Holly Springs gazette., 1845-01-17
Correspondence Ofihe Gazette.
OUGHT THE ALIZATION
LAWS BE. AMENDED, OR RE
PEALED Dr.
To the Editor ofHs Gazette.

To the Editor oftAe Gazette.
The men who framed our Constitution, and
commenced the great experiment Of SeIcGoy-
| eminent, occupied a peculiar and most response
| bic position. They stood at the beg inning Of i
new era in the order OF things They Were
-aIied upon TO frame government upon pure
rePub lean principles, and acting, they were
or youthful people who aSpired 10 be free, ana
independent, the re>ponstb tbiIiieS which rested on
hem, were certainly never before cqualIed and
must have borne heavily upon them. They
were erjo.ued by every principe of selfprcseI-
yatioD to study well, and 10 think deeply on
he subject Of government. in all It's diversified
bearings, before giving The finishing stroke TO
The great work before them, The history OF The
mighty Past. with the records of the rising,
houriShing, and passing away, OF every kind OF
government was cnroIledaS scroll before them.
They did study well-,hey did thin K deeply and
profoundly; and when we contemplate the re-
suit ,heir labors in the Constitution which
lacy framed, ana in their writings and speeches
al that critical period, we are amazed The ex-
tent of their researches, and The wonderful $
gacily they displayed ia the predictions they
veutured IN regard 10 the luture operation o
our republican form Of goFernment Those
predictions, inspired by 50 much debate, and pa
tIent IN esiSatioG, are in the steady progress OF
tuihment day alter day, everywhere around u>.
To these relics ofthe wisdom Of deparled great
ness, which are TO be found in the writings to
he men OF that day, constant reference should be
had. They are accessible 10 all, and should be
Wondered fu t-f,i
guides to safe, and propiliouo administration
oil he 8ovefnment On The subject of 'fofti N
influence have already quoted from the fare
vel counSelS Of Washington. | would nov
call attention TO what was said Gin the Notes on
VlrSlnia) in reference &c foreign emigration bv
Mr.. Jefferson, than whom a proiounder poIli-
cal essayist never lived and who, however much
his character may be questioned in other re-
sPeclS, lived and died pure patriot. Hear him
To The principles Of oar government nothing
can be more opposed than the max ms of abso-
ute monarchies. Ye from such we are to ex-
Pect the tie greatest aana5cr 0. eqgjgraats THgY
WILL BRING WITH raEM TaE PaiNclPLEs oF TH,
GOVERNMENT rHEY HAVE IalBIBED IN raEfR EaaLY
YotTH; or If able TO throw them of it will b. in
exchange for an unooundsd licenJiouSEeSS pass
ing from one extreme to another, and il would
be miracle indeed were il TO stop at the pre-
else point of temperate liberty" How truly ia
the letter has This pred cton been fuliliedl And
yet no one can for m 1ment suppose that Mr.
Jefferson could have looked forward 10 Icb snp-
bounded iicentiou>nes> and such rioous eDor
mitits as under the operation OF our present Nat
uralization system have been enacted in MANY
of our cities by certain classes of foreigners who
form the great mass of the emigration to This
country. utturIher on Mr.. j. proceeds .en
TO their numbers they will share with |
Us the legislation. They will infuSe into il |
heiy spirit warp and bias its drectio IS anl Zen |
ier 1t heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted
mass. --TAose are te wlrts of a man I
whose political wisdom, and forecast have been
verified by the impartial judgement Of poserity
We should poCder them well--and not onlv
hem bat others on the same subject which are
0 be found IN his wrilings-and then ask our
elves calmly, and unprejudicedly, Ought our
fule for the Naturalization Of foreigners be q.
nended, or repealed?
Bu', sir, must now turn to some of the ale
ations contained in the Preamble, and resolu-
ions which eomman icated TO you some weeks
60. One of these ! expaualed on at some
ength in my last letter, in connection with the
isiorcal bearing Of be question
IL may be c)n:enjed by some that | have been
MAR ~ the statement made in the Preamble
siiiiVe TO the frauds which were committed on
le oailot-box at the late elections 1t may b.
rged, that although it is true, many OF those
auds were perPetrated by our foreign citizens I