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NUMBER 1. VOLUME I. . our object; American Right* ?nr w?Uoj nuU the laiHwHrlf our c?pwn." ' AMERICAN ORGAN. rUBUBUKO BV AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS. P1MMTED by JOSIAH MELVIN. Terns. daiut paphb, 10 cttm a wkke, ok $3 i tea* ; l W tEK.LV PAPEK, $2 A YEAR, ? la Advance. HATES Of ADVERTISING. On* square, (irst insertion, 50 cents; each subsequent insertion, J5 ccuts; One square ouo week |1 73 Olio itquaro ono month 6 00 Onesqusre throe, mouths 10 00 iVJw lines. or lews make a square. jtyr Cards of tvso lines, yearly, five dollars. >' PROSPECTUS ?r THE "AMERICAN ORGAN," 1 A Daily and Weekly Paper, to be yabliehtd in Waeti 1 iryUm (Titify IK C.^by AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS. WK have reached hii important crisis ill our po litic-ill history. The two leading jmrtics in our country, hitherto separated by broad lines, either of principle or of [Kjlicy, differ now scarcely iu auv thing out in luiiiiee. A National BaiJr, formerly an ossentisl point of dif ference between rival parties, hna now no advocates. A Protect!otr Tariff for the mtc of protection, which i once divided parties and distracted our National Coun cils, bus become obsolete, as a question of imrtv policv, simply hecauee a " reotmue tariff" affords incidental protection to American Manufactures. A modifica- j lion or the detail* of our present tariff system is all that is deinaudod bv the most strenuous advocates of protection to American Industry. The distribution of the procoods of the public lands among the several Suites, as formerly churned by one P**?! <">d thn of those proceeds solely in nM ot the patioiuil Treasury, as claimed by the other ' oar? both yielded to a compromise of these eon f dieting opinions, so far, st least, as to sinl these que* puoiio an ?u? between Whigs and Democrats. A plan ? formed of a comjiound of ".squatter povereigntv, of graduation," and of a " surrender to the States" in , which the.Wlie, seems likely to withdraw.the public ?iit fr?m tl,e *reiui ?f future party oontatts. ( Tbo imp/vtvntriU of harbor, and river, by congres sional aid. on which political parties have hitherto differed *t different times, has now become less a ques tion of principle than of local and sectional contest; and it will doubtless be adjusted by the next Con ?we* upon that basis of liberality and justice de manded by the spirit of the age aud the true interests of the country. Other questions, of minor importance, on which, at [ '"Bfcrent times, the two prominent parties of the coun try disagreed, have now, by a change ofcircumatanoes, become obsolete. Wliat, then, remain as issuos of any theoretical or practical importance between Whin and Democrats1 We know of none; and if these . hitherto nval parties shall nuuntain their respective \ tgamxalions, they will do so for the mere aakeofiho L 9poiU of power ! ? But liew itisues have arisen, liaving no reference to the partv organisations of Whigs aud Democrats? I Issues which arc vastly iuijiortent in their bearing I MP0" ,h? ?tnre welfare of the countrv?and which r-issiiee must, in their discussion, progress, and termi 'stiun, annihilate those two parties, which, for years PMt, liave battled, with alteriwte success, for pofili*. ->apremacv. Anew era is at hand??n era wbioh will hcchar aetensed, in the foture historv of these Htii*., as the f* PATSums* I Through oat the rfngth and bnaadth of this great and glorious Unior, the masses of tue American people have spontaneously and simulta neously started the inquiry?">ts not Amsuicass ^i-vPabls or uovaiuaxa mar Counts* f" This in quiry is as universal aa natural and pertineut Tne r*qk?M is being (a*n in the thouaaiias of asso ciatoons springing up^i all portions of the United Hlfttaa, and resting? the siuglo basis, that the native borncUiMM of tl? lTnion hact the cauacitu and the icOl to adinmvir their oten Government, to protett the r2yht* which tMu hope inheriteti, and to perpetuate the cnT"m* "*"* iff their native land t "na" ws/uce the rovswrf this spontaneous ai?l j^jiaing of the masses of our couutrvmen? The evils infdont to the iudisoriminate immigration of IvrciguMk into our country?the cuupoqueiices of pernaittiny'snch iaunigrants to oqjoy the right of suffragMund the degrading effect of elevating for eigneijpTo j*>sts of honor and trust under our gov t; all there have been soeu a'nd known to our y?*ri past, and yet until nenr, with few S. i. Uie A"?"nc?ii (teople hare seemed to be blind to the progress of foreiynurn in the land. We twwreot, on the occasion of presenting this circular pnmuertue to the country, asmgn the mv<?i for this '.n^0 ? ReucraI mauHfctotkw of the pvrpoae of the American people to take the rains of vovern nient into their own hands; It is suflidcut f<ir the "bjoet we hare now iu ricW to itate the undeniable and obvious fact that itch pm-jxtee exist*. We iuiw comc forward to present to our fullow Cittsens the mode nnd means of concentrating the opinions and of harmonising the action of those who are disposed to unite in the fhrmation of an " Amer icanjxtrtf," whow ahall be to find a remedy for tn? manifold erfilt which haw come vixm t<#. and , ?p*k-A are yeaiig ineveaeinf under the duaetrone ope 'T*??,"?! ,tmt "J >*otuniluetHcm We prop<?M) to establish, fu conformity with the wishes of Uiousands of the oiuaans of this District, and of a large number of our friends in the different States, a daily and ?ackJy paper, to be called 1 THE AMERICAN ORGAN. The publication wiM oommence on tbc 18th day of November daily and on the 2(>th weekly. A cash capital, amply sufficient to commence and to continue the enterprise, has been subscribed and aeenred to be advanced by a number of wraithv and influential gentlemen; and we ar? insniwd a'dailv 1-uUi*^011 of Mr paper now pub T? city. The number of our weekly^ ybwinbw w will depend upon the cnthiuiiaAm of onr fnend* in the nrmnd Buten, but wc have foch ussnrsnccs that we cannot doubt we shall commcnce with many th?n*and* ; and that a Tear will not trans pire before our weekly list will be swelled to more than one kmulred tjiounnid. Our position at the seat of the federal government, L f?