Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-02-24


ders of the American army lie exhotted them
10 come and place themselves under the banners of
the king, where they scould find promotion and a.
erase Of pay. lie Wanted OF wishing to conduct
the flower of the American nation TO peace. liberty
and salety: TO RESCUE THE COUNTRY FROM
THE HANDS OF FRANCE and of those WHO
had brought it to the brink Of perdillon lie a.,
hrmed that America was become prey 10 aVaiice,
oil sct of seorn for her enemies, and OF P'y cr
her friends that she had exchanged her hoeriy loi
oppression. He represented the cltizens thrust
Into dungeons, despoied OF their property the
youth dragged to war, blood streaming IN torrents;
What. he exclaimed, is America now, but land
of Widows orphans aud beggars? If England were
to cease her efforts for her deiverance, HOW
COULD SHE HOPE TO ENJOY THE EXER-
CISE OF THAT RELIGION FOR which our IA
Tiers once braved ocean, climate and deserts !?
HAS NOT THE AFFECT AND PROFLIGATE
CONGRESS BEEN SEEN OF LATE TO AT
TEND MASS, and to participate IN the ceremonies
of an anti-christan church, against the corruption
of which our pious ancestors would have borne
testimony at the price of their boodY These de-
clamations of traitor pToped the more fltess the
more they iasolent and exaggerated America
moreover, had writers who stepped forward to re-
flute them in O style as animated as the reasoning
was triumphant. They observed, among other
things that more than Arnold even subsequent
to The rejection Of accommodation auth England mad
been the deroted and obseQaaous cosater Of France,
none more than him had danced attendance upon her
generals and agents. that the first arrival of the
minister Gerard at Philadelphia, he had pressed
him to nhabit his house that he had la0iShed in has
honor the most sumptous banquets, the most sple'a
! did balls the most gorgeous gads; that he had been
The stumble fatterer of Slas Deane the most servils
tool of France; in word, that on all occasions he
had given the French grounds to believe that they
had not IN all the United States more sincere friend
tkGy himself But such it was said, as the ordila
~ conduct of the ambitious alternately cringing and
supecious they are not ashamed to tax others with
| their own vices Thus Arnold found retorted
against himself those arguments from which he had
anticipated the most success.
No one can fail to make the correct application
of this lesson from history. Indeed, our modern
know-nothings seem TO draw their best ideas from
the defence of Arnold.
Arnold liked the cause of his country until the
alliance aoih CATHOLIC FTancei-'THE BTrrEREsr FOE
OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH" How much be talked
like modern know. nothings herel
Arnold exhorted the American soldiers to turn
traitors with him, and promised them ~ 'naore
paul" What sor: of arguments do the wing know
nothngs hold out to democrats to leave their par.
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Notice. too, how the Congress answered the ap.
peals of Arnold They told the people that Araold
himself had courted Foreigners until he turned
traitorl So we have to answer our know-noth-
ing neighbors. We have to remind them that for
eguers, two years ago, had no more obsequious ad.
mirers than the Wing and the Banner, and thst, SO
far from dreadng the spread of Catholicism then,
IL. tod IL al Of baoo
he even lived in State which excluded Catholics
from Office "But such" said the Congress- "is
the ordinary conduct of the ambitious: alternately
cringing and supercilious, they not ashamed tc
tax others with their own vices" A better pic
ture of -nothingism has never been drawn
than is contained in the extract. The arguments
of Arnold, even his words, the staple of mod
ern know-Hothing harrangues We have pointed
out but few of the resemblances contained in the
remarkable extract 1t will interest and amuse al
our readers to pursue the parallel
The whole end and aim of know-nothingism i;
to reinstste whiggery in power. Do you ask
aUhy, then, democrats sometimes elected TO offc
By them The question is very silly one. I'm.
less democrats join the "order" know nothing
ism will be no stronger thai whiggery was before
it died. And unless democrat is once in while
chosen to some Office the most foolish cannot be de-
ceived The trick is transparent.
No, demecratsl These know nothings have nc
fear of the Pope. They love foreign principles ant
fashions, and have no actual hatred of an Irish.
man. per Sc. What they hate is DEMoCRACYl Wha
they hope is, to work upon the fears of timid Prot
estant democrats, and upon The hopes of democra-
tic offce-seekers, and thus secure triumph tc
whiggery in its new guise. The war is upon the
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and the professed dread o
foreign and Catholic influence is an infamous FRAUD
"A piratical device Of pratical crew of poltica
desperadoes The whole trick is as disgrsceful tc
the age in which we live as it is dangerous to the
cause of constitutional freedom.
THIRTY THIRD CONGREsS-SECOND SESSION.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
SENATE-Debate YVES further continued on the