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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1855. OLD SERIES, YOL- 15. NO. 49.
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6UNBTJRV, PA.
D mines, attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumherland, Union, Lycoming Montour end
Columbia.
llcferences in Philadelphia :
Hon. Job It.Trsnn, Chn.. Giblms, F.iq..
Sotner. i Snodgra.., Linn, Smith 4 Co.
WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
From the Laxcastih Couiiki,
Northumberland county, Pa.,
TTtniERE we have very extensive improve-
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public a very superior article, particularly suited
for the ma n u fact tire of Iron and making Steam.
Our sizes of Coal are:
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BROKEN, 1
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STOVE, )
PE T ' fur I'imeborllcr, ,nJ Slrm
(jur point of Shipping i. Sunbury. where ar
l.ngemenU are inado to load boat, without any
JC'y" COCHRAN, PEALE & CO.
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Feb. 10. 1K55. Iy
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m nnnfTO Manufacturers. Curriers and Im-
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by mail ; describing pen, thus, medium, bard,
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C GEORGE BROWN, Inspector of Mines, ten
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kc, of Mines and Coal land. From his experi
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different branches, having carrieJ on Mines for
a number of years in Schuylkill Cd., and having
now a large number of collieries under his super
vision he hopes to give satisfaction to those who
may want bis services. Rcfen to Benjamin
Miller and W. Payne, Esqrs.. Philadelphia, aud
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IR.V T.CLEMENT respectfully inform! the
citizens of Sunbury and vicinity that he has
been apjwinted ageut for the sale of the celebra
ted red ash coal, from the Mines of Boyd Rosse.
& Co. All the various sizes prepared aud
creaned will lie promptly delivered by leaving
order with the aubscrflter.
IRA T. CLEMENT.
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n Sunbury, consisting in part of Dry Goods,
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Ground Suit by the sack or bushel.
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ANILLA BEANS )ost received by
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ADDRESS
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NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONAL CONTENTION,
TO THK CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Fellow Citizens : When, in the history
of nations, Croat and increasing evils nrise,
ami invade the rights, or threaten to destroy
the just am) natural privileges of a peoplo, it
becomes equally the duty nnd the interest of
that people to present to the world such rep
resentation of their grievances as shall tend
to justify their efforts to remove those evils,
and establish permanent means to prevent
their recurrence. It has been tho fate of nil
nations, nnd especially of Republics, to suffer
in various ways Irom the encroachments ana
assumptions of a foreign people ; and it is an
unerring truth of history, that most of them
have lost their liberty" nnd power by such
means. The peculiar institutions of tho Uni
ted States lmvo exposed them, more than any
other, to tho evils ami wrongs oi toreipn en
croachments : und experienco has already
shown that they, like most other people of
historical notice, nre now realizing like conso
qnenecs from like causes. Influenced by
these considerations, a large portion of tho
native citizens of these United States have
felt it to be their most solemn and impcrativo
duty, to associato and pledge themselves one
to another, for the purpose of awakening their
countrymen to a sense of evils already expe
rienced from foreign intrusion and usurpation,
nnd the imminent danger to which all they
love and venerate, ns native Americans, is
momentarily exposed from foreign influence ;
and also to "use all honorable means to dimin
ish those evils, and opposo barriers to their
future progress. They have therefore called
together, in Convention, in the city of l'hilu
delphin, the representatives of those nativo
Americans who, dearly seeing and feeling the
evils and dangers complained of, have tho
moral courage to opposo and redress them ;
and now, in conformity with usage and duty,
these representatives announce to their asso
ciates and fellow-citizens, tho great objects
contemplated by the Native American party,
their reasons for action, and the principles by
which they propose hereafter to be governed.
DECLARATION.
Wr, the delegates elect, to the first Na
tional Convention of the Nativo Americun
bodv of the United States of America, assem
bled at Philadelphia, on the 4th day of July.
1S4!, for the purpose of devising apian of
concerted nolitical action in defence of
American institutions against tho encroach
ments of Foreign Influence, open or conceal
ed, bcrebv, solemnly, and before Almighty
!od, make known to our fellow citizens, our
country, nnd tho world, tho following incon
trovertible facts, and the course of conduct
consequent thereon, to which, in duty to the
cause of human rights, and the claims of our
beloved country, we mutually pledge our lives,
our fortunes, and onr sacred honor.
The danger of foreign influence, threatening
the gradual destruction of our national insti
tutions, failed not to nrrcst tho attention of
the Father of his Country, in the very dawn
of American Liberty. Not only its direct
agency in rendering the American system
liable to tho poisonous influenco of Kuropean
policy a policy at war with tho fundamental
principles of tho American Constitution but
also its still more fatal operation in aggrava
ting the virulence of partisan warfare has
awakened deep alarm in tho mind of every
intelligent patriot, from tho days of Washing
ton to the present time.
