American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-12-20
TIE AMeR1cAN nAnrY.

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ies the qualify Of individuals, Of parties,
and ofnalions. The truth OF, this maxim
is SO Well demonstrated in the experience
of man, that rs .ut.erance is sufficient, to
convince all reAecting persons. Unprop-,
ped by friends aul fortune, selfsreliant,
vigorous, perseyering. the man who is
rocked by, the pillows of adversely, and
meets frequently the gales Of misfortune
with staunch resolution to overthrow all
obstacles, to conquer all difficulties, is sure
to rise above the ordinary level, and tri-
umph at last.' Mistakes Of fact and policy,
betrayal of confidence. the evils of exces-
siys ercdulity,. can all be recliiied; and
when the general course is rightly direct
ed. and the principles Of action are sound.
"never despair" should be the watchword.
What is true Of individuals is also true of
great parties, and Of nations. .
History is full of conclusive evidence to
this point, The career of the ancient re-
publics of Southern Europe are showing
examples, and the annals of modern ma.
tions portray this fact on every page OF
their history. P4BIUs, SoIpIo and LEoSI-
DAs, ALFRED, Bruce, FREDERICK and 9TH
ers, personify this all ,conquering resolu-
ton, while our own revolutionary history
is brilliant with exalted oracles, inviting il
not commanding perseverance in noble
cause. Howayer much the fate of the lit.
tie States Of Greece depend upon the char
acter OF their great men. the analogy fails
in contemplating the future of this repub
lcan empire. Here, the public sentiment
the intellect and the 4hcart of the nation
are. hssword and shield of the country
awakening its, impulses. directing its en-
ergies, and proteclieg its principles from
defilement. adulteration and death.
Oflate years, circumstances have bro
nations closer together, forming q sort o
common humanity, equalizing, by the ap
proach to the unity of the, people of each
their common lot We; have seen in thu
immigration to the United States, under
different phase. the irruption ofthe Gothi
aud Vandals into the Roman Empire; tn,
wave Of Asiatic nomadism rolling upol
Eastern Europe; the descent of the Moor
upon Spain, and of the Romans, Danes anC
Normans upon England and the grea
heart of the nation has palpitated with ap
prehension, that our nationality, too, nigh
be weakened by sdmixture with coarse
element, deteriorated and depressed.
It was the fact that the irruptions re
ferred to were organized and directed by
men Of talent, that made them. dangerou
, to the invaded, and were our own laud bu
the receptacle Of disintegrated individuals
the prospect would be less gloomy than i
| is; when this foreign element is seen act
ing in obedience to, and in behalf ofa pow
erful, insidious and perseyering polilica
ecclesiasticism. t, ~, -, -.
The political year just closed has beer
one of immense action and reaction. Of th,
American party or people. /, Pronounced
dead, its reserectioh has excited alarm NJ
less than wonder at its, apparently imper
ishable vitality. Americanism, like AL
FRED, Of England, and BRUcE, OF Scotland
will not "down;;" for it recognizes sn an
tagonism in its midst, not OF men merely
but of a system, acting with congenial
collateral adjuhcts, -; s,.,.,,- -.
1t has been well remarked by a contem
! porary, that there exists with the Ameri
can people, hostility to tho Papacy, wbcl
should not be COMPOUNDED with the religi
Gus antagonism that exists 70 Roman Cath
olic, doctrines, but Is q conviction that III,
party which holds the supreme power il
| tue ebutchis an enemy to civil and religi
Gus liberty. as understood and defined b
Tie American peoplea and those. Catholic
not Of the Ultra; ;nioptaae church. and ths