New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-27
WAsHNoToN1uN FOREIGN oFrIuERs

WAsHrNaT0NQN F0REIGN OFFICERS
rSs xnti- Aksrioan papers are continual
bossilns OF The assaissauce rendered oar annss
tors during the revolutionary struggle. BY for
isigners, and Of the deep debt Of gratitude thei
descendants owe to aliens iB consequence OF th'
aforesaid services To listen TO their pss hetls
determination, q person, nnscqusinted with tue
re Il facts Of the case, would DO led TO the CON
sfasion TINT the liberties Of this country were
achieved .,poyt exclusively ny foreigners thai
mo o,;mpsa Of success would hnve ever dawned
!. nnon The American arms, but for foreigners
- = foar ffths of the noble self i6cing, and
4 oatrtotio charscteristics, which marked thai
terrible era. belonged TO Foreigners ;stbat most
4 IL the INTELLECT and craftsmanship which guided
cur fathers on to victory, were carnations from
the brains Of foreigners that WAsHIhGroN had
been exalted by history to front seat, when
he really should have occupied back seat
that ADAMS had been honored altogether toe
| much for his small labors; that HANCOCK only
claim to Immortality consisted in afixing bii
name to the Declaration Of Independence; that
j JEFFERSON was a common sort Of man at best
i that the rest were principally ordinary. men
that is the natipe portion Of them--and that,
/ because Benedict s4Yuoid was q native traitor,
/ tie balance world, quite possibly. have sold
themselves had they been fortunate enough to
have met with = sufficiently opulent and liberal
purchaser!
4 Sach are the conclusions, we may say without
exaggeration, . stranger would form Of eur inn
mortal revolutionary sires, were he to land upon
our shores, and con6ne his reading to the anti
4 American Journals Of the present day. Seeing
everything exotic praised to the skies. ana
everything Indigenous to the soil deprecated By
the foreign organs, below the ordinary standard
| Of humanity, without the individual belonged
to their side Of the house, how could he, we ask
| in the name Of. common sense, arrive at any
other solution Of a strange aud unnatural
Eqnestion II is clear and indsputabfe that,
under such circumstances as we have presented,
he would conclude we were the most contempt-
ible sons of the most contemplate sires that
ever breathed the air of heaven since the first
dawnings Of civilization commenced illumining
q benighted earth
These illustrations are not far fetched. We
rarely come across an anti american paper
which does not demonstrate their truth. The
services Of foreigners are exalted to the utmost,
while no reference is made to the deeds of the
grand, sublime old native heroes and Statesmen
Of the Revolution, unless something can be
found in sbeir writings and sayings calculated
to please the anti american palate, And, very
frequently, sentences are wrenahed from their
context, and made to bear altogether different
meaning from THAT which the authors intended.
Besides these foreign organs Athese levotees Of
everything save that which is ..Huerica,l--
totally repudiate the great truth TINT times
have changed, and wiki them necessities that
what was useful aud polite fifty years ago, is
now precisely the reverse, if not dangerous
But, notwithstanding the, exotic. procliyities
Of the anti Americans, the aH-peryadirg glory
that resss around the name Of WAsHINGTon.
has prevented any wrongful illusions To him,
although they scruple not to pick FROM his
writings, and here and there, without regard
TO times context. occasion or circumstance, such
scraps as they think likely to aid them in their
crusade against their own native born country.
men They scrupulously avoid publishing any
Document or letter il full Such conrse
would not answer their purposes II would
tend 10 defeat the fratricidat objects they have
IA NiaW Thhrafnre- thar Ahl,A
.d0Hat fsrnon, where repose the remains of
. IN VINO was greater ia virtue, greater in pat
riotisfn, greater in moral heroism, greater in
subiimity Of character, greater in deeds. and
greater in all lofty and ennobling attributes.
Cd an any mere mortal who has lived since ,be
hrst morning sum gilded with ineffable glory
tne Paradise Of our First Parents, and celestial |
shorlsters ohanted anthems Of; praise over the
creation Of q bright beautiful and sinless
World. W ~
Now, while the anti American Journals 81
Louisiana are quoting from Gen WASHINGTON |
70 sustain their positions and enforce their doc
rines, we unhesitatingly venture the opinion
that NOT one Of chem eau be induced, by any
OF any argument, to publish, entire.
the following letter from the Father of his
Country, written TO Gouverneur Morris in I77a |
VIII the Courier publish it !. We viii believe
Rhen we see. win the Baton Rouge Advocate
insert liz? We will believe when We see. will
my other respectable organ of the opposition
Omit into It's columns q letter from aEeReE
fAsHINeToN5 Wewill believe when we see.
mt not before
The following is the letter referred to. ex-
racts from which have already appeared in our
olumns, We now present the whole, and ask
n It the closest scrutiny:
WHITE PLANS 9th July IT'S l
Der Sir-Whether you are indebted to ma or to
on, 1sr astfer know nots liz 1t matter Of much
losnt Tbe design " this Is touch cupsory noon
suh5ect OF very great Importance to the well heinz ~
aeRe States; much 30 than will snpear NJ frst
leW mtan the appopt ment OF many foreipnera "a
noes OF high rank and trust In our serycs - = n
Ths lavish manner In which raak has hitherto baan
'stHed 90 these gentlemen will certainly be productix
one or the other ~ these tWn evils either 10 ma "a II
spea6e IN he Of Enope become means Of pour
them 10 upon US like torrent. and adding To our a
esct burden But It IL neither the erpepse nor tronh
them that Haost dread There Is evil more sxtrr =
70 in ~ cons. quepces to apprehendsd and that Is
= drtrng Of all officers Of he service AID f6ro,ns
cn'v oar srsa but military councils, c,,ey into lie st
nds Of JorsignTs E9 ~ 4 #Sfe g Y !.
9he oioerg, my dear ain on whom ysu m,rst tenana =
the defence Of this cause distinguished by length Of
vice. tneir oopaexious property and In behalf many Il
NAY add military merit will not submit much IL any IN
sg-r n NE tsnaeraI romofi 81 men oter them ,o nan,
otag ana prrseverapcs III aPplioatipn nst 10 be RI
TED but by uneofnm firmuess to subper1 tbar nra
nsors men who, In tho frat instance tell Won tnsy til
"a ior NOTING more than the honor of rtng Ii 50 cd "a
~ caase as toters the day solicit raE .pi.m, ~
thv day following teait taoIfp aaraced them and n
@ Y week tpaif Jfhtf prooion and not sat "
ID cfm anything yot do for Them | 10,
When i speak 81 \, m ,srs snbmitting Il, tba.a
let b. understood to mean that tha M,
70 no more doubt OF their right resign when thsy IA
ak themselves Nggrieved than they have of power a.
gress to xppoint Both bling granted then the axue On