The American patriot., 1854-12-27

rottepness and 1f1ifess Fars7 - sSpsi61hahg
that period whsA-an sntirs and absolute dissolu-
ton must take plscei ii their festered and dismay
ed ranks; and that new features, with more
healthfdl induences IN the pclitiAl policy Of this
country is steadily ma rapidly gaining predodnih-
ance in minds Of Tho Americah people. y a'i'lis'w
In the contest for the supremacy d party in
New York, the American organisation could have
easily thrown its influence into the hands of Nr.
BaoxsoS, the champion Of the Hardshsll wing Of
the Democracy, and who inrmany respects was
certainly unobjsssieuahls with them, and thereby
have caused hia success Or, ON the other hand,
by their combHcd strength they could Aaye
made the victory Of either CLARKE, the Freesoil
EWhig,of thas or slsrxnuA Hoftshsll Democrat,
doubly sure. But Young America came boldly
and nobly forward, ON broad national grounds,
thereby exhibiting to the world her true devotion
to American policy, and independently and pa
triotically hung out her colors at the mast head
All connection with either Whiggery or Demo-
cracy, in whatever garb, whether Hard Soft, Free
SOIL Anti Nebraska, Nebraska, or temperance,
was at once severed. y. f f.l.A
\ The order was fully aware Of its infancy and
want Of organization, and that defeat was almost
inevitable; yet all these considerations were at
once set aside, With them tho question had re-
solved itself into contest for principles Aneri.
can principles though their man, SHOULD meet
with defeat. s.,,,l,,-..,., ~ .s.f,+ ta;
Ilo In connection with this subject the N, Y. Cou
rier and Enquirer says: i s,sa,ssw ~T.,s.7
The ground work Of the American party i the
principle Of nationality. In ls44, when immigration
had reached 100000 = year, when Bishop Hughes had
begun to preach poticocligious sermons against tho
common-school system. and which under his counsels
the Irish were separately organized as religious
sect to vote on that and other questions against the
body Of our native citizens, the excitement became
untrollabc, and most lamentabe riots and exccsses in
neghboring city among the results Of the feel
ing produced by this state Of things. In 1876 com
menccd the Irish exodus, and immigration rose to
100000 per annum; and now by the aid of . Ger
man exodus Chinese exodus9 and Of more exoduses
than We have time 70 enamerate It has risen TO half
million year. The result is that we must do some-
thing to protect and vndicate our nationality. II We
do not, it will be destroyed Tho infusion Of five mill
lions Of foreigners into political system every ten
years, will subvert II; and the quston a. what action
is requiredr Il -.
"Had the foreign residents been content with q
moderate exercise Of the privileges which our laws
confer upon them, suppose the great movement On
which we are now commencing would have boon post
poned for few years. But they have not; they
have introduced religious controversy into our polt
cal contentious. They have demanded public Office as
right. They have insisted upon tho political pro-
scrpton Of Americans for denying this claim. They
have formed clans for the control Of the polls and
they have organized themselves into hands, through
whose miscondut perpetual disorder and tumut dis,
turb our streets, and our priaons ard 6led." - ~
(. Now here follows the remarks of that lorely
sheet the n Y. Tribune, the editor of which is
deemed the oracle Of divinity by the entire Free
soil and Abolition population Of the North. Hear
him: g6dr saus 12 sfai3' VA ic hkf iod
"Prciples and not nativity constitute an American
Hug and Mazdni are better Americans that Douglas
and Petit because they are better Democrats. Ap-
plying terms in any other sense than this netting Is
untrue to the whole spirit and meaning Of our
history than the maxin:l 'Anaerica for the Ameri-
cans' Asids from the idessity~f ouv national prim
ciplss haze no National idsn ity aaaA have
for centuries" "a "a iffi ,,Sliqff, a H. 4.tai f,,f
10 which the Courier and Enquirer makes the
following reply to the precocious Prince Woody:
1--WE think there is not one Of our readers who will
not unite with us n pronoancing tho sentiment CON-
veyed In the lines VIC have italicized as Atr0cious
American nationality ia denied and repudiated.t We
not nation, but merely dcnizcns in land which
belongs to than to any horde Of wanderers
that may chose to squat upon it. We arc not peo
pie, and we have no country The liberty we enjoy
and the institutions live under were not devised
and founded by our ancestors They cane into exis-
tence by accident and belong much to a the rest
of the world as to the decendants Of the mep who
most uniustly have appropriate the credit to their
authorship at.t;N.,,.. -,...,t IN.
All such ideas traceable to the school Of pol-
cal philosophers who preach tile universal boneyolcnce
doctrcc and advocate the solidarity of the peqtle
To such men nations are q myth, Or, il they havela
tangible existence, they are nuisancs 70 be abated"
q The extracts below are from them Y. Evening
Mirror, and we will venture to assert that there Is
not one Of our readers who win not understand
the sentiments herein offered, though the Ian
guage may sound harsh, even to some Of our local
politicians hereabouts, who hold such q lasting
affection for the Rich Irish broguc" and "Sweet
German accent: n ggg6a INV MAJ TsgIis
'sYoung, vigorous, wide-awake! !-+epresenting the
progress and patriotism Of the Republic, sprang to
the conflict and though it might not have swept the
entire field it has hurled down the hosts Of fanacism
disunionis, Maineawism and fasionsm, and asserted
s ,,ovar in Tho G,trrn "a ooun,,er every 0unos;np