Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-15

;, Would he be considerN as having establish
ed a valid and satisfactory Naim to equal here
aboutS rights, immunities privileges, with
his elder brother by assertin, bat he (he ell
der) was merely the first borr " accident
| that he (the younger) from h \equal and in
fact superior talents, education a \capacities,
would be able TO manage the estate v vol and
indeed better than his elder brother Would
he no, on the contrary, be laughed ms ", for
his ridiculous presumption? if it nap.
Ipened that this claimant for equal rights kh
the first born son we're not only a Junior \
merely an adopted child, and that he was lul
aware Of the fact when he instituted his inso
lent claims, would he not be despised as an i'm.
Ipudent pretender--torthwith elected from the
estate, and probably severely punished for his
arrogance and impertnence?
We are the elder born in this happy land
our fathers have struggled in anguish toll, and
blood to acquire for their posterty, all those
blessings which constitute the native Aner-
cans rich estate, and this precious legacy they
have bequeathed to us and to US alone. and al
though by an accident (most blessed) we are
their sons, yet that accident has made us the
rightlu and only just propretors of this gIori-
Gus heritage, and if we choose TO withhold or
bestow any portion Of our inheritance, 10 those
who come among US, it is our rightful preroga-
tive so to do, and no foreigner, but one dest-
tute ofjustice, honor, modesty or common sense,
would attempt to gainsay it.
As well might an American claim the throne
of England because the mere accident of birth,
has made the possessor, as for foreigners to
claim equal rights with ourselves, upon the
ground that we are merely native Americans
By accideH.
We would suggest to the ingenious foreign
ers, who fabricated the astonishing and pro
found 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 Ia
mlnous suggestion, to write on to their friends
abroad, and tell them that it is useless to take
tho trouble 10 cross the Atlantic in pursuit Of
wealth or political power,-that nobility and
even royalty itself are merely the accidental
result OF birth, and that consequently if they
Assume these distinctions voluntarily, whereas
; their present possessors merely owe them to
accident, that they have as good, and in fact q
better right to wealth and power--to be mobiles,
princes aud kings, than those who now occupy
tIIOSG IL SlutOIo'
Tell them therefore to enter, and take imme,
diate possession of the titles, estates and crowns
| in their own lands. Tell them 10 do this, and
! if they act upon the suggestion, they will soon
be taught lesson, which will probably reader
their demands more moderate, should they sur
vive to honor our country with their presence.
We, therefore, the native born citizens ofthe
q. States, acknowledging no prince, power, or
potentate, except our own sovereign will and
pleasure, as delineated in the constitution and
laws Of the land are the nobility--the blood
royal Of America, and we should consider as a
reasonable act, and should resist to the death
any attempt to usurp, or even claim our lineaI
titles to the undivided occupancy Of American
rights, immunities and privileges, upon the
Ianarchial and agrarian pretext that we merely
owe them 10 ''dccideat."
The present executive of the state of New
York, governor Seward, in his recent inaugu.
raj message, says:-"Therei is ANOTHER resource
which is ours, neither by Inheritance, nor by
purchase; nor by violence, nor by fraud. 1t is
The labor, the incalculable surplus labor Of the
European states"
The truth of this statement every native
American is prepared to admit is indeed by
luCiI ldUOl3 anu Wy ttluL OHik lllub
render any service to the United States, and il
is the duty, as it is the just prerog live of the
American people to conine them to this, their
only proper vocation IN our country
They come hther 10 accumulate wealth, and
zoe enable them TO accomplish that object, by
giving them employment--they labor for US,
and we reward them literally for their servi.
ices. This is even handed justice, for the obi
cations and advantages arc mutual and recip-
rocal If we have not heretofore remunerated
them adequately, let us in future give them
higher wages, but in the name Treason, Justice
and common sense, let us no longer traffic our
blood bought and inherent rights, for their la.
Dor. To do SO is 10 emulate the gross enormi-
lty Of the sensual and besotted Esau, and barter
our birthright for mess OF potage. AS well
might the hireing who receives his stipulated
wages for his daily labor, demand equal pro-
prietorship, and an equal division of the pro.
ceeds Of the soil, which he has assisted TO cult
vate, as a foreigner to demand equal rights
with us, the natural proprietors of our coun-
ltry's institutions, because his labor has contr-
buted TO render it more valuable by digging ca
nails, or building rail roads, after having been
already paid pecuniary equivalent for his SER
vices. r...r
1t is a source Of deep and poignant anguish
to those native Americans who have reflected
deeply on this subject, that our distinguished
public men cannot or will not notice the signs
ofthe times, or that ''seeing they perceive not
the fearful abyss to which our beloved country
is rapidly hurryipg with gigantic strides,
through the influence of indiscrminate foreign
immigration and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS either