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9 Meiye Ansricanisn that i, in othe,
words, prescription Of ioseigners-ha its
birth during Ne reign ot'the elder Adans,
and is emphatically Of federal origin. In
proof Of this need only be adduced the
celebrated aasen law, which the democrats,
under Mr.. Jeferson's administration,
promptly repealed. In his first annual
message to Congress Mr.. Jefferson holds
The ioiiswings language, which coAlsasss
finely withst the narrow and bigotted doc
trines now advaucesl.by party protesting
10 represent the principles Of the deanocra--
cy Of '9S. Mr.. jefferson thought fourteen
years too long term Of residence before
admitting foreigners to the rights of citi-
zenship, and recommended change; but
Mr.. Webster and his federal follower,
will not be content with a probation ol
less than twenty years:


81 cannot omit recommending revisal
Of the laws on the subject of naturaliza-
tion. Considering the ordinary chances oi
human life, denial Of citizenship under q
residence Of fourteen years, is DEkrAL to
great proportion Of those who ask it, and
controls policy pursued from their first
settlement by many Of these States, and
still believed Of consequence to their pros-
perity. And shall we refuse the unhap-
py fugitive from distress that hospitality
which the savages Of the wilderness ex.
tended to our fathers arriving in this land:
Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum
On the globe?" W. S as''I afi i4a


Again, when the celebrated Hartford
Convention assembled during the late war
to plot treason against the country, we fint
them advancing, as prominent reason fol
their dissatisfaction with their country ant
its institut ons, the privileges enjoyed BY
emigrants from foreign lands. In an ad
dress issued BY that convention, signed b,
George Cabot, Nathan Dane, and othel
leading fsderaliats Of New England-mer
whom Gen. Jackson declared should have
been hung up under the second section
the following language viii be found:


"Another amendment, subordinate il
Importance, but still in high degree ex.
pedient, relates to the EXCLUSION OF
FOREIGNERS hereafter arriving in thu
United States, from the capacity sf holding
Offices Of trust, honor, or profit. IL
"Why admit to participation in th<
government ALIENS who were no partie.
to the compact-who are ignorant Of tn,
nature, Of our institutions, and have NJ
stake in the welfare Of the country, ibu


what is recent and transitory?" DtC,ght'.


H.story, pages 374 and 375. Yanaiq .ta