The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-02
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NATIVE AMERICANIsM Or KNOW-NoTHINGIsM.

ana "'"S"g q fHJtdHa upon ne COLONIES, and against
whieh hey protested Of ra by petition and finally BY he
seord-No. 8.
Mr. EDIroR In my last letter / showed from the most
authentic repository of American history that foreigners
took active part in the struggle for freedom in America
and especially that the Irish nation and the Irish
beat enthusiastically and sincerely for us-tha her
great men in Parliament the friends OF the colonies
Col Barre whose speech part of history and has
been read and reeed by every schoohoy in the land was
our eloquent adyocaethat her representative the Duke
Of Lenser opposed every proposed by the King
and Parliament TO Cypress the colonies and deny them
civil ifeedomhat her most gifted and profound states
man. Edmund Burke whose wisdom and eloquence viii be
remembered and reyered by the world long as the world
shall last and when time shall have been no more to NOR
tails and the earth itself shall be destroyed and shall have
perished the principles of eternal justice and of right
which he advocated and enforced viii live immutable and
eternal
beg leave, Mr. Editor to quote from the remarks of
Mr. Burke in Parliament in defence of the American peo
pie and OF freedom desire to do this because of the
soundness Of his Judgment and the goodness his heart
Enthusiastically enlisted in the cause Of freedom de
sire do it, especially because of the application of his
reasoning now, well when delivered, to the British
system sought TO be established here against which the
patriots here well in Europe protested and rebeed
The theory of Parliament taxation without represent
ationwithout franchise and without voice in the gov
eminent The theory of the nativeAmerican or know
nothing factions is the precisely II proposes the
very face of the constitution and the laws that foreigners
shall hold Office shall virtually have franchise that
civil and religious liberty shah be denied them, and
slavery imposed upon them The two systems are alike
and can make distinction substantial in fact or
in history
Upon the great question which involved the liberties Of
America and the world Mr. Burke spoke as follows
"Your ministers in their and his Maestys name
have already adopted the American distinction of in.
and external duties 1t is distinction ..'efnal
may nave ln' was 9fginaii moved by the Americans
themselves ana ih6 they will acquiesce in il If the
are not pusd with much logic and TOO luie sens IN N
es eonseqaencesthat is if external taxation be under
stood as they and you understand it when you please to
be- not distinction Of geography but of olichat = l.
power for regulating trade and for supporting asab
lishments The distinction which is as nothing with re
gard 70 right is of most weghty consideration in practice
Recover your old ground and your old TRANQUILITY try II
am persuaded the Americans will compromise with You
When confidence is restored the odous and s1sp
cious sanmR }as VIII PERISH of The spirit of
practeability OF moderation and mutual convenience will
never call in geometca the arber Of an ami
cable settlement Consult and follow your experience
not the long story with which have exercised your pa
uelIce prove Huesa to your interests For nv part
should choose t could have my wish that the pronosi
ton Of the honorable gentleman for the repeal could 90 o
America without the attendance Of the penal bills Alone
could almost answer for its success cannot l.e certain
OF lis reception in the bad company keeps In sucb hot
erogeneous assorments tho innocent person will lose
the effect OF M anoeeney Though you should send out
Vtnn
angel too; and what would be the effect OF the conct f
these Two adverse spirits which would predominant in
'he ehd what dare not say whether the enent meas
re would eanse the American passion to spbsae or tho
severe would increase its fury All this in The hand az
Providence; yet now even now, should confde in the
prevailing virtue and eeae,oas operation lenty though
working IN darkness ana in chaos in the midst of all this
unnators and turbd combination should hone il nght
produce order and beauty in the end
Let US sir embrace system or other before we end
this session Do you to tax Ancrca and to drsa
ID
name fix ascertain this sottla il quantity de-
hne its objects provide for It's collection and then fight
Mhen yon nave something y ght for yoa murder rob-
you sf sae possession and do appear IN tie char
act saea nell osassassisytoe ciaietige 5loay
and tyannoat rtaeu object BIT sadg better eopnseis
glpde yop
peace and ensue leave America if she has taxable mat
ter III her. tax herself not here going iao The dis
nctons OF rights nor attempting TO mark their boun-
daries do not enter into these metaphy steal distinctions
hate the very sound of them Leave the Americans as
they ancenily STOOD and these distinctions born Of our
unhappy contest will die along with it. Thew and we and
their ancestors and have been happy under that sys
TEN. Let the memory OF oil actions in contradiction to
that good old mode both Sides be extingushed for
Be content TO bind America by laws of trade Won
have always done it. Let this be your reason for Binding
their trade Do not burden them By taxes YOU were not
used TO do from the beginning Let this be your reason
for taxing These as the arguments Of States and
kingdom Bat IT, Unexpectedly unwscly, fatally you
sophscae and poison the very source of government y
urging subtle deductions ard consequences odous to those
preme sovereignty you wN By these means teach thea
10 caV question the sovereignty Itself When Won drive
him hard the boar ciH surely turn upon ths Ap,ys III
that sovereignty and their freedom cannot be reconced
which viii they take? They viii your sovereignty in
your face! Nobody VIII be argued into slavery Sir let
the gentlemen the other side call forth all their ability
let the best OF them get and tell what character Of
liberty the Americans have and what brand of slavery
they free from, hey 5ound in their property ard
Sdksfry ty all the reatnts you imagine IN commerce
and at The time made pachorses of errv lar vsu
choose 10 impose Whopt the government the least
SHIRE granting them When they bear the burden Of uu
limited monopoly viii they bear the baTde@s of unlimited
revenue too
"7he Sglislaan IN ADyica seH feel that his is slarcyv
hat icgat aeyy rW be no compensation either 10 his
feelings or his Understandings
noble lord, who spoke some time ago is full of the
fire of ingenious youth and when he has modelled the ideas
of lively Imagination by further experience he will be an
ornament TO his country either house lie has said that
the Americans children aud how CON they revolt
against their parcnt2 lie says that if they not free in
their present England is free because Manchester
and other considerable places not represented So
them because some towns England represented
America is to have representation NIL They are our
children but whe ora asst for bread ,e are not 10 gge
fhHa stone lat because the natural resistance things and
the various mutations of time binders our government or
approximation TO the right it, therefore that the colonies
are TO reOeae from infinitely When this child OF ours
wishes 10 assima'e TO It's parent, and reflect with true
mat resemblance ne berte0gs coaeaaaco Of British h5-
erig 10 turn tie shameful oars of our constitution
Dire pe 10 gre them redsss fer their strensA our on
probriR( or Their gory and he sloth II slara rich Re
are not at 70 york e9 70 Asl toy Asir rsedsa2
II this be the case ask yourselves this question: win
they be content Ia such of slavery If not look
70 the consequence Reflect how you to govern peo
not Your scheme yields revenue it Yields nothing bu,
discomfort disorder disobedence and such Is the stale of