, 1844-12-07

in FaneuI Hall, Boston, he said:
"FelIow-cirizens, it would be. at
this moment. a useless ia.k for me 10
attempt to investigate the causes of
this change. 1t may not be proper to
investigate them al all. But why.
we may ask, why should two free
white States, New York and Penn.
sylvania, 90 against us, if they so
have done? There can be but n
cause. and that so Conspicuous and
prominent that no one can shut his
eyes to i, no one but must deplore
lis effect. Approach the subject at
once, Tor ii is useless to try to keep
it back. And lay that, in mymind,
there is a great necessity for a thor
ough reformation of the naturalization
laws. CHEERS, loud and long contin-
ued. The results of the recent cleo.
tons, In several OF the States, have
Impressed my mini with one deep
and strong conviction; that-is, that
there rs an imperative necessity for
refTning the naturalization lars Of
The Unitcd Stars. TIE preservation
of the government, and Consequently
the interest OF all parti' s. in my opin-
ION, ciear.,y ana strongly demand this"
y \
81 am well aware. gentlemen, that
these seniln,ents may he u.isrepresen-
ted, aad probably will lie, in order to-
excite prejudice in the minds Of for
eIgn Residents. Should such mIsrpp-
resentai.on be made or ATTEMPTED. I
must trust my friends to correct it.
and expose it,. For the sentiments
themselves. am ready To take, my-
Sehf, the responsibility. And, | will
ionIy add, that what | have now >ne-
se>ted, is just as important 10 the
rights OF i"reiLners, regularly and
tlIrIy Hatural!zed among US. as it is Ia
the rights Of narive-born American
c%IiIzenS. (The whole assembly here
united in giving lwenty-six tremen.
ldouS risetfS.
The New York Evening Post, of
he llth inst. says:
The party which for the last ten
years has called itself tie Wing par
ty. Is now no more. il has been fol-
mally abandoned by its leaders. Al
ter 4 desperate attempt to keep it.
sell alive in the Person Of Mr.. CLAW.
II Is forever dIsbanGed, and viii only
appear again. when it does appear, in
another form, and under another
name"
The Natirist party advocates the
repeal of the naturalization laws, or
the amendment Of them. SO as to pre-
vent any foreigner from being natur-
allied in less time than twenty-one
years which would be equivalent
to lepeaiing Il EN-. II is s,range that
the advocates Of this proposition do
not perceive that II would be better
to prohibit emigration altogether
To require a probation of twenty
one years, would be to denv 10 nine.
tenths o. the immigrants the rights Of
citizens, Is not more than one IN ten
would live longer ihan tw enty-one-
wears after landing in this country.
If, then, the change advocated by the
Nativis:s was made, thrre could be.
no Inducement for men loving tree
institutions and desiring TO partici-
pate in the rights of freemen, 10 i'm
migrate 10 the U. States. We should
exclude the good, and admit only
those who would he content 10 re-
main in our midst "a a distinct alien.
class; q class hat never could love,
our institutions. or feel devoted to-
our interest or safety. We would
repulse republicans at heart, and re-
ceive those who would not look be-
vond %sustenance or thrift. could not,
become Americans in feeling, and
might never be with us in sentiment,
in time Of 1t is only by per.
hitting naturalization within a rea-
sunabIe time, that We can calculate
on the im~migratina Of men worthy oF
enjoying the blessings Of free i%pstitu-
tons.
This view of he question proves
that the proposition 81 the, Naiiyists
is both harsh and Hnpnlinc-and even
more Oblec,lonaAs, taan it would be
40 urgs a prohibition Of immigration
in future.
The argamsnt,. ahas, inasmnch as
monarchical governments do not al
low foreigners 10 be na~turalized, we
should partially &siow their example,
cannot be sustained. 1t nigh, be
commended, with equal rlausibility
!, that, as England has an aYistocracy,
aneslablished church and an immense
standing army, we should also have q