The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-07

CLUBS, which seem 10toW the cOlOuy government
OF Canada, from Toronto to Kingston, and from
Kingston 10 Montreal; and her annual votes OF Sc
crst service money-t Is much more rational 10
suppose that the hand OF that really foreign govern
ment, which sought TO strange our nation In It's
infancy, TO use the words OF Mr.. Van Buren,, and
has ever since endeavored 10 retard It's approach IL
manhood, IS in the Philadelphia riols, and IN the
movement by which the friends OF such rioters
have obtained power in New York, than 10 alaI IN
old women about the Bishop OF Rome, whose ten-
pora power is scarcely sufficient tor. his own small
dominions
We might quote numerous authorities, showing
the friendly feelings OF Presidents Madison, Mon.
roe, and Jackson, towards adopted citizens and
immigrants OF fair character, and towards the
American policy generally pursued since l776 but
enough has been SAID 10 prove that those ot us who
have invited their friends and brethren 10 bring 10
America their wives and little ones, their wealth
and their enterprise, were warranted III 80 dong.
dldates for the Presidency, oil their views on
question tar TOO important to the common welfare
To be made electloneering topic Oh till next No
vember, Is most anxiously looked Tor.
In their enmity TO liberty Of conscience and equal
rights 70 worship God according to religious b. ei
the 'xNative Americans Of Philadelphia have
burnt christian churches piled Libraries OF books on
divinity IN the streets and made bonflres OF them,
and particularly singled objects of hatred and
contempt the professors OF the ancient faith Of
Christian Europe, the Roman Catholcs-very unfit
objects tor their hatred and vengeance. ), The
immortal Washington looked upon the Catholics OF
his day with very different feelings.
The father of his country was too just to desire
to forget that while Protestant England was ex-
erting all her powers to enslave our free States,
Catholic France AMI Catholic Spain gave our tore
fathers efficient aid Whence came the arms
with which Americans CALAMITY engaged al Sara
tOga What Just man desire to forget the
eighteen millions OF dollars given US, and the fleets
and armies sent to our aid by the Catholics OF
France, in the time of our utmost need /! Did not
Commodore Barry, an Irish Catholic, command
has ever heard Of Catholic TOTES in revolution?
Yet, were the wild and d,screditable principles OF
"the Natives" now In power IN this city, realized,
would not the civilized world cry shame" upon
that ungrateiul people who would reward the lOman-
tic enthusiasm OF The great and good Lafayette by
a refusal to his son, should he require l., of an
asylum within the Union, except he were to come
among us as political slave, to behold the faith
OF his fathers exposed to insult, and himself inca
pabe of holding the meanest civil Offce or oil vot
ing for the constable Of the ward in which he might
reside? Abstract the aid given us in the war Of
Independence, by France, Spain, and the Irish,
and then judge OF the probable results.
Exclude foreign born friends, the Native party,
SO called, are pledged to do, and men like Aexal-
der Hamilton, Albert Galatln, Charles Thompson.
Robert motifs, Thomas Adds Emmei, Crates,
Barry,.De kalb, Montgomery, Steuben, hoscllisko,
Mercer, and Lawrence, will be lost 10 us III future.
They were all Of them born foreigners. So were
the Pennsylvania Line, generally. Had foreigners
been excluded in IT'S and '76, where would have
been the nations independence Did not the
fanatics, Anti-American in principle, be their birth
place where it might, who paraded the Bible as a
party emblem tor electioneering and sectarlan pur-
poses last April in the Park, at the hastings, and
in the streets and lanes Of New York-dld not they
act in open defiance Of the fundamental doctrines
OF that Christianity which, though perpetualy in
their mouths, was evidently far frem their hearts
In a speech by MIR. Van Buren, at Tammany
Hall, as reported in the Evening Post, OF Dec "a,
1892, he said
..fany, very many, of our adopted citizens OF almost
every country, have shown that they vslued as they
ought that most valuable OF all franchise, the right Of
suffrage"
And, speaking of the Irish voters, he added:
Their numbers. their inexbie adherence to the cause
OF public liberty wherever their lot happens 10 DC cast
give them uadoubted claims the consideration OF all
who sincere friends to tina, cause themselves When
the unusual attempts which have been made during the
late canvass to influence their preudces and subset
their principles considered, all candid minds
admit that whatever may be their portion Of the inmi
ties incident to all manind vensiity-base, contamina
the contrary in manner the most signal and complete
rolled back upon their the caumnes which
has been the fashion for years to heap upon them ard
shown themselves worthy OF the right Of sui
rege. BY the zeal infexlbiy and incorruptiby which
they have evinced in its exercise"
In a letter addressed to Henry O'Reilly, John
T. Cough, and others, Of the Albany Repeal Asso-
citation, dated 9th December last, Mr.. Van Buren,
says:
Respect for the Irish character sympathy for the op
pressons they had endured and admiration OF the heroic
uncalcuatng and uncompro devotion to Popular
Right which they have dspsy ed, both at home and Ia
der all circumstances feelings which have cherish
ed without interruption through long Pablo lie already
greatly protracted"
Governor Seward. whose mother was the daugh-
ter of Irish PARENTS presided at repeal meeting in
Albany, on the Sd Of January, 1874, and elivered
an address favorable to Irish independence
"The people Of Irelan (sad he) exhibit the first in
nuences OF humanity and in harmony with the injunc
and sanctions Of the gospel opeace Shall we who
achieved our freedom by sacrifices Of hsod our own and
freely drawn from foreign lands who have Literally lent
sympathy money and men to other revolutionary
states refuse sanction to the peaceful heroic sublime
in the days Of our revolution Ireland was with
an; and now there ia not citizen among us, with an
American heart who is not cordially the friend Of Ire
land
So said Bancroft, the historian of the United
States in a late address delivered at Boston.
On the Sd of February, 1882, Henry Clay deli
vered speech in the United States Senate, the
notes taken on which he revised, and II was pub
lished on the Sd of March, in supplement- to the
National Inteligencu. The following is an ex-
aOf all foreigners, none amalsamate themselves 80
quickly with people the natives OF the Emerald
isle In Of the visions which have passed through
my imagination have supposed that Ireland orig
naly part and parcel Of this continent and that by
extraordinary convulsion Of nature was torn frtm
America, and drifting across the ocean, was placed IN
open heartedness the careless and uncalcuatng
Indifference about human le characterzes the inhabE
called the Ireland Of America. And have no doubt that
II the Of emigration reversed and set from
America upon the shores Of Europe, every American i'm
migrant Ireland would there find, every Irish mm
grant here fnds hearty welcome and happy home"
Mr. Clay, in debate in the Senate on the pre-
emption law, Jan. 6, 1S4l ,Raid-
"when foreigner has once been naturalized regard
him brother member Of our political community,
and as entitled with some few constitutional exceptions.
all the rights Of native born citizens and to the protec
ton and defence Of the government at home and Abroad
eft is evident that very large number of Mr..
Claws warmest friends here, and in Philadelphia,
are either disturbing the peace of the community
tor eectioneering purposes, in the most reprehen-
sIble manner, or that they believe him 20 be the
candidate of the Native American party, and
(like his friend, Mr.. Archery the exponent of
their peculiar principles We trust that that
gentle man, in view Of recent events, will frankly
and maniully define his position. nsincerity forms