The weekly American banner., 1855-09-28

witnessed IN nj E5|ppI. Iher ave ~ pe1n
week at 4 time 6( jackson, when not q state /,
oiicer was at his pest, bot from the Governor
down to the lowest Official were perampuiating
Ihe State, yflIifyng and defamipg. the best ana Il
rurest men OF The CONFERENCE.-The men VINO q
lvho ,,exer held Offices themselves Or desired 70
men who are to themselves in point q pafri-
etlssl. talents, political and personal honesty, as
hyperioi, 10 satyr; and for no other reason
undel Gods Heavens, than that they belong TO
the American party and believe and mean 70 |
mainfain,that Americans shall rule America"
Such spectacle was probably never seen be-
fore il & Reoubiic. We know that the Roman /
Empife nse1 10 be knocked down in the Army
TO the hieh6Sf Bidder; but that was after the in
lux of forei9ners had DESTROYED their nationali-
ty,as IL will opra,if their encroachmeisss are not
stopped.
The sight is pitifui and disgusting and rio
wonder the people turn from them with sick
heart for the fat Of a Republic reduced 20 low
The American party never was born II
sprang Minerva like from the he4d of Joye and
has stalkedsoSer the land, and old PARTIES have
crumbled under his tread, and old pseerons and
Office holders who have grown plethoric an I'M |
pudent at the public crib,are struggling g SIn6t
it, Kicking and scratching with the despera-(
ton of starving hyennas, shame and decency If
they ever had pretensions to even these mega
tive yirsues are quite forgotten and to hide their
own corruption like the scuttlefsh, they throw
out their spawn upon the Americans. But II
will be of no avail-thes speop' . are aroused and
love of country will ultimately prevail over love
of party. We may be beat by the patronage
of Office by the desper LIE efforts of our foreign
and native enemies-hy foreign gold and
fraud, bat we will ultimately prevail, or the
hopes eff civil and religious liberty are set for
ever Look back to histery look long the
rugged cliffs of Time ind see the beacon ishts
held out on the desolate sites of ruined cities
and dead empires, ,and there read a lesson. Look
at Greece as she was in the time If Periles
andthen trace her degradation from the time
when Thenistocles the graf Locofeco dema-
gogue of antiquity revoked the laws against the
influx of strangers and made citizenship cheap
IN Athena Sparta held her own, long after
Attica had sunk under the intrigues of the sur
rounding States. Lycurgus their greatest Law
giver had bound themby an oath TO keep intact
: his laws till he returned and then went away
{ and died il Asia Minor, and had his dist
thrpWn inso his own Egean,so lint - pretext
could he had for the Spartans % break their
falkland one of his laws was that no stran-
gershould hold citizenship or accumulate pro.
E perty 10 Sparta. They kept their nationality as
r
they broke il they fell, not by foreign invasion
but by eternal commotion. Draco's laws were
: written in blood and Miitiades was rrant, but
f well might the degenerate Greek Of far aftel
a times sings
"Tissomething in the dearth of fame,
Though linked among fettered race
y To feel at least patriots shame
Even while sing suffuse my face
y The tyrant of the Chersonese -
Was Freedoms bravest, nobiest friend,
That Tyrant was Miltiades.
O, that the present hour wsuid lend
sd.es AnoshsT sa.3 .d3ssPot Of the kind :, ,,,,
Il A tyrant, but our masters then,
Were still at least our countrymen!''
The stump orators of the Sag Nscltfs party il
the face of history and the lamentable lesson
l' u teaches either out of ignorence or sheer i'm
y Do tell rs that Rome was peopled by tn
nds criminafe and free citizenship offered to al
the vsgabonds of the surrounding nations. Tru
Rome in her infancy, as Americans did. invite
aliens and habored refugees from other nations :
but " hen her house was full che claimed th
fright and exercised it too, of shutting her door
in the faces of interlopers. Can any Sag Mich
point to single instance where foreigner q
er held Office in Rome during the existance {
the Republici No he cannot And citizer
ship was rarely granted to one not bor
beneath the Roman Eagle. Thought had bee
fifty years Since Marc Anthony, put He
cd the Great on the Jewish throne, and th
whole nation had sunk into Roman ddpent
lency, ST. Paul boasted that his father ia
bought his citizenship with high price, and 3
that groun( whep bsought before. Festus, h
Iclaimed the right Of appealing to Cesar Blu
Rome finally deserted that wise policy and q
last sunk when she united Church and Stat
under Constantine. These are warnings af histe
ry that should be heeded--and Americans ar
not the only people thht heed their teachings
In the abridgement of Gibbons Decline an
Fall Of the Roman Empire, taught in the prims
ry Schools of England is q frontice-p piece repre-
senting the restless Barbarians Of the Mort
1escenl lin0l pom Rome and at las iesertinQ thei
own sterile soil and i,e-bound rocks for th
luxuriaEtsouth, where they finally snbverte
the Government and the willy priests have sine
built their scarlet thrones upon its ruins. Th
1t decay Of Rome commenced inits full primes
The tall oak may rear It's strong arms TO heav
en- but b6totten at the heart. The Wild Hun
lfter Office that brought Romes greatest Gen
eral to anearly doom, was the cause Of her down
fall. ssss
She could withstand the attacks ii opel
warfare Of the Gatls the Cloths and the Y an
dals--bnt when she opened her gates Of citizen
ship aIi3 let in strangers who had nd reverenc
or enthusiastic love Of her early history and tra
ditions, her foundations were sapped, and civ
wars and speedy decay ensued. Let American
heed and - WarIed Andyet the Sig Nschts tel
every thief and pauper washed upon our Shore
that be has as good ! tight q the co01t
Native born Americans ha7 hr< ~ tsxon
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