Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-04-24
New York Election.

The N. Y Evening Post makes the following OBJ
servations in relation to the result of the recent cleo
ton in that city.
The victory obtained by the democratic party in the
municipal elections Of yesterday Is even more signal
than we had anticipated Not only are the NatlyIsts
beaterss but almost beaten out Of existence Every
trace of them is completely obterated from the Com
mon Council, where they were lately supreme The
only Office of which can hear which they yet re-
tain is constabeship in of the lower wards and
even that, we are told, Is disputed.
Ii is not simply because the Offices of the city are
TO be filed by that we rejoice at tins result
Those whom we have elected may disappoint our ex-
pectations of good conduct, and may engage in acts
or be guilty of neglects for which 1t may be difficult
to find an apology for good cause is, the men
whom II EMPLOYS as its instruments necessarily
imperfect, and not always the best that ought to be
chosen But rejoice because the result OF the cleo
ton is the assertion Of great principle, that of the
political equality of wherever be his birth place
The odous principle of exclusion from political rights
on account Of the accident Of birth in foreign land
is solemnly d.sowned, rejected flung to the ground
and tramped upon with by the vast population
of our CITY,
We saw the other day in an evening paper claim
inc TO be neutral in politics, attempt to show that
the principle which forms the basis of the Nativisi
party was essentially popular and must prevail, be-
cause il is identified with the love of country. But
is possible we would remind those who reason III
this way-t is possible TO love our country in toe
narrow and selfish spirit Those who maintain with
u.s. the right of all men who adopt land theiI
home to enjoy the same political rights if born
among us, love their country for what she is land
of refuge and not for what the ilbera and inhospi
table spirit of some would make her, land where he
to whom the world allows other home must always
remain an alien and a stranger.
We love her as the adopted land of our ancestors
that glorious company of emigrants from the ole
world who brought with them the spirit of liberty
out of which grew our free governments, the plant
] from the seed We love her as the mother, by adop
ton, Of the kindly and honest burghers of New Am
serdam Of the gallant founders of Virginia, the
Grated pilgrims of New England the tolerant anC
generous-minded men who planted Maryland, the
brave courteous and devout Hugueno fathers of Car
olina and many other bands Of adventures frou Eu
rope to whom we refer with no less pride as tn,
progenitors of our mingled race. We love our coun
try for the large and comprehensive humanity of he
institutions and we would not change either them
her. We would not wish to her different from
what she was to fathers, and what she has re
manned htherto-an asylum from the seventies of ar
bitrary governments and the Indebtedness they pro
duce, and as such, we would keep open her gates t.
i all time.
These are the principles which were involved il
the issue of the election which has Just been held
and we cannot but feel proud of city, which ha
decided this great question SO justly, humanely an,
| worthily.