The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-17
American Principles.

. NaHe LoulsVilo fIouTleF last may III dl-
rejection riot, thus spoke Of the
! American party: " 4 kfaH EdEGl q
- "The spirit and genius of the party is at
war with such acts--the purify OF the ba Hot
box, the exercise of the right of suffrage by
those whose right il il, and the establishnent
ssssof decency and order in the place Of riotous
proceedings, being among its chief. Cardinal
- virtues.1 se4-s : se1ss sss eva 3 80
8 This is truth, and nothing else but the
j truth. The American party denies the right
, of suffrage to no man who is entitled to it.
There 10 nothing in its principles, which could
ever by any possibility lead to.riotous pro-
ceedings. if the same rights were vouchsafed
this party by its enemies which it comedies to
others--the right of free thought. free speech
8 and free action. But everywhere is mem
bers, comprising the best men in every com.
munity where thefe is an American Council,
are called by their enemies "scoundrels,''
"a ssassins," "Murderers," &c. &c, They
are not credited with an honest principle or
sentiment. Tile most villainous motives are
imputed to their best actions. Foreigners
=. are taught to believe that this party is com
posed Of their bitter enemies-of men who
-sswould" gladly avail themselv 9 Of any FL
cuse TO shed their blood-who would drive
them away from the ballot box-who would
deprive them of every right of American cit
= liens. The foreign blood is thus fired TO
desperation. Many of the lower class, who
do not read and think for themselves, permit
themselves to be made miserable tools Of
reckless demagogues, and nre ready for any
action the prornptings of these knavish men
Z ihoy dictate. st xslaa gs "a
If under this condition OF things; there be
lighting at polls. and riots on election days,
the whole blame is by the corrupt laid upon
the American party, and upon the principles
of the American party. Let these SANDER
ers, whose only principles are deceit and cor
- rhption, whose only political object the spoils
: of party-point out that principle in the
American party which has the slightest ten
dency to mobocracy or cohfdsion. z The
great leading principle of the party is, that
Americans hall rule America. The people
are sick to the heart OF this eternal dena-
gogue fawning and crihging and lying for the
foreign vote. They are SICK Of continually
seeing foreign born men placed in office over
the heads of the native born, simply because
they are foreign born. They are sick OF
having to judge of the probable success of a
party ticket, by the number of foreign names
to be ecund it. And they are sick of see-
ing this eternal preference of the foreign
born over the native born American. They
believe the native American to be as good as
the native of any other nation on the face oil
the earth-aad they believe that in this coun
try,if preference be shown among American
citizens, those of native birth are entitled to
l6ornsins Germany or Ireland. sss,sr
Is there anything in this which has the
fenSotest tendency in itself towards mobo-
crac.yi Ne-all the riotous proceedings, and
allihe wrong experienced by men or classes
complained Of by the A nti-Americans, have
mot been the result of the working out OF
american principles, but they have been and
are the direct consequence of the foul libels
and abuse, and infamous Measurements Of
the Old Line Democratic press, on the Amer.
lean party and its objects. s,ess
The Louisville Courier was right in THE
paragraph given above. The only party is,
after being turned out of the American pity
such difference should have been made ~
this act, in his opinic Of the true merits OIL
the party. SIS 's.3 tisi
UThe afidavts published by the Louis.