The American patriot., 1855-08-04
For the American Patriot.
Democratic Arguments.

IL IS Qulte abusing W ASteil oso"sioh"''y w
an expounder of Democratic Faith, or to look
over the columns of the press Of the party and
see the mode of warfare they adopt to promote
their party interests, and check the rapid
growth of Americanism. At first their only
effort seemed to be to shake the confidence of
the seceders from their own ranks in the cause
they had so lately espoused. The first great
battle cry, was "It's Wing trick" gotten up
for the especial benefit of the old file leaders
of the Whg party, that they might share in
the spoils of office, that they might again ruin
the country by reviving high protective ta-
riff and national bank. "Beware my young
friends of the wiles and snares of whig office
hunters" Almost, with tears in their eyes,
would they talk to us, showing the cloven foot
and terrible horns of this new enemy to de-
mocracy Beseeching us with all the earnest
ness of father to return to our first love- A
few short months roll round and what change.
Is it now Wing trick? Let us look into
their journals. We see notices of meetings
with Wing Vice Presidents, and the fact her
aided to the world atlarge. Speeches of Wings
opposed to us publishedin every paper. And,
thanks to oar noble Whig brethren mtrodu-
ced into Democratic resolutions. Once upon
time, Henry Clay, and any, all connected with
him were branded as enemies of their country,
arch-deceivers, in fact, anything but honest
men, and now forsooth, the son Of that '.pure,
patriotic, but perhaps mistaken man. has
made speech in which he has pommelled the
Know-N Nothings at a terrible rate, and forthwith
he is installed as one of the champions of the
''true faith" From this sudden change we
are led to suppose that it is nolonger Whig
trick. What relief to our minds.
This being dropped the cry Of Abolitionism
is raised. Terrible pictures of the future are
held up before us. Ere long we are to have
Abolition lecturers in our midst slavery will
be rooted out from amongst us, and the entire
South ruined. But, 10! the National Conven-
ton meets, and by large majority adopt
platform strongly in favor of Staterlghts and
the non-interfcrence of Congress with the
slavery question; that same convention bidding
defiance to northern seceders and disunionists.
It is recent order they say. A midnight
conclave of oathbound villains sworn to oppose
every movement made for the good of the
country. Devoid of honesty and principle 1t
may be great satisfaction to them to make
these charges; if so, we hope they will not
cease, as we assure them it gives us no pain,
knowing as we do, that they are without even
the scmblance of truth.
While they cry out against OUR prescription
of foreigners, they do not show aohy we do
wrong in preferring to advance native born
birth On the contrary, they boast of depriv-
ing them of government patronage and many
of them admit in private conversation that they
prefer the native born to the adopted citizen.
Religious intolerance is another war cry.
Not only are we told of what we intend doing
to interfere with the enjoyment oy catholics of
their religious faith, but that when we have
exterminated that church from our borders,
we will pounce, hyena like, upon one after an
other of the protestant denominations; thus,
step by step, annihilating them all, and finally,
saying we will have no God to reign over us.
What Is our true position here? Look again
at our National Platform, and we find that the
only religious test is against the aggressive
policy and corrupt tendency of the Roman
Catholic Church, at the same time insisting
upon the right of all to worship God in the
way and manner that seemeth good in theil
sight. We of Louisiana do more, we say that
the insinuation against the Catholic church ii
the National Platform is unjust and untrue.
Their last attack we blush to record. Blush
to think that those with whom we once battlet
against principles we thought detrimental tt
t our countrys interests, should descend to sucl
t low and contemplate means of accomplishin!
f their ends. Blush to think that native borl
( American citizens, could so corrupt the free
dom of speech and the pree, as to invade tn
, sacred precincts of benevolent order to fin'
! material to advance their interests. Blush t
4 hear and read from the lips and pen of men
: Boosting of high standing in that association
that they would so far doubt the integrity c
: those belonging to the order of knowNothing
as to refuse to admit them to the fellowship
+ Masonry. Blush to know that men belong t
o that order, who dare thus to embroil their brt
thren, (whom they have sworn to love and II
specD against each other. am not Masol
but ask the question, are they not violatin
their most solemn obligations in thus dcnour
cling their brothers? Are they not in thu
" dragging political matters into the order, usill