* nf (,ur political system where all the rep prusuntatives of the States, and of the people annually asscRible. and where prominent men of all parties pCOOdieaJJy sojourn for many months, is considered oy us, anil by our friends, an the moat favorable one for the publication of the (HIoam or thk Amksras pabtv ; and if tho most untiring devotion to the sd vocacv of the doctrine* and policy of this party shall gtvo us a claim to its neppori, we know we shall dc Wrre, and wctrust we shall receive it. JfWt perhaps more distinctly and concisely '''."M toe basis on which the Anurirnn Organ is ea iMlshed than by presenting the following extract, winch we copy and adopt fr.Hu ail address of a former" I reiMlenl of the Mimouri .Vatic* .Im^rkviN Amocia tton, and published at .m. I/mis in Febrnarv, 104] to wit: ft "Tit? rnprrrATinv or Amksicav rsrstxiM u or? "SJW.T, All SHIGA N BIOHTH OVI MOTTO, AND TBS ASCI ICAB PABTV OCB COaXOBBB." Our |Misition is Urns defined. We sliall sd vocal I' inch ***** re, as will in onr judgment, if earrind out, perpetuate onr freedom and protect ?mr native rights; nor shall we at any Ume tleviate frotn the path or o?ty as ?he organ of the Ametlmn pmriv, and the ad \ ocato of American rifhte. Wb sliaN neither sustain nor oppose anv political measures , on the ground that they emanate from a I temorrattc or from a Whig administration ; but we shall disease all political questions with tlie most perwot frpedoin from fnror or prejudice, brward tin* prvsent or imy future administration. Keeping al ways In view the principles snd purposes or the .4t*u4?r>n party, we shall battle fiiv those principle* nod purposes, while as an independent Journal, we sbali sppnive whst we think is right snd oondenm Whst we think is wrong ia the principles of all public men and <>f ?ll poUtical parties, -rtie edihir of the American Organ will bo a Democrat of the school of ?leDorson snd Madison, progressive in his notions of ESr ??"?"*01 in hut advocacy of the rights of tho Htstes. ^ 1 edftnrial shall ever appear in the I J'Tf'""'' SmtlH, tendency cf which would be to prcfndiee the rlfht? or wuund the foelings of the citi i wns of??j, Of tfe Slat?-?. Ho far as the iuflnener of ! this |M]M>r ahall extend, the mnstltutionsl rights of e?h, and of all the HMtes, shall be maintained. We A"ht that the xnetitation ?J eta eery L ima* e^cUeelvety ! tZT. ** f*** U A"-* "f <*? Stale,, fir I ba* the mde and cxcliteieq rift Jit to iteterm*** ifnHhrr or not t/arery A.i/t trUt <ritlin if, banter, ! Wt mail therefore ojftoee all agitation of the que,Hem vfMa eery, rether in t hngreu or out of it. . The " Ameriean Orgin'' will advocate the free and ?M?iM of the right* of <vn#oiw, on all queatiuua ounnscted with hut it will, by all IWi> aud ix?|>octAil arguments, t-ypm /<* ?V? domuuitivu <n<r A, Mr wan ttffcgM, from Whatmyr | r?Brier it may approach, <"?' ?? well in molten (oM ?tic:il in matter* political -X ^ A syuoiuiis of tiM uwoeeduiga i* CunffftM dunugl ?ac)i mwuui will ba From daylo day presented. i _ Uenerul and local news will be gathered and pub I llisbed, in order Uut oor patron* may hare a genemi published every afternoon, (exoept Hun Jays,) and delivered to subscribers at U> cunts per week, or mailed to subscribers at $6 per year, payable in advupce. The weekly paper will be published erery Monday uioruiug, at 9? l>er year to single subucriVra, buy able hi advance. Clubs of ten or more will be fui' nished at 91 6<J each per year, (if aeut to any one pott offioc,) payable in advance. .? / Advertising is solicited, at the usual rates; and, as the Oryan will have an extensive circulation, It will afford till) most deairnble medium in this respect. Subscribers will please muit their subscriptions, on or before the SOW day of November, directed to " American Organ," Washington City, D. C. nov ia? ONE CURE FOR ONE DISEASE. Xtic ami ii'Ui-c-ttui'j disco very ut- Wj/ntaHe medicine. f\KSHlKR'H Anti-periodic or Fever and MlW Ague Pills, are a certain cure tor all that class of malarious and periodic oonipluiuts known as dulls and fever, fever and ague, dumb ague, irregularity in women, Ac. Ac., without the aid of those .noxious drugs usually relied upon, viz: calomel, arsenic, or quinine. After many years' patient experiment and research as u 1'harnweeutist, the undersigned candidly beWvus that he has perfeeU*) a remedy for the above ni?t kin dred complaints, which will cure at least ninety-lire cases out of erery hundred. He feel*, very seifsibly, tliat Uils sounds boastful and chimerical, out he lias now used it, tintjer his own observation, upoii more than one thousand terete cases without ouo fiiflure. Before asking the coufldonco of the pcblid, how ever, and without making any drafts upoWUioredu i Uty, the inrentor of tiiis medicine desires tog that his statements are not those of a reckless aj eiplcd man. We therefore ask attention to I : iug joint certificate from the Hon. William ; M. 1)., late member of O ; and A. O. Newell, If. D., an eminently aui geon and physician, of New Brunswick, ' lb J'kymtiaKt omd tJ? J'u " Having extensively used ' Deshler'sj or Fever and Ague Pills,' iu our pri pleasure in stating thus publicly our their efficacy. IV e have used tueni [ cases of fever and ague, und have nerd son to have a second chill after col them; and as they contain do salt of nine, the former of which sometimes < teriously as an accumulative poison,? a safe and valuable remedy, that oug reach of every family that is liable toJ To our professional brethren we rfeni it proper to i say, that we have been made ioquainted with the i composition of these pills, 9<u find them strictly a ncietUiJicjrreparatUm. Mo?