The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-07
TO THE PUBLIC.

ticles published in the " Globe" over III.
signature Of Grattan," was an Irishman
employed i'll that establishment and that he
had been caned on the avenue, ana had also
been Kicked out of a boarding house in this
city, and further that he ought 10 have been
kicked out of The ten miles sqnare-and II
might have added, was turno ont Of another
clearinghouse for ungenllemanly conduct,
These charges, though seemingly harsh il,
their nature, are not an iota more than was
warranted by truth. They would not have
been made, if the proof to sustain them had
not been at hand; nor should they have been
brought before the community at all, if i.
had not heen certain that the individual refer
red to was the author of a number of the most
scuTrlous anl inaammatory appeals to for
elgners, against Americans and their prnci-
pies, that ever disgraced euen the Globe. But.
well aware of the position assumed, wa
determined, if possible, to bring the veno-
nous "Grattan'' before an insulted and viii.
fed community. ThisI have eGectually done.
A person calling himself Eugene MELON.
nell, has avowed himself to be the author O. :
the articles to which allusion has been made;
and for the edifcation of Americans, I will
take the liberty to make few extracts from
his productions, in order to show how far
was justified in saying that he deserved to be
kicked out Of the ten miles square.
Referring to the present Wing party
" Grattan'' says:
Federalism, my fellow countrymen, is
the idol of despots and the demon of discord.
1t has been conceived in treason, born in cor
rupton, and baptized in the blood of the gen.
erous and the brave-it is the bitter and unre.
lenting enemy of popular rights and popular
llberty-it audaciously proclaims eternal hos
tlllty against the most revered and cherished
principles of the social system-it triumphs in
the distress and lattens on the calamity of the
country-it is an eXhalation from the regions
of darkness, which, like the sirocco Of the
desert, dries up the life blood, withers the
heart, and paralizes the energies Of the phil
anthropist, the patriot, and the hero. II X
In word, Federalism is that blood dripping
monster. Irish Orangeism, in all its naked
denominations, and diabolical dcformities."
Again he says:
Having finished my dissection of the
hydra of Federalism, and of the skulking
badgers of Native Americans &c. X
Wonder what crazy Federal tory will ever
make Harrison an exampar for his son
To {
loo defeat do they Naboish! the En-
gish blood-hounls will be made to quail be-
fore the Irish wol-dog! Irishmen! we will
lick them to their hearts content, and give
them what they least expect, 'Fontenoy de-
feat ~ This is the kind of defeat
we have in store at the approaching Presi-
dental election, for the British American to-
rle, and Native American Orangemen-the
lneal descendants of those very men who
our ancestors SO goriously logged at Fonte.
noy." ...
But, must stop. My blood bols while
quoting the words of this foreign renegade.
He has come amongst us-whence, who or
what he is, we know lot-rurther than that
he is an Irishman, with the 6rogue broad and
indelliblc-and perhaps,as to the other points,
we are likely to remain in ignorance forever.
1t is sufficient for us t. know that he has at
tackled our country and her institutions. He
has styled our most valuable citizens and
countrymen tories and Irish Orangemen He
terms the natives of the soil American Or
angemen And, when | find man, no
matter what he is, or whence he halls, ira
ducing our country, villifying our country
men, and striking at the foundation of on
institutions, will bring him before the pub
lie gaze, no matter what the consequences
may be to me personally.
l shall now pass to a subject much more
ccngenial to my feelings than multiplying
words with one unworthy a remark--and that
is, of shielding fellow-citzen from the vile
SANDER Of this assumer of democracy.
On the day the last "Na,ive" was issued
of which | have the honor Of being Editor
this person, Eugene Mcdonnell, in com.
pany with VIM. G. Curran, clerk in one of
the Departments, came to my Office; after
Currran had introduced Mcdonnell, the follow
ing conversation, as well as can now recol-
lect, took place Mr.. Mcdonnell wishes to
know, said Curran, who is the author of the
article, i'll this mornings Native, attacking !
him.
| answered that mas.
Mcdonnell then said, that he would hold
me responsible for it, and, as it was libellous,
he would sue me for libel he also stated,
that he did not get a Gaming, bu, that he had
caned Mr.. Gooch, and backed him into a