The influx of a foreign population, perinit
ted aftar little more than a nominal residence,
to participate in the legislation of the coun
try, and the sacred right of suffrage, produced
comparatively little evil during tho earlier
years of the Republic ; for that influx was
then limited by tho considerable expenses of a
transatlantic, voyage, by the existence of ma
ny wholi;souie restraints unon the acquisition
of pcVitical prerogatives, by the constant ex
haustion of the Kuropeau population in long
and bloody continental wars, ana oy me
slender inducements offered for emigration to
a young and sparsely populated country, con
tending for existence with a boundless wil
derness, inhabited by savage men. F.vils
which are only prospective rarely attract tho
notice of the masses, und, until peculiar chan
ges were effected in the political condition of
Europe, tho increased facilities for transpor
tation, and the uiudness of partisan legislation
in removing nil effective guards against the
open prostitution of the right of citizenship,
hud converted the slender current of naturali
zation into a torreut threatening to over
whelm the influenco of the natives of the
land ; the fur-seeing vision of the stutesman,
only, being fixed upon the distant, but stea
dily approaching cloud.
Rut, since the barriers against the impro
per extension of the right of suffrage were
boldly broken down, for a purtisun purpose,
bv the Cousrross of 1825. tho rapidly iucrea-
siue numbers, and unblushing msolenco of
the foreign population of the worst classes,
huvo caused the general agitation of the ques
tion. '7omi thall the intitutioni nf Me country
be preserved from the blinht nf forein'i injlu-
ence, insanely legalized through the conflict of
domestic parties. Associations, under diller
eut names, have been formed by our fellow
citizens, in many states of this confederation,
from Louisiana to Maine, all designed to
check this imminent danger before it becomes
irremediable, and, at length, a National Con
vention of the great American people, born
upon the soil of Washington, has assembled
to digest, suggest, and announce a plun of
operations, by which the grievances of an
abused hospitality, and the consequent degra
dation of political morals, may be redressed,
and the tottering columns of the temple of
Republican Liberty secured upon the sure
foundation of an enlightened nationality.
In cullincr for sunnort unon every American
who loves his country pre-eminently, and eve
ry adopted citizen of moral and intellectual
orth, wno would secure to nis compatriots,
yet to come amongst us, the blessings or po-
ilical protection, tne saiety oi person ami
nrnnertv. it is nebt that we tnouiu mane
kuowu the grievances which we propose to I
redress, aud the manner in which we shall
eudeavor to effect our object.
ft it an incootrovertioie zruin, vnav iu
civil institutions of the unilea states oj
America have been tenousiy auecvea, ami
that they now stand in imminent peril from
the rapid and enormous iucre .
of residents of foreign birth, imbued with for
eign feelings, and of ignorant aou n.iuiu.
character, who receive unaer me prew..
and unreasonable laws oi naiuraiuu.
elective franchise nd the right of eligibility
to political office. .
The whnha had nf fofeien eitiiens, invited
ta onr aVinrsa nmkr av unnatitutiooal ptoviaion
tdepted to other tin wb" political
conditions of the world, and of our country
especially, has been endowed by American
hospitality with gratuitous privileges mine
cessary to the eniotment of those inalienable
rights of man life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness privileges wisely reserved to tho
mimes oi tne sou, oy ino governments oi nil
other civilized nations. Rut, familiarized by
habit, with tho exercise of those indulgences,
and emboldened by increasing numbers, a
vast majority of those who constitute this
foreign body, now cluim as an original right,
that which 'has been so incautiously "granted
as a favor thus attempting to render inevi
table the prospective action of laws adopted
upon a principle of mere expediency, made
vuriablo at the will of Congress, by the ex
press terms of tho Constitution, nnd hercto
loro repentcdly revised to meet tho exigen
cies of the times.- "
In former years, this body was rocruited
chiefly from the victims of political oppres
sion, or the nctive and intelligent mercantile
adventurers of other lands : and it then con
stituted a slender representation of tho best
classes of the foreign population, well fitted
to ndd strength to tho State, and capable of
being readily educated in the peculiarly
American science of political self-government.
Moreover, while welcoming the Mranger of
every condition, our laws then wisely deman
ded of every foreign aspirant for political
rights, a certificate of practical good citizen
ship. Such a class of aliens were followed by
no foreign demagogues they were purchased
by no parties they were debauched by no
emissaries of Kings. A wall of fire separa
ted them from such baneful influence, erected
by their intelligence, their knowledge, their
virtue nnd love of freedom. Rut for the last
twenty years, the road to civil preferment and
participation in tho legislative and executive
government of tho land has been laid broad'y
open, alike to the ignorant, tho vicious and
the criminal and a lurgo proportion or the
foreign body of citizens and voters now con
stitutes a representation of tho worst and
most degraded of the European population
victims of social oppression, of personal vices,
utterly divested by ignorance or crime, of tho
moral and intellectual requisites for political
self-government.
Thus tempted by the suicidal policy of these
United States, nnd favored by the facilities
resulting from the modern improvements of
navigation, numerous societies and corporate
bodies in foreign countries have found it eco
nomical to transport to our shores, at public
and private expense, the feeble, the imbecile,
the idle and intractable, thus relieving them
selves of the burdens resulting from tho vices
of tho European social systems, by availing
themselves of tho generous errors of our owu.