^ver, m they are prepared by an apothecary of niiru than twenty years' active experience, we can vo- h tliut they are skilftrily com pounded. We enr/jstly commend them to the no- ! tico of the profrar>bu, and believe they will core after | all usual rcinetius have failed." WM. A. NEWELL, M. D. A. D. NEWMLL.M. u. In tMr own Plate both tbeoe gentlemen have an extfAive practice, and eirioy, to an enviable degree, tiir eouH^snco of the pnWM Tliero they would ob yiu universal credit. ifci* fcgwe desire to prepossess f >'orji citizen of the UglM MMes with our truthful ness and good faith* ?? subjoin the fbllowing note from a gentleman known and iwereneed tiiroiighout ' the Union?the H??- Theodow Frelingbuysen, LL. 1). 1 Xote frotn tit lba. FrUitt^Kuymn. "From the professional character and reputation of Drs. Newell, above nanasd. and the esteem in which these gentlemen, with Mr. Deahfer, arc heUPin this State, I take pleasure in stating that any representa tions made by them are worthy of pubic oonfideoce." THEO. FREL1NOHUVSEN. Nkw Brcxswick, N. J., Jan. M, 18(4. Owing to the floods of quack medicines With which the oountry baa been deluged, and which have proved so uniformly worthless, the disooveror of this remedy bus long hesitated to come before the public. Having regard For his character, he lias been unwilling to be classed with the pretenders who, undertaking to cure all Qpmplaiuta with one remedy, miserably tail to cure any; and he has feared that the public, which lias been so often sliamelesslv deceived would deny him itn attention. He relies, however, that the above cer tificates give him a title to its oonfldenoe aud atten tion while making the following statement: ?? We claim for our reme<ly the following ptculiari tif? and advati*ay*t by which it Is diattnguiahed from others. J'rculiarUie* of' iMMtr'i Anti-Periodic Pilii. 1st. They exert a marked, upecifie and almost in fallible anti-periodic jMiwer, bv which they neutralize the periodical and oonatantly-reciiiTing attacks which ' ehanacterizc fever and ucu?. The law by which the remedy acts overpowers tne law of the diaoase. , Sd. While they thna manifest gnat activity and power, they are yet perftetly harmless. A well per son (even if an infant) may take great quantities not only without iiKxjQvemenea, but without seeming effect of any kind. . ,* 3d. They never dfAgrw with lbs weakest atouuch, almost instantly nt9t<v<' appetite, and break up that distreaaing sense of bodily prostration whleh always accompanies this disease. 4th. They may be taken without regard to age, sex, diet, or drink, and on a journey as safely as at home. fith. They are not ouly anti-periodic, hut anti-bil ious also. 6th. They contain no salt of mereuiv, arsenic, or quinine. Adonniann of ftlfr and Affat Rennndy. 1st. It is not liquid There is no danger of loss by evaporation, or by MHin contact with clothing" t. It ia perfectly portable. A dozen boxea may bo it In a Seidlitx powder box. One box may be sent iy mall to any ]mrt of Urn Union for six oeuts, OX oopt California or Oregon, or to those places for twelve oolite. Sd. It ia tasteless and wiflmut odor. All other remedies Kir the d mease arc bitter and nauaeons, and are taken with difficulty by children or delicate per sons. Daahlor'a Anu p'-riodic or Fever and Ague l'ills, may be procured at wholesale or retail, of r CHARLES D. DE8HLER, Agent. 841 Broadway, New York. Prioe tl per Imx ; or, for the convenience of those residing where it has not been Introduced as yet, it will be forwarded by mail, prepaid, to any one en closing 84 letter-stamps, in any part of the United Stotes except Oregon and California; or to these for 8A stamps. fW A liberal discount to dealer*, and delivered in Now York city (roe of expense. oovl#?ly K THE POST OFFICE. The Northern and Eaatern Mail ia opened at % o'clock A. M . and half past 7 F. M.; olunes at 4 P. M. and 9 P. M. The Orent Southern Mail ia opened at 8 A. M., and closes at 8 P. M. The Southern Mail, as fmr South ns Wilmington, North Carolina, arrives at half past 8 P. M., closes st 0 V. M. Tbe Northwestern Mail is open at half paat 7 P. M., closes at 8 I'. M. The Western Mail is opon at 8 o'clock A. M., cloocs at 8 P. M. The Norfolk Mail arrives at 11 o'clock P.M., doors ?t 2 P. M.. daily, except .Sundays. The California Man, direct,"closes here <?i the 8d and 18th of each month, at 3 P. M. Warrentoi: Mail arrives at 11 A. M., closes at 10 A.-M. Warrenton Springs arrives at 11 A. M-, closes at W A_M an'ji r. M THE CAR# I^-ave Wushington for Baltimore at II and half nest 8 o'clock A M., and 8 and /> o'clock P. M. The nr?t and fourth trains oonncet with the North. I?ave Haiti in ore for Washington at half past 4 and H o'cl'*k A. M.. and fi ami H o'chiek I'. M. Tlie first and Mtxmd trains oonneot with the Orange nud Alexandria ears. A DA MM A C O.'S EXPREHN l?ar<-s Washington Sir Baltimore and flic North at o'clock P. M.; for the South, at 7 o'clock P. M. COAL AND WOOD YARD. -**T K. WATERS A CO., dealers in Lohlgh, o Schuylkill, Red mid White Asli, Cuinber . Ad ov Uituminous, and Transition COALS; Hickory, Oak, and Pine WOOD. Fori delitfred promptly to any part of the oily by honest aud carctul c-irtmen, and f*U trtight and ms u'irt may hi r*H*d *j*m. Ortios northwest oorMr of Twelfth tod C streets. Dot 19?oo lm AN ADDRESS To the CilUena of th-e UnittJ States by the Missouri Italic* American Association, pre sented by Vttpatimn hllis, ?