Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-07-07
AMERICANIsM IN KENTUCKY.

Lawn Nv 'eh9f seuihoif bhe -thH
Hon, Chas. S. Morchead, the American can
didate for Governor, addressed the people of
Louisville on Friday night last. An immense
concourse of citizens, estimated a, from five to
eight thousand in number, assembled to greet
him as a favorite champion of the principles of
the great American party. In speech of much
power and eloquence, frequently interrupted by
theenthusiastic applause of his heare rs ,Mr. NJ.
fully sustained his reputation as a SPLENDID ora
tor and skillful debaier. After a brief a%llusion
10 the important duties of the high office for
which he is a candidate, he proceeded 10 ex-
anime in detail the main principles ofthe Amer
lean party. These were criticised with fair
ness and clearly and lucidly explained they
were nobly vindicaied from the aprehensions
and Misrepresentation Of Sans Inscriptions
opponents, and their truth, their purity, and
their necessity for the preservation and perpet-
nation of the free institutions Of cur coun;ry
were maintained with great ability.
Mr.. M. denied that The American party was
a proseriptive party, He asserted that it was
not the object or intention of this party to inter.
fere with any vested right or to deprive any
citizen, whether native or adopted, of any po-
litical privilege which he had heretofore enjoy
ed under the Constitution and law ofthe country.
He commended, however, that those who were
native and to the manor born,' those who
from infancy TO manhood had been taught a love
and yeneration for the institutions of our coun-
Try and an intimate knowledge of the complex
machinery of our government, were far better
qualified for and infinitely more to be trusted
with the management Of our governmental aE
fairs than any foreigner whatever. In a brief
statistical statement of the relative number of
births In this country and Of foreign immigra-
tion, a greater part Of which remains for years
and much of which will remain for a whole
Lifeline wholly Ignorant not only Of the laws
but even of the language of the country, he
showed conclusively the impending danger that
in a few years the foreign population would
greatly outnumber She native-born, and give
cause for fear that the institutions ofthe country
would become corrupted and perverted and lis
freedom destroyed. lie proclaimed that The
American party was the Jealous advocate of the
most infinite religious liberty that it was
ever ready TO rise up as one man to repel any
enroachment upon the right of every citizen to
worship God according 10 the dictates ofhis own
conscience he denied that iIwas hostile to The
Catholic religion, but he declared that its mem
oers' as a patty and as individuals, were deter
mined to oppose the political Vaccinations Of the
Pope and the Church of Rome, and that they
claimed and would exercise the privilege, never
hitherto denied, of Withholding their sufEerages
irom any one who believed in the dangerous
dogma lnculcated by that church, that allegiance
to the Pope was a higher duty than obedience
to the Constitution and laws Of the country.
Mr.. M. was listened to with almost breathIess
interest and marked appreciation. He has gone
forth ae The standard bearer Of The American
party, the Union party Of the country. We
commend him to our felIow-citizens throughout
the State as a fair and candid and able champi-
on OF the cause, one whom they will delightt c
honor, and will certainly elect, as thsrcfief ex,
ecntiye officer of our gallant State.