The alms-houses of Europe arc emptied
upon our wast, and this by our own invitation
not cau. uallv, or to a trivial extent, out
systematically, and upon a constantly increa
sing scale. ''he Redlams of the old world
have contributed their share to tho torrent of
immigration, und the lives of our citizens have
been attempted in the streots of our capital
cities by mailmen, just liberated from Euro
pean hospitals upon the express condition
that they should be transported to America.
Rv the orders of European governments tho
punishment of crimes has been commuted for !
banishment to the land ol the. iree ; and crim
inals in irous havo crossed tho ocean to be
cast loose upon society on their arrival upon
our shores. Tho L'nitcd States are rapidly
becoming tho lazar house and penal colony of
Europe ; nor can wo reasonably censure such
proceedings; they nrc legitimate consequen
ces of our own unlimited benevolence; audit
i.s of such material that we pro!ess to manu
facture free, nnd enlightened citizens by a
process occupying five short years nt most,
but practically oftentimes embraced in a
much shorter period of time, r
Tho mass of immigrants, formerly cast
among the Natives of the soil, has increased
from the ratio of 1 in 40 to that of 1 in 7 ! a
like advance in 15 years will leave tho Na
tives of the soil in a minority in their own
land ! Thirty yeurs ago theso "strangers camo
by units and tens now they swiirm by thou
sands. (It is estimated that C00.000 will ar
rive within tho present year.) Formerly,
most of them sought only for an honest liveli
hood and n provision for their families : and
rarely meddled with those institutions, of
which it was impossible they cou'.d compre
hend the nature; now each new comer seeks
political prerrment, aud struggles to fasten
on tho public purso with an avidity, in strict
proportion to his ignorance nnd unworthiuess
of public trust having been sent for the
purpose of obtaining political ascendency in
tho government of the nation having been
8 e.st to exalt their allies to power having
been skxt to work a revolution from repub
lican freedom to tho divine rights of mon
archs. From theso unhappy circumstances has
arisen an imperium in Imperio a body unin
formed and vicious foreign in feeling, preju
dice and manner, yet armed with a vast and
often a controlling influence over tho policy of
a nation whose benevolence it abuses, and
whoso kindness it habitually Insults; a body
as dangerous to tho rights of the intelligent
foreigner, as to the prospect of its own imme
diate progeny, as it is threatening to tho lib
erties of the "country, and the hopes of na
tional freedom throughout tho world ; a body
ever ready to complicate ourforeign relations
by embroiling us with tho hereditary hates
and feuds of other lands, and to disturb our
domestic peace by its crude ideas, mistaking
licence for liberty, und the overthrow of indi
vidual rights for republican political equali
ty : a body ever tho ready tool of foreign
and domestic demagogues, and steadily eu
deavoring by misrule to establish populur tyr
anny under a cloak of democracy. Ameri
cans, false to thoir country, and led on to
moral crime by the desire of dishonest gain,
have scattered their agents over Europe, in
ducing the malcontent and the unthrifty to
exchange a life of compulsory labor in foreign
lands, for relative comfort, to be maintained
by the tax-paying industry of our over-bur-deucd
aud deeply indebted community.
Not content with the usual, and lessobjec
tionoble licences of trade, these fraudulent
dealers habitually deceivo a worthier class of
victims, bv false promises of employment, and
assist in thronging the already crowded ave
nues of simple labor with a host of competi
tors, whose first acquaintance with Amencuu
faith snrittira from a irroas imitoalure, whose
Brat feeling on discovering the cheat, is rea.
bin mistrust. If not imnlacable revenge.
Tho importation, oi the physical oeceaaiuea i
life may be burdened with duties, which many
itttom altravurant t but IDS ltniloriBliuu v.
trio onil irllanoaaor aedltlOUS ClUSeuS BUU
factious rulers is not only unrestricted by
nt thine bevond a nominal tax, but 1 actu
ally encouraged by a system which transforms
tiiai orroai uaininouv ui inn uni-iuu. iihhbhk
bv the blood of our futbere, into a source of
hnunt for the promotion of iui migration.
Whenever i.a attumpt is wade to restrain
this fatal evil, the nativo and adopted dema-
f ogo.es, protest aeainst an effort winch three
ens to deprive thorn of their molt important
tooli j and tach ii tbt xitiof .orgamwtioc
of our established political pat ties, that should
either of them essay the reform of on abuse
which both acknowledge to be frane,ht with
ruin, that party sinks, upon the instant, into
a minority, divested of control and incapable
of result.
From fuieh causes has been derived a body,
armed with political power, in a country of
whose system it is ignorant, and of whoso in
institutions it feels little interest, except for
the purposo of personal advancement.
This body has formed and encouraged associations-
under foreign names, to promote
measures of foreign policy, and to perpetuate
foreign clnnishness among adopted citizens
of the United States ; in contravention of
that spirit of union and nationality, without
which no people can legitimately claim a
place among tho nations of the earth.
It has employed the power of associations
toembrt'' the people of this country in the
politico' disputes of Other lands, with which
tho United States nre anxious to encourage
penco and amity.
It has introduced foreign emblems, not only
of national, but of partisan character, in the
civic processions and public displays of bodies
of men, claiming tho title of American citi
zens nnd sworn to American fealty j by which
means it has fomented frequent riot and mur
der. It has adopted national costumes nnd na
tional insignia foreign tn the country, in arm
ing and equipping military corps, constituting
a part of tho national guard, with its word of
command in a foreign language, in open defi
ance of our military code, by which means it
has weakened the discipline of the militia, und
rendered it less available for defence in timo
of war.
It has entered into the strife of parties os
a separate organization, unknown to the laws,
suffering itself to be addressed and le-' to the
contest, not ns a portion of the great Ameri
can family of freemen, but combined ns for
eigners ; thus virtually falsifying its oaths of
allegiance, and proving beyond denial, its en
tiro unfitness for political trust.
It has formed nnd encouraged political
combinations, holding the balance of power
bet ween opposing parties, which combinations
have offered their votes und influence to the
highest bidder in exchange for pledges of
official position nnd patronage.
It has boasted of giving (ioverncrs to our
States, and Chief Magistrates to the nation.
By serving as an unquestioning and uncom
promising tool of Executive power, it has
favored n political centralism, hostile to tho
rights of the independent States, and tho
sovereignty of the people.
It has facilitated tho assumption, by tho
national executive, of tho right to remove
from office, without the consent of the .Senate,
persons who only can be appointed uiih such
consent ; which assumption is nn obvious eva
sion of the spirit of tho Constitution.
It has encouraged political combinations
for the purpose of effecting sectarian mea
sures, in defiance of the fundamental law of
tho United States, and the constitutions of
the States iu which such efforts have been
Liado.
It his given rise to the organization and
urmintr foreign bands leagued for the pur
pose of controlling the freedom or discussion
and opposing the constitutional assembling
of American freemen, seeking the redress of
fiolitical grievances, which lawless bamU
lave repeatedly threatened, assaulted, und
temporarily dispersed, lawful politicul meet
ings of native citizens in various places,
Emboldeued by the often-tested weakness
of the constituted authorities, resulting, ns
we solemnly believe, from the uscendoiicy of
the foreign influenco at tho polls, a host of
these foreign assassins at length proceeded
to redden the gutters of tho second city oi
the Union with the blood of unarmed native
citizens, without even the semblance of pro
vocation, and with the avowed determination
to prevent any political assemblage of the na
tives of tho soil within the limits of one of
tho politicul divisions of a Eovereiffu Ameri
can statu.
Prostrated in this attempt by the ungov
ernable fury of an outraged community, mov
ing in mass, to avenge such insult to tho flag
of their country, trampled and torn beneath
tho feet of the "very refuse of Europe these
lawless bauds and their abettors have since
fomented extensive riot and open insurrec
tion ; and, uniting with their prejudiced fel
low countrymeu, together with domestic dem
agogues of various political creuds, lmvo stri
ven unceasingly, to fasten upon the victims
of their treasonable and murderous proceed
ings, the odium of crimes originating with
themselves j thus exciting bloody contests
between opposing bodies of native citizeus.
impairing, by division, the remaining politicul
influence of tho uativo population, aud weak
ening the bonds of social harmony, and tho
obligation of the laws. Collision of -opinion
has thus been followed by collision of arms ill
deadly array, in the very sanctuary of onr
freedom, by the myrmidons of the crowned
heads of Eurpoe. If this double struggle,
and nggrnvateddangcr, does not constitute a
crisis of national emergency, we are yet to
learn, what combination if power inimical to
liberty, can endanger tho Republic; or peril
the permanence oi our institutions.
The bodv of adopted citizens with foreign
interests and prejudices, is annually advanc
ing with rapid stniles.in geometrical progres
sion. Already il nos acquireu a control over
our elections, which cannot be entirely cor-
reeled, even by tho wisest legislation, until
tho present generation shall bo numbered
with tho post. Already it has notoriously
swayed the course of national legislation, and
invu'ded the purity of local justice. In a few
years its unchecked progress would cause it
to outnumber the native ueienucrs oi our
rights, and would then inevitably dispossess
our offspring nnd its own of tho inheritance
for which our fathers bled, or plunge tins laud
of happiness and peace into the horrors of
civil war.
The correction of these evils can never bo
effected by any combination by the tactics of
Other existing parties.
If either of the old purt.es as such, were to
attempt an extensive of the term of naturali
sation, irrom nve to iwetilJ-one years,) n
would be impossible for it to carry out the
measure, because it would immediately be
abandoned by the foreign voters. This grcut
measure can be carried out only by an organ
ization like pur own, made up of those who
have giveu up their former political preferen
ces. .
For these reasons, we reoommend the im
mediate organization of the truly patriotic na
tive citizens throughout the United States,
for the purpose of resisting the progress of
foreign influence In the conduct of American
affairs, and the correction of such political
abuses as bave resulted from unguarded or
partisan legislation on the subject of natural
ization, so far as these abuses admit of femo
dy without encroachment upon the tested
rights of foreigners, who bava been already
legally adapted into the bosom of the nation
and in furtherance of this object, w present
the public with the followiug statement of
t the political principles aod objects of the Na
tivo American body, whoso duly constituted
representatives we are.
PRINCIPLES.
Wn hold that, vith few exceptions, no mnn,
educated under ono system of government,
can ever become thoroughly imbued with the
essence nnd spirit of another system essen
tially different In character.
