The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-11
THE NATIVE AMERICAN.
A d r E S s
Of the Nq.jge american Committee 10 the ci-
ti-eHS Of Ncw Orleans.
Coaciud


tical questions, which should be reserved to those
born ON The sol, whose first breath has been
drawn in a land Of liberty, and whose love of ra-
tiona and constitutional freedom has grown with
their growth, ANA expanded with their intellect
Another argument constantly and triumphantly
urged by our opponents, and which they seem to
consider perfectly unanswerahle, is the following:
" That although foreigners, having no control
over ther birthplace, have, indeed, accidentally
been born IN another land, yet, being in every re-
spect capable and as lnerl,orious as ourselves,
and ,ce being only indebted to accident for having
been born in the United States, without any
choice or vol!tlon Of our own, while thea have
come here voluntarily, and of their own free will
and accord-(w which assertion, however, we might
well deny, aud state that they have been goaded
hitler, By pauperlsm, oppression and crlme)-
that they are good, and in fact better PATRIOTS
and better Americans, than we are, and that they
consequently possess equal, if no; superior, claims
10 all the rights, immunities and privileges which
emanatc from the liberal institutions of our coun-.
Try
One would hardly suppose that such sophisti-
cal, rather contemplate, slang would be ha-
zarded by any man pretending 10 common selase;
and yet we have heard II, over and over again.
from foreigners who protested to be scholars.
statesmen and logicans. Ii has been reiterated
from the press, and re-echoed by the discorisnt
howl OF foreign appreciation throughout the whole
United States.
Ii this un,enable and preposterous doctrine
were carried out, the ettlre system OF domestic
relations would be broken up--the legal possess
sion OF properly would be DESTROYED and there
would be an end Of civil government-no local.
social or political institutions could exist through
out the world for single nstant-the whole
un OF
Gle of anarchy, rapine and coniusi,n-,le serf
would be entitled 10 change conditions with his
lord, at will, aud heggars would contend success
fully with monarchs for their diadems 10 be
speedily resigned to the next aspirant who chose
10 demand ,hem-ad inJinitum.
In those portions Of the world where the right
of primogenure constitutes the law CT the land.
the first born son iuherits the entire parimonial
estate, and, although his Younger brother may be
his equal, and indeed his SUPERIOR in every noble
attribute Of humanity, vet he is excluded from
partci patton in'the paternal inheritance, nd de-
pendant upon the generosity Of his elder brother
for any portion OF the proceeds of the succ ession
Would he be considered as having establi shed a
valid and satisfactory claim TO equal hereditary
rights, inaHsaaisies aua piiUileges with his elder
brother, by asserting that he (he elder was
merely the first born by accdent-ihat he (,he
younger from his equal, and in fact sup, rior, Ia
lents, education and capacities, would be able 10
manage the estate as well. and indeed better than
his elder brother? Would he not, on the con-
trary, be laughed to scorn for his ridiculous pre-.
sumption But if tso happened that this cia,ra-
ant for equal rights with the lrst-born SON were
not only junior, bat merely an adopted child.
and that lie was fully aware of the fact whep he
instituted his inso!cnt claims, would he not be
desplsed as an lmPudent prctender, forthwith
elected from the estate, and probably severely
punished for his arrogance and impertinence
We are the eder-born in this happy lant-our
fathers have struggled, IN anguish toll and blood,
to acquire for their posterty all those blessings
which constitute the native Americans rich cs-
tate !; and this precious legacy they have be-
quea,hed to US, and to US aIone-and, although
by an occidc'n (most blessed) we are their sons,
yet that accident has made us the righttii and
only just proprletors of this glorious heritage;
and if choose to withhold or bestow any pap-
ton Of our inheritance to those who come among
us, it is our rghtul prerogative to do--ars no
foreigner, but one destitute Of justice, honor, a,o-
desty common sense, would attempt to pam
say it.
As we'll might an American claim the throne of
England, because the mere accitent OF birth has
made the princess who now wclds the British
sceptre lis lineal possessor, for foreigners TO-
claim equal rights with ourselves, upon the
ground that we are merely native Americans bar
accident.
We would suggest to the ingenious foreigners
who fabricated the astonishing and profound
proposition that our native prerogatives are
merely the result Of accident, and that they are
consequently equally entitled to them, and to the
Ignorant herd who have adopted this luminous
suggestion, TO write to their friends abroad,
and tell them that ii Is useless to take the trouble