The native American., 1840-02-29
co NJ MUNICAT.IO N.
For the M.ltire .rmericen.

Is!si IoItiSHeiS IN StPpIhS Tie " W o'i NSutu-
lions than make an fort 10 prrse the rxi>-
'rnc- Of principles, which, If kelt in purity.
IS ould transmit unrqnalrd blessings to succeed
ing generations. Tou many Of us desire TO be-
nocuIated with species Of disease which car
rir off Aunt Oh rit,," that d>tit G 'ised mem
h'r OF ,hr Cock-I"lt family, who according to
Saln,aynndi, /" died of Frenchman." Appar-
emil, w- are governed by an unhalloWrd admir-
alton Of trans Atlantic Gust IONS opinions, and
persons, aud we would sooner orship all the
devils Of Europe, than do homage t. the genius
OF our own sacred CursIituiion.
Some years ago, viper was brought among
us as frozen, torpid, harmless imp tation. h-
mono mauiac>. oi thr order of AUNT Charity"
i,mrdiai-l, discovered in the rep iie, that badge
~ erceilence which is always a passport to their
tfrction and confidence. 1t was Of foreign rx-
Traction and therefore enti led to place in thei,
bo sons to be- warmed, and animated and endow.
I'd with power 10 manifest il, natural d>positfon
True to instinct as soon as opportunity offered
the serpent used lis fangs Ii has been, tor long
time, rxprusively supported by The miniicrncs
If our Government, and at this very moment is
engaged IN concorting poison Tor the injury OF
is former benetactnts. | a'lnde, to thu case Of
Mr.. Fra,hersonrhangb, one Of the British Com
m;>>innrrs for the survey of the Northeastern
b ,undry LiI-. . ~ u
The period Of that mans arrival upon o'H
shores, constituted for him, a distinct era, ia,
NOR, Important than any other event Of his Hf"
As soon as he recovered fsom the shock OF as
touishm-nt Is hict hr rrcei, ed on bebOlding the
idisrriminate reverence pad to foreigners, h'
bought A sma collection OF minerals and swor"
that the credulitr OF our citizens should make
him prophe,; aud that he would perform
miracle. by converting those stones into bread
Accordingly he presented occasional specimens
here and there to the G-ol"gica Tyroe, Of the
War Department, and talked (,> they and others
supposed, very iparnedlv) abont The mines Of
Cornwall, which he had actually seen, and ex.
ya,iat-d with wonderful hutnc. concerning TX.
ravations at Hr,cnlanrum aid Po,np',i, dls-m.
hoaeiling ,hr Mountains OF Germany, Russia and
| China for Prog lnite-, &C., until hr completely
lcap,ivateh the spell boun senses Of his hum
bugg-,l hearers. Surely (rxcIaim-d they NJ"
being Of .4meriran birth is so rhiightened-h'
is perfect Z, cI"peda! Let us join together.
aud show appropriate honor to one who cannot
be "of won ~ born" We kno" that the firs'
time Jovt had the headache, his blacksmith
~pli, open the afflicted cra"un wien ou' came
an a,m.d maid. The Father ot tie G IDS must
have had a seronI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and the obs'et.
icaI skill Of Dr. Vulcan has bren rewarded by
he miraculous presentation Of a ready made
GeoIogist who can find ores enough to Keep the
Z, clop> employed forever. 81 thought the,r
wistacrrS who il they had been competent
Judges would have more p'nlnSo.' .'h'caliy az
counted iol the origin Of this prim,liue formation
by quoting line Of Horace:
Psrturlun mcn-s-,ascetnr ridcu'ns mus.
Without attempting to ascertain whether th
scientific acquisitions If Mr.. Fratne.slonehansh
could b.. ot any advanagr. 'xcept to himself MS
Jwn declarations that he was IA man OF learning.
md had travelled at least across the Atlantic
Ocean, satisfied them Of his pfe-t'ninrnt quai,h-
cations. They relied on the convincing evidence
he gave Of having been conceived. n'irtu'ed, ana
dncat+d as first rate Corknry. HIS ignorance
aud imprdrnce he, editary gifs-were easily
pei ver'rd into unexampled virtues, through thr
blindness of his duprs, who congratulated one
| another that they could manifest their 'd"latry
without committing tn. expensive lndisrret'oH
the ancient Jews. The calf that the chllirtn
Of ISRAEL worshipp-f Was made OF gold taken
from individual treasures but the Pagans OF
,hr War Department. headed by the Tppograph-
| icaI Bureau, devised ,nore economical mode Of
exhibiting their unusual alteration. They took
a calf already fashioned which It ,od on two legs
TASTE ad Of four aud held out the remainder OF
its limbs for the substantial tokens of reverentiaI
homage aud as il was by no means agreeable to
these devotees 10 tax themselves for the H1aiii-
t-na,ice Of their idol they contributed, not IN
money, but in influence, and thus gained Of Con
grrss all that was solicited. ,hongh II" gratn'ty
was ever mole unjustl, bestowed. An offlrl'l
communication was made to the n ,onaI Legis-
Iature, setting forth, that among the lands, at
that time, recently purchased Of the Indians,
much was covered BY valuable minerals, which
ought to b. examined b, some competent person,
who could tell what portion should be reserved
from the ordinary public sales. II was proposed
to create IA neW office. before unknown to the
General Government, and Mr.. Featherstont-
haush was recommended To- fill il, MS a distn-
guishrd Z ,g|ish gentleman of very rare attain
mrntS. III private conversation ne was repre-
sentrd by his toad-eoiers, I" be possessed OF all
the learning of thr e., piaa.. and OF seven fold
more wisdom than has been attributed IN history
to TIN. seven wise IN II Of Greece and because
he had shown (bjtr,w,g tn ldea) that L'ts
wife was not tnrneh ntoa pillar of real salt. but
was only covered over with volcanic tnia. they
Inferred that he was tani!iarly acquainted with
all the ..oo .i-s," from Z,ology down to Toxico-
loyy, aud therefore was amply qualified for the