The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-06-20

nj. Of Lexington to their Representatives in the General
Court Of Massachusetts,. l772 .......
a.aorHER ATRoCIoUs ACT. sHowlNG THE
NECEsslTY E0R an =, ,M NM Va "ErhA1
It has been our province, heretofore, to
show the Canadian Patriots in their true
light for which we were roughly handled by
the Administration press, in this city and else
where. Our warnings were, to beware Oft
Williams who, too cowardly to strike for liberty
at home, were providing about our country,
endeavoring to get upo sym'pathyin their be-
half, when they deserved it not, but rather the
rebuke and frowns of all honest men. They
are now beginning to show Their cloven foot
now. when their leaders are set at liberty,
fwho should, at least, have been held in 'du.
rance" for the just time the Courts sentenced
them) they are emboldened to 90 deeds t''a'
would make an honest man shudder to think
Of. Not content with throwing their own
homes in commotion, they have fiocked to our
shores: and their acts prove the stand we have
taken against them to be il just one, and that,
instead of deserving our sympathy, they
should be banished from our shores, and
thrown upon their own Government, to re-
ceive the just dues Of their misdeeds. Our
feelings and sympathies are all with those
who strike for liberty, when they deserve 1t,
and when they show conclusively that it for
liberty alone they battle. But when such men
as led the late instruction in Canada proceed
as they did, we at once suspect their Purpo-
SEES. The following extract, from the Sunday
Morning IN. ~ News, is not an iota too Sc
we're. either upon the individuals or upon the
Government, that would attempt, by false re-
presentations, or by fsrce OF arms, to throw
our country into a war, or, by threats, endea-
yor to rob us of our indisputable rights. How
long, oh Americans, shall the voice ascend, to
guard your dear bought rights? How long
Shall the cry be heard, Repeal the Naturaliza-
ton Laws, and save your sons and daughters
from pollution, by mixing with tho sickening
outpourings of foreign countries; and your
institutions from overthrow, by the influence
Of the children of governments reared inevery
thing foreign to your own, and whose opinions
and thoughts cannot commingle with yours,
because of the antipodean views engrafted into
their system by birth, education, precept and
example. We say, then, to the American
people, awake from your. lethargy, and send
quick and sure the culver of destruction to the
heart-strings of the Naturalization Laws, and
wine them from your statute books forever.
,rh;s alone will ensure that freedom and peace
YOU should enjoy, and retain for your yet IN
nolluted character the high opinion the world
has ever entertained for it, and which 1t de-
serves. a@> .
ArrEmpr TO BLOW UP THE STEAMER
GRxAr BRlrAIn-Whie this steamer was
living at the wharf at Oswego, trunk was
taken on board and left near the ladies' cabin.
On being moved, it exploded with the report
of cannon blowing the trunk to atoms, and
throwing FIRE in all directions, which was
communicated to the wood, &c. on deck. Much
GLASS was broken, and injury done to the boat.
THE cembustbles were contained IN stone
vessel within the trunk. Fortunately, no in
;nrv was done to the crew or passengers, ex-
cent to one gentleman who was severely burn
"a Had the trunk been deposited in the
baggage house, and the vessel under way, and
the wind blowing, great loss Of life, and proba-
blv the destruction Of the steamer, must have
LETT, the Canadian refugee who murdered
Cantain Usher, was recognized by the carlnan
as the person who employed him to carry the
trunk on board; and Dafoc, another Canadian
refugee ns the man who removed the trunk,
when on board, to the place where the explo-
sion took place. The internal Williams were
both seized and ure in prison. The citizens
insisted that Lett should be placed on board
and conveyed to Conada. The captain, how
ever, declined receiving him--which we re.
Oret.