Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-05
For The MOnongalia Mirror.
AMERICAN NSTlTUTI0NS."Esto PerpCtua."
Number Two,

Tree INSTITUTIONS Which, HaNS e'ethS'"
ed this country above any other nation
ofearth in all the elements OF greatness.
The history of our country, from the
inception Of tho Revolution to the pres
ent lime, is replete with triumphs more
glorious than ever entered into the
dreams Of the sages of ages gone by, or
constituted the most ardent hopes OF the
lovers offreedom who achieved our in.
dependence. 1t was our high privilege
as nation to grasp and embody the
sublime principles Of civil and religious
liberty, and enjoying them ourselves, to
teach them to the world. That these
liberties may be co.eval with time, and
1.-THE inheritance of the latest generation
of mankind, is the dcvout aspiration of
every true American citizen
1t has been said and truly, that "cter-
ma, cigilaace is tie price Of Libertyn-
Wherever the principles of enlightened
freedom have obtained a foothold, and
been promulged, it has been on that soil
and in that land, that the sword of am
bi,ion has been unsheathed, and the en-
gines of mortal and malicious hate,
have been hurried in their death-mission
to destroy the germ ero it grew into
strength and buldel into beauty. Go
to the history of the world and enquire
the fate of Republics. You find them
falling under the sword of the foreign
,yrant, and expiring under the blighting
curse of foreign cnuy! Not by intes-
tine feuds, nor by acts of their own have
Republics fallen, but before the armies
of kings and prelates, and under the iron
heel Of the t6reiga oRpressOr has the ge-
MUS of freedom been crushed. Despot-
ism is as jealous now as ever it has been
of Republics-tyrants are as tenacious
of their thrones and crowns as in earlier
,imes-and ambition is as insatiate now
as when al Alexander wept because he
had none else to conquer
If eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" it is wise that an anti-Republi-
can influence should be met and demol-
lished whenever and wherever developed,
in our country; but it is unwise to al.
low that influence 10 attain the full
proportions of developed strength be-
fore it is opposed and frustrated.
| In former article said that there
were two great threatening evils, grad.
uully Blu, surely developing which only
lacked the power possessing the dispo-
sition) to menace our liberties and SUBJ
vert our institutions, and that they were
an anti.Republican foreign influence
and Roman Catholicism. 1t is here |
stand and hurl defiance at all who OPP
pose the sentiment, whether in high pla-
ces or low. 1t is alas, too true. | would
that it were otherwise. am not blind
ed by bigotry nor melted by a false zeal,
, have seen, and all may see, the aggres-
sions of these two foreign Influences
Thank heaven, they have come to the
light and may be read of all men.
First then, VIVA. evidence have we to
believe that we have been or are now
menuced by foreign iatiuence? We
have the evidence of an un-Americaniz-
ed foreign vote at the polls, and know
that it is in the market, as an article OF
merchandise, to be barlered and applied
by unpriucipled party leaders whose
love of country looks to the loaves and
fishes, and tho ease, emolument andhon-
; or of Office, no matter how ob'ained.-
When such vote, unenlighted in the
great and fundamental principles of Re-
publican government is at the DISPOSE
, ton and under the control of men who
care for naught but Office and public
plunder, the ballot.b box becomes u farce
and our elections mockery.
Again. We have the evidence that
: Foreigners, fresh from their homes OF
: oppression are organizing military com
} yaniies in our country, under various
. names, but always under one peculiar
" suggestive Of devotion to some sys-
D TEN or despot of u foreign cline. The
press of the East and West has spoken
! on this subject, with the facts before
$ them, and | will hasten on, without oc'
!, cupying your space with lengthy proof
4 | could alluce. That such things DC
: EXIST in our country is enough TO cal
fora remedy aud apply it. lfthese for
eign hordes have come here to be tree
L men, le, them act like freemen-stndy
to become acquainted with our libertie'
and practice their precepts, but moi
grasp the musket and the ballot'bo,
before they understand the relations Ell
Their sustain to a Republican govern
mont. If they have sough, this as al
{ asylum from oppression, let them 81
down under our vino and fig tree, IL
e peace and amity, and partake at ou'
: board Of such as is set before them
2 Where they will not learn they must b'
!. taught, and the tremendous outpourlne
Of the lower classes Of foreigners npoI
our shores calls even now loudly for th'
e Schoolmnster. But the Schoolmus!er il
o abroad, and has begun to instruct thes'
:. martial-spirited and prcmainrely:citi
zenizsd foreigners in the A B C's of nh
American alphabct. At Washington
d Philadelphia, New York, Lancaster
! Memphis, Norfolk, and hundred olhe
+ localities, he has got them to working.a
g the figures.
RoMAytsm has cvinced disposition
to exercise tho Church function at OIL