The native American., 1839-03-16
MErRopoLIs-FALs AND TREACHERY

Observation-Disclosures AND TREACHERY
Our heading, it will be perceived, is designed
to indicate thing, and its qualities. The Me-
tropolis," paper lately started in this city, IS one
of very limited number which has openly at
tackled us by name. For this we give it credit
but for this alone-because it differs in this re-
spect from some others, who had not the frank
ness TO name the object Of their attack The Me-
tropolis has, however, insidiously assaled US, by
assuming for us sentiments at variance with our
Notwithstanding, if not intended, to make up
false issue. We give its own words:
1.-THE Galena Illinois) Democrat says, the
Wings of that State are trying to make something
out of the Natiue american question as agitaed
in this city. They have taken up this subject for
the present, thinking it better political capital than
Abolitionism. For ourselves, we deem them
much Of sameness--the one being most un-
righteously proscriptive of men whom our free in
sttuions have invited to our soil; the other being
a fanatical attempt to create servlle war and a
severance of the Union-the one professedly in
tended to put doDn the chvalric Irish and indus
trious German population; the other to put up
the African slave population. What consistency!
The same party who would make the negro
We do not think the thing will take very we'll
with our Illinois brethren-'' Suckers" though
they be-"
The Galena Democrat says, :" the rings OF
Illinois are trying to make something out of the
.Native american question, thinking it better po-
ltcal capital than .aboitionism." We rejoice
to find that it is so thought, for we decidedly con-
cur with them: but is this opinion confined to the
Wings? We hope not nor do we believe it.
If it be so in Illinois, know it is not the case
elsewhere and this assertion is susceptible Of
easy and abundant proof 1t is not surprising,
however, that some are found, in different quar-
tiers, and actuated by different, pe.haps wholly
selfish, motives, making efforts to involve us in
the party conflict of the day. Whether they will
succeed or not, depends on us-not OH them.
While we continue true to ourselves, we can
laugh at and contemn our false accusers. what
are the facts! Why, we have been, IN turn, de-
nounced by all parties!! First, we were accused
of having for our special object the prosratlon OF
Modification !; secondly, we have been charged
with opposition to the Administration; thirdly,
we have been censured for anti-Whigism: and
we are happy to have it in our power, on rehec-
ton, to make one excepton-that is, that the Con-
servatiyes have left US free; and we feel bound,
with this acknowledgement, to tender them our
thanks for the exemption from party ties.
The Democrat has linked the subject of
abolition and that of the Native american to-
gether, and the Metropolis :. deems them much
Of a sameness" What sanaencss there is be-
tween the one, unrighteously proscrptive OF
men whom our free institutions have invited to
our soi' and the other, $ a fanatical attempt to
create servile war and severance of the Union,
we leave to our readers to discover. For ourself,
we see about as much sameness between the two
az exists between light and darkness, truth and
f,lsehood: and the latter subject in each compa-
rison-i. e. darkness and faisehood-justy at
taches to our wanton reviler, the Metropolis. AS
a the sameness of his second assertion, that the
one is professedly intended to put down the
chivalric Irish and Industrious German popula-
ton" and /" the other to put up the African slave
popula.ion''-if the Metropolis thinks there IS
IS sa,aeness" between "to put do,Un" and !" to
nut ,.p,' we have no objection, although it is a
perfect aniithess.
But the charge contained in its remarks against
as, we aver, in the most unqualified manner, to
be gratuitous and untrue in every part, throughout
The editor of that paper we have never seen
to know nor care to see, or to kno,o in any other
way than as we now know him-a reckless wr-
ter, who has gone out Of his way TO get into ours
without the prospect, however, of raising himself
into the importance of stumbling block. He
has-adroitly, as he no doubt thinks-madc an
.ndecomposable amalgam, by the indiscriminate
mingling of U'higs, Native americans and .9bO-
Htionists together, in one great political batch,
and then speaks Of them thus" The same party
who would make the negro a freeman, would
make the hishman slaue." There senti-
mcnts that degrade those who express them; and
this is one. Can this malicious u6isrepresencr
find any thing in the NatiDe american, the ex-,
positor of our doctrines, to justify such declara
ton Let our traducers do it, or stand con-
demned before the tribunal Of the people, to whom