*</., Prudent of the Associntion, ami Chairman of the Si/ecial Committee appointed to prepare the mm*, ami adopt tut in a general ineet ?9.V *"i(? AmtoeMti&n, February fl, 1841. Fkm.ow-1 rnzKNs or tuk UxiTO States : Wo auk permission to mid res* you upon fuwlious which, in our hmnblo judgment, oeply and vitally affect tho l>ost Intei-eats and permanent happuicss of us all. Inheriting. through tho bounty of heaven, a country which is inconipnrablv rich in all the elements of individual and national wealth, wo enjoy, als>?, through the lal>ors of our an cestors, a plan of government which is the freest and wisest that man has ever formed. The sun has not shone upon a country more dosiniblo; Upon institutions more admirable; or upon a political system bo perfect. Shall ice transmit our great and multiplied bless ings to our childreti, and to our children'# children ? or shtill ???', like the bate Judean, j rati all these jtriceless pearIs aicay ? We an | ticipate your response: " Wo will transmit I them unimpaired to our descendantLet ' us, then, wisely consider tho means by which thia end may be accomplished. Let us pru dently examine the daugers that beset us. Let us seriously inquire whether evils have not crept into tno Ixxly politic which threaten its destruction. Let us carefully survey the ground we oocupy. Fellow-citizen*, we are no alarmists; nor would wc seek reform for the sake of change. We havo no private griefs to revenge, uo per sonal or selfish aims to compass. Indeed, we aro conscious that years must roll around en* our principles can gain the ascendant through out this extensive natiop. We have tho oppo sition of those who seem to t/iinL their riglits endangered to combat Wo havo the preju dices of such as will not examine our doctrines to overcome. Wo have tho influence of a largo portion of tho partisan press to neutralize. Wc have the spccious doclamation of the demagogue to encounter. Wo have the coldness, indifference, and blindness of the unpatriotic aud mercenary to remove. We havo all those and countless other obsta cles to surmount, which thno and exertion only can accomplish. But wc arc not to be dismayed by these manifold sources of op position, nor discouraged by the magnitude of the difficulties in our path.- Our march will be onward and still onicard, uufainting and unfaltering. Tho goal of our ambition, wc trust, will finally be reached, tho institutions of freed01 a bo rescued from impending destruc tion, aud posterity bo made happy, through the triumph of our principles. Fellow-citizens: When the Federal Consti tution was first adopted, tho snarseness of our population, the immense uninhabited territory spread out before us, and the circumstance that wo had just entered upon an experiment in government, which it was the j>olicy of despotic powers to prostrate, most naturally Eroniptod a desire for an accession to our hum ors, by the immigration horn Europe, of tho resolute and enterprising portion of the op pressed of all lwr nations. Tho strongest doubts were generally entertained abroad of the ultimate success of free government in America, and honcc no apprehensions were felt by our countrymen, that any others would unite their destiny with ours, than those whose firmness, oourage, and devotion to rc ublican principles would rondor them valua le citizens. Some huiulrcds of this class, who had fought in our ranks, had availod them selves of the provisions of the laws, conferring the privileges of American citizens, and these wens subsequently joined by their relatives and friends. For many years our ]>opulalion in creased at a moderate aud steady pace, and there existed no cause of alarm from foreign immigrants; as their nhmbcrs bore no compa rison to that of the native citizens, and they mingled, and wore lost sight of in the general mans of our population. Besides, they were mostlv industrious, jtcaceshlc and patriotic. But this asivcct of things has changod. Tho battles of the revolution hare been fought and won: the fears of (he timid and doubting, in reference to the stability of our government, have been removed; we are now strong enough to be secure from foreign aggression; wo pre sent a spectacle of national greatness, wealth, power, and general plosperitv, which has no parallel in the history of nations; and we are at once the object of the fear and envy, hatred j and respect of Europe ! From these, and other causes, immigration has received a powerful ] impulse, and become more general, extensive and promiscuous. In all Europe, tho wages of labor are low?here they arc high. Our soil is rich beyond all comparison, and cheap beyond all example, llence, large bodies of immigrants, numbering thousands in some in stances, have com* hither, totally changing the character of the neighborhoods in which they hare located ; bringing with them, not unfre quently, such notions of liberty, as aro incom patible with the good ordor and peace of the community, and acting under influences, which prove them incompetent to exercise, with safety to our institutions, the invaluable right of suffrage I Wo do not deny that there are thousands among those who are recent immi grants, that are worthy and industrious peo ple, lovers of order, and supporters of the laws. Such arc contented with our institutions as they find them, and manifont no disposition to intermeddle witfi those |rolitical questions, which they can hot yet comprehend, nor to lend themselves to the artful demagogue, who would sacrifice every thing valuablo in our government to promote his own or his party's triumph. But, we regret to say, wo do not think a majority of those who have immigrated within a few years past, arc of this class. Many havo been sent here at tho expense of their Ecrniuents, and who had become nuisances holr own country. Many were tho inmates of prisons and almshouses; many Here mere adven turers, without trad?