New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-04

After Dr. Cox had in!shet elninS INC F-sh ''e leIV-
dams sang two appropriate pieces usic and then az
eloquent address was delivered by j. b. GoucH Ma'ic
then closed the exercises of the evening
The Teice of the Wings of the Interior
TO the wings Of the City!
SENECA FAILS, March y, 1875.
To the Editor Of Tie Tribune:
You are doing good battle in the Wing cause
against this Nativism, for which the Country thanks
you What IS Nativism! What are lis purposes,
its ends aud objects? Do lis advocates wish to
divide the people Of this country into classes Do
they believe that the place OF birth should by law
determine the capacity OF man 10 do, or not 20 do
what may be done Do these sec;arlan politicians
wish religious test to determine the RICH; 10 vote J
Must a man believe in the Klns James or the Douay
version, the Trinity, the Unity, or any other creed
In Popes or Presbytersl Or must he trace his
faith 10 Calvin, Knox. or Luther, 10 know enough
to understand H. am in favor ofihis or that meas
u.e, and shall support this or that man because
like his principles. Or must he speak the Saxon
tongue, and that without bTogue, and believe
that our own happy land is the only country gen.
tlcmen are born in! What would this plous party
have, they who so dearly love their country that
they think every child OF native bir'l: better
image of It's Deity than could be bonn across the
waterl | am told that they make parade OF
Bible in their nightly gatherings, mid drums and
flies and foul consplracies against portion OF then
neghbors and the liberty OF conscience. Does
some sanity leader, BY his holy character con-
secrate these native acts OF modest rever-
ence which, but for the actors spotless names,
would be Proclamation DO they want 10 abrdse
the right OF any TO enjoy all the political qrvl
leges every other man enjoys, and give Patrlclan
rank TO the few, and Piebelan dependence to the
many They say they want our laws, by which
A foreigner" becomes adopted as citizen, so
changed that II shall be twenty-one Instead oil
five years probation before admission; Why
should this be SO Ii our laws and civil rights are
so mvsified and hard OF understanding that the
public measures which affect safety cannot BE-
understood IN i've years, they never Will be IN
twenty IN fifty. II this is so, the FAULT Is IN the
law not IN the place where lirst the b.eath Is
drawn Let no man credit this pretcnce; II Is all
A fable II is hut cover TO other and tar different
purposes ends that strike with deadly ann al the
equality OF our laws and institutions Let the
truth be told. On tue part OF some, II Is feeling
that they "are 10 the manor born that makes
this party. On the part OF others, II Is religious
prejudice, and OF these, with the due infusion
of those who serve their masters, not themselves,
is this mighty party made Heaven be praised,
they now stand alone. There let them stand
They are OF that class who always heretofore have
been Ike set of poor relations picking up the
crumbs OF every party. Now let them pick their
own.
We don't know how you feel in the city, but
we say, Never take them back, They are out,
and on, lei them stay They We been the dripping
PAM OF parties long enough. They can do The
Wings no harm by joining any other party. Their
help Is hur,iul. Like vampire, they make
friendly huuerlng before they suck the blood but
1t viii be depletion in the end. We say again. Let
them alone Then that creature, Wsbb, Is with
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lation for all true men. There let HIN stay He
will serve us better with our foes than IN ranks.
Is not this Webb the same who SID not long ago,
that the Wings were allied 10, entertained In
some way sentiments IN common with this Ma
| tivism" These newborn patrl0is who think the
world outside the Narrows are all barbarans,-
Sir what little great man such Editor, with
paragraph In hand, telling mankind what tlelr faith
IS This charge libel on the party, thrlr acts,
heir history and their principles Wings have no
proscrip;lye blood or measures, and party have
40 religious c-eedS TO destroy advocate. He
that has, as partisan, Is Just h,to b. " Native.
i. II makes common feeling, that some Of these
prescribing matters OF every race except their own,
nave, Judashke, heretofore clipped with elther party
IN the dish, then both Wings and LocoS must, TO
some extent, plead guilty But lei the gallant Co..
onsl our hands are wasted-@e Will sin no Mere.
But, Mr. Editor, 10 come more 10 realities the
Wings OF the country are most indignant al The
course OF some OF the y. \ press on the subject OF
''Naiylsm'' and your Charter Election Whata dis
graceful scene, Is II wonder maj disaster and
defeat are the tate OF party tina, has such press
and such want OF fidelity 10 rs purposes. When
sex those around me who never ta.ter, who, steady
N their courSe, have never lacked the nerve
viii 10 act with their party and ior their country,
near them point 10 the causes OF Our lstc defeat,
and hear them curse these traitors IN the camp.
who would sell their birthTight fer mess OF pot
tase, II not time Tor Wings TO speak on and de-
noElc- II proper terms these renegade Whit
ieIS VINO wiser N their own eyes than IN
the eyes or Others ! l DO no, speak but Tor
those know, and il would be as well il some
others did not But for them say a Wig, and
say OF them as Wings, there = MOI man among
them all but Is opposed 10 this Native move
msnt. this schlsrnauc heresy. IN every shape and
every form. /, IS false theory anc principle and
would De unjust IN practice. It's I narrow mind
and narrower soul that could abarse ths liberty
OF an exile. Who are these " Foreigners = Do
they noI leave Their homes, their native land, a
eur Native eGllsrants seek our western wIldS,
10 better their canduon 10 benefit their cAi.Gfen,
and ENJOY the liberty Of body and OF mInd-io
emancipste themselves from grinding wretehec-
ness and poverty And are these the men who
are ready 10 ,ramTie OF the liberty they came 70
seek! Has the blood of Pilgrim fathers grown 50
craven IN their sons, that they fear the rishls OF
all, unless they envy the rights OF PaEt-,hal they
band themselves together 10 = DO evil that good
NAV comer' Has II come 10 this. tina; Christian
faiths have become the football OF parry politics,
and thai The way serve oar God, Is 10 make u
saints or sianers, citizens or slaves!
We have no fellowship and never can have with
such men or principles. We deiest the one and de-
Pise the ether. We say 10 the citizen and :" Fog
e,yuel OF this or any ether land. Our political
faith Is founded on the principles OF equal justice
and equal privileges 10 al, the liberty conscience
and the nights OF man.
Wings eli New-York, go on, then Let the
lines De- drawn. You are fighting good fight, and,
whole Union will beat high in slory of The cor
filct and your mistaken integrity. Let 10 Wing
OF me city Be from the polls, fail 10 vote the
Wing ticker, the whole ticket and nothing but
the ticket. Show 10 the res. of The State what il
has shown 10 you, that disaster cannot dshearten,
af-