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NUMBER 1.
VOLUME I. .
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>' 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.
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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
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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