The American patriot. (Clinton, La.) 1854-1???, 1855-04-21

party. to extricate themselves from the tolls
into which their own cupidity and political ex-
lravaeance have involved them, are really
amusing. Like wild horse newly caught by
he hunter, rearing and kicking, plunging in
his direction and in that, they work themselves
INTO the most beautiful rage, and cut up all
'orts of fantastic didos, while the Native Amer.
can stands by laughing at their ingenious
tricks to get loose. The various subterfuges to
which they have resorted to, to turn the tide of
popular favor setting dead against them and
their doctrines, have effected nothing, and as
socn as they find one ruse has failed, they
abandon it and try another Conscious that
inevitable and overwhelming defeat is staring
them full in the face, to avert the threatened
destruction which awaits them is the grand
purpose Of all their labors and maneuvers
Their schemes to effect this end can well be
likened to the gymnastic gambols Of monkey,
calculated only to amusc children. They have
misconstrued the purposes sought to be &C
complished by the Native American party
they have appealed in vain to the prejudjces of
those independent Democrats who, shutting off
the old shackles Of their party gear, have ta-
ken stand for their country in the ranks Of
the new order, and they have left no SANDER
untold to bring the Native American party into
disrepute All this has been done to convince
the people that they themselves are the great
ccnservators Of the public welfare, and that
the Know Nothings" are traitors, cut-throats
and villains of the deepest dye. We hold that
no man Of sound intelligence, when left free to
think for himself, can object to the doctrines
of the Native American faith. The coevils
which the Old Fogies have raised to them is
to the end that they themselves may possess
the exclusive privilege Of sopping the flesh
pots of Office. 1t is our purpose to notice for
the amusement of the reader, some Of the fall
lacious objections which have urged against
Native Americanism, none of which require
an answer, and all Of which have or will ex-
plodc of their own accord.
When the new order first began TO attract
attention by its unparalleled growth and popu-
larity, it was called the old Wing party, in
disguise. This was done to array the hosts Of
the old Democratic party against it, and to
prove this northumberland only on the bare
conjecture Of some Old Fogy-a few isolated
elections, in which men whose antecedents had
been Wing, were elevated to office by the Ma
tive American party, were pompously pointed
at and with much presumption it is asked, is
this not conclusive evidence that the old Wings
have had hand in this matter? The men,
bers Of the new order recognize no old party
distinction in their ranks; there is no Whig
and no Democrat known among them; they
are all Mat;re Americans The issues be-
tween the old parties having been settled, and
the parties themselves having past away, our
policy is now to bury the past, to think only
of that which is to come, and ever to elevate
the best and purest men to office. When the
Old Fogy is called upon to point out what
Wing principle has found place in the plat
form Of the new party, he contents himsel
with flaming harrangue upon the outrage
about to be perpetrated by the "Know-Noth
ings" upon the Constitution of the United
States, upon the stars and stripes, and tn
american eagle
The next trick Of the Old Fcgies was, with
the longest imaginable faces, to tell the people
and to make them believe it, by the most vo
ciferous protestation, that the new party wer
seeking to destroy the Constitution Of tn
United States.
The Native American knows well what hi
position is in regard to this matter His frs
and highest duty is to support the Constitution
through every emergency, and to repel ever.
attack made on that instrument, let the attacl
come from what quarter it may. We doub
not that when the policy Of the Native Ameri
can party shall become manifest or this point
it will stand forth beautiful and bright, an
will meet with the most hearty approval c
every true lover of his country. The thin
which has been urged with most vehemenc
by the Old Fogies against our order, is an eS
ception to its secrecy. We know not how t
dignity this objection with the name argument
unless it is on the principle that little negr
babies are sometimes called General Napolco
Bonaparte, or General George Washington
To call the things which are said against tn
secrecy Of the Native American party argu
ment, would be as ludicrous as to dubb littl
blackamoor baby with some such high sound
! ing name as one Of those mentioned above
This point will be reserved for some future al
,iclc, and We pass it by for the present, wit
the promise to the reader that it viii be dis
cussed at some other time.
The las trick and the greatest humbug {
the season is, that the Native American part