Washington telegraph., 1855-05-30

run tue ltfll which now demands Tue DOW.
er Of all three 10 avert il Because il Is
an element at all, they over whom long do.
layed retribulion IS impending, scream at
tho bare mention OF it. as domouiars did
when they saw Christ approach them 1t
Is persecution for conscience sake ia ildir
view, that We hesitate to surrender our eoun.
Try, our Liberty, aud our Religion to tue
guidance Of eofrup. men banded with for.
eignors, aud what makes i persecution is
that thcse foreigners happen 10 be rapists
and luddels II they had happened to be
Chinese or Mohammedins the nation would
have fevolted much sooner Aud vet with.
gu; reason. For we and our fathers have
au unsettled account with papery. many
centuries old At first it was tie Emperor
aud the Pope who tfoi us into the dust
Then II was Kings aud Bishops who burn.
ed samc at The stake, and droye the rest uui
Of all lands into this wilderness. Now Il Is
priests aud mobs aud demagogues who have
followed us into our plaee Of Teluge-uay.
our haa place Of felnge-in form at once
more degrading and dcitaable and more
likely to Be iaial 70 us than either Of is pre-.
eeliag iofms Shall We ba driven ia,a die
Pacific Shall We sueeumb Or shalI
se turn upon cur relentless rnrsuars -
Tiny lave followed the lion Ia his lat den.
and brought lin to ty Did they expect
bin 10 die Ike stag IN bis lair
TIE revolt Of the country was whdllg un.
expected BY tho.s Who surpocl they had
already secured Is FINAL saliugalIua aud
Ike every other great reiHbatan. it tales
those it fills On BY surprise Il /, nal.
therefore 10 lie wondered at TINT ihcy exz.
crate with peculiar hartor The spscialm5aas
# success against them which their own
rerldy aud ieteeii{ had rendered absoluicly
indispensable The cauuify organizes IL
self Tor the great conflict, which 10 those
who first embarked in i. seemed we'll nigh
desperate, in silence aud without ohsrr,a.
ton. That !. the way in which al grand
movements occur; even the Kingdom Of
Heaven does not come with observation -
But the dcnagogucs, the priests the moL..
the flgcign papsis and inhlrl., are shocked
beyond endurance. lcclusc the haudful u
devoted mcn who iir,i combined to save the
country, IL thst were any longer possible,
did iot call the whele Of them iuio udlncil.
For what In order 10 bo murdered OF
ifno, murdered. iraduccl. aud the very end
for which they were willing to be tradlecl.
aud, Unnecessary, murdortd-ui,crly dclca,.
cd Were tlry called into council when
their enemies bought aud sod them -
We're hcy notified when corrupt bafgiins
were struck, In which the liberties Of The
people were put up At an Infamous price
Were fhcy consulted when tho atrociol,
schemes to break up the Union Of thcsc
States were concocled Were hcy adyis I
ed when the overthrow Of our nationality
Of our institutions. and Of our religion to. 4
gether, was deliberately undertaken By the .
Popish despois and prelaies cf Europe - |
Was council asked Of them By foreign pa.
pisi- aud indlel-, when, through the whole |
land. they consprcd with the foil assent Of .
dcmagogues to overthrow the Protestant civ. /
ilization of the country Were the secrets .
OF the confessional made known to than I
Were the secret oalhs binding every papal .
cccle,iasiic with unlimited allegiance to o .
foreign temporal Prince, submitted to heir /
scrutiny! The safety of the State IS hc /
supreme iaie And surely it is the Gr.t |
necessity Of State lha, is endangered, I
that they who would save i, must consult. |
must combine. II the pcriidy and ferocity /
Of their enemies compel them to observe /
unusual caution, it only proves the greatness, |
Of their danger. In point of morality, it 4
stands precisely on the same footing as q vote .
by ballot The object Of it determines its
lawiulncss and il is its success, no. It's ma.
turc, which makes it 50 hnteiul.
II the Nationality Of America is to be .
sustancd-if her Protestant Civilization is
to be perpctuated-il the Federal Union is
tn be preserved, there is but one possible
method Of dealing with the subject The
organized power Of society must be taken
ont Of the band, Of those who have bctray.
ed these vast interests. aud must be put in.
to tho hands Of those who will cherish them
! HUllc ullNluU " lut uHl9 lNHiuhtu' " ]
which this great change eau DO Effected
That enlightened. the first step Of the rcyo.
luton is political, the second is legal. The
first step involves the organization, aud the
triumph Of party commensurate with the
country, thc Amrricla PaHy-aud that
involves the overthrow of every party that
rcsists its ultimate objects, or rresists the nee
cssary means Of obtaining those objects.
Indeed, If this step were fully achieved,
it would be of less consequence to take a
second one, since the laws though bad, arc
cndambo and society is safe, rs soon as It
has finally put out Of power all men and
parties hostile to our Nationality to onr
Protestant Civilization and to cur Federal
Union; ont Of power with an overthrow in.
capable of being repaired.
And this is tho reason why tbis great
movement cxctcs such ezorucilting blter-
ness Of late, In its political aspect, on The
part of all against whom ID is directed
For nations do not Immediately incur the
same peril twice nor do profound national