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Roman Ca'hOlirs from holding Office therein;
NhaI will probably be bis position in regard TO
religious Ioieraneel
lrsay fail 10 come TO conclusion on this
subject for want Of evidence, We nPprehend SUI.
6eien, proof cun be obtained by inspection Of
the record. /, satisfy the mos, incrsduIous, that
Gen. Pierce is 10 favor OF a religious lest.
81 now hesitate between extending the period
OF residence b-loFe naturalization, and total
rsp'al Of oil aeis Of Congress on fks SEbjeet--
my mind inclines 10 The latter"
The foregoing Is an extract from a letter
which /, going the rounds Of The locofocO press,
purporIing 10 have been written by Gen. ScOu,
November 10Th, eighteen hundred and some.
lime ego, the genuineness Of which is, 10 say
the best Of il, very questionable. This passage
is relied upon 10 prove that Gen. Scott is, or
was favorable 10 the Native American party
lhu, once had an ephemera existence; and that
IL he we're elevated to the Office Of Presidents ar
entire prescription Of foreigners would be the
order Of the dsy. ns,.-.-.
Ia the iirsI place, we do not believe the letter
was written By Gen. Scott, and secondly, ir il
were, il will not bear the construction put upon
il. 10 republishing, why is the year in which
il was written not giveni Why are the circum.
stances thai called il out no. portrayed For
what object was il wriIlenl Let US hear all
about il, and perhaps we will 'cave as to The uu'
Ihorship. ..I.G
What sensible man, upon reading the Iorego.
ing paragraph. suPposing il 10 bo genuine, would
for moment suppose the writer thereof was in
favor Of prohibiting all foreigners from acqui.
ring citizenship 10 the United Staesl YET il is
upon this very paragraph, which is ilalicised 10
every locofoco paper, that the charge rests
We undertake 10 say, that il will bear no such
construction as the ocoGOcos attempt to give it,
by any known or unknown rule of inierpreta.
ZION. The language is perfectly pain--pre
senIing neither a latent or a patent ambiguity
Ii needs no context 10 show its subject, and nc
dictionary is required TO explain It's terms. A
conclusion that Gen. Scott is "Natve Ameri
can" must be arrived at before reading this au
,hori,y, because il would lead The reader in the
opposite direction. .sa a. ...
The last clause Of The extract is quoted &c
show that, 10 the opinion Of the writer, foreign
ers. should never be- allowed TO become cilizens
We suppose il will be acknowledged lha, Gen
S. knew what he said when that was written
(ir he wrote i,,) and il so, he must nave knowr
Iha, if all laws on the subject were repealed
foreigners would stand on an equal footing
with natives. Naturalization is Il creature o
the statute, and a will ngree that, il the statute
be repealed, its requireEonls cannot reman o
be- enforced. Were II not ior the na,uraIiza
lion laws, every foreigner upon landing on our
shores. would be citizen, how then can favor.
ing their repeal be tortured 10 mean "Nalive
Amercanlsm,
The locolocos must presume greatly On the
blindness and creduIiIy cf tho people. when
such statements are put forth for truth; and il
certainly must require great degree Of impu
dtnce and ellroutcry 10 attempt such conslruc.
lions Of simple statements, as they sometimes
attempt.