That no mnn can eradicate, entirely, the
prejudices and attachments associated with
the land of his birth, so us to become a per
fectly safe depository for political trust, in
anv other country.
That the obligation of nn oath of fealty to
a foreign nation has been derided, by every
civilized nation but our own, to boofseconila
ry power, when brought into collision with
tho lint oral fealty duo to the native land.
And, although, wo have as yet no decision of
this question in our own Supremo Court, nil
precedents bearing on the subject lead us to
anticipate a similar conclusion there.
And, therefore, that the elective frnnrliiso,
which is the primary and fumhtmentul ele
ment of popular sovereignty, can only bo en
tirely secure when held exclusively in the
hands of natives of the soil.
Rut, in consideration of the presont nnd
previous policy of our government, we are
willing, nt present, to extend, ns a boon, to
all peaceful and well-disposed strangers here
after settling among us, not only every secu
rity enjoyed by the native in the protection
of person, property, and the legal pursuit of
happiness, but also tho right of suffrage,
LTON TI1K SAMK TKRMS AS TIIOSK IMI'OSKII fl'tiS
tiik natives, namely, a legally authenticated
residence of nt least twenty-one years witbiii
the limits of the country.
We advocate such nn amendment to the
Constitution of tho United States ns may be
necessary to preclude tho vote3 of persons
not legally citizens of the United States, in
the choice of national representatives or
delegates from the several states and terri
tories. We stand pledged, in the oxerciso of our
constitutional right, of selecting those candi
dates for oflicc whom we esteem most enpa
bio ami bH.t informed, to confine onr politi
cal nominations to tho American born citizens
of tho United States, including such foreign
born citizens only, ns may have been parties
to tho Federal Constitution at tho time -of its
adoption.
We solemnly protest ngainst nil inter
mingling of national policy with the local
policy of particular states, on questions in
volving the reserved rights of those states.
Wo hold that all minor questions of ex
pediency in legislating upon subjects un
connected with tho fundamental structure of
tho government such as fiscal nnd com
mercial regulations, tho management of the
public domain, and the proceeds therefrom,
etc., belong, by right, to tho representatives
of the people, and those of the several states,
to be by them discussed and decided, from
time to time, after maturo nrgumen, under
the constitutional responsibility orthose pub
lic agents each to his own proper constitu
ency and to the country ; and that the adop
tion of any previous tester determination
upon such questions, by any national party,
degrades it into v, faction, and by leading to
final decision befuro argument obstructs the
course of rational legislation. If it be asked
what measures of public import wo most
favor, ns a party, we answer, ull that stand
high as American measures, in contra-t'.is-titiction
to foreign. Native agriculture wo
cherish first native industry, liisl und last,
in every branch of trade art ingenuity
mechanics nnd invention. Wo niui at the
independence of our count rv, in all things
moral, intellectual, physical, und political
' ; . , . I , , ' . it i . . 1.
iu worKS oi toe naim us wen us worhs oi mo
head in manual labor und in mental sagaci
ty. Wo desire to make our government
what our fathers designed it should be. and
wilucss native statesmen in power native
industry triumphant over foreign labor and
native hearts announcing America emanci
pated from nil the world.
We advocate such un amendment of the
Constitution of the United States as .hall
reconcile its Utter with its spirit, on the sub
ject of executive appointments, rendering ull
o Hirers commissioned by and with the consent
ul'the Striate, incapable of removal, except by
and with the like consent."
We recommend to tho native Americans
of the several states, a prompt rcbistnuco to
all sectarian intermeddling with politics or
political institutions, come from wh.it source
soever it may ; the absolute freedom of re
ligious opinion being the corner stone of
American civilization.
We also recommend to the native Ameri
cans of the several stati-s thecnreful fostering
und improvement cflnral institutions lor
public instruction, to bo supported ut tho
public expense, without which, a government
of tho peoplo must speedily become a govern
ment of ignorance anil probable depravity.
We also recommend to the nativo Ameri
cans of the Beveral states, in their systems of
education a full recognition of the Riblo, as
Piviiie authority for the rights of man, as
well us for tho separation of Church und
Slate, on which depends so essentially the
pursuit of happiness ami freedom of con
science. To the Riblo wo are indebted for
1 the wand that broke the sceptre of tyrants,
and crumbled to atoms the Church and
State despotisms of those potentates, who
associate religion with their political systems
who degrade the peoplo in order to rule
them, and interdict education and knowledge
among the musses, lest intelligence t-hould
inform them of their rights, instruct them
how to break asunder their bonds, and rise
to the true dignity of tiod-created freedom.
When the ambition of kings projected the
slavery of the people, they locked up tho
Riblo, and invested thcimolves with tho
attributes of Kivinity. A divine right, to
enslave was admitted when tho humuu right
was deuied. Hence, iu ull arbitrary govern
meiits, the State is incorporated with tho
Church, under the monstrous paradox that
man, in the possession of bis natural rights,
is incompetent to self-goTcinuiuiit. The
reading of the Rible among the peoplo ex
ploded Ibis doctrine, and the native Ameii
cans defend it, and will coiitinuo to defend
it, against nil foreign aggression, as necessary
to freedom of conscience, aud the equal rights
of man.
