New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-20
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Dsswh.t has such no,ority Of numbers and Of |
...wb of natives and Of Pro,estants, 10 fear from
s.ch utsorssss OF Catholics and nsiurazed citizens
what the Necessity for TN. master m.lorty to re-
mt Il fairly: Would they oTgGnl=e at all aga'Hsf tie
GasioI,cs and ndtTraiized eitt5sas, If The Caholics
sad saturazed citizens were IN the like majority Of
asmbers and Of wealth or mo)or7t'e. and m1or'tse'
ny does II not confess TO committing which dares not
sabject elf to the scrutiny OF Wedge and would
have Discussion know nothing OF Its designs and oPer-
atoms and endsl Cannot the Know Nothings trust
70 the leading Protestant Churches TO defend them
reyes and the souls of ell the saints and sinners too
against the influence Of Catholics Can't they trust
70 the patriotism and fraternity OF natives TO quad
the land against immigrants In defense of the great
American Protestant Churches, i venture to say in
their behalf, that the Pope, and all his priests com
biped are not more jealous IN their isters
work, or IN me rork toT the ma"ery, than are
eur Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Method
nt Lutheran and Congregational Clergy. They
are, as a whole, church militant, with tneir armor
bright they jealous, they are jealous, they are
waichful, they are organized imboded; however d.
vided by sectaianism, yet banded together against
Pspscy and learned and active, and polite, too, rs
any brotherhood OF monks. They need no such poll
heal organization to defend the Jaih. Are they united
IN itf Do they fdcor couHteRance II dps0Rg their
Roeks1 To what end 10 the name Of their religion,
/ ask them--Why not rely GOdf And do the
KDow-NotbiDgs imagine that the pride and love of
country are dead in native hearts, that secret or
I'm to protect us from foreign influence Nov, in
defense OF people, say for them that no people
Bp0n earth are more postessed with n1tDnatf,y as
strong passion than the reemen Of the United States
Of Nerh America. Nowhere lie the flial and domes
tic tie stronger, nowhere is the tie Of kinship more
binding nowhere is there more dmor Dco-the love OF
home which is the surest foundation OF tue love OF
country-Dowhere s any country romance oil history
more felt nowhere are the social relations on better
moral foundation. nowhere is there as clear Ioenty
of pareDtage and offspring, nowhere are sons ana
daughters so educated 10 liberty, nowhere nave
any people such certainty OF the knowledge oil tne
Tewaid of vigilance nowhere have they such
freedom Of selfgOvernmeDt, nowhere Is there sucn
trsined hatred Of kings, lords and arstocracles,
nowhere 10 there more self dependence or more mae
pepoence OF the Old World or Its traditions
word no where IL there a country whose people have
by brtbright 1.-THE of what our people have to make
them love that land which is their conntry ami teat
mot which is their hODlei j am an Amerlcan-a VIZ
aipan Prouder than ever to have said, - | am
HRoman citizenP So far from Brother Jonathan
wanting @ national feeling, he is justly suspected
abroad of little too much pride and bgotry OF coun
tyy The Revolution and the last war with Great
Britain tried u.s. and the late conquest OF Mexico found
MS not wanting in the sentimentaity of nat'o1at"m
Though 30 young, we have already dialect and
mAlnerism and our customs and our costume. CITY
dandy may have his coat cut in Paris, but he would
fight Frencbman in the cloth Of his country as quick
to-day as q Marion man ever pulled the trigger OF
Toner musket against redcoat Englishtn Al In l7'0
And peace has tried our patriotism more than war.
What people have reason TO love country from
the labor they have bestowed upon its development
by the arts Of industry No. as long as the memory
OF George Washington ves as long as there shal DO
a ED OF February and Fourth of July; as long as
The everlasting mountains Of this Contantsta1d, and
our Fathers OF Waters ow there will be fathers to
hand down the stories which make our hearts TO sow
and mothers to sing " Hail Columbia to their baoes
and that song is not yet STALE There Is no need to re-
vive sinking patriotism in the hearts OF our people
And who would have them be selfish in their freedom
Freedom Liberty selfish and erclanrel Never;
To- "A not in IA n
nfyipg by impartiDg its sparks and its rays OF hight
and OF heat Is there any necessity from abroad Tor
such secret political organizations Against whom,
and against what is it levelled Against foreigners
by birth.
When we were rs weak three millions, relied
largely foreigners by birth to defend US and aid us
IN securing independence. Now that we are twenty
two millions strong, how is II we have become so
weak in our fears as to apprehend we are to be de-
prived of our liberties by foreigners' Verify, this
seemeth as il Know-Notbings were reversing the
order Of things that there is another and differ
emit feeling from that of the fear arising from sense
of weakness. IL comes rather from a proud con-
seriousness Of oyerweening strength. They wax
strong rather, and would kick like the proud grown
fat 1t ezciusipe, if not aristocratic feeling.
IN the eeDse which would say TO the friends OF
freedom born abroad:
1--WE had need Of you, and Glad of your AID when
compelled 70 allow TO enjoy republican privileges
We desire the exclusive use Of human rshts though to dc,
more, and will make you poor indeedP"
But not only il il leveled against foreigners by
birth, but against the Pope Of Rome.
There was once time when the very name of Papa
frightened us the children Of the nursery But
now, now who be frightened by the temporal or
ecclesiastical authority of Plus TX Has he got back
20 Rome from his late excursion Who are his body
guard there Have the lips of crowned head kissed
his big toe for century, Are any 80 poor as 70 do
his Italian crown any reverence Do not two Cath
elic powers France and Austria, bold all his dominion
In a defestable dependency What army, what rev.
enue, what diplomacy, what church domination, in
even the Catholic countries Of the Old or the New
World, has hei Why, the idea of the Popes infu-
at this day as preposterous as that of gun
powder plot. / would think Of dreading the
ghost ofGuy Fswkes.
No there il no necessity, from either oppression or
weakness Of Protestants natives They are both
free and strong; and do they now because they are
rich in civil and religious freedom, wish, in turn, to
persecue and exclude the fallen and the down-trod-
den Of the earth 7 God forbid
Second; Bat there is not only no necessity for this
secret political organization, but it Is against the
sprlt Of our lars and the facts Of history. Some
Jamis in this republic render themselves rdiculots
and offensive too, by the vain pretansions TO the
alting accidents of birth. We in Virginia not sell
dom pointed at for our double f. VS. Of ancestral ar
rogance. But whoever thought that pretenson Of
this sort to be set up by exclusives for the
republic itself' Some of the ancient European peo-
pie may boast Of their protopasts," and Of their
being themselves " aat0cAtones :" that they had
fathers and mothers from Adam, whom they can
can name their first formers, and that they are of
the unpxed blood original inhabitants OF their
country. But who were protop!asts English,
Irish, Scotch Germans Dutch Swedes French, Swiss,
Spanish, Italian, Ehiopan-al people Of all nations,
tribes, compilations, languages and religions And
who alone are antochtones' here in North America
Why, the Indians! They are the only true mattress.
One thing we have, and that distinctly than any
other nation we have our epons mas" We can name
the very hour Of our birth as a people. We need
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