<s, callings ?ir professions; many were entirely destitute of tho means of support, and had no inclination to bilsur; and many are restless and designing men, who aim at future jxilltical distinction, by means of the clannish habits of their countrymen, and the lamentable credulity of a portion of our peo ple. Swarms of foreigners have come into our country, headed by aspiring leaders, by whom they are controlled or influenced, and who arc. in feelings, impulses and political action, distinct communities, i>l?cj-ing, for the present, the laws of our country, but rapidly gathering strength, and openly and avowedly | aiming at ultimate supremacy! If there be any who doubt that this sketch presents a true picture of large I tortious of our foreign population, we have only to appeal to unquestioned facts to establish its correctness. General Smith, while Mayor of Baltimore two ] or three years ago, transmitted to tho 1'reeident of tlie United States a German newspaper, in which this notice was given, that "a transport x4 inmate* from the house of correction in Got ha will sail for Bremen, under esc&rt of a ?ic? officer, and thence to America, either to ?r York or Baltimore." This saute gentle man subsequently informed the President of , the arrival of tho .ship, and that the irons were knocked off the llmlm of the convicts only when they came in eight of our coast. A <?ernian writer has recently said in a New York pipe"", that "such arrangement* are DUtk imj a* tcill nend from tlirec hundred to five hundred thou- ! Sand Germans amntally to America," and he adds, with emphasis, " such a body of poojuo < are not to bo overlooked or thrown into the ; shade." It lias been recently made a subject i of public and general felicitation by British writers, that tho condition of the lower orders, j i (as they term them,) of their population, has : been greatly improved, by tho immigration to , the United States, of thousands of the idle, lazy atul dissolute. The-Encyclopedia Americana, edited by a foreigner, estimates tlxc number of immigrants' to this country annually, nt from three hundred and fifty to five hundred thou- j sand. In this estimate tho London. Encyclo ! pediu concurs, and urges the British govern ment to tend out a million a year* until the proper depletion is made; and estimates the . cost to the government, at five pounds sterling Cir head, for passage and provisions. (- aptain arryatt, tho English traveller, who lately visit ed America, and published a journal of his travels, in describing the scene ho witnessed on board the ship in which he came over, uses the following strong but honest language: " What cargoes of crime,folly, and recklessness do tee yearly ship off to America /" The Montreal llerald of December 22d, 1840, contains tho report of the "Immigrant Com mittee of Montreal," and a spcech delivered in that city on tho lUtli of Docomber, 1810, by "J>r. Rolph, the accredited Emigrant aaent of the government of Great Britain," in which some very interesting information is found. AV e copy tho following facts and statomeuts: ^The number of poor immigrant* relievedin Montreal, from 1st January, 1810, to 27th Oc tober, 18-1*1, was 0,TO7, out of a total immigra tion in that tinio of 23,1W! " Government (says the accredited agent) has incurrod an ex pense of ?8,500, (or about $17,500,) through their immigrant officer in this city (Montreal) in forwarding (in ten months) poor immigrant* to Upper Canada, to the number of about 8,025. " Tho number of omigrants who have proceed ed to Upper Canada at their oieu expense is alnmt 7.018!" More paupers than solvents! The remainder were employed in or about that cttv, or went directly South to Vermont or Aetr York. Of the "poor immigrants relieved, there were 33*2 natives of England, 897 natives of Scotland, 10 natives of Germany, and 8, * 78. natives of Ireland Of these 9,507 no less than 8,025 went up the Saint Lawrenoo toward Lake Ontario, passing altrng the boundary between Canada and the Uuitcd States. How many of them do you think, fellow-citizens, remained in Canada f Not five hundred! But hear the committee: "The committee cannot close this report without pressing upon the attention oj the Brit ink government and it* emigrant agent*, an well a* upon emigrant asuvciations, in Great Britain and Ireland, and the emigrants them selves, the incalculable importance of selecting good vessels for their conveyance across the Atlantic." Do foreign governments facilitate | emigration or nott What though the British government ami emigrant associations, and emigrant agents in Great Britain, profess that they wish to poople Canada in these measures '< ? The fact is daily and hourly attested by the flocking of this class of persons from Canada to the United States, tliat the main purpose of Britain is to get rid of tluir burden. And who can doubt that thousands ui>on thousands are also stmt directly to the 1 nited States by that government and those associations, as well as by other European governments t 'lhe funds are fumishod by an unknown hand : ' foroign countries get rid of those classes of persons who arc a bunion and a nuisance to them, and America, is the general receptacle of European pauperism and crime! The " ac credited emigrant agent of the government of Great Britain," in speaking of the peculiarly fortunate location of Montreal, says: " Con nected with Europe by tho ocean, and with the larger portion of tho continent of America by the lakes, it (Montreal,) is the natural halting place between the East and the West; the high way ?nd thoroughfare to both." A most eligi ble position, truly, for a " British emigrant agent" to occupy, to distribute the means or sending the pauper* and criminal* of Oroat Britain up tho St. I>awronce, into these States .1 Fellow-citizens, just cast your eyes over the map of Canada, and the States bordering upon the St Lawrence ami the lake**, and the oHgi bility of Montreal for the location of such an agent will be |>erfectly manifest! At the New York State prison, located at : Sing Sing, it appears, by a recent official roj>ort, there were about 800 convicts, of whom 603 are foreigners. In the Boston house of refugo, there were admitted in one year 808 paupers, of whom 516 were foreigners. In the charity hospital of Now Orleans, there were admitted ' in eleven months, ending 81st of October last, (in one of throe hospitals.) 