The American patriot., 1854-12-27
THE AMERICAN PATRIOT.
,''> WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1854

The Baton Rouge Comet and the Gazette II!
nouocc u. that they win not publish duting Che
Christmas week. Quite an ideal Yin any Of
their respective patrons wish to read during he
.ppointed recesss The Comet says, their editors,
ac;sorers. foreman, carrier, and their whole cre,v
verneslly will be benefited by the relaxation of
v,ee,'s rest All very well, Messrs Comet sod
f,.zefte: we trust your crews. viii have iisih
sailing and Jolly time Of II for a week, but we
h.ve Known these Christmas r0zaratsoas to reju-
vp.te ON "'tother side ofjordan. 33iT8t
BIsHoR. PoLk.-This worthy Protestant Epis-
copal Bishop Of Louisiana, has become citizen Of
New Orleans, and will officiate at Trinity Church,
new edifice recently erected onJackson street.
4. A KNOW Norn1Na MAYoR.-Dr. Smith, sthe
Mayor elect Of Boston, who is Know Nothing,
in abiding to his course on the Burns slave case,
said, whilst recently addressing his fellowcitzens:
II is said that have ,nconsttutionally called
out the militia; but what did I call them out for?
It was to save your lives and property, and will
do it every day in the weeKif II is necessary.
A Know Nothing Mayor way down in Boston
thus proudly announcing his devotion to the Con-
sttution and the laws Of his country Calling
out the aid of military power to repel the opposi
ton of an nfuriated foreign @nd Abolition mob
and says he win do it again if necessary! What
ought to be done with fellow Of this stripc? Is
he not too, (" common enemys' Bah! 81 Va
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yIEws OF COMMODORE STOCKTON --C Commodore
Stockton, Of New Jersey, has recently written
letter in answer to nterrogatores as to his position
in relation to the American question, in which he
avows himself an American Democrat. Here are
his remarks e,s. 5.,s G.. .aaJsi4as,.s Ia Yo .te6
"In avowing the principle that Americans alone
should rule America, do not understand you to
approve the disfranchisehent Of the foreign born
who already possesses the right Of voting The
The larger proportion Of our adopted fellow
citizens at least the most INTELLIGENT among
them, perfectly satisfied that THE TINE y Has
LAWS SHOULD BE ALTERED OR REPEAL
ED. That portion of them which does not const
tute the staple of POLITICAL TRAFFIC, fully
appreciate the dignity and high prerogative of So
vereignty which they enjoy a. American citizens
True to the country Of their adoption, they un
willing to leopard its institutions to benefit future
emigrants, even from the land Of their own ma
tvity. s9 la. 'ia-t''if' .e .i'-.',
..'To your third intcrrogatory, answer: Being a
Christian people, it seems to inc that to preserve
our postcrity, in the faith Of their fathers, we can
do no less than to secure to our children always
perfect freedom of access to the Holy Scriptures
without note or comment While frankly cx-
pressing this opinion, Unjust say also that agree
with you that any connection between sectarian-
ism and politics, or between Church and State,
whether Protestant or Papist, would be dangerous
to liberty and hostile to the spirit and genius Of the
American Constitution" i~ t..
THE NEXT PnEsrDEScY- Commodore Matthew
G. Perry receives the nomination of writer in
the Baltimore Potriot lie thus eloquenty pleads
the cause Of the worthy Commodore PAS or's
Fellow citizens, at this critical moment of your
history, there is returning to the shores of this
country from distant and arduous service one
Of the most illustrious citizens of the Republic.
He comes covered with the honor of successful
diplomacy, where diplomacy had failed in every
former attempt for hundreds of years. His valor,
his discretion his humanity, his lcorning are
equally conspicuous. Unequaled as noval COM
mandcr, he hos superior as civilian. The
sharer Of an immortal name he has every ncen-
tive that can influence mans heart to gain for
himself renown even greater than that he has
already achieved for himself
Commodore Matthew G. Perry, fellow-citizens,
possesses every qualification to fit him for the
discharge of the duties Of President of the United
States, as they were discharged by Washington,
jefferson and Madison. He ie an accomplished
politician in the better sense of that word
Whenever, in the last twenty years, it was neccs-
sary to dispatch upon any delicate mission a
naval officer profoundly verscd in the laws Of ma
tons full Of prudence, discretion and firmness
the choice naturally fell upon him. Before Vera
Cruz, at Sierra Leone, at Japen he never failed
to justify every expectation of his Government
The nations of the earth, for whom he has opened
a vast territory, heretofore unexplored and for
bddels rise up to do him honor, and there is ne
American now living whose reputation abroad is
higher than his. He has no political antecedents
to embarrass him. He is free and unshackled
And above all, he is an American, not by birtf
only, but in all his feelings, traditions and expe
rience Fs aen # u 20 = 3Al-5t5Hi Tf97a
WWe take the following from the Picayunc
being extracts from that papers special CORES
pondencc over the signature Of J. A. X, which
was written at Port Hudson, the goth inst !; ant
from the reading Of the same, we think we woult
be safe IN announcing to our friends that -MMOll
Zcke" has been figuring at the Port:a ssel5+- 81,
Nothing is wanting to make this coinplet,
village but printing Office They possess al
the concomitants of town, except a newspaper
They have church, hotel, livery stable, billiart
saloon and all sorts of Stores where the want
Of man can be supplied.
'They also have Masonic Lodge, Know
Nothing society, and host of other secret going
on know nothing Of The citizens have a can
didatc for the United S9ates Senate in the plac
of thu Hon vohn Cldcl1 II iS the nprSnn e