Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-01-12
0Enreign Leaders. .

g;gners: and so of the rank and the file of those
mics A long list of these immortal names adorns
4Io nages of history. But it was not only on the
ala Of battle that the learned and patriotic spirits of
~ ola World contributed to the success of in
Gt republic The first and highest financial officer
"nder President Washington foreigner by birth
The same Office, after the great civil revolution of
1900, was again filled by foreigner. And, what is
,il more remarkable, at highly embarrassing stage
If It's financial affairs and when the country en-
oroJ in a second war with England, President Mad
5o9 called to the same important trust another dis
,inonsbed gentleman, also by birth foreigner
These three illustrious men were Alexander Hami-
go, Albert Gallatin, and Alexander J. Dallas. Of
bp same school was the cotemporary and friend of
b;s ,riumvirate of patrios-the Engishman, Robert
HIorrs of Pennsylvania He another of the
8. foreign leaders, of those trying days. General
Washington offered him the place of Secretary of the
Treasury afterwards ably occupied by the foreign
or Alexander Hamilton. Morris was the Embodiment
If seIfsacrifcing devotion to his adopted country
Although the conflict was between his own native
land and that he had chosen for his home he gave up
his whole soul to the enterprise of the colonies He
abandoned his private affairs, in order to supply the
means to feed and clothe starving and suffering
rooms He sacrificed his own fortune that the cause
If freedom might prosper, and died almost in poverty
Nav we not appropriately unite these four illustri-
ous names with the names of such leaders of our
armies as Lafayette, Montgomery Moultrie, Mercer,
DeKalb Kosciusko, Pulaski, and Steuben?
These me Foreigners OF We era UHen true f.
l1cricqnisn aruS born These the men that stood
nv the cradle of our infant republic These were the
heroes who followed our flag wherever it waved
SOME of them dying with Joy in its defence others
shedding their blood, that it might float in victory
others Oilng in the cabinet and there conducting the
no less perilous affairs of State These were the
men whom Washington loved and counselled and
courted upon whom he leaned to whom he gave
his confidence: and of whom he was proud to speak
as companions and brothers These were the 'sfor-
egn leaders of the revolutionary epoch, and of the
irving years which followed it.
We have other " foreign leaders " now. The cham.
pons Just alluded TO combined and suffered that the
cause Of religious federation, political equality and
civil liberty might hUe But our new foreign lead
ers con bine and conspire that this cause may die
The one labOred to build up great temple dedicated
to the oppressed of whole world the others toll TO
pull that temple down, to circumsCrlbe the atmosphere
of liberty within certain degrees of latitude and
special classes of men. The conended against
the English tyrant, that this land might be made
refuge for the poor and the prosecuted of other coun-
and that lis door ght always be open to the
oppressed, and closed only upon the oppressors OF
mankind; the others would close this door upon our
brethen of foreign nations, leaving to die under
The despots lash to perish in the bloody conflicts
between ambitious and revengeful kings Such ecere
The foreign leaders" of revolutionary days; such
are the foreign leaders of the present counterfeit
Amcfcanism.
The attempt to restore the obsolete doctrines esab.
lished by Adams and repudiated by Jefferson, is led
by Scotch renegade called Bennett pair of Italian
den agogues called Gavazzi and Sech de Casali and
an insane English itinerant called the Angel Gabriel
These are the head, the hands, the heart, and the
soul, of the new American party. There is an hon
est commiXure of hatreds, religious and POLITICAL
Bennett hates the country which he curses with his
pernicous presence and his perncious doctrines Ga
yazzi hates the American Catholics with intensity
we'll BETTING the dangerous tactics of the Italian bra
vado Casai is dealer in the posons of the same
school, and filters the sinister sentiments of his para
gon, the priest, through the columns of the Crusa-
der.' To the outlaw " Orr" called Angel Ca
brie" is allotted the pleasing duty of stirring up the
population of our American cities, and of defling the
pure atmosphere of the Christian Sabbath with
scenes of tumult and bloodshed that will delight the
despots of other lands, who fear good example
much that they clutch at every evidence of internal
dissensjon and degradation with frantic delight.
To show that we do not speak without the book on
this subject, we copy the following from the New
York True American, the first and the ahlest know
nothing paper in the country. We copy from the
number for this week.
The Grand Council and ats Foreign Organs
The Grand Council of the State of New York, some
what alarmed at the unexpected opposition created
by the reception Of their imperial mandate summar-
ly to eject those Americans in former communion
with the order from fellowship with their brethren
for having dared 10 vote as becomes men and freemen
or for refusing to violate the sanctity of the ballot
boX-an ingenious invention of our ancestors to pro-
tect citizen against any after consequences militia
ting against his free expression of preference for can
diIates-have at length cOndescended to create two
special organs in this city both, luckily for the
tive American cause owned and edited by foreigners
these Ted-hOt fire and birthstone patriots, Pdter
Put'3G upon paper, who expel the sons of revolution
airy sres to indulgence in privileges bequeathed II
them, sealed with the blood stains of martyred pa
rents-who prescribe son of the soil if his grand
father be tainted with emigran blOod-have affiliated
with James GOIden Bennett and Secchi de Cassali
and committed rampant know nothngism TO the ten
der mercies of Scotch and Italian protectors. Their
appears not to be found an American Journal edite
and owned by Americans sufficiently peurile and fool
hardy to endorse the bulls of congregated Pontis
and from this time forward let the Daily Herald AM
the CRUSADER, Sinbad-lke, assume the burden of tn
old man, and the precious mountain of which he j
owner"
The reaction it will be seen, promises to be bot
formidable and fearless against those "foreign lead
erS' The American element has become arouse
by the foreign invasion. Many who were willing t.
adopt the yoke imposed by secret oaths and packe
maoTities revolt from the contamination of Bennett
and these who quite ready to dsfranChise tn
Catholics not willing to join hands with pair o
Italian renegades who come here to destroy coun
Try which they cannot control We shall see, how
ever, how far this reaction serious. 1t is
cause that owns such sainted leaders Pledged t.
The most sweeping prescription political, civil AM
TeHgOus committed 10 doctrines which ignore ou
whole past by Obliterating the memories OF many o
Lhe braves and best of the early patriots ready t.
ueIuge the land in blood rather than fall in the
summation Of their design, it is no wonder that OBJ
JectS like these enlist the sympathies and the pray
erS OF such foreign leaders" Bennett and his ltal
IAN accomphces If the work of the revolution o.
100 was labor Of love to the foreigners who as
sisted TO ead and TO swell the ranks of the American
army because 1t appealed to every manly instinct, tt
every immortal aspiration, to every Just ambition,
Of hrOt horhO phjcI