The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-29
ADOPTED CITIZENS REAp!.
Con. ..-l:I, aoo.tla NatIyo AmerI0anIspa.

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% The 2oth day Of November, lS4O,
Gen. Scott wrole letter to Hector Orr,
Printer in Baltimore, which was read in
the Native American National sConven,
lion, at Pittsburgh, February Alb, lS47.
In that letef he says: s,f'a ,s5 b3. ''5 ,a,.. Z
81 am in The hands Of fmy friends, and
must, d, least for while, look on calmly.
Writing, however, a few days ago 10 my
friend Mayor Harper, Of New York, /
half iocosely said, that ] SHOULD
CLAIM OVER HIM AND ALI
OTHERS THE FOUNDERSIlIP OF
THE NEW PARTY.'asla'si1a 'oeio7s
t'Iti$ not the nomination to The Presi
dency which has produced the effect
upon my feelings To- which refer. l
have often bsen named for that office in
the last nine years by different partial
.individuals, without being much cxhi-
lerated by the compliment
VIVA General scott did when Fired
with IndignatiOIn iSll
He addressed the following letter to
the Native American organization of
Philadelphia, which, il tNilfbe recollected,
in its warfare upon adopfed citizens in
1914 laid churches in ruins and spread
terror through The land .i4 l99
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, lS4l.
Dear Sir:--I have the honor
to acknowledge your letter of
The 18th inst, written as you are
pleased TO add in behalf Of sew
eral hundred Native American
Republicans of Philadelphia.
Not confidentially, but not for
publication, | have already re-
piled to a letter from David M.
Stone, Esq, of your city, on the
same subject. | will write to
you in like manner and in haste.
This is the month when the
pressure of official business is
heaviest with me - leaving
scarcely time for sleep or exer-
else. l must not, however,
neglect your communication. y
Should any considerable num-
Der of my fellow countrymen as
sign me, or desire to give me a
prominent position before the
public, |, shall take time to me-
thodise my views on the great
questions you have proposed.
These views had their origin in
the stormy elections of lS35, a5ld
were confirmed in the week thai
the Harrison electors were chosen
in New York. On both occa-
sions / was in that city, and
heard in the streets, "Down with
the natives" Il was heard in
almost every group of foreigners,
as the signal for rGIIying and
outrage
q Fired aoith Indignation, two
friends sat down with me in my
)parlor at the Astor House, TNo-
Ivember, 1850, to draw up an
address, designed to rally an
American party. The day af-
ter the election I sat out for the
South, and have never known
precisely why our appeal was not
published. Probably the cleo
ton Of Gen. Harrison rendered
Tits publication unnecessary in
the opinion ofmy friends. s5h s8i. | |
Il Ss,0sO hesitate bet,1eess ec-
tending the period Of residence
before naturalization, and a
total repeal ofaU acts Of Con-
gresS on tie su6jeet-nsy mind
inclines to the latter. 81 is
|aa Concurring fully in the prin4
ciples of the Philadelphia move
ment, / should prefer assuming
the name Of American Republic
cans as in New York, or Demo
cratic Americans, as | would
respectfully suggest. Brought
up in the principles of the reyo-
luton ] efferson, Madison,
sc, under whom in youth |
commenced I; life, / have always
been called, / have ever pro-
fessed myself a, Republican, or
Whig,, which with me was the
same thing. Democratic Amer
leans would include all good
natire citizens devoted to our
country and institutions; would
not driveafrom US all naturalized
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