The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
NECESSITY FOR CONVENTIONS, &c.
TRrMARKs CONTINUED.

[REMARKs CONTINUED.
We resume our consideration Of the neces~
sity of the repeal Of our laws of Nalus aiza-
,ion and if, in doing this, there shall be found
any pungency in our remarks we promise,
in advance, that we lave no apologies to
offer or explanations 10 make. We are Ma
tive Americans, and feel as such. We are
the descendants of those who purchased our
liberties by their blood, and formed our Con.
stution bv their wisdom. TIL, land in which
we dwell is the land Of our birth, and we
cherish for il the most ardent and unbounded
affection; hence in speaking writing, and
acting upon this subject, we shall do so as
Native Americans. We shall not disguise
our feelings at the impudent pre'ensions Of
foreigners; and we shall upon this. and every
other subject connected with it, express our
sentiments with the frankness of sincerity
and the holiness Of freemen. To the Native
American, we assure ourselves that this will
be no cause Of dispeasure; and if to the adopt
ed citizen it should, it will only furnish an
additional argument in favor Of the course we
pursue. We go for our country, because she
is our country; and for our civil institutions,
because they are good, and deserve to be es-
teemed.
If,here be one suhjec, Of a political AZURE
which more than another is Of the deepest
interest to Naive Americans--,f there be one
more 'han any other which is most ultimately
connected with the preservation Of our Con
st,u,ion and liberties-it is a repeal of our
law of Naturalization. Our country, the land
of our birth, and the scene of our earliest and
dearest recoiecl ns--our country, which was
the cradle Of our infancy. and which we hope
will be the grave of our renal s-our coun-
try, which has been the theatre of deeds of
valor,. of heroic achievement TN paralleled in
the annals Of any age or naon--our coun-
try, which has produced Washington, whom
the impotence Of imported Democracy has
branded with the name of monarchst our
country. which is all this to us-we must
love. Under all circumstances, in veal or
in wo--n the brightest days If her pros
peritv. rs well as in the darkest hour Of her
adver>ity, we mist love her. She is our
rounrry-->hn land of our i,irtI,-onr dear and
native home. such is the law of nature and
the instinct Of our being. re WHO denies it,
contradcs fact Of universal admissions; he
who does not bow to its sway is a monster.
SO much for the love which we bear to the
land Of our birth. But with respect to Gov
ern,nents, the case is entirely different.
These, should they assert and preserve the
rights Of man-these, should they afford pro-
lection to life, liberty, reputation, and pro-
perty, will become the objects Of the fondes,
esteem and most ardent affection. Their in
sttutions, reared by the hands Of the wise,
will receive everywhere the homage Of the
good; and, III the hour Of lheir peril, we
would rally round them and support them
with our purse, and if necessary, our arms
Such are the feelings which are entertained
towards Governments which are conceived
in wisdom and administered with Justice.
But, VIXEN Governments shall he of dilfe-
rent character from this--when, regardless
of their obligations, they shall sanction injns-
,ice aud indict ppression--when they shall
trampIe upon our rights and scorn the Ian.
gunge Of COMMUNICATION they shall
make the Native feel that even in the land OF
his hirih-thc land won blythe vaor Of his
ancestors-he is treated with the coldness Of
contempt, and the cruelty Of an unfeeling
step-mo cr,-when Governments do this
when thus they insult our honor and lacerate
our feelings-we may find in their insolence
and opposition, AMI contempt Of these feel.
logs, sufficient reason for resisting them.