Having thus completed an outlino of tho
principles and policy advocated by the native
A mericau politicul party, as a national party,
we call upou every true friend of his country
to rally uudur one standurd, before it becomes
too lute ; we iuvite the assistance of every
adopted citizen of sufficient intelligence "to
perceive his own real interest, and that of
his posterity. Warring with no particular
sect, attacking no particular nation regard
less of the spleen of pre-existing parties we
are gathering to the combat in opposition to
that foreign lufluence, and - those abuses of
party spirit, which were so ably foretold by
Washington and Jefferson. Invoking Hea
ven in testimony of the purity bf our motivea,
we hare solemnly datarmitieJ navar to relax
our efforts until tho Star Spangled Banner
floats freely over tho renatioualized lund of
our birth aud our uffections.
RESOLUTIONS,
Adopted July 5th and 7th, 1S45.
Relieving our free institutions, if worth nnv
thing, to be worth preservin g, aud transmitting
unimpaired :
Relieving tho permanency of those institu
tions to depend upon tho hone ft and intelli
gent exercise of the right of suffrage :
Relieving that ruin, if it come, will come
through a perversion nnd a mse of that right :
Relieving such perversion and abuse to
hare already prevailed, and to bo now in
creasing, to an alarming extent :
Relieving that the greatest source of evil
in this respect, is to bo found in tho rapid
influx of ignorant foreigners, nnd the facility
with which they arc converted into citizens :
Relieving thut A mericaim in ,urm should,
nnd of right, ought to be, Americans at
heart :
Relieving that, under nny circumstances,
it is dangerous to commit the ballot-box, the
Art of our 'Freedom's Covenant, to foieian
hands, or submit our destinies to the possible
control of them who may be foreigners iii
heart, and American inform, only :
Relieving that, from any ofthe old political
organizations ns 6tich. we cannot hope for
anv radical reform of the evils we deprecate :
Therefore, PcSoh-id, Tlint we do hereby
form ourselves into a national politicul party,
for tho radical reform of abuses, nnd the
preservation of our institutions nnd our liber
ties, under tho name of the Native American
F'urtv.
He'snlvfd, That as Native Americans, we
cannot consent to give our political suffrages
to any other than to those born on Nur soil
and matured among our institutions.
Pesolved. That no foreigner, hcrenfter
coming to these United States, shall bo al
lowed to exercise the elective franchise, until
he s tut I have been a resident here ct least
twenty-one years.
Resolved. That while every constitutional
effort should be made to guard against the
deleterious consequences of n rapidly in
creasing immigration, by the enactment of
the most efficient laws for the accomplish
ment of that all-important object, still a
generous magnanimity requires that thoso
aliens who are, or may become, inhabitants of
the United States, should be kindly received,
and every privilege extended to them, except
that of participating in any of onr political
administrations, and exorcising the right or
suffrage, until ufter a residence of at least
twenty-one years.
liesolved, That, as Native Americans, we
will foster and defend all the great interests
of our country, its agriculture, its commerce,
its mechanics and fine arts, manufactures,
navigation, mining, and science and literature,
against the world.
J!f solved. That we urge the promotion and
fostering of all means of moral and iutcllcc
tunl culture, by permanent provisions for
ceneral education, believing tho intelligence
; of the people to be necessary to the right uso
and the permanence oi our uoeriies, mu uuu
; relitrious.
I liesolved. That we advocate the universal
! toleration of every religions faith nnd sect,
and the total separation of all sectarianism
i nne politics.
I fiesoked. That the Bible, ns tlie'only basis
of pure Christianity, lies at tho bottom of all
! true liberty and equality, and thus, as the
comer stone of our free institutions should
j be freely read by all men.
Hesolved, Tha't removals from important
offices under the general government, should
bo made like appointments, by and with the
advice and consent ofthe Senate, or other
approving body, except in the ubsence of
I the Semite, when tho President; may have
! the power to suspend or cause.
Jlesolveit, 1 Hut these, principles, iy u"
they do at the very foundation of our politicul
freedom, and even existence, involve, and are
paramount to all others, however important,
to our external prosperity.
lksolved, That the interest, the real welfare
of all parties, the honor of tho nation, all re
quire that subordinate party questions should
bo made to yield to tho great principles for
w hich we are contending.
J.'esoked, That organizations of Native
American Associations should be Mtablieuci
in all our towns nnd wards of cities.
liesolved. That tho appointment of two
Delegates ftoni each Congressional District,
be recommended to meet in (leneiul Con
vention on the second Tuesday of May, IS 17,
to nominate candidates (or President and
Vice President of the United States, nnd
that the placo of meeting be Pittsburg, Pa.
resolved. That the Na.tive American Party
do and will advocate the principle, that the
naturalization of foreigners bo confined ex
elnsivelv to the Courts of tho United States,
and that a public registration of ull applicants,
for the elective franchise bo mai'e.
Hcsokrd, That we advocate tho principle.
that no alien shall be naturalized, except on
the production of a Custom House otificute,
to be procured on his landing on these
Americnu shores, proving bis residence cl
Iwentv.nno veara t such certificate to be
civon tin to be cancelled.
liesolved. That wo hold it to be the duty of
nil true Nativo Americans, u give their
suffrages to those only who subscribe heartily
to our principles, and will iniiiui.an ui"iu.
