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Dudley Selden has been nominated by the Whigs of the City of New York for Mayor of that city. We make the following extracts from his speech delivered before the meeting that nominated him :“What is the object of this Native American movement? It is first, the restriction of the Naturalization of Immigrants from Europe, ami secondly the restriction of their right to holdCatholics of our city. They were mainly born in Ireland and in Germany. They build their own churches, they gather around their own altars, they collect their own scattered members rather than seek to make _ proselytes from ours. Their pa«tors | ing th are earnestly and successfully enga- I Sheri! ged in imbuing them with the princi- i other pies of Religion and Morals. Why ! in twe should Americans and Protestants j tnand make war upon them? Why should 1 SteehANTExt of the Marc!Deioffice. To these objects I am opposed wo not live together as countrymen j from ] as impolitic and unjust. ; “d Wi°w-christi«n», m chanty and j route,It is very doubtful wbetbera sound i *I trust we may do so. If not the ! bulent blame must rest on those who blend , where con tump 1 atech ” [Here Mr’s'.'quotcl | Po!iU“- j'»«« »~ .. . «« - r, 4 the roiconstruction of the Constitution does not 1‘oTbid any such restrictionthat section of the Constitution which ! ™|j.cn hlt;fy oimim in the mime declares that Representatives in Con- 1 church, undertakes to throwgress shall be chosen by those per- ™]l£10us controversy into the ballot sons who arc entitled to vote for mem- box, I say they ought to be broken hors of the most numerous branch of d°u’n by the judgment of the Aniuri-the Legisluturo of thn State.} It is caiJ P®°p'G»doubtful whether Congress is not here Ana now let me coll your atten-preeluded from establishing any tests tfon’ gentlemen, to the condition ofonxiet succes The I age \\ have t armed In tto govern th. Eight of Voting. The the groat whig party of the United noiteri States as States each claim the right «“«?• 1 he Whig party have not Miens,to determine who shall be entitled to \ b^1-51 brought together lor the sake ( .,ni| j, vote at their elections. Must notj of elevating any to It , „mncrthen, this Mative American movement - grow'u up on great principles, I upon 4 fail utterly, because Congress has no ' wmchpr.nc.plea must preserve our | flud to power lo (Is the qualifications of (.or.st.Urtron_ and our Union. Lr cry ; n,is|,, voters V I year 120,(.00 young men ernye nt llltJtauSo with regard to Electors of Pros- , toonh««e, and look around them to „lissN! ident. The. Slates are expressly 80. , *lecu.e w.tl. wluoli party they si,all , thorU,ed to fix the qualifications of, Cji;!5tf:'C icmsi.1 pled i pistolsthe tiu sheepsMost ofvotcrVfhr Piesident. ^This alVcmptlo ! t,1.c'[) choose the side to which they | b build up a party on a movement for a . Wl IL'^' . iroi,g1 1 L'- ^ jn u-jtlchange in the I’faturalizauoii Laws i If the Whig party sufifi-r themstl- ! • must m Congress may say that ves. io ^shattered by every now twenty-one years residence is roqui- nol,fln that «*•«* «P, «11 uese rod to constitute a citizen, but the »«* hernseIves u ith us ?Stotes may notwithstanding inalre ' *?• C.entlemen, t icy will not l.icy each immigrant a voter after the lapse 1 wll‘ ™»8° themselves under the ban-of a single year. The' purpose of ner of ur 0/PoneP^ 11 “ ,eNative Americanism would this be ul- j tmporattvc duty of those who have a ,nr„ei.