Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-05-30

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trod US in the dust. Then it the Kings and
BishOps, who burned some at the stake, and
drove the rest out of Europe from ali lands in
to this wilderness. Now il is mobs and dema-
gogues who have followed us into our place of
refuge-nay, our idstplace of refuge-snd they
renew here the combat of centuries, in form
at once more degrading and detestable, and
more likely to be fatal to us, than in either Of
its proceeding forms. Shall we succumb' Or
shall we turn upon our relentless pursuersl
They have followed the lion TO his last den,
AMI Il ey have brought him to bay. Lii tley
expect him to die ike q stag in his lairi
The revolt Of the country was wholly unex-
pected by those who supposed they had alrea-
dy secured its final suliugation; and like eve
ry other great retritttion, il takes those itfalls
on 10y surprise. 1t is not, therefore, to be Won
dcred at, that they eXecrate with peculiar hor-
ror the special means Of success against them,
which their own perfdity and ferocity had rem
dered absolutely indispensable. The country
organizes itself for the great conflict. whichto
those who first embarked in It, seemed Well
nigh desperate--iu silence and without obscr
walton. That is the way in which all grand
movements occur; even the Kingdom OF Hea--
ven does not come with observation. But the
demagogues, the priests, the mobs, the foreign
papists and infdels, are shocked beyond endu-
rance-because the handful OF devoted men
who first combined to save the country, il that
were any longer poSsible-did not admit the
murdered or if not murdered, traduced -
and the very end Tor which they were willing
to he traduced, and if necessary murdcred-ut-
terlv defeated Were they called into coun-
ell when their enemies bought and sold them ?
Were fheg notified, when corrupt bargains were
struck in which the liberties of the people
were put up at an infamous price! Were they
consulted when the atrocious schemes TO break
up the Union OF these States were concoctedf
Were theu advertised, when the overthrow of
our Nationality, of our Institutions, and OF our
Rel gion together, were deliberately underta-
ken 10y the Popish Despots and Prelates of Eu-
rope? Was council asked of them, by foreign
Pauists and Intidels, when throughout the
whole land. they conspired, with the full as
sent of demagogues, TO overthrow the PTotes-
tant civilization of the country! Wer- the Sc
! crets OF the Confessional made known TO Them
/ Were the secret oaths binding every Papal Ec-
! cesiastic with unlimited allegiance to a foreign
temporal rrince-submitted to their scrutiny
! The s0tey Of ihe STATE is the SUI RENE lar And
surely il is the first necessity of State that is
| endangered, that they who would save II must
| consult. mast combine. II the perady and fe-
| rocity OF their enenies compel them TO OBJ
serve unusual clution-it only proves great
| ness of their danger. In point OF morality. 1t
! stands precisely on the same footing, as vote
by ballot. The object of it, determines its
lawfulncSs: and it is its success, not It's n1-
ture which makes il So hateful
| tanned il the Protestant civilization is to be
peruetuated il the Federal Union is to be pre-
| served: there is but one possible method Ot
dealing with the snbject. Tie organized pow
er of society must be taken ont of the hand OF
those who have betrayed these vast interests,
and must be put into the hands Of those who
will cherish them. Public opinion is the only
instrument by which this great change can be
effected. The first step of this revolution is
political; the second leg.h. The first step in
wolves the organization, ani the triumph, CT q
party commensurate with til. county, ,-I2s
| g,3ericnn PGr.g; and that involves the over
throw OF every party that resists us ultimate
objects, or rcaists the necessary means u OBJ
ttiuing those objects. lndccd, II this step were
fully achieved, 1t would be Of less consequence
TO take a second Oae; since the laws, tho bad,
are eudurable; and society is safe, as soon as It
has finally put out of power, ali men anu par
ties hostile TO our Nationality. TO our Protes-
tant Civilization. and 10 our Federal Mon Z:
out of power with overthrow Incapable OF
being repaired. And this is the reason why
the great movement eXcltes such excrnclatihs
bitterness of hate, in its political aspect, on
the part of all against whom 1t is directed. Its
success is seen TO be ffnality 70 them FoE
nations do not Immediately incur the si'le
peril twice nor do profound national Move
ments speedily exhaust their force. The Dem
ocratic party has survived the storms OF hun
dred years. The .6rnerican Party, strong
! enough TO SWallU" up iiot oi!IH -.
self--but every ether feebler excitement, vii
live forever. The legal revolution, therefore,
which will consummata the political, will be
ONLY but nee .ssarily the outbirth OF its spirit
: Assaults upon the Union of these St'tes, whe
I tier from the North or the South, must cease
ConspirAcies against the Protestant clVliizatioi
of the country, between demagogues on one
c side and papal and inliiel foreigners on th'
other must terminate. Attacks upon oGr y q
e tionality. by treaties made between ForeigT
: Despots and Prelates, under the sanction o
: the Court OF Rome; and executed 10y minion
Y of foreign papist and infidels Gust into our DO
. son,-must be- brought to an end. Foreigner
!, must be content to enjoy here the blessings 0
: freedom-denie to them everywhere else; tn
n benefits of civilization more exalted thai
:, a,,v they can enjoy elsewhere; the s tme ciTi
e and religious rights which we ourselves ENJOY
j. TuEy MUST CEASE TO Rule Us. AMERICAN
/ MUST RULE AMERICA.