Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-29
From the American Democrat.
Description Of g SAM

Descriptions Of ssSam.o
The following eloquent and beautiful description
Of Sam was given. by the Rev. Geo. w. Mitchell,
Of Washington city, In an argumentative and most
able speech, which he recently delivered at Rock
vile, Md. Ats point when the minds Of his au-
dience were stirred BY the power of argument and
force OF truth, he spoke as follows:
EXTRACT.
And now, in this our day OF alarm and danger,
where should we turn our eyes Cor help, but to the
patriotic sons of American soil And If we have
any respect for things sacred, any regard for the
dearest treasures on EARTH any pride Of nationali
ty, any love Of country, any OF the burning faith
of our American fathers, and would not be de-
spised by the world, let us have reSorm--0esp.
thorough, national and complete. And, thanks 30
to Him who rules the destinies Of nations, already
the howl of the tempest which threatened to drive
from Its moorings the sacred ark of our common
safety, and endanger the gallant ship amid the
fury of contending elements has greatly subsidized,
and over the platform Of principles laid down by
the Americans we see in the distance once more
the star Of hope flashing upon our view. And this
new American light, now coursing its way across
the bright heavens, attracting the gaze Of millions
Of freemen, is destined VIZ sincerely and religious
ly believe, under the kind providence Of God, to
conduct our country through all her dangers to
final delverance and prosperous repose. n s
That noble and mysterious parsonage, Sam, with
sound head and pure heart--coming up from the
fires of the Revolution, shaking his hoary locks Of
wisdom, and cleaving to the doctrine Of our ia
thers--is seated upon his war horse, and, with
sword in hand, is flying over the plains Of this new
world, bearing down all opposition, with purpose
as firm as the eternal granite that supports the
earth, " that Americana shall rule America" But
who is Samf
SAM sir, is the embodiment Of liberty. He has
the soul OF lion, and carries the American Re-
public in that soul. When he speaks he is heard,
possessing great logic set on fire by the elements
and torch Of freedom. His words burn the Amer
lean demagogue, and lash the black heart Of polt-
ical corruption like the sting Of an adder He has
wounded both the old parties, and lcft an eating
ulcer in the wound that breeds death; but he has
established another, national, an american par
ty, that will live forever. Ordinarily his mind
glides along in limpid and glowing abundance,
throwing up from the clear sparkling current of
his unauthorized patriotism, an image far more
lovely than sleeping Venus; mean Sans own
BRIDE the smiling goddess of American liberty.
Demosthenes, when laundering his patriotism
over the land Of his BIRTH under the encroachments
Of foreign and merciless usurpcr, made Philip of
Macedon quake to the very centre of his iron heart
but Sam, with an impetuosity yet unequalled, has
swept over our land-taken captive the popular
mind and thrilled the beating heart Of the great
est nation on earth.
Now all master minds, you know, are discipline
cd in storms. Sam was born in Revolutionary
earthquake, on the fourth day Of July, l77s-born
in ballot-box-swaddled in magma charta-plac-
ed in the cradle of liberty, and opened his eyes
first In Faneuil Hall. But, unlike other beings he
soon burst the bands Of infancy, and stepped right
out upon this new world, and, with hands uprais-
ed, openly, sacredly, and most solemny swore that
he would die if his countrymen could not live free
men. And, in this conservation, pledged his life,
hia md hso -
storm thickened and the awful crisis arrived, this
brave youth, rising in the full majesty of his
strength, and Strengthening his manly form, buck
led on his armor, and barred his own bosom to the
fercest blows and scars of thunder And rushing
on with flushed cheeks and throbbng heart, he
snutfed the hot breath of battle, and rushed into
the deadliest conflict and, amid this scene Of blood
and carnage, snatched our stripes aud stars and
waving them aloft raised his clarion voice and led
on his noble band of patriots from victory to con-
quest and conquest to victory. He was the great
moving spirit of the Reyolution-the mental eladi.
ator who guided in the councils of our hoary lead
ed sages on their blood-shod march to glorious
victory And, with his own hands, inscribed on
the banners unfurled from every rock and wild ra-
vine In letters OF lire, resistance to tyrants is
obedience to God"
He was the constant and daily companion Of the
venerated Washington, born Of the same mother
nursed at the same breast--two beams from the
same sun-two thunderbolts twi,.-6oru designed
by ordcr OF heaven to break the iron arm of Bril-
tain and set the American continent free. 1t was
here, then, that Sam had his early education--in
open field and hard fight against tyranny and
amid the clash of steel and roar of cannon the
groans OF the dying, and mangled bodies OF the
slain, he learned the price and full value of liberty.
And now finding this liberty openly and daringiy
assailedhis country put up to the highest bidder.
and the Office of Chief Magistrate of the nation
dragged into market and there prostituted to the
vilest purposes--placed under the influence and
controlling power of Catholic Bishop, his indig-
nation has been thoroughly aroused, and his soul
all on fire for the rights of the American people,
he has resolved upon reform.
And the pure principles that now fall burning
from his lips and his deep-toned voice make up,
upon the whole, the most overwhelming appeal
that has ever fallen upon the ear Of this nation
spontaneous and prolifc-clothed with power
strong in reasoning-stern In deduction--grand
in outline-rich and national in tone, il has gone
out like the stirring strains of music and aroused
the people of every town, every city, and every
hamlet throughout this widespread country--it
has flashed like lightning to the very outlines Of
this great Confederacy, impartng light to the pub
lie mind, and warming the heart of every patriot
with new views and new feelings In reference to
the great principles upon which are based our
brightest hopes for the enduring happiness and
prosperity of our country.
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