Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
LOUDON TENNEsST E#FEBRUARY 3, 1855.
the abingdon Virginian.

Erem the Abingdon Virginian. /
4 y = eyavely proposed in america to form tsn I
Asae1ap f'st,fy. Has there ever been any oeher?-
Ifss Hhe were they-froIu what diait originated
leaders and whatits objects?"
bsse questions are. tgrayely1 asked in the
Is Melville Republican of the 9th inst, in long
aadKellwritten attack upon the Order of Know
| MEETINGS. With all due respect for the opin
ions If the editors of the Republican-who
Seem to be as Jealous as they arehonestin their
opposition 90 the new Order-we do not deem
titneesSsary to very long OF. elaborate argu-
ment 10 prove that there have been "dHti. AmeT-
ieqn lprties' in America, from the days of the
Colonies to the present hour, and we have no
doubt that, with little serious sober. unpreju-
Islieed reflection on the-part of the editors; they
Flwsll aniye at the conclusion that we have, and
htilat sdlnethng like a hundred thousand free
men ia Virginia have In trying to answer
| their qhestions we will confne ourselves to
historical facts. without taxing the Imagination.
There hare been dnti.Ame1icdR parties IN
\ 1alelicg The first one of which our reading
irsforlasshs, was organized in England under
tss rhIsnof George the Third, which sent a
4 delegation across ,the 'herring pond" with
/. cargo ef tea, in l773. This delegation landed
i I'M Boston, ant after an abortive attempt tor i'm
i pose tapep the rebels with a duty fixing the
l1price atsixty dollars per b., the Natire Ameri-
,eall pq1Sy, in full regaIid made its first sally,
and transferred the cargoes from the ships to
Boston barbor. The party from which this del
Re CATION hailed were Englishmen they "origina-
/ ted" at Westminster. its "ieaders' were George
I tic Third and the British Parliament and It's
!sS,biects'' foreign rule IN america.
IN ot.very long after this their first rebuke ne
.hsar of the ahti-Amoicaa party making an
/ ether effert 10 rule America at Concord, and
4 again at Bunker Hill-all to establish foreign
rule in america. Again, we hear Of them in
/ the. South, az Camden, and Charleston, and
/ Gall and Kings Mountain, and even st,
4-S1E2zsssoMys' RHlpondi" In word, the whole
asSAesh was overrun with them, bat at that day
ftls45 swerq allied Tories.
~ ,}43ser the Know Nothing, or Natige Amcrj-
met at Kings Mountain and York
/ 4a]<k aaasA,roke up the foreign organization
4 =; saIyscaf no more was heard of them for
T.foz 4 ears, during which interim they seemed
! airen recuperatinr for another effort in
( III Tbs time they were better and more
\ &yeiy organized. and. although they sue
/ eaid<X in,routDg the Native American party
from he Seat of Government. and laying the
sHasiohf leapitol in ruins, yet they were less
I suecesEafat Chippewa, Lundys Lane. North
| Poinsss 81 w CLEANS, &c. Again they were ex
| PEELED; sbds 7IT6eecans were left to rule Amer-
Years bf piping peace" rolled on, and no
Empre vas heard of the "afti-Americaa party
until Chit q few years past; The charaeteE of
/ the contest Became changed. The war was
tnowto bsa bloodlessone. In 1916, system
Ewas eng q frd into our laws, called Democrat
Tariff bieh crippled the energies Of our
ipeoph<X BE thapsthe torch Of war had done,
/ by MasE up our .panufae!ories, turning
i tho1san3 % native lsborerS out 70. starye f3r
Want oi. ebpl oyment, and, By forcing heavy
bafRn az 81 t&de against us, has brought our
/ sonce altrY to the very verge of
! ptey. this sstae foreigners havegbecsi
hocking to our shores, at the rate, some years.
l of over $4,000, determined, by the milder
means of voting to accomplish that which they
lad failed to accomplish with powder and ball,
fire and rapine Holding the Balance of power
through the ballot box, tfeg are now in mar
ket,and are knocledolf in lump to the highest
bidder. Sometimes the purchasers are Wings,
sometimes Democrats-iu either case. we pre-
sumo, they are those, Of course, who contend
| that there is no "aRtj> american party IN liner
lea and. whose motto seems to be rule or
ruin" we are happy to know that Native
Americans have banded together to counteract
this foreign influence, and we are happier still
! to know that they are the more rejecting and
uhselfsh men Of all parties. They know no
! Whiggery, no Democracy, no nothing, but their
country and her glorious institutions, and their
motto is, "Ame15csns shall 7ale America!"
! Let us not be misunderstood We do not
mean to intimate that any American citizen
| whether Wing or Democrat, would, at this day.
act as did the British and Tories in the periods
referred to, but we do mean to initiate that
there have always beet" dntj-A american payties'
in this country, and that ali native citizens,
whether Wings or Democrats, who oppose the
principles of the American party, thereby en-
courage and propagate Catholic and foreign in
huence, whose ends and aims, observation has
Taught us, are precisely the same as those OF
the British and Tories. And while we say this
from deep conviction of the tenableness of the.
position, we at the same time regret to say that,
to our certain knowledge, the American party
has as strong opponents among our own peO-
pie as among the Democrats. Indeed, some of
the bitterest enemies to the American organi-
cation that we have met with, are Wings.
In conclusion, we accord to the editors Of the
republican as much honesty and patriotism in
their views as we could claim for ourselves, but
we think they are mistaken as to the better pol
icy. and hope they may see their error, for see
ing it, know they would forsake it.