Demoine courier., 1855-09-06

| am cuntidani that, were he living, 10
tcDun,eiacl tiIe policy OF European poieni
tates and statesmen, 10 throw UPON our
shores Their refuse popala'ion 81 conyicis
and paupers, 10 perver, our ballot boxes
and populate our poor houses, he would
os, cordiaily sanc.ioa and incuicaie The
the principles Of the American Ordes.-
] The instances which | have gi.en Of
secret political associations. are no, the
only ones which have existed in our
country, aad which have been and con.
linue 10 be practiced by the Two political
parties. Are no secre, caucuses con-
tinually held by the political leaders of
both parties ia Congress! "Oh, yes"
u will be answered, livery true! bal ,liere
Is a necessity for this. We nave 10 take
care Of our parties, 10 f'rm plans Tor the
fpeople 10 carry out. II we did not make
platforms for them. they would mol know.
how TO vote upon important su' cts.
This explains. much Of the opppsi,ion 10
the present move of The people. The
action Of the American Order is only the
pulsaiions OF the American heart, which
forces liberty through the heart Of 'he
masses, and will cause them TO reclaim
tina, power aud influence which the arts
ofdanagogues and assumptions ol par
,y leaders have appropriated 10 their
selves ard generally allowed the p3ople
to cas-, tbeir votes in accordaRce with
their caucus decisions, wheiher secret or
lopez. Should The American NOV, meai
succeed, as ii must. if u liberties are fc
be preserved, man, goo,', EASY souls,
who feel seated in power. viii have ~
yield ,ha, power which has hefn usedin
directing HE peuirle 10 carry gu. Their
edlcls, prepared in caucus and p rcsaiinett
bv conventions. The cry Of hbolltirn
has been raised by The anti American par
~ liz The South, for n" o,lIer purpose
than to alarm their fears aud s.raI,g e The
American fee;lng.
Have not the two PATHS. Ter yrars
past. charged each other with telpg idea
liied with Aboli,ipnisls as it suited par .
Is in'cTcs? The American Order have
gwen their platform TO The would. per
cei,e by the intelligence Of the day, thai
ono of the Oldest Democratic Statesmen,
the STANDARD bearer of the par ). Gen.
Cass, has approved The platform If The
American OrdsI, as proclaimee to the
world by he Convention al PhiladelPhia
From 1880 to 1854, Abolition appear
ed 20 have died away. LIS notes were
seldom heard; or if heard. not hesded
Fhe Compromlse Of so had sllenced
agitation and the last Congress al lis
meeting. thou Oh composed ofneariy three
hundred members, claimed but four
ed Aholilionisis in both houses. Now
they are formidable in numbers! What
has produced this wonderful revolution, !
Was il not brought about under the pre-
sen. Democratic Administration, which
came into power bysa greater majority
than any preceding one, where thete
was a contest? Is it now puwerfri?
What first broke it down anG buili up
he Freesoil and Abolition majority a
gainst il! Was il not the Nebraska Bill!
Does any one acquainted with the facts
doubt ii!
Was not the measure concncted in a
4 oECICi oduCuS VI sCNSH ECIs u
" was. And endorsed by The President.
and by his Influence carried through
Corgless in violation Of tn, Platform Of
both poliica! parties, proclaimed at Bal
fillmore. Had not The Presiden' given
reiterated pledges that he would disconr
age the agitation Of the Slavery question
in and Oh, OF Congress and elsewhere?
Were .huse pledges redeemed by himl
Was not this measure the first thing To
renew agitation since 1880! No candid
man can suppose the contrary. -
Ii was regarded by moderate inen a.
the Nor.h-good Democrats, no al
ways stood by the Soa'h-as a breach
Of good faith, and they either opposed
the Administration, or would not give il
their support. This measure caused
audible expressions ot Misrepresentation by
m2ny who aided in e%lec,ing the Presi
dent; but there were other causes. and
all united, gave rise TO the American
Order. The selection Of the Presidents
Cabinet, although it was highly excep,
tionabre 10 the Democratic party, they
made an effort 10 swallow il. General
~discoutens was growing up in the coun
try. This feeling was aggravated by a
repor, thatsn agreement was made bet
ween q Catholic Bishop and Gen. Pierce
conditioned that Gen. Pierce was To- re
ceive The Catholic vote. and in the even,
Of his election, a situation in his Cabinel
should be given to a member Of the Ca
.holic denomination. M m
As this was Published and cot denied,
il was believed. Nor was this ALL
Foreigners were selected to fill import
ant missions TO foreign governments, TO
the exclusion of distinguished Ameri.
can statesmen. About this time, il was
escertained that an unusual number Of
coNvIcTs and PAuPERs were thrown up
on our shores from European prisons and
%poorhouses. The belief cblaineI that
these classes Of emigrants were ,hrus,
upon us BY the policy Of foreign GOV
ernmen,s. who never can bear US good
viii so long as we remain a Tree aud in
dependent people. These facts. in con
n%ecsion with general discomfort towards
the Administrations, with treats made in
I nnwcc,rar. ond ~;ot:>.l.