Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-08-05
More About Cen. scott,s Natireism.

Finally, am asked If nominated as a candidate
for the Presidency, would you accept the nomination
beg leave respectfully to reply-Yes provided that
De not required to renOunce any principles Professed
above My principles convictions Gen, ScOft's
letter on politics generally.
Let us what are the known incidents in the
life Of the Wing candidate for the Presidency They
are the pledges he freely offers as guarantee to the
American people should he be elected. His "prncples
are convictions" BY them his friends are certainly
willing that he should be tried. Now we propose to
examine what the incidents of his life on Native
Americanism, and what his principles and eonvc-
tons that question Natyeism had its origin before
the Revolution 1t was one of the causes of complaint
against the British and is thus forth in the
Declaration of Independence:
He has endeayored to prevent the population Of
these States for that purpose obstrucng the laws of
naturalization of foreigners refusing to pass others
encourage their migration hther and raising the eondi-
ton oil new appropriations Of lands
The Patriots Of the Revelation not Native
Americans. They welcomed Montgomery, Lafay.
cite. De Kalb, Steuben Pulaski, and their brave
and fearless counrymen to shores With their aid
they fought and conquered Side BY side they struggled
in the contest and their blood was mingled in the
same current During the Administration Of Washing.
ton, this Anti-American telling slept. But when the
administration fell into the hands of the federal party
under John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, again
was revived the same iberal spirit, which was mani
Tested by the passage of the alien and sedon laws of
l793 which authorized the President send aliens out
Of the country The foreigners at that tme and par.
ticularly the lrsh German, and French, were Demo.
Gratis, and favorable to the election of Mr.. Jefferson.
The defeat of the federal party 1900 and the subse
quent events which followed during the administration
Of Jefferson and Madison, with the of 1872 left
the Democratic party in the entire possession Of the
Government Federalism, with all its narrow princi-
PIES still existed in great strength, but it had dis.
tnctve organization until the election Of John Quincy
Adams, and it then assumed new cognomen-frst as
National Republican and afterwards Wing Still Native
Americanism slept.
Mr.. Clay the embodiment of the Wing party
but justice to his memory compels say that there
is evidence that he favored the federal doctrines
lor. With Gen. Scott it was different In his letter to
George w. Reed freely indorsng the doctrines Of the
Native American parry, he says, "These views had
their origin in the stormy elections of 1885, and were
confirmed in the week that the Harrison electors were
chosen in New York" In November, 184O with the
aid of two friends the Astor House New York, he
drew up address designed to rally Native Ameri
can party. This the first move in favor of a dis.
tnc organization of that party, and Gen. Scott admits
that he of its authors This is known incident
in his life, to which referred in his letter OF
ceptance The letter to Reed has been denounced as
forgery. This is pettifogging technical plea,
and originated in the following manner: There is a
mistake in the date of the Reed letter published 1t
was written and dated November 10Th, 1884, instead OF
1s4l This mistake explains many things in the letter.
that rnexpcable to In 1S4l there was no
excitement the subject Of Nativeism to call forth
such letter. The movement in Philadelph which
Gen. Scott fully in did take place until the
Spring Of 1874 The defeat Of Mr.. Clay, in the Pres
Dental election Of that year, it will be remembered
was attributed to the influence Of the foreign vote, it
was termed in New York and Pennsyl vania The Wing
party all over the country, well Gen. Scott was
"fred with indignation" Their against foreign
loud and long During that year occurred the
terrible mobs in Philadelphia, which Gen. Scott fully
approves. The Native organization, at the head of
which many of the Irish Orangmen, who joined it
out Of hostility to the Catholics, had assumed formda
BILE aspect and with the aid of the united Wing vote in
Philadelphia and New York. six members of Congress
were elected Many influential Wings were in favor Of
ing the title Of american party" as recommended by
Gen. Scott Engaged in this movement Senators
Johnson Of Louisiana, Archer and Rives Of Virginia.
Berrian of Georgia, Gen. James Watson Webb of
The Courier and Enquirer and Joseph Gales of the Ma
onal Intelligencer. On this wave of popular fury,
Gen. Scott expected to ride into the Presidency. He
wrote his celebrated letter George w. Reed, and for
he purpose Of showing that he convert to
hose doctrines he dated back the origin of his views
1885, and to prove himself the father of the organza
ion referred to his address intended to rally Native
American party, drawn up at the Astor House in 1910
In November, 1874, he prepared and published in the
National Intelligencer, bill which he proposed to
ave submitted to Congress, in which is provision TO
islranchse foregn-born emgrants forever, and per-
ait them neither vote hold office, unless they
erve given time in the army navy. In this move
nsn he was backed in the Senate by Archer, Johnson
nd other Wing Senators, and by James Watson Webb
the New York Courier and Enquirer We
hen in Washington city, and knew that this movement
ras in contemplation. Mr.. Clay and the firm de-
ded and ar-seeing Wings however, disapproved this
ep as fatal their future Gen. Scott, how
YER, was in high hopes. He wrote to James Harper,
10 Native American Mayor of New York, in which he
aimed over I'll others being the founder Of tie new
arty.
The next year Gen. Scott was ordered to Mexico.
nd with the Presidency in his eye, he complained to
resident Polk Of the sire in his rear" At the close
the Mexican war he returned with the aures of VIC
Try waving his brow. His battles, in the estima
on of his friends the only and safe passport
Office. His hopes in Native Americanism, had been n
asted That party which he described in his Ameri.
Is correspondence green tree waving its branches
the breeze, had been npped by early frost Like
" leaves, it had been scattered TO the winds II was