Washington telegraph., 1855-10-10
Elae slanderers cf Americans.

Ehe slanderers cf Americans.
Under the above caption the Cumberland
Telegraph. IN a recent issue. reasons so log
ically and ccnclusively upon the true policy
OF this nation and her rulers, that we trans
fer ths. emarks of that paper to our col
unns, confident they will find warm re-
sponse in the bosom Of every American
freeman, not excepting very many Of oul
adopted citizens. who have themselves be-
come so thoroughly American in heart and
in life. from long residence in this country
that our free institutions of civil and reli-
gious liberty have excited their highest ad
niration But the Cumberland Telegraph
shall speak for itself:
The American party having risen upon the
ruins of both the old political paGies, they,
so far as their impoteut fury will permit,
have asSalec It's members with more malig-
nant and vulgar assaults. both upon their
public and private character and motives,
than ever before distinguished any party
For this particular feature anti American
ism occupies pre-eminence above all other
parties. There is no epithet, however men
daciuus; no cry. however specious: and no
language. however unbecoming. that is not
Tesortej TO in order to effect It's purpose
Such epithets as ''biggots,' midnight as
sasslns, dark lantern conspirators, "ene-
mics to the constitution, "murdercrG," I" "a
Christless, Goddess crew. etc, etc, are ap-
whilst those that have been born in for
eign land. aliens by birth and in feeling,
are the living synonyms of all that is good
aud great and patriotic.
Yes. a foreigner. according to the argp-
ments of the anti mericans, is every way
and in every essential a better citizen more
devoted to the institutions Of the country,
and has greater concern for the perpetui-
ty Of the Union than you. reader, who have
been born upon the soil and reared up from
the cradle with that glorious remembrance,
growing and expanding in your bosom with
each succeeding day, that this was the land
of your fathers. purchased by their blood
and treasure and handed down as a priceless
heritage unto you, which you were to love
next to your God, and sacrifice your devo-
tion to it, if needs must be, with your life. 1t
was here that the light of Heaven first bless
ed your infant view, and nature breathed
into your infant heart that ardent love for
your country which nothing but death can
chill And yet, some of your degenerate
countrymen claim that the descendants of
those who fought against your fathers, in
that struggle between human liberty on one
side, and human tyranny upon the other,
which terminated in making us a free and
independent people, are more worthy of en-
joying this glorious legacy than you-more
able. aye. more willing to perpetuate the
blessings of free government than you or
your neighbors who are native and to the
manor born" This is because they are
American citizens BIZ choice and you By
chance"
This invidious distinction is sought to be
crammed down our throats by INSCRIPTIONS
-demagogues pandering to the foreign vote !;
and if we refuse to swallow it without ma
king wry face, we are denounced in Ian
cuage, the distinguished feature of which is
its brutal vulgarity. unbecoming TO those
who have any respect for themselves or for
their felEow-men It is with shame and
modification that we are compelled to
acknowledge these individuals as our coun-
trymen; but mortifying as it is-it is nc
less true. They are our countryren, but
oh how fallen, how degenerated.
VIII native born Americans submit to
these things? VIII they. can they view
this conduct on the part of the opposition
without a feeling of indignant scorn. with
the high the noble resolution to put All e1d
to it by crushing out and extermnating a
party that stoops to means so degrading to
our national pride in order to accomplish
its nefarious designs? We think that you
will not, aye. we know that you will not
You cannot without feeling that you have
degraded yourself and bauished from your
heart ali those noble impulses OF patriotism
which you have always cherished for your
country