Holding Back

The wiser and more considérate portion of the Whig Press is backing water hard upon the Native American project. It is argued that the qualifications of voters are determined, not by the Naturalization laws of Congress, but by ihe Constitution of each State. There is no necessary connection bet ween citizenship and voíing, although it has not been usual to allow aliens to vote. But the States can do so, if they please. Henee, when Ihe Nalives shall have extended the national term of naturalization to 21 years, they will have accomplished just nothing at all! The battle must be fought óver agaiu in each State to throw out all foreign and Catholic influence. The naturalization laws of Congress might be repealed altogether, and yet foreigners in Overy State be permitted to vote as at present. Besides, its tendencies of evil to the whig party are seen more and more distinctly. A correspondent of the Tribune says that in New York are 30,000 nalurahzed Whigs, a porlion or all ofwhom would bc lost to the Whig.s, should they adopt the Native doctrines, without any adequate gain. The Rochester Democrat, Dawson's Whig paper, takes strong ground against the engraftingof any such principies into the Whig creed. It would be opposed, says the Democrnt, uby all native bom Americans who are opposed to a backward movcment in republicaniï-m:" it would render the combination of foreigners 'more general and perfect;" it would become in fact :ia war upon men for theïr religión - whether such a war were formally waged or not; it will not be sustained by the Whig party, because no such principie is embodied in the Whig creed;" and 'Uheabolitionists would stand aloof from it; for their professed object is to enlarge, not restrict, the boundaries of free principies." We will take this occasion to express ouf sincere wishes that this narrow and illiberal scheme will be strongly repudiated by the great massof the Whig party. If discountenaced by them as a body, there is roason to believe that its career will be sectional in its character, and brief its duration.ttA Society called the "Clay Testamouial Society," has been organized in Frankfort, Ky., the object of which is to erecta column ofslone 100 (eet in b'eight, in honor of Mr. Clay. The estimaled cost is $10,000, which is all lo be defrayed by Kentuckians, in sums not to exceed #5 each. Mr. Cay does not contémplate returning to public life. fl5A recent unofflcial cen?us has been taken in Detroit which it appears rfjig present populat ion is 10,948 - in 1840 0,12-1- gfitu ia foisr y care, 1.S24, or 456