American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
Eaee,, OF the ResuIt.


Americans who aidod and abeited in the
triumph ofthe Catholic Ticket, ihan hss
ever followed the election Of any ticket
since the city was founded. Demagogues,
though they sIe, they cannot look at chat
election and all its attendant consequences
in any other light thar such as viii Grim
son their cheeks with shame. Shame for
lie dishonor they have inflicted on the
soil that gave them birth. shame, for the
they have enjoyed and betrayed,
shame for the selfish spirit that would al
low them 10 sell their country and all that
should be dear TO them.
We say It is matter Of observation that
these same demagogues, without exception,
,eear dolncast and lang dag expression n
countenance, Mot truly J9fts he Oec0sOn,
Themselves, neir acts and lie price for tekich
they sold their JirtArigLt Tie time has
come for us as Americans who prize the
future welfare ofour country, TO speak
plainly, and we intend to do so. IL is no
excuse that these men have so long been
snbseryient TO political knavery that they
have become callous to all other claims
The plain truth tlatin the issue Of thelast
election there was involved deverything that
should bind an American to his country,
Christian to his God, cannot be denied;
that the peace and quiet Of those who
clustered around our hearths was at stake;
that the assuming attitude OF Papistical
arrogance needed a rcbuke;-and yet dem
agogues, forgetting all this, cast their in
Auence-harmles among those well in
formed as to the true interests Of the coun-
try, but powerful in tic midst of ignor-
ance-on the side Of Popery, and against
their country.
If advocating tie cause ofour Govern
ment; ifdaring to claim protection for ber
institutions against Catholic influence; II
urging the paramount claims of America
and Americanism againstthe wilesot those
whose acts have warned us Of the future
if this lie incendiarism, !hen We plead
guilty TO the charge; but We shall, under
all circumstances. speak as we ever have
done, confident in the purity of our mo
tiyes and the holiness of our convictions
In this respect We know no middle course
and We do not wish at ills late hour Il
learn such, and still less desire to adop
it.
Policy may set down with folded arms
policy may dictate but never fulfill but
is time that those who ere actuated for th'
good of this government, should kno"
where and how they stand, if they do stand
and if not, when aud where they fell
Policy has closed the ears of this peopi
and blinded their vision, while the Roma
Catholic crowned heads of Europe hav
. erected their chapels from Canada's bor
, der to the Gulf Of Mexico; having for thel
, object and their aim the destruction {
American rights and the subjuga;ion
: American institutions, The prophecy
, made ten years ago, in Europe. that thi
r government would be subject to Catholi
: and pauper influence, cannot be forSot'e
: by this people, especially when ever
D movement made by them has a tendenc
S TO urge our country tosuch aconsummatio
This disposition manifests itself not only
= the acts of those who exercise the control
D ing over in foreign lands, but also anon
v those who have come into our midst,
Y vailed themselves of our privileges, ar
h have been benefited by themin q mo
/. signal manner.
J. We wish to incite no evil spirit in III
h community, but we wish them to remer
I Der the elcctien of April end, 1855, in vie
e of all coming elections in all coming tin
n We wish them to remember that Cathol
lr Germans and Catholic Irish, forgettiI
e their inherent projudices, banded toget
n er and by illegal voting and other v
=" means, 10 which they were melted
Americans who have thus disgraced (
;" name, they snalched the government frc
= the hands of those who were legally, ju
ne ly, righteously entitled to legislate for t
general welfare of Cincinnati.
d. That in this country it is the will oft
q. IT, people that the majority should rule, thc
# # is no doubt, but in the name of JUST,
n. when one portion of those entitled to
s. privileges of the elective franchise I
ar driven with blows from the Polls, how
~ ~ that majority TO be ascertained. ltis
criterion by which TO judge under su
ne circumstances, when the largest number
it: ballots are returned as being cast by
!, assailing party.
g :, The hour has not yet come in this COZ
try, when might is right, and God 70
fend it ever should, yet the ele elton of ]
Monday, has strong tendency in that
rection. When American citizens borl
y the soil-when foreign citizens. beca
C. they dared to worship God as they Piles
D. and think and act as they please, are