The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-01

I fiHpie o goa or Ine Snrine UI saint al
/ iorded refuge from despouc fury or popular
rage. Bot French Jacobns, whether native or
ad"Pted, treated with equal scorn the sentiments
OF religion and the feelings of humanity and all
that man had gathered from his experience upon
earth, and III" revelations hr hoped had been made
/ him from the sky, TO bless and adorn his mortal
rxIstrpc", aud elevate his soul with immort tai as
Pirnrinns spurned As impuSrure by these fell
d"strnyerS. Thy would have depr&ed man
from his humanity, as they attempted to decree
God out of his universe. Not conlenIed with
France as subject for their ruthless experiments
Europe itself being too narrow for their exploits
they send rirrir Propagandisis to the worlG,
with d'sIgns about as charitable as those with
which Satan entered Eden"
THIS Is but a faint picture Of some Of the scenes
enacted by that self-same party, which was al
first formed by those who first formed bv those
who styled themselves "th- friends of the C-,ns.
tulion." And where did these "secret C0uuciLS'
we now hear of come from Not from France,
1t is !rue-but from that land of iSnlS, where The
people would have gone into anarchy long ago, il
1t had not been for the conservative influence of
the more stable minded men Of the South. And
what scenes have we lately vii messed in the Mas
sachuseitS Legislature, where the new political
organism has more fully developed itself than
anywhere else. What are It's fruits there? In
der The name OF The American Party" they
have armed themselves against the Constitution
of our common country which they sworn
TO support-wllh every mrmber of the LegisIa.
ture, believe, save etoht belonging TO The or.
der, they have by erwhemng MA Ioriiv
voted To drpose Judge Lorng. for the dis charge of
his official duty, in issuing warrant as United
Staes Comm ssI"ner, to Cause the arrest of the
fugitive slave Burns. In reviewing this most un-
hrurd-ol outrage upon the COnsuon, the Ma.
tional lnteg-ncer, at Washington. says it ''shud.
d'rs for the judiciary" And If they go on as
they have begun. well may The country s'shudder,"
not only for the Judiciary, but for everything else
we hold most sacred. ''lf these things be done
in Tie green tree, what may you expect in The
dr., %
But have been anticipating somewhat. | was
on the preliminary QIt"StlOn: that is. the secrecy
which lies at the foundation Of the parry--Ihat
atmnsphrre of darkness in which :" il lives, and
moves, and has lis being" and without which
probably Ii could not exist. | do not, however,
intend To stop with that. | will go further, and
give, now, my opinions upon those questions,
which said TO be within the rangr of lis Secret
objects amd aims. The principhs are published
(nr th"se principles which are attributed to the
Order, though body as organized party
a,ow them,) have, | understand them, TWO
Lead!"g ideu<, and two only. These are pro-
ipliOH by an exclusion from office OF all Cath
OIIc>, as class, aud prOScripfiO0 Of all persons
Oi foreign birth, class The la ter Ia b" accom-.
pushed not only by an exclusion from office of all
foreigners who now cI.lzcns by naturalization,
hu4 be etircrurly carried out by an ah-
rogalnn of the naturalization law i0r The future,
such an amrndment as "Ond be- virtually tan.
tamOunt to it. These, we luld, are the great
uSensibe objects for all his machinery-!htse
Oaths-pl' dg's -s secret signs s-eqnvOca tInaS--Ge-
mails, aud what not. And what have Ia say of
them is, that if these in deed and in truth he the
principles attempted to se carried ouI, then
opposed 10 both of them openly and unqunlitirdly.
| am opposed to them "in double aspect
both IA basis oi party organ za'iOn and upon
!heIr merits as qurs IONS OF pLbc poiIcy. As the
basis OF party organization, they founded on the
very errune"us principle of looking. not 10 hOhc
the country shall be governed, but acl0 shall hod
The ufHces-nnt To whether shall have wise
and wholesome laws, bat 1C5O shall ''Tule aS,
though they may bring ruin with their rule.
Upon this principle, TrumbuIl, who defeated
General Shields Tor the Senate in Illinois, can
us good a Know. Nothing" as any man in
the late Macon Council" though he may vote, as
he doubtless will, TO repeal !he Fugitive Slave
law, and against The admission of any slave State
in the Union; while Shields, who has stood
by the Constitution, must be rejected by Southern
men because he not born in the country Up
on thIs principle Boston Atheist, who denies the
inspiration OF the Bible, because II sanctions slave
ry, Is TO be sustained by Georgia "know-Noth-
ings' in preference to me, barely because will
not show the knee TO Ball." this false political
God they have set up. The only basis OF party |
is agreement amongst those who |
enter into it upon the paramount question "f the |
day. Aud no party can last long without bring |
ing disaster and ruin in its train, founded upon
any other principle. The Old National Wing
Party tried he experiment when there radical diff |
C,rences of ODiuion on such questions, and went |
to pieces. The National Democratic party are
now trying similar experiment, and are expert
encmg a similar fate. This is what is the matter
with il. lis vital functions derang"d-hence
that disease which now uff1,cts it worse than dry |
rot And what we of the South now should do
is not to 90 into any know Nothing mnmmery
or mischief, i may be, but To stand firmly by
those men at the North who are true TO the Con-
siturion and the Union, without regard eHhrr TO
their birth place religion. The QUESTION we
shonld consider is not simply who "sha rule
merica" but lchO will vote for such measures ds
will best promote the interests OF America, and
with The interests OF mankind.
But TO pass to the other view OF these principles
that is, The consideration OF them as qursons oi
public policy. With me, they both stand IN no
better light in this aspect than they do IN the other
The first assumes tenporat jurisdicion in .foF~"t
-onScie" "t G''-lo which am quite as much "PpoS-
I'd as am 10 the spiritual powers controlling ne
empo,ak One IS as bad as the other both are
bad. / utterly opposed 10 mingng reIlg'nn
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