New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-04

morta! Washington, at whose side vallantiy
fought the venesated Lafayette and the no less
distinguished heroes, Warren, Montgomery,
Steuben, De Kalo, ko.ciusko and Pu!assi.-
There were, besides, thousands OF Frenchmen
and Irishmen, Of st.nng nerve and undaunted
courage These, IN conjunction with the Amer
leans, resolved, rs men should DO, 70 conquer or
die. They raised the war.cfy OF Liberty or
Death and 1t rang through the highways and
by-ways, over mountains and through valleys
With courage unsurpassed, they met the merce
nary hosts Of England upon the battle field, who
were vastly superior both iu numbers and dsci-
pline. Sdll, as Washington and his matches
army acre fighting for Liberty, their hearts were
stesled and their arms strongly nerved; and their
spirits were likewise unsubduable. They thus
m. The British forces by both land and sea, and
after many hard-fought battles they finally con-
quered that powerful enemy 10 human liberty,
and by the Grace OF God America was ackn0w-
ledged Free and Incependent..'' "
Now, as those sases and patriots, who were
foremost in gaining the Liberty OF the Country,
saw in all their bearing the horrors and evil ef-
fscts OF political and religious persecution, they
were determined 10 profit BY the useul lessons OF
wisdom which they gained by dear-bought ezpe-
riencc-they knew how to appreciate the blessings
ofcivi and religious liberty. Hence they made up
their minds TO remove the great evil, by placing all
the people upon an equsl and exact footing. o.
this we have positive proof in the Declaration OF
Independence. Hear what they therein set forth
to the world, and respect it for the lasting good
of mankind :" We hold to these self evident
truths, that all men are created equal and that
they arc endowed with certain inalienable rights.
That aIenng these are Life, Liberty and the pur-
sait of Happiness" There Is no preference
given there as 10 Country or Creed-no right in
ana man or num5er of men 10 say IN dictate
rial manner to the rest Of their fellow men, =" We
are the noble and Privileged race-we are your
lords and masters: we shall therefore rule and
dispose OF you as VIC think proper
Agan the trainers of the Constitution were
no leEs distinguished for purity of heart and lbe-
Jal minds. The Constitution declares, that
" Liberty Of speech and Liberty Of conscience
shall be tolerated. to which the American Peo-
pic willingly assented through The ballot box
That ia Truly the sublime language of patriots,
illustrious statesmen and philanlhrOpists Would
to God it was strictly observed by all the people
at the present day! II that were SO, then there
were no danger Of the overthrow of the Liberties
of tie nation-long, long would live the Ameri-
can Republic.
At the time when the independence Of the
country was gained, the population was only
some three or four millions; and with a view to
encourage immigration, that the soil might be
titled and otherwise improved, and at the same
time 10 extend The blessings of Liberty to the per-
secuted and oppressed OF all nations, 1t was de
clared by law, and aiterward embodied IN The
Constitution, that the Naim allied cilizens should,
with a solitary ption, be allowed to enjoy the
same rights and privileges as those 'to the ms
nor BORN In consideration of said liberal stp
uation, the tide of immigration then set IN
strongy and 50 continued to increase down TO
the present day; and with few exceptions, all
our immigrants became Daturazed IN constiiu-
tiona season; which act of itself is strong proof
of their love of Liberty and America! The nat
uraliSed ci,zens did, or at least very many OF
them did. bring with them large sums of monay
and implements Of husbandry; all Of which
adccd so much real wealth to the nation. J'he
msoriiy of them " ere poor. II is true; but then
thuy were generally able bodied men, with strong
muscular arms and hard fists, ready and willing
to work: they were IN fact precisely such as the
country stood in need OF. Those of them who
we're illers OF the soil, penetrated the dense for
esls, and applied the axe with "a vigorous stroke
To- The huee tre S, and soon fcllad them 10 the
ca III the timber Of which trey took ard built
plain style of houses, sc. suitable to theU
humble wants. They then cut away the brush
wood and burnt up tho roots of the trees and
titled the soil, which yielded beantinl supply
of produce and that added largely TO The intrin-
sic wealth ,I the nation. There were Others Of
the ad pied citizens who materially aided as
architects, mechanics and lsborsIs, IN planning
and building up the different cities. towns and
villages, Sc Sc all over the country. And
the were others Of them again. who CONSTRUCT
ed thcse Indispensable spacious thofoughfares,
the Railroads and Canals, which improved and
enriched the country beyond computation. And,
NAV we not add that the adopted citizsns aided,
to all immense extent, in improving tae Arts and
Sciences and Literature ofthc country: as many
of them were men of extensive scientific ac-
ou-emens and literary attainments; hes des
portion of them were we'll vorSed in Trade and
Commerce. All their combined skill, ingenuity,
talent and labor, wee closely applied 10 The i'm
provenen and prosperityo this lheiradopts dcoun-
try; for which eyrecelved, as they were entitled
TO fair re unerat on IN thebenefits and privileges
which lhey enjoyed as citizens; and sti the
country was largely the gamer as she should be
Thus the naturaized citizens may be traced
through every department IN the country, civil
and military, that the Constitution allowed them
to FILL in all of which they have been well
tried and, generally speaking, found honest and
competent When the country was invaded
during the war Of 1912, by the well-disciplned
forces of England, both By land and sea, did not
then, as well as on all other occasions, the adopt
ed citizens sigraliza themselves for und4unted
bravery and true patriotism, and as being worthy
to enjoy to the fullest extentthe blessings Of Lib
erty in common with the American citizens by
birth
Now, it was the expanded, liberal philanthropy
of the vcnarated Founders of this happy Repnb-
lie, and of their immediate descendants, that
raised the ration to unsurpassed dignity and
PR 5mnence, by means of which our country Is
STYLED, and Justly so the safo refuge ofthe per-
secuted and oppressed of all nations
From the Census 1t will be found nat the pop
ulation of tho United States and Territories, is
now between eighteen and nineteen millions;
and wo are told that about four millions of them
are adopted citizens. Now, apart from the Iela
tons that the native and adopted dcitizens bear
to each other by the stipulatlons of the Consttu-
ton, they are still more strongly bound together