Washington telegraph., 1855-05-30
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THE AMERICAN QUESTION.
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DASyltls, Kr., .sprii Is, ls55.
Politics have assumed new, and to the
old managers Of parties aud elections.
most unexpected phase MANY things have
oonsplfed to produce this result aud men
will, no doubt. give this or that explanation
Of the movement We are witnessing, aecord.
ing to the point of view from which they
consider il Many effects may be produced
by the movement itself and men will ap.
prociate those effects, and eudeayor to pro.
mote or prevent them according To their
views Of general politics. Of the Interests Of
Society. end Of the proper destiny Of cur
great country
The intense perrading power Of the move.
ment itself can no longer be a matter Of
doubt. Aud TO the calm observer various
elements are manifest which render lis
future progress altogether inevitable
Amongst these decisive elements may be
stated the augmented force Of the movement
itself. acquired. By is own prefious tli.
umphs. aud the great hdniagsniousness Of
the spiri, oi II. 10 the portions of that eoun.
try remaining TO be suhlael. aud tue por.
tons already conquered II viii encounter
no difficulty equal to tie intense Democracy
Of New Hampshire. Illinois. PENNSYLVANIA
and Michigan the widespread political
Immortality Of New York the Democracy
OF Virginia, aud the settled anti slavery soni.
linen, Of MASSACHUSETTS tue hereditary
Whigism Of Kentucky Yet an these nfa
mastered by the grauder spifil of'ihe new
movement What barrier remain, to arrest
Its irresistible earceri
Ii is infinitely absurd for tie opponents of
this vast movement Of the human mind. to
attribute It to unworthy or insignificant caus.
cs. 1t Is utterly ridiculous for iis friends
to imagine that It can eXhansl ilself upon
subject. that are feeble aud iuiisiBel Il
may aim at what il wrong, or wha, i. uuai
taiuable but il cannot avoid aiming st y bat
Is great aud permanent any more than il
could have been produced by anything that
was feeble, indirect. or base. 4 great peo.
PIE does not receive such shock, from such
causes not when received DO they ,ermi.
nate without immense rcsuhs
What We behold is vast and apparently
spontaneous uprising of the spirit Of Amer.
iesn naihnali,y. Bonoaih fhat We behold
the restoration Of that pIimcsal spirit Of
Pro,e.iani civilization, In which the country
itself was originally created And till lie.
meath hat We behold the renewal of that
profound sense Of the overwhelming neces.
sity Of our National Union which was the
grandest ouiburs, 9f our National Royolu.
ton. These.are the life aud heart aud soul
Of this gigantic movement. American Na.
tionaliiy Protestant Civilization. National
Uniou. The country believes all three Of
those are in danger Men may say the
country is deludcd But tha, does not al.
ter the ease % long as the country thinks
otherwise The country is resolved that
oil danger to oil of them should be thor.
oughly removed Men may ,ay the coun.
try is mislcd but what Of that so long a.
the country is resolved to be National. Pro.
testant and United
The country is thoroughly convinced tha,
It cannot trust the perpeluaton of its Ma.
iionality, its Protestant civilization, and is I
Union as one people any longer to the keep
ing Of existing parties in their ordinary &C. |
ilon and so the country has. for the time |
at least, set aside all parties Men may say
this is mere fanatici.m bu, what does the I
country care for the sayings of men whom
i rejects as unwOlhy Of being trusted with |
Its destiny in so great a crisis Tho coun.
Try resolves to porpetuate the Union Of
these States They who are faithful to
the Union had better take up the same
great palable they who are not, ought,
in the judgment of the country. to be
indiscriminatcly crushed The country
determines that its Protestant civilization
is It's original, its most precious, and its
most vital inheritance; and, believing it to
have been betrayed, it purposes to surround
II with adequate safeguards They who
Participate in these opinions will applaud
ihls profound purpose; they who cunspirc
to destroy that Protestant civilization, or
who abet or sell themselves to thos3 who
DO must abide the political overthrow which
50 justly and permanently awaits them -
The country cherishcs It's glorious national
liy and believing ii to bo endangered, It
has risen up in its majesty to assert, 10 win.
dIcate, mud to develop still more powerfully
the nationality, without which the country
itself has no destiny-no mission on the
face Of the earth They who are so lost 10
every exalted instinct as to be usensibe TO
the grandeur of such hopes as God has set
before us, may also despso all efforts by
which those hopes arc to be realized
Nevertheless, the country will guard and
assure It's nationality in spite Of It's reore.
ant children, as well as its open foes This
ismy version oe this grand movement one
point of view from which its rise its pro.
gress, and its aims are distinctly manifest.
Let the country execute such work in such
hspirit, and she will be launched anew up,
On her high caroer
No doubt Religion is an element Of this
widespread excitement But it is not the
only element, nor with all men the chief