Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-03-19
lFor the Herald Of the Times.


ton of the following Letter to gentle
man of the North on +" Naiivism," orig
inally printed in the South Carolina
Temperance Advocate, from the pen OF
Professor LIEBER, will crafty many OF
your readers beside myself Even those
who feel no cosmopolitan or philan-
thropic sympathy for his views, must
admire the good Saxon strength Of the
thought and ST., lie, and he pleased to re-
view the summary of interesting parts
the author furnishes. The least that
can be said of the letter is that it is an
able and OobIc contribution to the merits
of question that has long been exciting
earnest attention in our country. May
that question be treated in a manner
worthy Of Americans and men
On Foreigners I'm the United States.
We have lately seen n letter. written some
years ago by Professor LIEnEG, of our College.
TO gentleman AT the North. which may be in.
To, esl,ng to some of our readers. with reference
Io the question Of Naiveisln Eow before Con
gress. We understand Il al the writer of the
letter has no Objection to our publishing it. Tie
following is the letter
| You tell me iha, Mr. y said our friend
T may meet with some, perhaps lnsnpe-
rable difficulties IN the way of his appointment.
IpLA mn IN "A IA
he has now been upward of twenty years cltl-
zen Of the Unlied States Otherwise Mr.. y
readily allowed that he Is the hltest person ior
the place.
fon remember The passage on foreigners in
The I'd volume OF my Ethics. No one has,ver
spoken 80 nnreservedly on the subject as have,
and still say as then stated. ifa foreigner ar
lrives here, let hun make n6 his mlnd whether
he will accept OF the citizenship offered by The
laws of the land, or prefer to 1--we as AN ulien.-I
But II he lake- the oath oi allegiance, there must
be ab-oluteI, an end 10 his acIlng ~ aiy shape
or manner as foreigner; and. 10 congregnie IN
times oi election under the banners of the !
4" True Sons OF Erin" or the Noble Sons oi
Germany" as have seen myself, or IN any
way 10 bflng feeling arising ont of II common
and foreign extraction 10 bear upon elections Or
other political subjects, falls ilile short Of tlea.
son against he sovereign Of the land, and is POS.
which the laws Of Tins conitry offer TO Us as l,b.
eiHlly as nature oilers bouniiiuy, nnoccupied \
land 10 lhis people. And il the foreigner is too /
humble IN rtrllrct 10 see the treason he commits, 4
those native cllizens perpelrale ioi HIM HE |
crime. against the Si'dls uI lher own counlr, II
who la,ci, feast iuddle, bribe and seducc The !
needy foreigner or >iolid pauper
ia, however, any one were u imply fro IN
ihis passage that mean 10 connlenance those
49,. 81 ll..,l a.
whole docirlnc may be expressed III lhis greai
dogma; Vast America lay before rs; We II
few, h1siened ihther, AM. having arm, ed, van
10 lock the door behind us, against HE whole eA
tending white race, and ~ the teeth OF ihr ver,
liw Of expanding civilization. which has ever i
bnen that of fo'lIug popnlatlon-ll any one wen
Ia suppose that lccl the least sympathy with Il
ihe,e cyclists hc must Ifave strangely mistaken
my meaning. ! know hui one natlve party in II
tins whole country. winch, without sOecisn
might adopt Me IEne of uailvcs-ih; Indians II
When address nm assembly in This country Il
whom do See around me In, foreigners. or sons
ur grand-nn~ oi iur I.ucrs llhlnk the lines oi /
the uoble paniel DE Foe, ~ his aliire. The
rru, bonn Engli-h,uan. III whit h he Ia she'd ili,
English "naiiviSm' runni"g high against great
w ,llsm the Third, apply sthI more TO us;
" But grant The hesi.IIow came the change to pass
a uue-horn Englshnnn al hoffman race
4 Turkish horse can show muIe history
To prove hls wel-d0scendcd mmiiy." H
In what consists the " natives" claim 10 this \
soIl. this land, lhIs continent la what the SUI
perlorly he ASSUMES over The red man. declaring II
hIm The occupant only, buthim-cil the real own |
er, because the Indian will not or cannot I'LL the
9 round, II II rest not n his very iorcign>hip o. Il
Let me make words. 81 that Il
they tell You ina this truth even legally ac.
know led.ed 10y two %. the greatest lursIS this or
any county even prodnced-by Chief Justice
Marshall. IN The famous case of Johnson rs Me-
intosh and Jusi"e STORY IN several articles he
kindly wrote Tor my Americana
" lfany one weIe 10 surmlSe from the passage
IN my Ethics that think foreigner is nor en-.
'illed To position or place though he be the
liilesl individual for II, he mast presume thai II
do not think that every man ouglt 10 stand on
hs own legs, without crnirhcS prop or pun. !
have right TO speak plainly on these matters,
Tor wothlrd- of the one hundred professors Of
he University ia Berlin. my native place, are
ofeIgbers. IL T---Is acknowledged To be-
hc best for the place, those who have The power
ire morally bound to appoint Inn. They ought
o get the scientific work they stand IN need 0f /
lone by T., on lbe same prInclple that the irii-
III lord goes to SlOiZ the German tailor IN Lon
Ion, TO get pair Of breeches, because siolz
makes them better than any native tailor. Peo.
Die waste a great many words Of most noble I'M
,or IN then proper places, when talking Of for
'isnerS. Cheap palrloilSm that Envy to for.
lgne,S belong, 10 The time, when peregrinus
vas equivalent 10 hOsttS :" moi To our Christian
'eriOd, an age oi broad cast knowledge. lI|
hlnk they never had a better professor in Cam
'ndgc thnn Erasmus, the foreigner. We lind
u The history Of all modern nations foreigners a.
nohg The most prominent beheiaclors or leaders
N The path OF slosy, aud among the siaunchesi
nd most 10y cllizens. Having eit their native n
oil, they cling The iaser 10 their choice, a. the
husband cleaNes faster To bis chosen companion
han 10 his KIN. Has any native >pau,trd done
or spain what Columbus the GcnOese did -
v no led The English TO our North America but
'abot The Venetian What British monarch
vas ~ English akIug IL William the Dutch -.
y hhi native he"erldnder was as wedded IN hi> L
ounlry aS William Of Orange, ihe German, who Il
rSt founded the great rcputhc, aud then be- /
'enied 1t hrlucr wib hls martyr blood What II
'wede b = been mure Swedish than BrrnadoIln Il ,
be frcnchman What Frenchnlu more
rcncll ihan Napoleon the Italian! What Ger.
i1n 80 German as the great Eugene, rh. Savoy
rincc and native of Frnnce' What native
'n~-ifn emperor ~ national aud great rs Cath
rlhe The second, German woman " ha
alIv" lrn~slan served iuuit iaijliullN The great
lng oi Prussia lhdn Keith The S,otl l. Cuvlrr '
"l great French unme. though he was bl /. !
nth aud education u German so was Ben q