New-York daily tribune., 1845-04-22
A Native Manifesto.

4uC 1euCIdl IlAcCutNc SOHlIlllttCUl VI afIeI-
ican Republican party Of our City has issued a
manifesto based on its late defeat, of which the
organ saysi
at breathes the right spirit and firmly and resoutey
maintains our ground no party"
We cheerfully bear witness thar this document
evinces better spirit than any which had been put
forth by this party prior TO its late total discontinue
Il does not rail at any form of Christian Faith; it
does not abuse the natives OF other Countries than
this Here is great improvement. But with regard
10 principles We are happy 10 find it good distance
on the back track. The principles of the Native
party are stated thus.
"lst. That. nasmuch owing to the abuses In admnls
terng the naturalization laws those laws for good
purpose dead letters SO that while they restrain the
vrtuous they in fact TO OF evil and desperate
character, coaks for fraud and peurya radical reorns
tion In the laws Themselves and In the administration of
those laws, Is Indispensable
sd That educstIon rec popular. open alike to ALL and
founded upon that morality which has its and It's
sanction in the Bibc, Is the suest guarantee OF order
liberty and law"
Here is not one whisper of excluding from office
all but those born in this Country, nor one word Of
the twenty-one years residence before Naturaza-
ton, which were formerly the Shibooleh of Nativ-
ism. No specific measure is indicated, and what
is said about Naturalization Laws bears Just as
plainly and fully upon tweny-one years proba-
lion as upon the term now required. The evil act
ualyponed at is fraudulent Naturalization, which
every Wing is ready and anxious 10 repress, and
not even a Loco-Foco will openly uphold What
is said of Education is very well, but presents no
ground of controversy, We insist therefore, that,
having defined away their principles, the Native
leaders have no ,enable ground on which to insist
on keeping up their organization.
The manifesto sees fii, however, TO indulge in
the gratuitous un:ruth that Nativism WAS defeated
in our recent Election by :" q coalition Of Tamma-
ny Hall and National Hail." and that they
shave witnessed the spectacle of Democratic candidate
for Manor elected by Whlg votes and Of Whig candidates
for the Common Council elected by Democratic votes
Now we appeal TO every intelligent citizen to
say whether there is any real foundation for this
charge-whether the boot should not be exactly on
the other leg. Both Selden and Havemeyer stood
forth on the broadcast ground of hostility 10 Natv
ism The friends of neither asked for Native
vote, while the supporters of Harper were constant
ly holding pretended JFhig meetings, and publish
ing articles in Wing and neutral papers, enlreatins
Wings, Temperance men, mora! men, &c, TO vote
for Harper. BY such means. they got ten Whis
votes for Harper for each Whig vote cas-, for Have
never, and 20 on the Ward tickets. Harper wat
run out and his party discounted, not oy coaiitloI
against them as i. un,ruly alleged-for the adverse
vote is more evenly divided than it was last year
but because orey Sevtn Thousand rioters ,cho ,rer
Native last year ,co,,ld NOT do It this gear. Tha
il the whole story. The falling of is thus:
Mayor. aldermen. Assisfants
Native vote las year r..--.-....9i5lo 2a620 2aSss
Do. do. this year. HISS 'l&665 l4esl
Native loss from las, year7o2S S9Ss S,9l;
Average falling of Of the Native vste. 1909.
Thus il will be seen that Na,ivism IS beaten, 10,
by any change OF position in the other parties 70,
they stand just where they did last year-not by
Bishop Hughes changing ST. Pa,rick's Day, aad
calling the IRISH into our City. as The Organ hs.
mos; ridicuousy reiterated, for the vote Is much
less this year than last. though the voters of gu
City have greatly increased-but by the simple re
fussl Of over 5000 voters who went Native las
year TO go it again. Ought not this to settle ,h'
mattert