True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-04
THE AMERICAN PARTY APARTY
OF REFORM.

The otI er retrsatee to bis secluded home
pnd bagdilded The nation Into tie belief
that As.Eas great becaI Iss As would moi
asfpe his position on any great question,
PfsSsssssitize9s.rcsigned respectable and
even hcnSFable professions to aid the elec-
ton of their champions, hoping thereby
u kaQsf &irsblspOssPIs i4 ,he governs
msntA eheReyEasalayifh zP9st freely
for purposes the most injurious to- a4free.-
government. The whole transaction became
a matter of bargain and sale.
The two great parties in the contest had
yielded every principle ofimportaAce to the
sSbAsyl RfBitN4lftayi ieyfIy PaaFttifelsPf
the character Of generous, worthy politics
cshUeksdsyheuaw AuhiatofEof. =.
the rotten bOroughs Of EnglapdS. and the,
Unworthy means used hg tAeI gssernmcns
10 obtain the elestiSaofts1sN Members
pf Parliament, but England, iDthe worst
days of hei ihistotyG&RsaoSl specifically, so
corrupt as solis thliis FREE l republican government
wasstwoi three years ago. hi And to day
50 notorious istAe corruption Of, the ,soy5
Pernment ut Washington that its party is-
called the ''spOils'parys'r'a al ,aoll ilr ns !
70 The Aweficaa party proclaimed on itss
entry into thc political strifa; asaohs IF It's,
fundamental ,aoctripqs,. opposition Is, tho
undue influence eof foreigners. And ithas
set forth this oinsits' 'mcont proclamation of
its principles, as one of its Sliisf principles.
But notsecoadary IA TIA, from first to last,'
has ii held the sprinGiplsIof opposition to-
the politiealsccrraptiOh which abounds. So'
violently had the 1elcctivoi franchise been.
abused By Sreignets that party had'but
to proclaim as its frstpyipciple, areyfision'
l,of the naturalization laws,toi enlist thepub4-
lie sympathies in its. support. But tho
public sense bad not BecntmoT violated BY
tho excessss, of foreigners t than han BY the COZ
l,ruptions of parties, and the American par
Ity has, from the smallest, beginning, Mt
tained to tsPfesent pcwerin in an incredibly
short time, not only because it answered
the public demands in respect to the natur-
Eaization laws, but because twas thorough
! ly opposed to all political trickery, bribery
and corruption ''''' 'O' !" 'l"S 'a' ''''@
History shows that the ss morality n of na-
tions ebbs and flows like the sea, At one
period the strietest iqusition is. made of
] wrong whether public OF private. From
thence tbe tide SEEING to fow, and il, comes
| on aud op,unhlit seems to pvert5a tho
! pubIoSobseiehceSi Sibut ttsrs,S. q{p&utc cfxsd,
beyond which it cannot 60, and from that
pOintit nwtreceds.0 Thesfatup political
4 history of this country will add another ex-
ample ofthis,lto the other already recorded.
1t will show that corruption in politics,
prostitution Of Individual character, and of
ppblic interest, ee, commspraing stsaltthily, has
increased moro and more until lpo ono could
set bounds toit, and nothing stay discourse.
Bat We Rejoice in tBc belief that aIreaction,
has CONNIE commenced ncsd IT, TIE idays bfiAS Old par
ties ,arcruapbored', ,TheyYsTe, broken up;
and dissOlvedd AT this popitiops moment,
the ae1iaerieah parity as Tile party ofireform
has entered The fsld.''1t may ''havd'its
day and eease. t0 beH bayt be Il said for
Observation-Disclosures, that4will not be un-
til its mission OF reform iy accomplished.
Tts hpvs tCfsGh Bald ;thatt this tuotcmens was
great m9yemsnt f f the o human hNInlnl M mind not
obclreferedrto slight and trasicnt causes.
This isl0neof che senses inlwhichit, ,isiso.
! The taunt is ofteii tlhowii out, that the
leaders are OLD polilicat Dpartizdns.. Gran
ting this is s., tldQes not in the least
effect tlien general lceharaster of the party,
, These are the fFeii who domot seek or ask
any pSya political fagorp9f aaya political party,
but, mspG who are g9yeTnp}sd dabbyp BY strong Cor
victionsdiThe, rank and Ale Of the Amcri-
eafp pattythe country through are the
true sS9efsig6s fthe'land, and thcyaro. en-
r gagea h this great movement nbtfOrahem-.
selves 1utfor theirI country i Herein lies
: the strength ofIthe partyriblts moral mSsral # not
5 its numerical strengths strength which,
: ii thsF H&0aaI reaSfioh Of thedcountty9 from
unlimited corruption will maze ng /. itself II more
Y thantrOQps OfapprinsiPlqd dsspnagGguNcsa Nsaa and
!; ignoranti aliens ns.noi,isDqpib 1sdirpi On bsl
7 3paIEH IEHE County GosyEHsTIHO'ISl;; The Con
teDtionwljch in this place on Sqtur-
Fdsy yldstwasl largely atteudedIfromiall parts
i of tic tcoufty.Si Everything was done up
ia EOoao 0Srdsr, ana ID the satisfaction Of
>, Esll present. sayettaeI st Court House clique,
If whose facesdsere percepiblyi elongated be-
d fofeathe eveningSd ,1o'sa1g ,oa ,,1:d7,q
,lI' 1H.idsep iufefestwas manifested by all in
le ,tAs hpFn0hRy5 and good feeling II The IRE
I III. II, ~ I 'Iq,lNSg 7 ,frFIYt. tan :,