„i ; lUiikc lo society to determine whetherthey will permit the Whig parly to be 1 Large broken up, or whether they u ill cling J have h to its standard and rally around it to-day the thousands who have often ballied | otir vi under its folds for the Honor and ] inalior; prosperity of their Country.” I shall ------| Our wTHE OREGON. j night,The tide of emigration is already t ny oil) setting to the shores of the Pacific ; as the with continuous and increasing v igor. licet.terly defeated.Mr. S. passed to the alleged danger to our liberties from excessive Naturalization. Commencing with 1835, there arrived at this port in eight years, ‘122,19s passeugeig. [From olficwd data, Mr. S. estimated the average of passengers arming in the Union per annum at 70,3(37, including all travellers for pleasure or on business, estimated at one-sixth, leavingt ured : Roxbu Lat Di: i.iii The has 1rr\ rnn .1 ■ • l' j. , uiui lviiiiiiiiuiis uiiu iiiLiuuaiii^ 1 • 1 . *S8,(539 as the average irmmgratiui. to ^ flU thc Weslem Stllt„ evm.inlho | of who this country. Ol those half arc ncwTerritoryoflowW, meeting, arc arc lt;1 males, and of the males half arc under , ,111, - I , _ ,. , ’ . . , . . , -,r 1 held by hardy pioneers, and com- , very tIfi. luaviniy but 14.3b0 males over 16. ' . -1 J 1 . . ’ ........10, uaviDC out 14.000 maies over id. _ .__■ - . . . lt;• ,1,. 1 „\ , _«, , - . , 1 panics are argimmngto follow the with nDeduct for between the ngcs ol lb ana ' 1 ... „ , ,1 r» 1 ........., , ... , ,.n \.▼ , , setting sun across the Itockv inoun- madePA. ,111 d but lfl.99n Adult Males ar- ! , . 0 ... ,tains with the early spring. JLiicli 13 unkrive I) ere an nu ally.] But our Natural-I? ‘timl .¥?' .oquire five years prabn- , , wide„, a„ j dr 1St,an, wl.H-1, must reduce t„o number l|lc trjiI; the way for (heirsn ccei v e c 1 ravan, which pe 11 etr itesof those who actually become Naturalized Citizens to 9,424. But do all become naturalized who may? No. The Census of New-York in 1835 showed a return of SC,000 aliens. The actual number of vo;ers naturalized per annum is probably 7,000.Nov/ suppose the whole number of Immigrants (th cays voted on the right Side. Would there be any harm in it? Should we regard Naturalization with terror? I apprehend net. But un-wc 111; is alili agistsquarts colli C B ovinsucccsssors in enterprise.—When the amjile folds of the “stars and stripes” shall hive been thrown over the territory. the movement will reecho a new impulse, The Oregon holds out anotli-brighter prospects to young ambition seen i and energetic enterprise than ever an nth yet presented itself to a trading pco- part o pie. That salubrious dim ate is he- inotio: coming rapidly- peopled w hh r. most intelligent and enterpriziiigracc j rove rhially energetic. They find fjomcoliv, * *. ,, p , v v 1w1-.il 1 y nii’i-yuuu. ji uey iihli uihii ui.nn;happily three h.urths of (hem vote on th(;. moi^, of fho Coh.ciUn, south-.k lie, what wo consider tho tonmgudv. A „,SJ,d abw.o U|J» olrcody in o-fii- ' thcr.I,cavy proportion—^-bat our ono-fonrth t(,nE)?j |.nTi,,d 0„ by th(,;r H,vn c0„„_ , ,.omMaiiUnccs one-frmrlh on tho olho.rside.; ^ Proi,;lbi,,' Ly.CW(l,D0(l of'tySh.-1M* losses oiu.-la.iroi (lie- who (• .mm- Aiu,,i0Jn capital W alvcay cmplovci hi, h, ber to count bl' inst ult;t, o«* a little over 1 ; ,, . „ r .1 . r. . lt;r g 1 «0 \ si ’ m that const, 111 fisheries, fur^, o^r*..3,000 per atumtu. lut tno increase , , * 1 1 ^ 4i-nnr. ana jirotectea by American Setuc-01 our American vote is 120,000 per , + ' +1 „ . ...:n „ :.i, , 5 J, munts on the coast, it will grow withur t\V(annum, and how can our liberties be endangered by this fractional vote of, 3,000 against us ?But I do not believe that this vote is ?iccessari/y againstus. And here I know I am resisting a common opinion. What is the fact in this