1,'tsulved, That we do mUocat i ll.e juts sage
of laws imposing upon all foreigner coming
hither for puiposes impermanent resid. nee. a
cupitutiou tax, sufficiently large to prevent
the excessive influx of the vicious nnd pauper
immigrants, and that we do it as a uiatkr i f
self-defence.
l.'esn.'red, Thnt u Nativo Americans, e
hold it to bi our duty to luke high moral
ground on oil subjects, to grapple with the
prilie'ip les of riir'ht, of truth, und ofjust.ee,
without regard to mere questions or nvaila
bility and to rontuud for them fearlessly
against tho world.
Pesnlved, That we recommend that no alien
be permitted to lund in these Untied Slates,
..ill,,.., i . ,'oriiilcntB ol rood moral character,
and who is able to provideforhis own support,
winch certincnte snail oe stgueu uj . ...,v
States Consul or the port, from whence hu
sailed, in conformity with the Act of Con
gress, passed iu 1S02 under President Jef
ferson, liesolved. That the several Executive
Committees of the States, be requested to
aonolnt each two proper persons, to cousti-
tutea Corresponding Nationul Committee.
President II. A. S. DEARRONE. Mass.
L. D. Cuahx, N. Y.. CiiAt.M Sexton,
V J Thoms D. Cboteh, Pa., Wn. X.
Haldkmak. Kv., Jostrn K. Rcbtis, Mo.,
J'iV Presidents.
W. L. Paaii, N. Y.. F-dwin R. t amphklu
O., Johm F. Jriooo, N. Y.,Gsooe O A r,
Pa., Stcreldriu. ,:
-Innoceuet is a flower which wither! when
touched, - but blooms net f io though
watr4 with tear,. ' I . a ....-. ...
A MOSSTF.tl SAKB TAKUIt.
A correspondent ef the Ruffalo P.cpublie
lays, the Silver Lake Serpent baa, been cap
uri'd. lie writes from IVrrv Villnire. Alio-.
l.'ilh, at:d savs :
Daniel Smith, nti old whaleman, came hero
'llimit tu-r, U'rtf.l.'u linn. .(,.... I.nn.lun ,a
........ . -j ,. . , PI'H.1, UHl l IJCill H'U HI illU
appearance of the Creature, and while hero
had llin rronrl fr.rtti.in to enn him TIo itninn.
diiiti'ly sent to New York for an old nhipmate
of his, nnd li's "irons," und on Friday lust
both arrived with harpoons, cordage and
everything necessary to catch a monster
II-.. ! . . i.l-
.unity strangers, who are stopping nr. itio
V',.1L... lr.... :.. .1.:. .,n..lr.',l r, Il ia
' ' H-'liM', III IIUS I U, Ull I.VV-LW. v ....
pail of the country by the' excitement in re
gard to the monster, and who had obtained
no glimpse of him, laughed at them for their
pains ; but thev kept on with their prepara
tions in spite of sneers nnd jeers. Roats
have been stationed nil over the lake for up
wards of right davs, and the two whalemen
had n sharp look-out kept nil tho time, beside
watching themselves.
This lake has several outlets, the largest of
n-binli rnm llirnnn-b this vilbirrp ftnd finally
empties into, or becomes, Oenesce River. lit
the vicinity ol this outlet re was seen oi.-i,
..,! t:..' l ... l. i 41 n otnT'ifff ilia.
IIIKI I'll ITVIHII'IJ II, I.UIIIU ... IIIVJ u. ... .
playing about thirty feet of his long, sinuous
noiiy, remaining, nowevcr, uui 11 ivij " n.w-
monrs. l ne noats worn on iuw "
Snndny night. The Whalemen hud 1.200
feet of strong whale line in their boat, tho
end of which ran oshore and fastened to a
tree. On Monday morning everything was
on tho nlert. The shores wero lined with
town's-peoiile and strangers, nnd everybody
seemeu very mucu cxcitru. amui u..ii"-,
the animal "made his appearance between the
whalemen's boat and the thore, revealing 20
or ;iu icci oi nis lengin. n" ij iuu-ivu.
imnn ilio Qiirfupn wbon 1h whalemen's boat
moved slowly towards him Mr. Smith, of
Covington, poising n i.u.y-iroii in u.c un,
Lilly iron is a patent harpron, n heavy cutting
knife bcinff attached bv the middle to tho
end ofthe iron bv a rivet. As coon as the
knii'i! t nteis tho body of on animal this move
able blade turns nt right angles to the wound,
!.... ..: 1 I. !.,., a,1 fl.tt nn nne sida
und utrin iilii, I! ifiiini. win it",
it is impossible to extricuto it except by cut
tiiifr out.)
Wl.n.. Ilio. ImJ nr.t nl.nnf I Ml f.'Pt ffOnt th
animal the iron whistled through tho uir and
. . . . .. . . 4t.A
went deep into ins oony. in a uii.tneiit. mu
lnshintr the
air, nt a bound revealing his whole cnormoua
length, nnd then making the water boil in
every direction, ho decribed rapid, fopminr,
circles nnd arcs of circles, with such a swift
ness tho eye could scarcely follow him.
