Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1849-08-10

habit of working for shilling day, and DE-
not intend to--that it is their duty to oppose
= paupor labor and laboIers- that they are high
born, well bred, intellectual creatures-that they
must bow at no throne but the Throne of Grace
that they are, in fact, American citizens-Amer.
lean freemen-sons of the soil where Liberty
dwells in all its beauty, and loveiness, and
oppose oppression in all its shapes, and learn
that 1t assumes many-sometimes smiles and
sometimes iears-sometimes IL appears dressed
in silks and fine inen--sometnes in rags and
ialters-sometimes it grows eloquent in its
administration for the poor AMI oppressed
workingman, while at the same time it is en-
deavoTing TO rivet the chains which have been
placed upon his limbs-sometimes it will as
sumo the gaTb Of love, and truth, and charity
frequently, very frequently, the poisoned shirt
of the politician, in which habiliment it is al.
most sure to beguile, and blind, and lead astray
the unrenccting again it will throw around its
hideous form the pure, beautiful, sancIifed
cloak of religion, and with dulcet sounds, high
sounding phrases, elongated vsage, and loud
and earnest defamation, so entwne itself a.
round the heatt's tendris, that years CT suffer-
ing will not convince the ensnared that they are
the dupes Of some mad ambition--that they are
being driven head long 10 destruction, carrying
with them their children and their chidren's
chill 1ren. We further wish to iaforn them that
they must learn to know themselves, and dis
criminate between right and wrong--to dis
eliminate between the worthy and the unwcr-
Ithy, the virtuous and the vicious--to have self.
reliance and self-esteea-to destroy jealousies
and heart-burnings bride their passions
and unwarraniable desires, and TO teach them
in fact and in truth that they are American s.
American Mechanics. These aie some of the
objects of our Order.
In oJcn time the Romans considered them
selves far superior 10 any other nation, and
most other nations were willing to conceje the
truth Of the assertion. They entertained SO
high an opinion Of themselves, that TO assert /
am a Romin citizen, was their greatest pride,
and tc this love of country and inherent feeling
of superiority, which they imbibed fiom their
mothers breast, may be attributed all their
greatness, aud power, and glory. But in this
glorious land-this land OF promise--lhis land
of milk and honey-this land of lberty--ths
and which Is as isr ABOVE hon'e IN lis palmies'
Gays as inc ahoes Is ABOVE 'he sea-some mis-
cradle, dwelling, cowardly, hearlless and ma
tonless politicians would teach us not To love,
and tell US we should not call ourselves Amer
'oa"s' oeeause our iofe'a'hefs were ooIh III some
O'nef eii'he-'"ese oas'afos wi'i even JON L"
wiz" Tue ioieig"e's oil" 'ioicu'e at mat Is Auief
va" s"u eonuelnn ''eir own couh'fy'heh LOT
'O,,"s ,"e '"''''u'''ns Vi 'ne'' 'ou"iy-'"ey
WIN 'ei' foreigners whose iatherS plunged me
""o""s ""''o '"so '"e nea.'' VI nee'ie"' anu
as 'ney grow II form gripping win gore ex-
'ia''heu' 'nus perish hepuphcahisni-whor raw
's"eo our oaugn'e's' nreu our 'owns' and spread
oeso' '"0n iar anu "iue---wno huh'eu WIN inc
'eioel'y o' hungry 'iser 'he greatest man the
wofiu ever knew, Washing'on-who murdered
In cold blood helpless women and innocent
chi'uren-who perpeirated acts that II would
blister The tongue to descrlbe-l say men claim
ing to be Americans will tell such foreigners
that they have as good right here as wo have.
Had such mongrels' such base ingrates dared
to have made such an assertion in the streets
oil Rome relative to Romans, their hearts would
have been torn from their bosoms and thrown
to the dogs, and their filthy caTcases would
have been Stunned even by the vultures. IL
having been demonstrated beyond doubt that
such men exist among US, the necessity of an
organization like the American Mechanics must
be conceded. We aim at being sentinels on
the watch tower. We wish to inspire in the