Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-01

morning. -
1t is usual for an Editor, on assuming the
tripod, to make at least brief enunciatioa OF
the political principles he expects to sustain
The Editors of the Patriot deem it due 70
the public chat they should conform to tits
practice.
Members of the American Party, and hon
estly believing the leading Principles of that
Party, in the present condition Of the political
affairs Of the country, Of paramount nnpor-
I lance to all others, We expect 10 give them AZ
earnest and active support. Sc have a"t
embraced, nor DO we propo,e 10 maintain aud
yindica,e. these Principles from motives OF
hostility 10 any class of citizens Ii the eIni
grant from the Old World has lied from OPP
preston, or come hither as a mater of choice,
to enjoy the blessings Of hber.y and equal
rights and insils into the m;a'is and hearts of
( lis children affection COR our country and It's
institutions, We houor and LGl hial as bro
ther. We care not be-, many Of tins character
come amongst Us AID participate 10 the rich
inheritance left us by our forsta;hers. On the
other hand, if, fyrgelful Of the Obligations he
owes to the government which shelters and
protects him, he is seeking to infuse into our
politics dangerous and diS2rg .ni2ing theories,
,ngeUdered in the pestileutia atmosphere OF
corrupt dynasties Of Europe, doctrines calcu-
lated, if not intended, to undermine and DIES
tr,,. 10 ,-ar,, E,nr,Iatinrs nf ,.ppb nis,,.
il, instead Of pursuing the paths of agriculture
or trade, the mechanic arts or the learned
professions, aud endeavorHg to identify him
self with the virtuous masses of our people,
ambitious aspirations, he Is bent upon thrastiug
himself into office, aud the sons of the soil ont
of office, we feel it to be our duty as American
citizens to set our faces against him, and to
use all means, under the constitution, to defeat
his purposes That all these things have been
done, or attempted, by foreigners, does not
admit of question. Neither have We any hos
liity to the religion of the Rolnan Catholic
nor any desire to abate Zone iDt or title OF
his right To worship God according to the die
tates Of his conscience. These are matters
which the American Party do not recognize as
coming within the scope OF their propositions
OF Reform. But when Catholics avOw such
doctrines as those avowed by BRowNsoN in his
Carolina letter, in which tie supreme author
ity Of The Pope over his subjects in temporal
rs well As spiritual atfaIrs-as claimed and eX-
ere sed in the worst ages of Mother Church.
are proclaimed and defended, we deem it time
for the American peopleto watch with sleepess
vigilance the movements OF the servants OF the
Papai Hierarchy, aud to see to it thai they do
not acquire too much power in our midst. This
much We think Is due to our country, in self
defense. So long as we are able to WELD a
pen, we shall omit no suitable occasion to
arouse our readers to just appreciation Of the
dangers which are hidden under the claims Of
the Pope upon the allegiance of his vassals.
In the discharge OF our duties We shall haFs
frequent opportunities, we suspect, discuss
at length the points which we have mentioned
above. We shall, when expedleat, to discuss
them candidly aud dispaseionntely. Having no
hostility 10 the emigrant who honestly adopts
our country a. his home,-none to the devotee
at the shrine of Roman Cutholicien-we trust
we shall be credited 10y them when We say We
have embraced the Principles of the American
Party because we believe they are calculated
10 subserve the best interests Of our country.
But 1t is not merely against the evils OF for
eign influence, or Papal intrigues, the Ameri-
can party is destined to shield US. 1t is at
present the only refuge we have from Disunion-
ism on tie one hand, aud Abolitonism on the
other. In the South, the DIsunon element
predominates in the Democratic Party;-from
an fnerior position in 1850, when the patriot
isrn of the masses was fully aroused, it has
arisen 10 q superior in 1876. That element
now gives law TO the Party; it is preparing for
Y .gUrous attempt TO effect q separation of
the slaveholding from the non. slaveholling
States, upon questions growing out OF the en-
actment of the Nebraska and Kansas terrific
rial laws. 1t is now more dangerous because
really more powerful than at any former period
of its history. In the North, Abolitionisin,
having shoru the Democratic Party of its
strength, has assumed the name of Republi-
cauisrn, and under the ead of the arch agita-
tor, Mr.. Seward, is making bold aud deter
mined effort to bring public sentiment to a
point of hostility to the South, which must
eyeniuate either in civil war or the humiliation
aud ruin OF our section of the Union. In recent
elections, the American Party, true to the
Constitution and the Union has interposed
aud by manly struggle deprived Abolition
lem in its new gui>e, of much of its power for
mi chief. 1t has forever destroyed the prestige
OF Seward aud the Van Burens; aud com.
mended itself to the country as its wall of de-
fence against the enemies of the Union, North
and South. The honest masses who are wont
TO Join "no parry that does not carry the flag
and keep step to the music Of the Union," Will,
we doubt not, fiud in this result sufficient in
ducement to act with the American party in
future.
Entertaining these sentiments, We shall make
Americanism the distinguishing feature of the
Patriot. Nevertheless, we shall not lie led off
after one idea to the neglect of other impor.
ttnt interests. 1t is quite as much our purpose
q cater to the general as the political tastes OF
our readers. The News Of the day, whether
Political. Commercial, Legislative, Scientific
or Literary, shall have appropriate attention
daily. Indeed, our object is to furnish the
public with newspaper as perfect in all it,
departments, as the means and facilities afford
ed by our city render possible. On this head,
we will not say more. We do not wish 70