Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-10
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While candor compels me to admit that this letter
contains many eloquent passages, am lar lr T
thinking that his arguments arc conclusive. NV
t;rst ront in his defence is the unsupported asScr-
ton that the principles of this new party are tno
of Washington jefferson and the Constitution.
The following extract from the writings OF " ASH
fHoton will show the inaccuracy OF the assertion
!" The bosom of America is open to receive not ohy
the opuleut and respectable stranger Out 'ne Up
dressed and prosecuted of all nations ana OF III re-
i;,ions whom shall welcome to participant. VI
al our rights and privileges" 10 the same erecC
Jefferson said "Our civil rights have no dependence
q, our religious opinions, more than our opinions III
physics and geometry 10 proStrpe any unnn him
an incanacty of being called to offices of trust ana
rInolument, unless he renounce or profess TINS or
that religious opinion, is deprlvng nun in]uriously
~ tbose privileges and advantages, to which In COM
mon with his fellow citizens, he has natural right
Also "every person has an equal right to the honor
rd confidence of his fellow-citizens, resulting n0t
rom BIRTH but from his actions and their sense OF
ytben Does the Constitution exclude the foreigner
or Roman Catholic from offices of trust? Certainly
not Then, how are the Know Nothing dogmas the
nrincples of the Constitution? L know that the
PHILADELPHIA platform processes great degree OF
reverence for that sacred instrument. And SO does
.yery demagogue who wishes to ride into ONCE as
sound conservative man. The Il. N party pretenu-
cd to be conservative Union-loving party ever since
it's organization But what arc its fruits! Every
man elected by the K. Ms at the North is opposed
to the existence extension OF Southern lhstltn,
,ions In Massachusetts, Judge Lorlng was deposed
for the objectionable crime of enforcing the 1ngl-
tive slave law" The first provision of the =" Per-
sonal Liberty Bill gives the slave the full beneht
IF habeas corpus; the second disqualifes lawyers,
netting for slave claimants for practice; the thlrdn
noses the officer who assists IN recovering ~
:,itive slave fine not less than $1,000 and subjects
him to Imprisonment for one year at least leave
others to decide whether these acts OF IL Ms prove
their devotion party to that Constitution Whlcn
guarantees equal privileges to all the sons OF Amer
lea. shall dismiss its claim to purity and const-
nationality with the single remark that ~ N $ at
the North were in favor of admitting negroes to the
publc schools-drove professor from his chair be-
cause he would not be fanatic-appolnted Hiss
committee to insult innocent ladies engaged IN the
duties of their schools-drove helpless woman
(Narv Wians) with an innocent babe at her breast
from our republican shores, and consigned the DEAD
bodies of the inmates of aims houses to the scaipel
of the anatomist! But Git will be said) the Amer
lean party is not responsible for these disgraceiu
proceedings because Wilson andhis niger worshlpp
ing compeers left the Philadelphia Convention
Then where pray, is the nationality Of your great
American party, if you have no traternal feelings
for its whole Northern wing? But Wilson, Hale
Bell and others, no more cease to be know Moth
;nps because they disapprove the action OF the Phil
adelpha Convention, than | would cease to be an
Episcopalian by denouncing some act of its . gen
eral Convention" The learned Senator goes on TO
defend that ad captandGm doctrine OF the "A, n.
party that Americans should rule America"
Like the sweet voice of the Siren, this de-
ceptiye doctrine has delighted and seduced many.
Sage politicians, and learned judges and lawyers
have welded their mighty pONcIS W ilS S'PP'i''
Nor has it stopped here 1t has met With hearty
response in the bosoms Of many who never cared
for politics before | have been often amused 1T
seeing some iliterate old country lady turn her pipe
stem gracefully in her mouth and cXcaim with Won
derful emphasis that American should rule inner
iky and be protected against this rising 'P0p1Sh'
ANNEXATION" The above classes include the respec-
table Know Nothings. In addition to these we have
hypocritical preachers, Who having exhausted the
Bible, must advocate and preach something more
fashionable than scripture-we have 6eGrttESss boys
giving instructions to greyheaded men, on subject
they do not understGnd-we see defunct politicians
resurreced from their graves of obscurity by this
;rumpet-a trumpet which sounds only at midnight
when quiet people calmly sleeping, notdreaming
Of inousitions, accommodations or interdicts-
Well is not the unprecedented popularity of this
doctrine proof of its soundness? Let
whether it is republican doctrine ecctioneer
ing trick. "Americans should rule America" Do
foreigners govern America? Have we not a native
horn President and Vice President? Have we not
~ Cabinet of natives? Are not the members of both
houses of Congress with but few exceptionsy ma
tires? Are not our foreign ministers nearly all ma
tves? Then, Why all this cutlery about foreigners,
zen if this doctrine is sound one. All fanaticism
i, in the ascendency 1t is not patriotism that
prompts this prescription, that is endangering our
social quiet and happiness We must ignore hsto-
nv and regard all other lands peopled with DEM
ons whose daily occupation is the commission of
murder rape, arson, and every other dGmna6le SIN
Truly this is complimentary to the land of Hamilton
the home of Thornton and the green braes " Of
HltnerSpOOn! we tiuIJ inouSSI III OCHeElHS
ourselves the only people earth capable of enjoy
ing and exercising the privileges of a republican
government! 1t is Illuminating fact that our boast
ed nineteenth century is not remarkable Tor purity
of politics or religion. The wire-workers of both
have disgraced themselves by many unjustifiabe
tons. Still, am far from regarding either in an
improper light. The pure precepts OF the Bible, If
followed out would make this world paradise
the true principles of Washington would allay all
sectional issues and put down all civil tur1noils In
the days of Washington and Jefferson no such opi,-
ions in politics prevailed actions the of
a mans capabity and not birth and the convictions
of conscience And when will our country be hap
pier than it was then? Never, 1 fear. There is,
then distinction between the native and the for
eigner, which is now made, not known in the purer
days of the Republic. Is this distinction jnst
Bile eloauence that there is injustice in this dis
privileges in this country which were denied them
at home But this proves nothing; for, in foreign
lands, ne enjoyed all the privileges aoIich tie lao
limited because all power is vested in teoo Grasto
Gratis whose object has ever been to put the inferior
classes an equality with the Helots of Sparta and
the Pariahs of India But thanks to Democratic
principles we live in land where all power comes
this country to live like princes the hard
ings of the poorer classes. None will deny that the
primary object of laws is to punish the unwor-
thy, and to promote the worthy Then, if for
eigner be honest is it in unison with the spirit of
our laws to exclude him from offices which ought TO
be filled with honest men ? Every foreigner who
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