Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-07-15

lgion, exchanging the glorious liberties and
thrice glorious institutions Of Repubcanism
for the behes,s Of Prelates, and the concom-
itanls Of absolute depotism-tha, am now,
henceIorth and ultimately at war.
La FAyErrE, reposing from tho tolls Of
our Revolution, aud looking forward at our
glorious future, gave this prophetic warning
10 the generations who should arise TO per-
pe,uato our Republican system:
"lr THE LIBERTIES OF THIS REPUBLIC ARE
EVER DESTROYED, IT WILL DE THROUGH THE
MAcIiIEArIoNs OF RoMlsli PRIESTS"
There is no doubling that between the two
great political parties Of our country, the
Foreign and Catholic vote holds the balance
Of power. II then an uuntelIigent and IN
Amercanized Foreign influence, and an an
I,i-Republcun Catholic element Is not sale
repository Of American power, is not pure
| ly American organization That can weld TINS
balance Of power 10 American purposes and
the perpetnity Of American Institutions.
called for by all the signs OF the times. II
this be the platform OF the know NothInes,
land the Election Returns from every quar-
Ter assigns TO some agency the triumph oil
principles akin) may they oyershadcw our
land, and wres, 1t from developing and I'M
pending dangers $50 mote it be-"
MIR. Editor-Thus much | have written
without the fear OF "Jones, Smith s. Co." or
any individual or coalition before my eyes.
The productions Of this firm, which have en-.
bcllishcd the Republican, for two or three
weeks past, urs no, such as am wont to re-
gard with very erdlted consideration. ! have
no mud hooks with which to reach their CO.
SEES at present, and knowing the components
and cali5re of that "trio in uno,h | do not
wish TO stir ii up from considerations Of det-
riment to the public health! The board oil
trustees would then have TO ferret out their
re,rea, and have j, ,rell lined a, cost to the
taxables
When public discussions are gotten up,
despise the low resor, Of personal abuse. Ii
is he fond bantling Of sroyelIing minds, the
dernier resor, Of a weak case. 1t is trite
saying that "drowning men will catch al
straws," but there the saying ends, and we
have no authority TO believe that straws evel
saved them. The time is not now when the
Independent, thinker, or the man who acts
from principle, will regard abusive epilhets,
or personal bitterness as rod in terrorum,
to seal his lips or parry his pen in the argu'
ment Of his sentiments. Argument will bet.
ter subserve the ends Of truth than all the
slang.whang Of the tish.msrket, or the cpl
thets of bar.room politicians. The former
will bring forth aud maintain TRUTH, the 9th.
er only serves to develope the hidden nature
Of those who resort TO it.
Fiualiy-the political clique who meet in
seclusion 10 encourage each others political
aspirations, and hatch eggs Of popularity III
the dark, are not such as can consistently OBJ
lec, TO secret political organizations! Those
who write biIinesgate in private and attemp,
to conceal i, behind 4 double veil are no, the
ones 10 bedaub another with such epIIhelS
as coward" cut-lhroat," or ''robber !?
Thu caucus that meets to regulate affairs fol
their own elevation to Or continuance in
office, and whose known rule Of warfare is
an INSCRIPTIONS TRADE Of personal vtupera'
lion upon all who see fit to differ with them
are no, such as to claim all the respectable
tv of the land, nor TO monopolize all the hon
es,y Of motive in the country! /.
AMERICUS.