The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-21

Young States they continue to direct them to-
wards the pfecipice where they will parish with
cut rem sdy. They reject uli tue ideas that could
contribute to preserve society they prescribe the
LSe OF all means which could prevent the evils
which threaten Us they adopt, vita criminal i'm
prc' litnct wh&l eau render mere easy the trium
If tbs IcrniciOus element which threatens to gn;w
our en'raiis and inste ad of fortfyng any price
cur people in the love of truly national sentimc nt
FOR the preservation Of our traditions oar religion,
and our customs--theee three powerful levels which
at the beginning Of the present ,entury, saved 70
Europe the nationality OF mother coun .ry--all
the tendencies are directed IT, eradicate this senti
rneEt, and TO kill the last germ of nationality IN
the hearts Of our people. The revolutionary ele-
ment is ready TO deyour US, and we, in place of re-
pulsing it, take the most convenient measures for
introducing il in our midst. We adore the idol
upon the altar Of which we will be sacrificed, and
the martyrs Of the primitive church, before en-
tering the bloody arena, we bow at the feet OF
Caesar, who stnds US to death.
Anarchy and disorder, weakness and misery, M
testine divisions and struggles, are the arms win
which prepare ourselves to defend our nationali.
ty, and that when mum erous atyenturers and
pirates, spirit ID by unprincipled journals and by
an bilious and immoral statesmen, endeavor to
bring upon Us war and eXtermination. Shame ON u.s.
The degenerated sons OF this country take upon
them the ungratetul task of preparing the way for
the invaders, without considering that they will be
the first victims Of the change which they provoke
Those who so highly decla i'm againstforeign ambi-
ton, and WHO affect dsintere sted motive for the
ience OF the country, how they be found
in tho ranks those who protect the projects of the
xationsts fraught with the detrinent and loss
Of our nationality, at the risk Of the actual mia
bitan of these States However, it is easy to fore
see that this devouring ambition which leads a
considerable portion Of the people Of the United
States TO these pratical enterprises against brother
ly countries and neighbors, will be a;al at last
Already the question Of Texas and California has
been on the eve Of dissolving the Cnion the SID
very question gnaws, as o cancer, that country,
and it has not the power to avoid tho evil
which threatens its entire destruction. The an
nexation Of new territories will come (and the
article Of which we speak acknowledges that it
it WILL TO open ane1 the wound opened by
the discussions Of Congress for the admission Of
California. The United States should never forget
the wise counsels Of Washington, the father the
county; they expressed in the political will Of
this great man, and the spectre of civil threat
ens yet with it, horrible aspect, this adventurous
territory, 70 much favored till now by Providence
We do not believe, then, that the thr eats of the
Head and other newspapers can be realized, for we
think that the danger Of struggle between the
Northern and southern States of the American
Union is imminent; and would have less to fear,
if the SpsnisL-Amsrican states, understanding
their true interests knew how to preserve their
safety in maintaining their powerful and favorable
alliances, and principally, the preservation OF all
those elements which contribute 70 fortify
the principle of our nationality.