The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-14


;mpudence can assert we have mt s;.
,be ;-ibald productions of writer ""o 's"'
b;mse1f " Grattan. This man. ~no mas
acknowledged that he is fore'gn''f' cans ine
Ma,;vs mar, IAN paper of this city : sewer
e s,,h ;, Th;s = IN calls the Native Amer'-
can Association here, Alis'o,'' nh;s 80
archists," and Orangeme.. ,,;,. .,onders
this foreigner, utters his vitupera ,onnces
against the Federal party, and thus de-. ~
Washington, who was Federalist, as a NJ.
archst, and of course an enemy to our Re-
public. This man called upon his country
men to unite against this party, and for the
purpose of arousing their vengeance, points
to the ncendary deeds of mob at Charles
ton-deeds which are deplored alike by the
| liberal Protestant, as well as the Catholic.
Such is "Grattan;" and we have noticed him
not on account of any merit in his produce
tions-not because there is any resemblance
between him and the distinguished orator
whose name he has assumed-not because
his SANDERS are novel, or his course rs with
out precedent-but for the purpose of holding
up to our native American countrymen ano-
Their example of imported impudence, and as
proof of the necessity Of repeating our laws
of naturalization Passed in an evil hour for
ourselves, it has flooded our country with
many of the vagabonds of Europe, and has not
unlrequenly contaminated the purity of our
elections. 1t must be repealed, or the eec-
tive franchise will be curse. 1t must be
repealed or we will be under Foreign domi-
nation. 1t must be repealed, or zoe, the de-
scendants of the heroes of 10 shall become
the vassals, the "hewers of wood and the
drawers of water" for the Foreigners. Rut,
let us not lose sight of $ Grattan;" and in
our further observations upon this writer, we
desire it to be distinctly understood, that there
is nothing in them which is intended to have
the slightest allusion to the party politics Of
the day. Though we do not pretend that
we have been Indifferent on this subject
though one of us has been opposed to, and
the other in favor, of the present Adminstra-
tion-yet, differing as we do upon this
point, we are natives by birth, and are uni
ted in supporting every principle which is
declared in the Constitution Of the Native
American Association of the City OF Wash
compose this Association, and when the
charge of aristocracy is brought against them,
and when they are held up before the public
as enemies to our Government, and unwor.
thy of confdence-we meet the charge with
the lie direct, and pronounce the author a
slanderer. This language is strong, but we
wish TO use no other. ITe have been as
sailed, and we viW defend ourselves. From
the first moment of our organization to the
present, the food-gates of abuse have been
opened, and the vilest ISLANDERS have in tor
rents been poured out agaist us. Because
we did not wish to be overrun by swarms of
Foreign paupers and vagabonds, we were
wished the elective franchise to be in our
hands only, the vilest terms Of reproach have
been heaped upon our heads. Because we
would not, in the gift of an office, prefer the
Foreigner to the Native, prefer the stranger
to one born upon the same soil as ourselves,
brought up under the same Government, ed
ucated perhaps in the same schools, and sub
ect to the same laws, we were charged with
being Monarchists, and foes to our Constiu-
ton. Yes, because we did this-because we
raised our voice in favor of the principles of
the law Of Nature; because we told our coun.
trymcn that Foreigners, though naturalized
in another country, would not, could not,
land with gave them birh-we have been de-
nounced, and our press termed g sewer of
filth" Such has been the course pursued
against US; and we wish our Native Ameri-
can countrymen to know this; we wish them
to know the doings and character of some OF
our imported patriots. We wish them to
know their impudence and their arrogance.
We wish them to know by what arts they
assa, and by what SANDERS they endeavor
to destroy some of the brightest characters of
our land. Favored by every Administration
of our Government, success has made them
presumptnous, and presumption has made
them insolent. We wish, we repeat it, that
our Native countrymen should know all this.
1t is their cause which we advocate, as well
as our own. 1t is for their good, as we'll as