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 NATURALIZATION LAws.-The repeal oi the naturalization laws IS the newest sugges- ton of the eyer nischievous and restless spir- its that are perpetually stirring up the elements of discord and endeavoring to set the com munity sby the ears" The subject, 1t ap- pears, is to be '.hunted to death" until some more exciting topic turns up, and then it will be consigned to oblivion, after having served the purpose for which t was started. No thought Is, of course, bestowed on the feel ings of irritation and resentment which it may in the meantime arouse those who fan the flame, care litlle for the consequences to which it may lead.

 Repeal the naturalization laws Sagacious project! Descendants and children of foreign CTS, show your respect for the founders of the great heritage that has been beqneathed you, by imposing restrictions upon liberty that your forefalhers never dreamt of, and which if they had, would have left you far behind in the scale of nations. Enlarged and liberal minds your philosophy is founded upon q close observation of human nature, and a pro- found study of the facts and events which make up the instructive chapter of history. Offspring of the republican principle, show yourselves worthy of the influence that has nourished you into being, by your jealousy of freedom Take up the wcrn out shackles and letters of monarchical governments, and push the iliberalty of their alien laws to all extreme which the most despotIc of them have never dared to approach. Proclaim to those who fly to your shores from heexcesses of arbitrary power, that the blessings of free dom are intended but for one race--a race, too, composed of the descendants of men who, like these refuges, once claimed the shelter and protection which you now deny them. This will be wise-this will be gen. erous. It will be creditable 10 our feelings as meu-it will rebound to our honor as a nation, Religion would be infdelity if it were not intolerant, say the priests; liberty would be slavery, fit were not exclusive, say the political bgots.

 What between the rancor of secarianism on the one hand, and ptra natircisn, If we may use the term, on the other, we seem likely to be kept perpetually in hot water. It is lucky that the principles of neither meet with any very large sltare of public sympathy or approbaliou, or we would have reason to ap- prehend a danger which these zealots seem to be ignorant of They do not dream in their philosophy that out of such germs may spring fruits so bitter, that even they may not like totaste them. No, the uice. balance of our institutions must not be deranged to suitthe views of visionary orinterested specu- lators. The presentnatnralization laws exact all that can be reasonably required from foreigners. who desire to become citizens of the repubic---to require more, would be in- consistent with the spirit of our institutions and the practice of other governments.

 v '. Rep.