The native American., 1840-01-11
From the N. O. Natiue american.
four.

DESCENDANTS OF FOREIGNERS, BORN IN
! FOREIGN COLONIES in THE UNITED STATES
! NaTIYES, BUT NOT AMERICANS IN FEEL
Nc W ASHINGTON'S PREDICTIONS Full.
FILLING.
| Tn objection to the article in which we allu-
d.d 70 tbs ;ns,raent ten.n q Of Van Rensselaer,
as foreigners" it is aedged by ) s'me-oui own y!
friends, even-that inasmuch as thos- ou'i,es
were born in this country, they cannot but =. :"
good and true Americans. In reply, we are
tempted to use the Irishman's argument: IF aith
is man horse, because he happened to be
born in stable? No by no names 7"
| 1t is probably true, that the most Of these reb-
els first saw the light under an American sky
and it is not at all unlikely that their fathers
and grandfathers were blest in the same manner
but if their education, institutions, associa-
tons, best cherished sentiments and most halo
wed feelings are as in the case--Dutch, essen
italy Dutch--of what avail is it to us that they
were born in this country We see by their
recent overt acts, how little they respect our
la,cs. What other evidence is requisite to con-
vince any reasonable man of the oseness Of their
allegiance to the United States, than their ta-
king so bold stand, with arms in their hands,
against the constituted authorities? But such is
the quasi magnanimiy of some Americans that
they are continually carping at our distrust Of
no very cemmendable terms, the fact that 1000
Russian families, all per one consignment, were
about settling township in Wisconsin, we
were told by the carpers that no harm could pos
sibly accrue from this kind of immigration, and
that in their ban ding together, they only evin-
ced very laudable desire to be sociable with
those whom they knew best and thatin such
course certainly there could be no evil. I,
Such reasoning may sound very plausible, but
experience proves that it is shallow and rotten
We do not assert that any of these half score
thousands OF Russian serls have come here with
any sinister design in their own minds, against
this government; but we do assert that they
have no sympathies in common with republic
cans; that their extreme ignorance incapacitates
them from understanding our institutions or in
the least comprehending the spirit Of true Ii
berty; and, moreover that they are, as their
children will be, the tools of despotism. They
have come to establish Russian colony on the
American soil. They will not intermix with
any out Of their own pack for any other pur-
pose than that of trade. Our language will
not bc spoken amongst them; their schools if
any they have, will be Russian; their children
will b. imbued with all the antiquated notions
superstitions and prejudices of their tatherland
and in no wise will they in truth be Ame-
rcan citizens. Here is no exaggeration--noth-
ing but the simple truth. Look for proof at the
course pursued by the German population in
Pennsy lrania and elsewhere in theUnted States.
Whole towns and even counties are peopled
entirely by Germans, who will speak no other
than the Gcrman-read only German books and
newspapers, if they read at all, and support
only German schools. In some districts they
have even gone so far to abuse their too-easily
obtained rishtof suffrage, by using its innuenc
for the purpose of having laws and Legislative
enactments to appear in German upon our satut
books They will not encourage America
schools, and they persist in giving their cnldre