Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-20
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The new uoitical movement over which so
manv factions brae, has no distinct and ascer-
tanned parentaue. tits the bastard son of many
fs,hars = 4. more than a bastard Il il a
csta,.s md .l;lre most monsters. Il has come
into this breathing world with teeth, claws, and
n m;scb;evous nature. II is in all the elements
&C mischief 4 complete DEVELOPMENT. Mark
;ts manifold deformities. IL "a AGAINST the Con
st;tution. II assails the Fugitive Slave law
which IL q, constitutional measure. II assails
slavery in the District Of Columbia, another
constitutional measure su It assails slavery in
the Territories, by assuming over the Terrific
RES the right and the power on the part Of Con-
gress to make the exclusion of slavery from
them q prerequisite to their admission into the
Union as States. yegu l y.
Next: 1t attacks the Constitution at other
points. IT declares that there shall be q reli
gious test. It also insists that none but natives
shall enjoy all the rights Of citizenship.
AGAIN il assails the creed Of the Democratic
party---a marty that claims. and Justly claims,
to be based on true constitutional principles.
II has voted AGAINST liz measures. II has
voted acaicat 81 men. Ithas made Democ-
racv its chief. its only object Of attack. 1t
has struck down in those States in which
elections have been held some Of the best
patriots in the country. It has elevated to
their honored places men who have none Of
the honest sentiments and noble impulses that
belonged to the founders of this republic and
the trainers Of our Constitution. They de-
nounced demagogues; 1t has bestowed on them
the seals Of Office. They hung traitors !; 1t has
given to them place and prominence. .s s
There was q time when Abolitionists were
despised at the North, as at the South. But
this coalition, unparalleled in history, has
raised debased Abolitionism from its congenial
cutters, and placed it ia positions that none but
honest men ever before filed. 1t has rewarded
sin, and exalted treason. '.- 4elt
BY means Of the sentiments, the principles
and the policy OF the Old parties OF the onited
States, we have reached, as nation, and IN q
brief period, a position that no nation could
despise -indeed, that all might envy. Our de- e.
velopment has been the miracle OF the age.
In peace and in war we have been successful
Athome and abroad we nave prosperea ouf
flag has not only inspired enthusiasm al nome
but 1t has attracted respect IN foreign coun'
tries. W "a ~
But new and untried men, with new ana
uatried creeds, now aspire to control u.s.
They declare that everything IS wrong. lney
would blot out our glorious past, ana uproo'
al Of the principles on which our fathers acted.
They endeavor TO bring forward new mep ana
TO inaugurate a new creed
Who these men are, and what their creed IS,
no man can say. They are of no particular
school. They are Of no ascertained principles
They are an amalgamation of all that is wrong
and heretcal in politics. Antipodes have met
opposites have united, and old enemies have
aEecionateIy fraternized.
They NAV boast, and they do boast; but
they can boast OF nothing that has been estab-
lished by the wisdom Of the past, or vindicated
by the statesmen Of the present day They
offer an experiment, and that experiments to
uproot all of our American history and our
national policy, and inuagurate new era and
a rev policy. q
Solid substances are Of slow growth, while
rank, and hollow, and poisonous substances
shoot mp to maturity in few hours. The
first endure, while the last perish IN few short