The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-02
N@ Prom the Louisiaaa Coasisr.
PonnsyIyania Election. Native Party.


The election ia Pennsylvania takes place in The monih
OF October next Both parties are preparing Tor the
esi or rather should say, all parties for the native
party Is organizlng and has aeaeS paolI.hea az al
People In Philadelphia gay thus Peter Sken Smith
disappointed ia obtaining an Office from President
Pierce and for his reason he has broken out ~ vraent
opposition, There many persons ike Peter Sken
Smith who attach themselves to party ior the rake OF
Office; II appointed, they cit down quell 10 enjoy the
luxury OF ofcia lie. careless OF the duties imposed up.
on them by their position, and forgetting their obi
cations the by whose exer.ioas they uade
seryedy elevated III disappon,edin their aspirations.
persons OF this sort generally found ready, under
preext other, TO JOIN the party in opposition 10
the friends with whom they had lately associated. and
i'm most instances after the custom OF renegadss they
become the most clamorous adhefens of their ne wis
adopted creed. But what in the name of all that is
righteous MIR Peter Sken Smith intend b. Joining
the native party (! Does he mean TO baxish from
country every man, woman, and child not botn The
soil Does he mean TO deny them The exercise of rights
guaranteed 10 them by the constitutions Or does he APP
prehend that those people will turn the tables upon him
and his natives, and exPel them IRON the land, at
least debar them the enjoyment OF privileges which all
OF native and naiurazed, possess In common We
take H. Peter Sken Smith is not 50 great statesman
Csss, Marcy, or Robert ]. Walker or hunired 9th.
els That could name nor do we believe him 10 be
very shrewd pocian; nor could we ever suppose such
man to be heartily and warmly attached 10 The interests
OF his native country What wrong, what injury, has
he sustained from individuals collections OF in.
d,viduals not in the United States He may have
been osed by one of them in his dirty struggle for
ofhcc Perhaps General Pierce may have overlooked
his preensions in favor OF some aaturaked citizen,
worthy and better qualified than himself and here, if
We may believe innuendoes circulated on The spot we
nave hi tie mail on the head.
We want Peter Sken Smith and every member OF his
party 10 look at and peruse with attention the details OF
the last census OF the United States, and Then ell us
what reason any native boy have TO he Ieal-
Gus OF the numbers and influence oil persons inhabiiing
his county, not natives. According 10 The census Of
1850 the whole population of the United States amounted
roand numbers 20 300, 900 -o these, II 1877 sos
free natives 40 s2S born in foreign
trles the remainder is composed Of slaves and 80 ,Oli
per.ons whose birthplace could no! be asesr.aned
4 Now. we again ak Peter Sken Smith what reason he
devise for his jealousy OF that portion OF fellow
citizens born on the same soil with himself! HIS doc
nine, when ii comes 10 be ansyzed dsas-iona,ey, is
the most arfAnt nonsense that added the brain
OF fanatic IDIOT. Garry this doctrine 10 lis iuIl
tent, and ne must concede that white man. no black
man can rgh!iully possess any privileges or immuni
ties this soil for neither whites blacks The
the original inhabitants owners OF any portion Of
It, We were born upon it, but our forefahers were not
and these could not hequea,h to us what not theirs
by right The wild Indians therefore, the only b1na
fds inheri,ors Of The soil, the only class of entitled
TO The designation OF NATIVES. But the historian Pres
colt, and other writers OF eminence, have toncusyely
shown that the Indians OF the present day not de
scended from the first inhabitants al the regions
which they range there OF inhabitants before
them and, some wise men think, more civilized race.
whom the ancestors OF our present Indians subugaed
expelled, and took The place Of Who, then, say
that he has exclusive privileges and inuni,es because
he was born here
sylvanIa-anoher man was bern in England or Gerrna
ny. Well is not this Engsman German entitled TO
much coDsdera ion Peter Sken Smiths aiher " no
may have over from Engiand fifty years sgol or
his grea-gea grandfather, who perhaps emgraed
from England with the first seltlersnder the auspices OF
William Penn Mayhap his grandfather British
o. Hesslan soldier sent to this country he down
the tree OF liberty planted by the glorious of
ty-six, and nurured with their blood We have known
many individuals descended among the most camor.
Gus OF the native party of the present day who
arrives the United States from foreign county
swears allegiance TO the constitution, becomes citizen,
bears arms in defence OF rights peIadvenure sheds
his blood on land sea, under national flag is not
such man as good IN all respects asworlhy Of respect
and confidence, as the son or grandson of Brush 10y
asi or Hessian meTcenary, whose errand The
Atlantic was 10 shiver INFO pieces the temple OF Young
Freedom, and ship Washington Hancock, Jefferson,
Samuel Adams, and all old patriots 10 Enaland, 10 be
tried for treason, and executed on Tower Hilll
We think Peter Sken Smith would do well to take
these maers into serious consideration, and reouch
rewri,e his address 10 The native party OF Pennsylvania
Not that we are spprehenslve o. any great mischief as
likely 10 arise from that document IL Is probable how
ever, tina, the author young aHd inexperienced
and il so, certain he will adopt these sentiments
ot when he shai. have declined into the vale of
years. Perhaps he has relations whom the publication
of his nonseDsca nativsm will cause 10 giieve over
his folly. We hope he will ietract and repent. ~
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