4,871 persons, of J whom 8,327, (or nearly five to one,) wore for eigners. In tho Bellevue hospital, New l ork, there were admitted in one year, 082 foreign- j ers and 227 natives, or f>ur foreigners to one native. On the 1st of May, *827, there wore ! in the alms-house, New York, nearly 1,400 paupers, of whom upward of 1,000 were for eigners. In tho hospital at Saint Louis, the proportion of foreigners to natives, admitted I during the year 1840, was about four to one. I In the last nine months, 247 foreigners and sixty-five natives have l>een sent there by one i authorised officer. The expense of pmper* to ? j the. corj/oration of Saint Isouis >* about ten ' thousand dollar* annually. Governor Sewarri ! of New York, in his message, communicated to the legislature on tho 5tf? of .January last | past, states tliat, "of tho 1,058 children in ; tho alms-house of New York city, one-sixth part is of American parentage, ono-sixth was (torn abroad, and the remainder arc the chil dren of foreigner?/" i Fellow-citizens, wo deem it unnecessary to j pursue this investigation. Enough is pre | seated here to satisfy the most sceptical, that foreign governments "tend out" their pauper* and tho worthless )>oiii"n of their population, and that they are making this country " tho common sewer of the worldf! Will you consent thai.your "own glorious heritage" shall become "4 by-word among the nations?" Are yon content that the idle, vile, and vicious of all Europe shall find an alssle in thiv hitherto favored land? That there should be some pauper* and criminals among voluntary emigrants would excite no surpnao or alarm'; but that in a large and general imp utation, where the natives bear the proportion of abont seven to one foreigner, the proportion of criminals and paupers who are foreigner* should be as four to one native, can be ac counted for on no other hypothesis than t-llis, that these classes of foreigners are " sent out by their respective governments. VV ell ma v we repeat the language of the English trrivel ; ler Marrystt; " What cargoes of crime, follv, and rec\lc*?me*s do" foreign governments "yearly ship off to America f" But we hare intimated that certain |>ortions I of our foreign immigrant* aim at ultimata su premacy. At * charter election, h(ld in tl?e city of Now York, not many months ago, the following handbill wax pnlJmwd by the Irish party and extensively circulated, to wit: ?'irishmen, to your jwsts, or you will lose America. By perseverance you inay become its ruler*. Ily negligence you will become it* slaves. Your own country was lost l?y sub mitting to ambitious men. This heauUlui country you gain bv being firm uml united. Vote the ticket Alexander Stewart, Alderman; Edward Flanagan, Assessor, l?oth true Irish men I" What say you, Mow-citizens, to this open, bold, daring avowal of their purposes ? Dooh not every sentence of it contain a volume ol argumeut in favor of a change of our laws of naturalization? lias it come to this, that for eigners, who have been admitted by our indul gence to the rights of American citizens, can publicly and deliberately attempt the subver sion of our government? And will not even this arouse us to a sense ol our danger, and to an assertion of our native rights; or aro we so incliably stupid that we can bo lulled into a fill so security by the syren songs of traitorous demagogues ? Who is there, not blinded by a degrading devotion to party, who will deny, that, for a few years past, our elections have presented scenes of confhsion, riot, and reck lessness, which, twenty years ago, would have filled every American with alarm for the safety of our institutions? Who is there that has not sold both his judgment and his conscience to party, who will deny that foreigners are rapid ly "-inning the ascendency in. our commercial towns, and throughout the whole western country? What American that loves his coun try has not been shocked at the bare recitals of the unexampled frauds and peijunes charged upon each of tho rival parties by the other in the late conflict to manufacture voters from foreign immigrants ? W lint Amei ican, not insensible to shame, has not felt tho deepest humiliation to behold the syeophanev and subserviency o(* leading partisans in their hypocritical professions of duvulwn towecjato* and interests of foreigners? To (kny tW^Pj* mate views, tho present influence/or the gWW- | ing strength of foreigners in our country, were something worse than folly. At a recent election in Illinois, in tho county of Usalle, a body of Irish immigrant*, uum ! be ring about 2,060, brought forward imd sup ported an Irishman lor the office of sherifl, in opposition to the claims of an American, of the same national politics, and of much longor res idence in the county, and elected him by up ward of a thousand votes! What a beauti ful illustration, not only of the modesty of the succcssful foreign party, but of tho jiolicy of i our laws of naturalization! I Eel low-citizens, we do not hesitate to express tho deliberate opinion, that, even now, foreign