sure that, if two de'ties-a
God and goddess-two Governors, and United
States Senator, could not convert foreigners TO
our principles, foreigners can conUert some 81