The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

would put 1orth Such gross Sianuers
against their opponents, and appeal to ell
the baser feelings of foreigners in this
country, as they have done, deserve no
better titles. t@ ~
OUGHT FOREIGNERS TO BE APPOINTED
TO OFFICER
Should foreigners be appointed to offices
under our Government lis question which
is often asked; and, in turn, we would inquire
upon what ground they should be! What
are the rights and pre- ensions of foreigners
to such appointments !! Are they founded
upon birth No. Then, upon this princi-
pie, they have no claim. On services which
they have rendered to our country? Of these,
they have none 10 offer. On attachment TO
our institutions But, is this stronger than
exists in the heart of Native American
This, we presume, will not be asserted. The
appointment, then, Of foreigners 10 the offices
Of our Government cannot, upon any princi-
pie ofjustice or correct reasoning, be justified.
against such appointments. The appoint
ment Of every foreigner to Office excludes the
Native American from the same, and is d.
rect and palpable insult offered to him. The
offices of our Government are created by our
selves, and are as much our property as the
sell upon which we live; and, therefore,
whenever foreigner is appointed to an
Office, wrong is done to the native. Against
these conclusions, what sound argument can
be offered! But, notwithstanding that this
is the case, yet has it been for years the
practice of those who administer our Govern
ment to lavish its favors on the imported pa
friot, sometimes even before he has sworn
allegiance to our Governments; and thus the
American-the native-born American-the
American, who must, from the very instinct
of nature, love the land Of his birth--the
American, whose ancestors contributed to
establish the glorious Constitution under
which we live-the American, this may be,
who has breasted the fury Of war, and shed
his blood in defence Of his country--is COM
PEELED to fall back and yield preference to the
man of another land Ought this to be-
and will Native Americans sanction it?
I" -Four of our Courts" says the New
York correspondent Of the National In
telligencer, shave been busy some weeks
past in making american citizens and
the number naturalizedis unusually large;
have not the means of knowing how
any!" The same writer says that the
number of votes registered is larger than
it ever was before in that City. These
two facts, taken in conjunction, make
food for bitter reflection to every Native
American who loves his country, knows
her institutions, and holds justly sacred
the right of suffrage. 1t is not our in
tention, nor do we presume it is the in
tention of any Native, to deny this right
to any person who is constitutionally en-
titled to it. Justice forbid that we should
even cherish such thought. The great
guide of us all awards it, and we bow to
its provisions. But, at the same time, we
most solemnly protest against its enact
men,s, and feel no hesitancy in pronoun-
cling its clauses relative to naturalization
at this time, injudicious and baneiul to
our liberties. Nor are we alone in this
opinion. Thousands of our American
citizens give their hearty assent to our
views, and, indeed, some of our most
cherished patriots and statesmen, bear us
out in the opinion. We need 60 no fur
Their than this extract to see its deleterious
effects. AT any election held in the city
of New York, there can be numbered
thousands Of foreigners, who come for
ward to claim our dearest boon. Can it
be possible that all these foreigners, at
precisely the time Of On election, become
entitled to the benefits of our naturaliza.
ton laws? Must there not be rottenness
somewhere? and have we not proofs
enough to show that it is amongst for
eigners and political demagogues Why,
we were informed few days since, tba,
German mercenaries were bought in
Baltimore to swear that foreigners were
entitled to votes, when they knew it was
false and it has since been proven so
This same New York correspondent also
, says, "The politicians will now go to
work and endeavor to scratch off illegal