ers control the elections in some ten or fifteen . I counties of Missouri and Illinois! Twenty ' years hence, if no change should be effected, they would govorn both these States*?and forty vears hence, they would give lawa to these fcnited States! Are you reconciled to this prospective condition of things ? We can refor you to instances in Missouri, where the leaders of a political party have been compelled to submit to the decision of tho German popu lation of their respective countios, which of two candidates should l?e run for an office by their party! In the town of Paterson, New Jersey, about two years ago, an election was held, and the foreign party electcd thirty-three out of thirty - I seven township officers! Believe 11s, fellow-citizens, the tune is rapidly approaching, when the entire control of this government will he in the hands of foreigners, if the present laws l-emain in force. We pro pose a change in those laws. We propose the ' repeal of the present laws, and the enaction of \ such prohibitions as will effectually prevent the immigration of criminals and puuiHjrs. w e , would not, if w e could, and we could not, if we would, interfere with the lights of those who ' I arc now in this country, or of those who may I immigrate hither, before the change we seek j shall Ik' effected. We do not a*U that foreign- j ers shall bo excluded from the country at any | future time ; but we dcnirc, most earnestly, to ] preserve our nationality, and to continue "this j an American government." We would not w ithhold from the oppressed foreigner an asy-ri linn ; from the victim of despotic vengeance, a refuge; or, from the wandering exile, an adopted home; but we would say to all the world, "This is our own, oc* native land; and we will govern it ourselves! We ask you, then, fellow-citiaens, to unite I with us in this American cause. We ask you I to form associations to effect these patriotic purposes?to present petitions to C ongress, i soliciting their action on these nuestioiis?to ttind l-eprescntativcs favorable to these views and to leave no fair and honorable means un employed, to promote these object*. But, it is |>erliaps our duty, IkiIIi to you and to ourselves to answer some of tho numerous otyections raised against our association, be fore we shall have a right to expect your co- 1 operation in the prop?Kxl cliange*. I [to he continued.J An Albany c?litor, in S|>eaking of the late storm, says the only reason why his dwelling I was not blown away on Saturday, was because | there was a heavy mortgage on it. " I havo lived to know," says Adam Carke, "that tlie greatest sccret of human Imppiness jH ?ne ver suffer your energies to stagnate. Tho old adgo of too many irons in the Are, conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many"?|>okor, tongs, and all?keep them all going." " Daddy, I want to ask vou a ciucrtion? Why is neighbor Smith's liquor shop like a counterfeit dollar ? " "1 can't toll, my son." " Because you can't pass it," replied the urchin. The last new society spoken of in California, 1 is the " Pay Nothings." It i* said to be alarm ingly prosperous. The password is " Lend me | a dollartlio res|?onsc, * Broke." "What arc |>olitical platforms?" asked an ' old ladv. "Oh," said her wi?rser half, "they are. platform wales, 011 which Presidium arc I weighed." " Queer, that two of the l>est things in the , world, when put together, should bv the worst, a Mi" atul fortune. If you don't Mieve it. , try a couple of years' * orth. . Young men are advised never to baug around | ladies' waists nor rum shop*. Both excite the j brain and madden the blood. When we reflect tlwt every mother has j children of surprising genius, it Is a matter of j serious inquiry where all Ihe ordinary men come from, wl?o cross our path in every day ' life. Woll it is. i An old toper 1x4 tliat he eooM, when blind folded, tell each of several kinds o( liqwws. When brandy, whiskey, gin, and other drinks werv presented hiin, he pronounced correctly what they were. At Vntth a gla?* of pure i wr.ter was given to him ; he tasted it, |M?Med, lasted again, considered and shook his bead. At last, said he, "gentlemen, I give it up. 1 j how not used to that aort of liquor." / I I'ROSCIUI'TION 0?' A KKKJJ AMKJMcIn 1'KKH.s The following in from tho Lancaster (Ohio) Ga&ette of the 7th October; Our Catholic subscribers still continue toex press great dissatisfaction ut the course we havo seen propw to pursue ia relation to Catholi cism ami the common schools. Several of thin 'lenomination have hail thdr name* taken from our subscription lint within the past week. Among the most:, distinguished of these gen tlemen, wo mention Hon. Thomas Kwing, who took occasion to litvor im with a special inc* unci', denouncing our paper iu the most bitter terms, an a blackguard sheet and au insult to bis family, rids message wan delivered to us by Ms hmii, who further stated that he wished it directly understood that he wan not only a ?bitter enemy" now but would remain m through lij? and Uiat this was but the ex pression of the sontinicnts of every member of the family connection. Of course we rely upon the son's version?not feeling disposed to be lieve that he would misrepresent his own Ik tliur. We deny no man the right to disoontiium our paper, " whenever it seenieth unto him beat to do so; but when we are the object of a special message, and denounced as a public blackguard, wo generally take the privilege of | retorting in our own way. What is it we Have I done that should hrmg upon us the anathemas I n i T.! ,1U,oll? follow ?