American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-03-29

any hope Of success. The battle is already
won over an adversary when argument
fails him, and he resorts to Billingsgate.-
Partisan editors throughout the entire
country are busily employed in maligning
the American Party, they have stepped
their pens in the vilest cess pools of party
corruption and have essayed to give bat
tie with all the eager and desperation that
love Of spoils and power will excite in the
human breast. They declare American
ism to be the rankest crime known TO ei-
ther the moral or political code. The
love of ones country they pronouncea
heinous sin. Efforts to check the growth
of demagogueism are ''selish and wicked"
To place guards against the introduction
of Earopean pauperism and crime is "an
outrage to reason and religion" To pur-
ify the ballot-box, by the exclusion of for
eign ignorance, folly and RIGHTEOUSNESS
therefrom, is Corrupt and mschievous.
In fine, according to the views of these
partisan spoils fighting leaders, American
ism is the "vilest pestilencc that ever ours
ed the land"
What say you, Americans. TO this abuse,
this vituperation, this calumny? Is it a
sin to honor, to love and defend the prin-
ciples of WASHINGTON?
Remember, that it was yOur oaon WASH
INGroN that wished there was not single
foreigner in the command of troops dur
ing the Revolutionary struggle, save La
fayette,
Remember, that it was your oaen WASH
f1NGToN who said sit does not accord with
the policy of this government to appoint
foreigners to office, civil, or military, to
the exclusion of Americans"
Remember, thatit was your oaOn WASH
1NGToN who said that it was not good pol
icy to encourage the emigration of for,
eigners.
Remember, chat it was your own WASH
TNGToN who warned us TO guard "againsI
the insidious wiles of foreign influence. "
Remember, that it was your oacn WASH
INGToN who said that "history and expe
rience prove, that foreign influence is one
of the most baneful foes of Republican
Government"
Remember, that it was the opinion Of you,
own WAsuINGToN "with respect to immi
grafton, that except of useful mechanics
and some particular description of mel
and professions, there is no use of encour
agement."
Remember, that the patriot JEFFERSON
once said, 81 hope we may find some
means in future of shielding ourselvesfron
foreign influence, political, commercial
or in whatever form it may be attempted.
Remember, that it was the patriot JEFFER
SON who declared, 81 can scarcely with
hold myself from joining in the wish c
Silas Dean, that there were an ocean c
fire between this and the old World ;"
What think, you reader, of the Aneri
canism of GEORGE WASHINGTON and THoM
AS JEFFERSON? Is it "selishness an
wickedness?" Is it corrupt and mis-
chievous?" Is it "moral pestilence?
or does it brand as basely libellous tn
charges of the corrupt and corrupting pal
tsan leaders of the day? We trust, here
alter, that when the bantlIngs of partisanisl
!. fling their vile epithets at your devotion
American principles and the America
Union, that you will remember the prime
pies and patriotism of WASHINGTON an
JEFFERSON, and frown down every attemI
= to swerve you, in the performance of IL
duty you owe yourself, your country an
your God.