Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-19
POLITICAL.

We extract the .ubIoined paragraphs
from the Cincinnati Times, not that we en-
dorse all OF the expressions, but for the
purpose Of showing how an Ohio Know
Nothing paper talks on political matters
and prospects in that State. The editor Of
! the Times was the unsuccessful candidate
for the Office Of Mayor at the last municipal
election in Cincinnati, bu, his defeat seems
no, TO have abated any of his courage or
plain way Of writing:
"Thcre is silent admission by the lea
sders of the "old line Wings, sod line"
Democrats, tn Freesoilers. that the Ameri-
) can Democratic Party is destined, finally,
to revoluiionize public sentiment, and in
augurate speedily American Nationality as
the head and front Of any political organi-
zation that seeks to hold, permanently, the
; rcins Of power, and sway the destinies OF
This young republic With this convic-
ton, great are the efforts made on every
hand, TO ensraft upon this spontaneous out
burst OF the popular heart, this incarnation
Of the American mind, the long cherished
policy and doctrines of each. Neither class
Of the expiring politicians just referred to,
seem, however, to comprehend fully their
proper and jus; relations 10 the new move
ment for oil Of them, seeing the imperative
necessity OF recognizing a re-invigorated
nationality, are for putting il at the tail in
stead of at the head of their sectional and
temporary programmes. The Freesoiler
Insists that anti-slayery shall be the leader
Of the team-the Sag NIGHT wants anything
and everything, and is against everything
and anything that may advance his interests,
or keep him away from the treasury con-
sorting even with such politicians as Or
ESTES A. BRowkses and his associates,
] who held that the Papal Curch. "though
she possesses the temporal authority IN ra
dice, Inherently ordinarily governs the
temporal order through the temporal sover
eign. That she bears, by diuins right. both
sloords, but exercises the temporal sword
BY the hand of the prince or magistrate
and that The temporal souersign Ids ats su,yec
to her order, e Be erercised IN her service
and under her direction
This is Sag Nicht-ism Then comes tn,
Old Line Wing, who worships Mammon
whose arithmetic is his decaiogue, W bill,
the Bible is his ledger. He wants Banks
\ ~, o~t., Oc4OI sioc
These are the hobby horses Of the "Oid Ii
ners,, of every color and egree. We do no
find fault with either programme, nor doe
theAmERIcAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY insist up
on either or any OF them as part ofits platforr
1t is the American Nationality agains
Foreignsm, civil and ecclesiastical. befor
anything else, and leaves to each State
section OF the Union, o. individual, to settl
for itself these comparatively unimpertai
matters. Amercanism neither changes nc
seeks TO chang public opinion on thes
points. but only insists that all of Their
shall be held subordinate to the safety 0
the Federal Union, and the principle tia
alone can preserve its integrity and ebara'
ter, viz that Americans and Americansi
shall rule America, averfing at the sam
time that Professionalism is the religion
phase of Americanism, as Americanism
the political side Of Prote.tantism.