( We are con fldent that we have never indulged in any lier flonal vitujieration or abuse; but on the cou trary, liavc strictly adherod to the cardinal prin ciples of tho matter under dlaetatsion?and we feel confident the severest hits we have givei, the Romish Church was in those Instances ! where we took occasion to use liberal extracts from Icadidg Catholic journals. j The Catholic journals, for years past, bare boon unceasmjj jii their denunciations of tho .3r?.tcf't?:it religion. To all this we had no ob jection, lor the simple reason tliat we did not ?"r evince to enler into j wnplv aljo to meet any fore contented otimWwKh betiwai interested spectator. 1 he Catholic journals, however, stepped be yond tho bounds of prudence, and are verv u,/ ;e,r lk">">UHtions of tlie common s hools of the country, declaring these nursc "q,u,!jIicanim" "houses of ition <ml crtn,*,' and inasmuch as our sisters, brothers and friends have all received their education m these schools, wo interpret | the language of these journals not only into," | threat against our Republicanism, but also as I !??tlnst the chastity and iutog ^!yi! ? !i IK'n,CnnR! m*'? or who havo received their education in these schools. Thev Uavo denounced the common schools of 4m?f ica nurseries of heresy and infidelity, and de niandod a division of tlie public fund. As on American journalist, we deem it a duty we owe to ourselves and our country to kind our feeble aid m putting down tliis anti-Republican sentiment?the legitimate offspring of Roman Religious toleration is a true and glorious idea, but tho toleration of a despotism worn* than that of the Middle Ages, is ouite a differ ent idea and a person's sinoero religious belief that tho 1 ope should reign supreme, or evcu exert any political influence over our Amorican people, 14 a religious Ik.'lief that should notTc ok>rat<^ Rvcry beJief that interferes with the lights of others, is an evil which oUr free government must remedy. So Ions- as a man respectsi a,,d holds sacred the privileges of Jils fellow cltiaww, so long can he safely be al lowed to follow out bis own opinions of right. Hut the Roman Catholic crusade in America is j a war not only upon our religion, but upon the ljn<n<tam*i?(al jrmrijiltit #/ our free | <'???- It a political cruwule to raise the red I nag of 1 ms Ia cm American soil. It is not , only to erect the cross ami establish the wor shi,, of the Virgin Mary, but it is also to estab tho t"?p?rat power of a foreign despot. RKl'KAL Of THK NATURALIZATION LAWS. The great rejieal movement Li progressing stead ily, and with a daily increasing force and momeit In it* I' la unlike most other political movement*. \\ ,? have lxvn indebted to the lorn, nuity and personal ambition of pix.A-sskmal politi : f'"* 'or 'nany of the gn at Issue* which have berc | tofore agitated tho public mind. The repeal inove | went is, however, emphatically a movement of the people: it originated among them; la preaoed fo,. j ward by them, on thstr own account, and it is in j avcry true sense, the people's thunder which w* now hoar muttering, rolling and roverls-rating from one extremity of the confederacy to the other It is everywhere executing, most gloriously, the sublime nusaloii upon ? Uoh it has been scut "it ia arousing tlie lethargic, encouraging and sustaining the d? | spomting, inspiring all trie patriots with brighter ; hopes, firmer confidence and irtmner seal, and ux citing all to a united, encrgctic and persevering I course of action. The world has scarcely *et.n i I popular demonstration so distinguished for Quiet [ earnestness, depth of filling, unity of puruos. ! Tastueaa and comprehensiveness of demental com' hiuaUoiK Partisan politicians are confounded, and stand aghast at the portentous and lowering aspect of their political heavens. They know not whither f' J"' or,l71'*1^ *<" ??fety- Home are alinmt fruiiUc "IthW-rrific horror of the imj>nndiiiK storm? Others vent th.ir feelings of demoniac hate aisl im placable revenge, In bitter anathemas and curs. long and load and d?ep; and others again are es saying to concoct some cunningly devis?si sel.enio of arresting the mighty movement?of wartling It ofT, neiitraliring Its overwhelming force, or pc. clwnee of so gaining the ,wss,.ssion of the glrat I central lalx>ralorics of this appalling itgeut tliat they urn, pass It off a,Hi us.. uL th.fr own part!" m tfiuuder, and tliu.. ?k- enabled thems. lyt'#-? "T" ride npoa the whirlwiad and direct the .torn.." lie who would now undertake to judge of the puWfepidse, by a hasty rafixeBO* to the par.y prees of the tnited .States, would lw wofullv miitiken It U not now the oracle of the public ruiad, or tha trite exjionnnt of the (km.pie's will. It j*, t? , ?_,t extent, yet fettered and manacled; but a clou* oh server will not Ciil fo notice that iu tone in sotn what chnngpd. It if evkhntfy incoming find ,,f iIh chidn^, diAtruKtfiii of the jhiwcr of itn \Hut\ uln)? ?i?l doubtl'ul of the soundness of its cause I' ii mm h in the same predicament of the party polif.. liilter i , ,', '',IS .hfrcr-",,* iH-tWre.l tbem: the lauer is enaWed to observe a xtmM,^| silence. whU "1 lonnerJ? ouaipdM to *eakit? laJittc hv oan t ion sly worded paragraphs.?.V. tkCrrUr. AtTRKTIOK THK Cof*T. Tfc. of tstrs liss "?entimiing (hat, on one lllfciiun, hs ^ ew,rt-" ?? the bar of m of tlie Middle Sfat<*s, iitsm a subject of great mornont. to his c!i< nt, wlioii his attention was airestxl by n singular cireurnstauce. He on surved, that when he dwelt upon tha particular !?oint of his argument, which he wished ospe cislly to en fin-re, "tlie fy.urt's" head went down Itebind bis eievat?sl dosk? and presently mm again. Changing his jK.sition slightly, he saw the iiiyshtry of this singular occurrence, ami when, soon after, it was repeated, he paused in his remarks, and sahl, " When ? the court' has finished eating its watermelon, I shall proceed with my argument, -m hoard r"'0111 '"'P* ^ being at least partially