American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-04
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repapitulatlon. Brave men, haTrasSed by
the perseyering tyranny Of despoIs- whose
thrones arc supported neither by reason or
justice, rose up to assert their rights aga,nst
fearful odds; and although they kindled q
FIRE that now only shoulders TO burst forth
with tenfold spIenGor when the proper
moment arrives, yet in the interim many
Of the gallant asserters Of human rights
have chosen 10 take shelter beneath the
broad Hgis Of American freedom.
Where else could they Zee and be at
rest? What Is the magic word that fills
European despots with dread, that spans
like rainbow Of promise and hope the
clouded prospects Of the patriot, arching
the misty heavens from the Caspian TO the
Hebrides The word is Ansericd. This
is the sheet anchor Of hope TO the oppress-
ed in Europe; and the despots know it.
Blot out the United States of America from
among the nations, and where shall the
Archimedean lever be placed which is to
overthrow the despotisms of Europe p
Where else has republicanism gained a
Erm foothold? 1t is from her soil alone
that the thunder Of defiance is launched at
all those usurpers who claim to rule by
hereditary right and by the grace of God.
} Facts are stubborn things, and we have to
deal with facts when we speak Of the peiit-
ical world. Temporary evils there may
, be even in republican government; they
are inseparable from our finite condition.
: The world is not yet perfect. To frame a
Utopia out Of the imagination is one thing;
to reduce it to practice is another. Moon
1 shine rampants will uotresist the bayonets
of granadiers. Grape-shot and generals
: pay no respect to poetical rhapsodies.
: The sans culottes of France will break
D up all the established usages. They nm
Y dertook too much at once, and disgusted
{ tho middling clasaes. Ambitious dema.
gogues took advantage of their simplicity
Q and despotism was established on the ru
! ms of popular freedom. The peoples lido
9 throws off the mask, and we hare an EN-
, peror in the furious republican. France
. has twice Knocked the hopes Of the liberals
q and as soon as Louis Napoleon had over
> whelmed the patriots and established him
: self in power, he flew to Rome to suslair
: another pillar of despotism-to pnt dowr
i the revolution in Italy and establish thC
e political power of the Pope against th'
people.
n America alone dcfes the power OF Eu
. ropean despots. The armies of Louis Ma
l poleon will not overthrow republicanism !,
: America although no one doubts his vii
: to crush out every yestige of freedom il
l. this land. and set up despot over the peo
o pic, who would rule with an iron hand nm
IS a bloody sceptre. IIe must first reduc
n Sebastopol. Soldiers cannot now be spa
y red to put down liberty and establish des
g. potism in the United States.
u u The Pope of Rome is despot, and tn
- instrument of despots. He cannot put dow
> liberty in United States with the sword
J He has other means at bis disposal--wi
y he fail to use them' Ask history--as
= what he has done for Italy. Listen to th
: dying groans of Italian patriots! TIL
~ ~ Pope wields q power which car not be OF
y posed by batteries or resisted by breast
. works We are in little danger from til
!" Italian prince in open warfare. If eve
: the liberties Of this country are destroye
:. by European despots, it must be in III
- way Of intrigue, BY the secret machinalor
9i Of some influential class working upon ii
CT hopes and {, ars Of those who trust the
~ and believe in them.
A double power is welded by the de
se pot of Rome, and it is impossible to sep
nc rate their operation, which is one and il
AZ visible in action, though theory may diyic
LII tlan, FHha Vno ri # iho q mr.
70 - phero are named separately by the chen
" lists. but the action Of the air includes the
o' all under one. An army of influential m,
sV are at work on our soil, the head Of who
Nv welds tho cloven power OF a temporal al
" 81 ritual prince. His authority is suprer
VA he is to them in the place Of God.
~ unies in himself both tho temporal a
'p' spiritual power. Willie teach his servar
'' that it is wrong 10 unite tie spiritual a
Use temporal power? Will he tell the Jesu
ny to discourage all such unholy unions, VIII
~, his own example teaches doctrine pl
VI cisely the reverse? Ers
tte- What could be moro injurious TO
Lne cause of human liberty in Europe than I
0e- destruction of American freedom? L
es' triumph Of an Italian potentate in this cou
." try would trample out the last spark
VI" hope in the breast Of the European radio
on Those who oppose tho insidious atteml
Ply of the Pope upon American principles,
'n- publican institutions. and religious tole
IN lion, tako the same ground that was tax
T" by the patriots Of Hungary and Italy.
OFT They oppose tho political assumptions
y the Italian despot, They war upon
y mans religion; but they insist that the
are States shall be ruled by men who own
ON allegiance to foreign rulers, AS they &C
:. ver tend for pure American principles in opI
ic- sition to all foreign influence, they are p
perly termed the American Party.
C"' ! Patriots---ye who have fled from "
rob homes because liberty had no longer an
ori I tar in your native home, because "
" - blood was sought by the inveteratc foes
,om truth and justice, will you invite tho d
80 pot to scatter his incendiaries over the n
~ ~ your adoption; to send hither his hor
;cb of satellites, who, by appealing to the
'N perstitious sentiment, would persuade I'll
followers that, in poisoning the founts
of freedom, they are doing God a servi
: Would you aid in establishing in
~ country the very power that has sent .
" forth exles from the home of your fathe
III. To prevent this, and nothing moro, is
aim Of the American party. We war
LIE, with the Roman Catholic Church as a s.
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