Democratic banner., 1845-12-27
AMERICANISM.

the very. place which.irst gave it birth. and
1T IS too odious for federation, even in TIE city
which for Il long time rcjoiccd to nourish
IN ITS midst the now exploded Bank of the
United States. Rejected in the larger cit
les, ithas no place Of refuge where it NAV
find Shcltcrtiom the storm, and repair the
foundations OF its broken fortunes. The
people Of the interior have hardly known
what 1t waS-ccrtainly have not felt the C.
wills which il has insisted ~Strcnuously upon
rcdrcssing-and a knowledge of its .sbeg-
carly elements would most aSSurcdly lead
them to Justify and rejoice in its complete
destruction.
1t was the monstrous offspring of rcli-
gious bigotry and political hate. What
were the precise aims which the Natives
had in view iii not easy to understand.
Certainly They had abominablc horror of
the Popc-and certainly they had a bitter
hatred of Democracy; of course, therefore,
they had no love for the immigrants who
ny lithcr from the worn out governments
abroad, and who are apt To be sometimes
Catholics III religion. and almost always
Democrats in practice. How the immigra-
ton was To be prevented, they wcrc.by no
means agrcrd-Somc of them being fierce
enough almost to hang every Ckcn in the
land-and others being contcntcd to cv-
cIudc them from citizenship forcvcr-and
vet others mcrcifui enough to allow thcmto
participate in the government of their
choice, after they had been residents here
twenty one years. The very Republic
whose foundation were laid by refugees from
old world oppression, they would have had
to shut ITS gates and deny its privileges TO
all who, like their fathers, prctcrring free
iom to tyranny, might wish to exchange
the monarchy under which they were born
an american home, and Republican in
The only ASYLUM of free opin-
ions and religious liberation on earth, they
would have converted into an abode for
and 4 nursery of Intolerance. For
%.unatcIy for Amcrica,'and happily for the
'lctlmS of dcSpotism every where, their at
.cmpt has failed, and their mcditatcd ,rca-
'pn been rcbukcd and crushed.
II IS a good thing. undoubtedly. 10 live in
t free country; hut does iHN or choicc give
he higher title, in the eye ofrca~on. 10 such
l residence? Mus, the child who by ac-
'ldcnt 6r>t sees the ligh, in the realm Of
icSpo,iSm, be for no other cause than this,
brewer excluded from citizenship of lib
'rty-irom the privileges of a free commu-
ATTY 'ommom Justice, and every princi-
VI" of Democracy alike deny it. Such cx-
'luSion is forbidden Nv the dictates of hui
%nanity, as it is by all the TEACHINGS of Re-
'nh'''on truth. \ miserable policy it is.
which, forgetting The common patcrnits Of
whole race, would thus keep one portion
1t 1t In perpetual subirction'to another. and
N a mans dcStiny'forcvcr hy the accident
VI his birth place. Not So thought the IA
hers Of America, whcn-thcv invited set
l"rS from abroad TO make ticmsch cs homes
n the new world of the West. and cuIt;votc
OF which they themselves mirht be
to enjoy the fruits. Not so
h"nGht Jefferson, whose influence WIS cv-
r upon tn" side of liberal feeling and gen
r""S policy. Not SO Thought Jackson.
iinSclt the son Of an Irish -cmirr,nt and
ever tOrrCttinr In. ,,,; ~