The native American., 1840-05-23
THE NATIVE AMERICAN.
ONMUNICATIONS
WAsHINGToN, May 2 LIST, 1910.
F'g. The Nq.ire Americd7l.


Mn, Ep,ToR :-SIR,-Hew little is there that
| is permanent in this land of shadows; all is de-
ceptive, all is fleeing, and . continueh not III
one stay." The morning sun rises IN all his
grandeur and sublimity the i" darkness tleeh be-
fore him." all nature is inspired with renewed
| life and vigor, but as he gains his zenith, dark
portentous clouds from behind the western hills
start up in angry form, charged with fury, battles
with the king of day, and spreads his sable pail
wide DER the skv, and mocks at earth rejoicing
The seasons chase each other in quick success
sion. The gay aud locund Spring delights us but
a few DAYS with her flowers and songs, when she
must give place to the srorchng, whitening suns
of mid Summer: she, too, in her tnrn, must yield
to of1icio,I, Autumn brown, lalcned with his gol-
| den sp0ils, rcvclling in luxury, 5oasting of his
stores, singing 10 himself requiem of ease, until
sera VII. ,er Jealous Tor his right to rule, starts
from his hiding place, and with his north winds,
sweeps him from MS usurped throne, and all his
! subjects captive leads, in icy letters bound.
How evanescent are all human affairs; but yes
tcrIay our hearts may have swclled with buoyant
hopes and sunny prospects to day diversity $
Idark mantle may be thrown around Ms, and tfllck
gloom spread all DER our sunny prospects. Yes
t4rJay we saw him rejoicing il the vgor OF
! health and manhood to day he is consigned to
do no the cold winds Of heaven sweep over
the resting place of those we love !? fri ndship,
how empty and unahlAing does it appear at times!
You have seen those who, in the day Of prosper
Fly stood by your side with stom hearts and ten
arest spmpathy loudin their professions of attach
ment. who promised, though all men should for
sake YOU, vet they would not; but when the hour
jot trial came were found among those who
sought vour hurt, and held you in derslon. All,
| the hearts that have been made to bleed through
the peltily of false friends, could tale of wo
unfold, that would be revolving to the stoutest
breast.
The winds of heaven are proverhal for their
fckeness; the placid bosom of the deep for its
ireacherv but they must yield the palm to man.
In his moral, social, religious snd political senti-
ments, he is often tound to have made the entire
circnt Of the compass At one time we find him
gliding pleasantly down the stream Of temperance
and reform. until the wrathful clamor of those
engaged in the sale Of the : drunkard's drink" IS
! heard in the streets, crying "great is Diana OF
/ the Ephesians;" then with the commencement he
joins, and to aid his slender popularity, courts
the shifting breeze. Perhaps we find him the
editor Of some partzan press, jealous for the cause
he has cspoused, labnring with untring zeal and
patriotism to scatter to the four winds of heaven
his opposers, and to hn,nhle in the dust the enc
mics of his country Or his creed. Hark sill
small voice is heard-the price is paid, Is for
every man has his price, and now, with equal zeal
and patriotism, he maintains the opposite side
We have found him foremos. in the ranks OF
the great Natiue party, swelling with importance
and boasng loud and long of his attachment to
! her interest, making furious onses upon the Ad-
minisraton for their subserviency to the influence
of foreigners, denouncing the Globe in unmea-
, s,red terms for its unhallowed attacks upon the
; Association, holding no man "guIltless Of his
country's wrong who opposes the interest of the
Native, yet upon change OF circumstances, we
see those Boosting Champions and Patriots, lea
ders in the great reform, counting, yes, coe1tln G
the influence of foreigners; and laboring might
and main to elevate to Office those whose interests
and sentiments have been opposed to the Native!
| tremble for my country, tremble for the Asso-
citation. When the prominent friends of the cause
can occupy ground SO obviously at variance with
the principles of the Association, SO contradictory
to their repeated declarations and pledges made
public to the world, exhibiting an elasticity equal
to that of the Quaker, who wanted to fight, and
who pulled off his coat and SAID, lay there religion
until clastise the telo". | say, when we are
compelled to witness daily illustrations of the
truth Of the above remarks, must expect a
blow upon the Association under which she must
stagger and reel. Yea, and with diamond tool,
cngraven deep upon her own walls, by the hands
Of her o,on sons" Thy glory has Departed
with paricida hands let out the last drop of blood
from her veins, and bury her in an un'imely and
lgnobe grave
My Countrymen my fellow members Of the
Association, let me plead for cause more dear
to me than any cause of civil nature now apta
ting the try,-because in il are involved the
peace and security of my native land. Are you
willing to give up your interest i'll the Native for
a blind and unwarrantabe devotion to party can
you forget your solemn pledges, published to the
world are you willing to abandon the little adj
enturous bark, and leave her unnamed, to be
swallowed up in the dreadful Maestroom whose
circles are already extended to take her in are
YOU willing to allow her enemies t, triumph and
with their feet upon the necks of trecmen, hold
YOU in derision trust not; come, look about
you take an observation ascertain what latitude
and longitude you in re'race your steps re-
turn to your injured spouse, ere return is impos-
sibIe then it may be that we shall he saved from
tho threatening storm and make in safety the des-