The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-21

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the .lsadia9 issa5eals 81 ilsa Democratic
paTgyS Shows, a stllss fslIswng article. a
no5ia cispeSigSa q a5asacs 10 the Anne.
lican party We ypsy the .9sF1natsar=
tiele fol the se1sils ;ofstas editors of the,
Pope's organ u stAs eAy,s They win
please real and ainwsdly dtgest:: The.
.Des.ocrai ssssys;.s ,,.ss.,., -,
Fhita strong feeling 10. iaser,of organ
isiag new paSsss sssassiesrr .eexiei.of an; A
msFican nomenelssnfes has-been aroused
throaghouklhs, liaioa sishin thepast year,
cannot bssaQi5Sea alseE lbs ssiaslSes az
fogdad 81 lia lasse eiecIions both here, and
elsewhere What t5h .cahses are which
have lsdto this. prevailing. sentiment it is
no, oar pl,Fpo e a present 70 inquire
Whether itfhss grewrost et .ahe', gradual
abaaloan,styf sf Their dsiipeliyo political
tenoss by the. Wings, and The consequent
assinilati6no thegsNsg great parties of the
cqnpsTsut y issshelsit has been induced
ihslscrss :. sssSisrts,in cgyfaff quarterstto
c5Asolidase, as ] sapaiats ,s.body,a ;purqIg.
foreign party MON midst fbat slSoSff
weld The balance eg sfomet IN f,iture con
tests, itneeds not now to tlascraitre. .Itis
, sufficient to.kuow that the face exists---that
vigorous rid ambitious phase Of Ameri-
caaEm'has been aroused a--an,t. that it is
aeawhieh must be ahet and appreciated
BY every msp who talSas part or interest in
the pohticai !afairs Of the, nation. Large
elen9pssjp 1bs. conifoliug lhopglt ola
people cannot be ignored, ard wise and
pagiotic Citizens, instead of clinging blind
ly't 10 the deserted forms Of past positions,
viii rather seek 70 guide aud mould such
new IDEAS into Conformity with tho spirit
OF our free iiistitu'ious =
Anericanism aftorall is bn. tlrc onttour-
ing Of lawitle and deep love for our own
colniry--the pulse as il were Of our na-
tioualiy-,-and in itself contains The germ
ofeyery nobe lIoughss.thatlo looks to our
coaa'ry's welfare. Il is the very stmos:
phere'ip which patriotic feelings are nur-
tured, and perhaps there IS no good eli
zen ia all the Land who if seriously ques.
toned would not admit, that be endorsed
is promptings, reeegpized its .teachings
ana approved its instincts He thatwould
make war-upon such seatimept--,a sen
tinAnt thai embraces tho common gloiits
aal prospects, and hopes, as we'll as the
oommbn unity .of our great nation--doei
notteserye that name, and should receive
neither countenanco nor support from hi!
fellow-counlrymen. j.
We have bson lod to these reflections b,
the faot,as before stated, that very recent
ly this American question, if il may be Sc
calledf has tisenN into avast prominence
from one end Of the United States to tn,
o.her;and that various public and paF,izar
ilcwpaperspereeiYine The storm cloud, al
they iahcieb il t5lbe; Mfiohy was to over
shSaQwtbeir local politics, have been ,hur
rie'l ttftF'- -aa-- hi-4empefed 'dehuncakon o
Anericaaism,ih in the abstract as well as il
the. cohcreea-eof cAniericaiiisn flowing
from deep sympathics with all that's pur,
and healthfil and distinctive in our owi
government or gu our own SOIL as well Al
ofcVery self-assumed aud self-styled A
mericanisni with which The demagogue o
the hour may seek TO cloak himself to pro
mq.e his own sinister ends. Such iourn
ais strike in the dark, and like the Athe
niap bastard throwing stones at the crowd
arcin danger ofstriking their own father
Neither is such a course in any manne
wise or philosophical.
The principles in which this fully arous
el American sentiment must rQsult-th
thought TO which it will give expansion
and force-and the high interests whicl
prompt and originate ii are essentially cor
rscl, conservative and national. No mat
ter from whence the. impulse may hav
come; no matter what means may hav
boen used to startiti into splendid vitality
no matter towards what narrow and bigot
cd and in,olerant ends designing person
inar ssek 20 direct lbs iucalculable energie
still the foundation is sound aud solid
the primal element is right. Journalism
therefore which hcolfs.at in tuto--whiel
riIicues or denounces tie whole manifes
taton, ofwhicn hecouhtry is so full, wlicl
plumes Itself upon pariyism in hostility L
Ameriranism will neither carry weigh
sg conviction viii is arguments nor re
cciye srppu from tho sympahY Of thosC
10 whom /, appaa, .Ih9Ywto Sc; thei
fces against the instructive adilAsion of tht
American pcoplemust fall, and their fal
w.l DO merit5d and unregrened.
For our own part, we shaitnot be draw
in:o any such paricidal. quarrel. We shal
nor think Ill Of any man for saying he il
American for feclugtbas heis' American, ,ol
fosacting throughout as an American VIZ
are Americans ourselves, q en:er as fulIya:
any into the very recosses Of that sentimen
whichg gives token Of ournatioDal existenee
halihg Has the surest guatdntee of the du
rability Of the Union. 'Hany one shoulc
affirm tha. he was more American thar
ourselcs---syen should he seek its proofil
a'il2rim aneestry---or farther still, shou
he think to establish il by'declafing in be
half of exclusions and restrictions, W
would have no eease of anger, ifonH befor
his God and his conscience he believed thl
be w4s actualed by true American I'M
phaoa We could honor the SOURCES
his convictions. although we might, ,aoal
hlseridenees; or question hiseonduct.
Aud it Is just here that we take on
sand. In the rjse aud spread Of an A
meriSan spirit one thatshsll be full ,orbe
: .aad steady and radiant, We see much I
hope for from the correction OF many pal
tizan excesseE ffcih cATfTihts baelt nol,tif