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escaped being foreigners BY the skin Of their
teeth. Halfbrseds-tO use an expressive term
are generally very Jealous in promoting
Ehatever principle they espeuse, whether il be
civil, social. or political. The reason Of this
probably is, that they imagine more liberal
or magnanimous course would subject them to
suspicion. Not long since the writer heard an
individual remark, in mixed company, with q
decided air Of brayado, that be would oppose
his father, If he were a candidate for Office,
though he had been forty years in The country:
on the ground that he would probably prove,
II invested with power. unfathful to his trust
This hopeful son, who relieved his pens up
feelings BY SOtremendOus burst of patriotism
II was subsequently ascertaiued, happened bim-
self to be born in England. and actually lived
in that country until he was four years Old
Throughout the length and breadth of the land
may be found an abundance Of this Gescrip.
tiOn Of patriots.
In order to have just conception Of what
is yet to be communicated, the proceeding ex-
planatiOn is deemed necessary. That the ma
tves, especially those of the common class, as
rune dictatorial bearing towards their fellow.
citizens Of foreign birth is too notorious to be
doubted or denied. This naturally, and indeed
necessarily, begets a spirit Of resistance in the
party sighted or aggrisved. Hence follow
elimination and recrimination; and in this way
q spirit of hatred is engendered, which often
continues with unabated rancOr while life en-.
dures. Now upon what principle of right or
,,,"ason do natives set up claim Of superiority
AGA, or conceive themselves to be better than
EuroDeaDsY " they suppose that they are
different by nature, or les deeply tinctured
with depravi.y than men born in treat britain
or Ireland. 10 Germany or Francef This un'
christian sentiment is repudiated in the Bible,
where it is emphaIically declared "that God
hath made of one blood all nations Of men for
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and that
he is no resreeter Of persons, but in every na-
ton, he that feareth him and worketh righte-
ousness Is accepted with him. All the inhab.
itsnts of the wicked world a.s the common
progeny Of fallen and consequently sinful
We are all the descendants Of A.
dam, and have psrtaken deeply of his corrupt
nature. So far, it is humbly conceived, as e.
vii propeusties and passions are to be taken
into account, the native and adopted citizens
are precisely on 40 equality. Believing that
the subscribers 10 the Gazette are generally
attentive readers Of the Bible. the point at is
sue is cheerfully submitted to their decision.
Does that unequaled document, the Declar-
alton of independence, justify the natives Of
the sOA in their opposition to, or prescription of
foreigners No composition eminating from
uninspired men, ever contained more noble or
magnanlmous sentiments. In its pages, few as
they are, the Divine truths of Revelation shine
forth with peculiar spiendOr. 1t abOunds in
thoughts that breathe and words that burn
Hear its inimitable language
We hold these truths to be selfevident-
that all men are created equal; that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain iualisn'
able rights, that among these ale life, liberty,
and the pursuits of happiness, that to secure
these rights governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the con
sent of the governed /, that whenever any form
of government becomes destructive to these
ends, it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it, and to institute new government
LAYING its foundation on such principles and
its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to affect their safety and
happiness
But the authors Of the Declaration are not
satisfied with setting forth such exalted viewsto
an admiring world. To maintain and defend
them, they pledged their lives, fortunes and
sacred hopOrs. How persons calling themsel
YES Americans cen for moment forget, in the
face of these facts, the glorious political truths
proclaimed by the heroes of the Revolution 1t
is almost impossible to imagine.
The Constitution Of the United States is an
other monument of the profound sagacity and
excellent judgment by which the statesmen
that aourished in the early period of our coun-
try's history, were so remarkably distinguish
ed. In that sacred chart of our religious and
political liberties, there is not solitary dis
courteous, harsh, or illiberal expression utter
ed against foreigners, Nay. verify The
great and good men to whom the important
work was assigned, knew better. They were
aware that foreigners rendered them essential
aid in achieving their victories and that Cen
erals Lafayette, Mercer and Montgomery were
among the most popular and distinguished Of