The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-26
part of Or. Anderson's Hillsboro' and Tullahoma
speeches-Candidats for Congress in the 4th
District Of Tennessee.
DR.. ANDERSON said =


The opponents of the great American movement,
daily eksltngly parade, SO many arguments in
favor of foreign and papal domination in America,
and against its being exclusively governed by its
native born citizens, the names Of certain sgners
of the Declaration of Independence, whom they
allege were foreigners. The noble hearted, Illus
trious and patriotic men whose names are thus used
are Matthew Thornton, James Smith and George
Taylor Of Ireland, John Witherspoon and James
Wilsonof Scotland, Button winett and Robert Nor
ris of England, and Francis Lewis Of Wales.
1t is triumphsntIy asked, ''Would it not be un-
grateful to prevent the children and chdren's chill
dren of these adopted citizens from migrating thth
er, feeling the oppression of European tyrants to
enjoy in conjunction with us the freedom Of thought
and Worship" Now, here is the naisiaks-1le4e
ilIustrious patriots not foreigners or adopted
citizens. Not bit of it. They were all natural
born subjects and citizens of the British Empire, in
common with the people of the Colonies, owing
allegiance to the British Crown, snd entitled By
birth to the rights and citizenship of British SUBJ
jects, in every portion Of the British Empire, of
which the American Colonies were a component
part These men, and others similarly situated as
for instance Alexander Hamilton and Richard
Montgomery, took sides with their fellow subjects
and citizens Of the North American Colonies against
the expressions of the British Government, and in
favor of the war Of American Independence The
trainers Of our National Constitution manifesty SO
regarded the of these, their natural born fell
low subjects and fellow citizens of the British En-
pire, achieving with them, and by their mutual and
united efforts, separate and independent national
ity, which achen established over the American Col
onies, then made all other people foreigners, who
were born without the territories of the United
States Without their jurisdiction. In article End
and section of the Constitution, it is declared
'No person exec natural born citizen, OF a cti-
zen of the United'Sgates at the time OF the adop-
ton of this Constitution shall be eligible to the Of
fee of President; neither shall any person be ELI
gibie to that Office who shall not have attained to
the age OF thirty five years, and been fourteen
years resident ,ciLin the United States" Much
more might be said on this subject, but it is so
manifest that these men, and all others similarly
circumstanced in the war for American Indepen.
dence, were not foreigners-and that it is a most
egregious error to designate them, they being
citizens and subjects of the British Empire at.fse
time of the American revolt, that 1t is unnece
to debate the question more extensively upon
present occasion General Washington served %
the British Army as British ,ssAiset aud British
citizen.
DR.. Anderson said: Great 6s been laid
and labor spent in endeavoridg t} Slow the great
favor received, 'for the sake OF the love of lib
erty and the maintenance of our Independence
from diSinterested Catholic France"-and history is
daily ttCised and wholly perverted in efforts to fix,
for sinister purposes this false impression upon The
public mind, and give credit to a dspotic Catholic
government for love of liberty never felt
tertained by them. And what is the truth, and
what was the object and intention of France in
coming to our aid in that glorious struggle? Not
most certainly not to sustain the principles of freA
government France at that time was writhing in
the agony Of secret modification and .sDlathered
resentment at the inglorious results M 81 war
which terminated in 1868, and in the re lance
of that humiating treaty which had torn from her
80 fair part of her North American possessions.
She looked with undisguised satisfaction upon the
growing discomfort and rpening feud between Great
Britain and her American Colonies and clandes-
timely done everything in her power to foment their
ealousies and discontents
1t was Catholic France, the ancient rival of Prot.
eStdnt England looking with secret satisfaction upon
the progress Of events, and increasing disaffecton
in the colonies and haling with qualification any
circumstance which would have tendency to
weaken the power aud embarrass her hated, and
hitherto triumphant rival and stain the glory Of
the British crown. Hence it the policy of
France to encourage every movement calculated TO
bring rebellion, and successful struggle in the
British North American colonies, terminating in
revolution and the consequent ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
the British Empire 1t is well known to every one
conversant with the history of those times, that
France at that particular juncture DESTROYS for
repose to recruit by the cultivation of the arts of
peace her exhausted strength and recover from the
disasters Of her recent inglorious war, and
tabsh her crippled and disordered finances. Peace,
then, was the eminent desire and policy of the
cabinet of Versailles-and aside from this it was a
matter Of absolute necessity; and the young and
unambitious Monarch, who had just succeeded to
the throne readily yielded to this counsel of his
Minister'S and found soace for the mortified pride
aud furnished glory of his crown, in the blandish
ments and pastimes Of the most polished elegant
and brilliant court of Europe But while out.
ward show of peaceful policy towards her naughty
and exulting British rival was maintained, deep
resentment and revenge ranked in the bosom Of
the verrestess and warlike Gallo nation and the
cabinet OF their indolent Monarch secretly and ac-
! lively employed every arrifce in their power to
prevent reconciliation between the British North
American colonies aud the mother country; and in
the meanwhile, France steadily and actively pro-
crossed in improving her finances and bgtheuing
her military and naval power, preparing for state
of hoslilities with England, from which her ewes
never averted, and which is an undying passion
with the Frenchman against the Englishman, and
Whlcn Is ever reclprocated by the Englshman to-
wards the Frenchman with an ardor equally intense
In the progress Of events, a war party sprung up
in the cabinet of the French King who advocated
the policy that the present time favorable, and
should be seized, to revenge upon the British the
injuries of the past, dismember the empire weaken
| the power and humble the pride of the British
crown. The policy OF the French government
continued to hnctuate, playing a fast and loose
game with the revolted British North American
colonies, just in proportion as their Affairs became
prosperous or adverse; and it was not until the
brilliant success Of the American arms at Saratoga.
ending in the equalization Of Gen. Burgoyne on
the 18th Of October, 1871, and which reached
France in December Of the same year, that she
took decided stand in favor Of America.
The American Deputies then at the Court of Yer
sailes, avang themselves Of the occasion of this
triumphant success Of the American arms, to press
the long considered treaty with France, made such
impression upon the French Cabinet as to induce
them TO accede TO 1t without further procrastnation
Although the French King was nov fully embarked
In the contest nevertheless, NJ. Girard, one of the
secretaries OF the Kings Counsel was careful TO
announce in terms the most explicit and candid, 10