The native American., 1840-09-05

to receive him politically as brother and 10
treat him as SUCH Our war is against those
only who have no communion with us, and
whose only object in coming among us is
their own aggrandisement. Opinions unsta-
bic as they are injurious, have been sown a.
mong us, by their introduction. By their
votes, in conjunction with unprincipled poll
ticans at home, laws are forced upon us, as
foreign to the spirit Of our institutions as are
the feelings that prompt them. Forced to
submit to the dictation of their masters at
home, they are easily made the slaves of de-
signing men here. And thus, in the course
Of few years, will we be brought under the
control of kings, and our children become the
subjects Of those whom we have fostered and
protected. This is not fancy, but plain fact
backed and supported by the fate of Re-
publcs before us. Our countrymen are be-
coming already the followers after kingly
fashions. Our youth are learning to pattern af-
ter every thing distant, and the gentler sex are
made the dupes of arrogant and foreign pre-
fences. 1t is now time that we were making
some little endeavor to bring back our Repub-
lican simplicity, and plant the standard ofre-
form and Of our forefathers upon our battle
ments. The good old path from which we
have wandered should be resought, and the
wholesome laws we have broken, should be-
come again priced and mended. The spirit
of our institutions should never be permitted
to wax cold, nor our ardor for the welfare Of
our country be left to die away, and our Gov
eminent to fall into the hands Of our enemies.
Nothing will so incite to this as revision Of
the Naturalization Laws for when our SUI
perior knowledge Of our own affairs is over
balanced and overthrownby the votes of those
who have but five year old experience
among us, our ardor becomes slackened, and
our hearts faint In short, when, after TWEEN
ty-one years practical study to obtain
thorough knowledge of our institutions, if
our voice can be no louder in her praise, nor
our hands no stronger in her support, than
one Of five years schooling Of whom
cannot read our language, and most of whom
care naught for our institutions-if we are
entitled to no more privileges for this, than
those who merely come among us for gain,
then we say all our boosted freedom is dead
letter, and the elective franchise degraded
privilege. For this reason, if for no other,
should the laws be altered; and for this rea-
son shall we endeavor to warn our country
men of the importance of their alteration, if
not their abolition.
We conceive that the only way by which
we can establish our national character is,
to Revise the Laws Of Naturalization stop
the flood Of indiscriminate immigration and
act with caution on Naturalization This is
the first step. Then we should fill our off
ces Of trust and profit with our own children
alone, thereby engendering stronger attach
ment to, and frmer conviction in, the tenets
of our institutions. Our citizens should be
free to act unbiased, without the interference
Of foreigners. Men of foreign birth and for
eign feeling should not be permitted to have
an insight into our national affairs, lest at any
time, like Bernard or Professionalism, thew
should throw off their made citizenship, and
shake hands again with their Royal masters,
to lay at the footstool of monarchs, an in
sight into all our a0eak points, and the plans
of our overthrow. Our Arts, Sciences, and
Literature should be encouraged in preference
TO those Of foreigners. Commerce and Man
ufactures should be our pride and boast and
when merit is equal American encourage
ment alone should be our glory. Let all the
machinery of Government, as well as the
support and countenance Of its citizens, be
favorable to American ingenuity, talent, and
enterprise, and we will form nation such
as was never seen, and an impregnable bull
wark against the Vaccinations and hatred Of
Kings and Princes. In word, give to our
Native American citizens alone, that for which
their fathers fought that they might enjoy,
and fright should claim. Let those who
prefer our country to their own, be content to
enjoy that for which, they say, they come,
viz. Liberty, and betterance of their con-
dition; but let them not, (as their numbers
now threaten) by their votes, take from the
Native his write to govern, and bring our
beautiful structure under the influence of a
naongrel Government, and make us the sub
jects of Kings, and the victims of our own
folly.