Then ho darted off in another direction to-
wards the upper part or tlio lake. I smwen
rtpKS nf his movement almost dragging tho
boat under water. Line wns gradually "given
him, nnd nRer tho space or hair an hour, it,
was Llain that his strength was almost ex-
hausted. The whalemen then came' ashore
nnd gradually hauled the lino in. Tho body
wns within SO Tcet ofthe shore, when renew
ed life appeared to have been given him, and
with one dart he carried nearly nil the lino
out. This was his last great effort, lie was
slowly dragged ashore, amidst tho wildest ex
ritnnipnt. nnd tumult ever know in the vicini
ty of Silver Lake.
Four or five ladies fainted upon seeing tn
monster, who, although ashore, was lashing
his body into tremendous folds, and then
straightening himself out in bis agony, with
a noise and power thnt made the very earth,
tremble around him. Tho harpoon had gone
i'ntirely through a thick muscular part oi
liini. nbout ewht feet from his head.
The snake, or animal, is fifty-nine feet five
inches iu length, and is a most disgusting
looking creature. A thick slime Covets its
hideous length, a quarter of an inch thick,
lioinrr removed, is almost instant
ly replaced by exundation. The body of this
creature is variable in size, mu m-au
about tho si..n of a full grown calf's ; within
eieht feet of the head the neck gradually
' .. ... - , . r f.. ,l;nm
SWCIIS Up tO the iniCKlieSS OI U lUUI. m umum-
ter, which continues fur fifteen inches, nnd
then tapers down the other way, constantly
; ;., lunii.vcr ns it recedes from
the Iiead,nnutil the body ofthe monster has a
diameter of over firo Jcet in tne centre, giving
r ,.r civ loot It then tapers off
n .111. B.A ' I .
toward the tail, which ends in a fin which can
be expanded in the shape oi a tan until u is
throe feet across, or closed in a sheath.
Along the bellv, from the head to tho tail,
..... ,I,.1,L ..r,.v'a nf fltrj tl foot in lCHL'th tOt
opposite each other, but alternately placed,
n-i i.. . i : ofl.;r Tl. vn
lite neuu is iiii'm moui.! ......... ,P v
nre very large, white, staring and terrific.
Attached to the edge ofthe upper and lower
lids, which are like those of a human being, a
(...,., .,..,..."( c,i.,. n in,'inlir:mo is seen, which
while it protects the eye of the animal, dues
. a -.1 '.!.... Un 1. Aut-ii-k tins
not niterlrro wun ns vision, no
liils or gills, apparently. The mouth of this
serpent, or whatever il may be, is underneath
is almost a counterpart of the mouth of the
Pel, ...,11. ..I tin ker, possessiii tho same val-
di
ular
power, pursed up but it can ue
ret i
d S3 ns to take III a uooy eii uiauicier
of a foot or u foot and a half. No teeth can
be discovered. A hard bony substance ex
tends iu two parallel lines avouttd the upper
and lower part of the head. IIU color is a
Uuskv brown on the sides and back, but un
derneath ofthe bellv it is of a dirty white.
It i- simious like n snake, but has along its
back, and em each sid?, a row of hard sub
stance, knot like in shape tho largest raised
four inch'-s from tho surfuee of the body, ex
tending from head to tail.
The news ofthe capture spread like wild
fire and before niuht hundreds and hundred
or peoplo from the neighboring towns and
villae.es had collected to see ibis wonder.
The r.niu,al stiil has the Imrpoo.i m him. It
passed through the uxucular port.o i o t h
back and tone In d no morta part, lie 1 es m
the water, ul. ingc.m."' cou.nvuncc , of .ope,
having been placed on him whdo he was on
sho e, keeping his body i.i a curve, rreveiit
u " l in. r. on. getting away or proving dan
p "rou" llv can use but his head and tail,
i which he occasionally A up the water
M Itim for reds. Me keeps his head
under water except when leicars. upas ,
look ns uroiiiui, nmi pn'"" - , j
a pc ct V l'u3 uann,J ,;e SX1,1V"U L'i "I ' h
exhibits acauty blc.od-red most tern.
b e to look upon. A be does this air rusbc.
forth with a 'heavy.
moro time to write you. 1 hp betel is mil.
a..d PeopU have great great difliculty In get.
ting in the vil!ao. home of hem go up to
,, r. , . . . i ..,- iopii . 1 ho whalemen
iasmeii v' i n''i - . ..
contemplate keeping the monster in his pre
.... !.; ,.,.,1 mi aiiuut ot Air. Uaruum
arrives, who has bceu telegraphed, He 1
. . i. .
expected io-niK,iu.
. A fter readimr the above account wa are In.
voluntarily compelled to exclaim "What
k.. )... i,.. ! .... ... i 'n.
unmuug uvw una vuii.uiii iw ,u PCI I U
Htory is well told, aud we do not doubt the .
P.... Vill ,... Ilr.i.t. 1, . .... . .1
V.lJ J W.W .4VKI IIHII UUU1 OVU WU.fc
nee. . -
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