Sixth word where we new arc, and the adjoining Fourteenth Ward? These are tho strong Foreign Wards, inhabited in largo proportion by Catholics of Irish birth. Yet how often have we car-lloj city olat lea? ennviigreat rapidity.The fertile and wealthy Sandwich Islands are but six days distant by steam, and from that point tho vast Wcol-wealth and trade of.ill Asia are coin- hefore mandcd. The v. c dthy and populous wouldnotions of that continent, as well sis date ilthe Engliih colonies of New Holland,! tjK; \\ are without a navy, mereaiHile cr j jirtsid miltary. The nations of Europe are ’ too distant Lo compete with American ships built on the Oregon coast fib man-ried tlic Fourteenth Ward ? while the I ... j. ,ci- .1 u; 1 u i . , ncd by the same race ol seamen thatSixth Ward has usually been against r 1? t 1 *1 1, -,1 *’1.1 . succcsslulsy grappled with the colos-us by a small mEiiority until within a! , M □ .c J . r , . 1 . sal power oi England a quarter of afew years past. Book, then, to the. 1 . s-.-.. , 1 , , , .mi 4) 1 1 .1 century since. I he whole trade andEleventh vv aru, where there are . .... , . . . •i- 1 p t 1 . , r,... vast wealth ol the indolent Asiaticscoitipara.iveiy fiiw Adopted C.l.zcns, ; m[]st be morj ,olized , lbe A ,n_lias it not always given an over- c, {■ s-... . ■/ 0 . . t , baxon energy crnananeting from thewhelming majority agams m ? I do tlt;ojflo s,^ „f the! Unit” d Slat, ».» not Dclicve, then, tliat the adopted , . .. ^ . .: • * 1 n W ith the advantages that that quarterntizens vote nf?amst 11s so frenrrnilv „ 1, . . ■*■1 the world holds out to enterprise,citizens vote against us so generally as is snp])Osed ; and I believe if they were uniformly treated with kindness by Whigs and Whig presses, thereit is not too much to expect that its population will in tlu next forty' years increase as fast as that of the Atlanticcnpac was e q uesti ballot’ (led, 1. reject of hisocrati in pol fiigncn an oth city cCCS.would not even be a majority of the . s in.t aynai 01 xnc .vua meadopted citizens voting against us. S.tates m forty7lt;«™ ao.HhatBut I must call your Mention to *1,1 ^! another aspect of this question-tlie }?’lt;•*,000 Ao.or.caas cujoymg from Meiiuious aspect. We iaonot fail to *e,WSSn States U.« wlmlo trade see that tl.il i. plainly becoming „; °f tbe r?“n -The •»«''lt;»«controversy between Pi^anls an j #?W,of rc5°? ^ bf *•.decaying strength.Catholics. I protest against such a . contest. There is in this country ™'mass of intelligence and \ irtuc which 1 ni e 11 LS f will prevent either Catholic or Protestant Churches from becoming dan-' gerous to our liberties. I stand up,: then, for universal toleration and for the keeping of our religious differences out of the arena of Polities.Will you allow men of any persuasion to lay hold of their Church and use it as on engine of political war-t fare, making religion a scourge in-, stead of a blessing to the human Jrace ?, Let me ask your attention to theover,electicount the hwhat the English navy has been to the Atlantic, and the weight of the | power must be vest ( of the Rocky Mountains leaving the |W.stitutpeoplright Peac to for jointold world in its sluggish pomp andrevolMr. Clay at the Bar.—This veteran patriot is again practising the profession of the law. At the age of Mr. Clay returns to the bar withall the vigor and buoyancy of a man of forty-five. Since the Presidential election, his Health and cheerfulness have greatly improved. His neighbors remark that they have not seen him look so well in many years.year, rpwa sion. Glou town came 11 un of ca took la die Frer, umpl
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