The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-06-27
THE NATIVE AMERICAN

THE NATIVE AMERlCAN.I
The writer Of Madison in tie Sun consl-
3ers that "Among the many attempts at poiItl-
cal ascendancy and Importance, perhaps there
is none which inlringes more on personal
rights and civil liberty, none that appears more
at variance with the first principles and spirit
of our free government-at variance with the
declaration of our rights and ideas OF human
privileges than that cause which IS advocat-
ed with SO much boldness by lournai III this
CITY: | mean the Repeal cause, | mean thnti
rlncenerous and unjust motive that seeks-in
nv opinion for political purposes-the repeal
of that clause which guarantees III due time,
to the distressed and oppressed OF all antlons,
in this land of freedom and home-ln this
land, all those immunltles which lis native CT
tizens are entitled to-"
In answer to the above we would say it is
true we are seeking the Repeal OF the Natura-
lization Laws for political purposes, for any
subject which has for its object an alteration
Of any of the features Of our government is
purely political, but we have never for an IN
Slant thought of Infringing upon the person
al rights or civil liberty of any one" Our OBJ
ect is altogether of a prospective character
and the more we peruse the article OF Madison
the more we are convinced that no American
could have penned it, for we do not believe
that there exists one SO ignorant as not to
know that our Constitution itself torbdS The
passage of any er post tacto laws
But shall we be told that we are Infringing
upon the personal rights and civil liberty" OF
ulious now in distant land, the vassals ana
serfs Of despotc monarchs, who have no pre-
vileges in their own land either personal 0,
Grill and who are the only persons that can
be affected by repeal of the naturalization
laws, for we are willing to extend all the be-
nehts of the existing system, as we have fire.
uuently before stated, to all those now in the
country who desire them, and 90 still further.
and allow stated period to elapSe, in order to
give those who may wish to lmmigrate. an
opportunity of coming here and enjoying
them. @.".-
When our ioreiathers, actuated by the Ilbcr
al spirit, of the great cause of liberty which
they had lust embraced, threw open our
counry's doors to the lovers OF liberty through
out the world, our country was but IN It's IN
fancy and our government was considered
ony an experiment; those who came then
were actuaed by the true love OF liberty
alone. for none others would seek q refuge IN
a then almost unsettled wilderness. Can any
one compare them with that class ct nnml-
grants who are now croWdlng upon our
shores and becoming the inmates OF our
prisons, our alHshouses and our hospitals, per-
vertng the morals of our youths and desc
Grating the sacred privileges OF the ballot box,
which is the natural and inherent right of ma
tive Americans alone-shall it be said that
these men are entitled to the dear bought lega-
CIV beuueathed 10 us by our revolutionary
foretathers, OF w withholding from them the
elective franchise we are deprlvlng them OF
any Of their '!persona. rights or endangering
thsir "civil libertye' ...
The false philanthropy which has given to
aliens and strangers, the right to q share IN
our soil, and political privileges at the polls
will if continued soon involve our country in
i mass of ruin. Our institutions are now
tottering under the foreign influence already
so sensibly felt in all lis bearings throughout
the whole extent of our country, and in every
department, civil, religlousand political of our
government,
The warning voice of Washington, Jetfer-
son. and many of our revolutionary patriots
and heroes has been riased against the baneinl
consequences of foreign influence, and the
time is now fast approaching when, without
our countrymen will rally and by an united
voice proclaim that the naturalization laws
must and shall be repealed, our country and
her free institutions will be lost torever,---N
@ Mt Am
Brooks MoNuMENT.-A public meeting
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