New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-28
Y roasHARrNa PARTY.

re- the members Of the American party we're
destitute Of every other virtue, the exalted at
trihutes Of forbearanee, patience and modera-
tio, could not be denied them. They are long
suffering set Of fellows; slow to anger, SO much
30 tbat it is almost impossible to arouse them;
with b-like meekness and resignation. they
allow the most odious epithets 70 be applied to
them, and the only way TO make them exhibit
any signs Of animation is 10 strike them, knock
. fav Of them down, or assassinate dozen or
20 Of their friends Then, it must be confessed,
the semi torpid lion becomes fearfully excited,
and frequently inaicts terrible retribution upon
b;s assailsnts. But they never provoke quar-
raj. row, or riot; on the contrary, they
rait until some unbearable outrage is practioed
UPON theni--some unendurable insult flung in
their teeth before they strike back. That they
then strike hard, fast and heavy the past affords
most ample evidence. And that similar results
will flow from the operation of similar causes,
there is precious little need for question.
Even native American, although he did not
come here as matter Of choice--the " accident
Of birth having despoiled him Of that inesti
mable privilege-nsay become agitated--in fact,
slightly enraged--if he is punched, kicked,
cutfsd and spit upon, too severely. However,
as this proposition is becoming pretty generally
understood and believed, we need not argue it
further a5
Not long since, the Washington Union-the
national organ of anti Americanis denounced
the. Americans as g outlaws" and almost every
thing else that was vile, wicked and infamous !!
We published an extract from the article at the
time, with 9 few appropriate comments. So did
d dozen or more Of our exchanges. Still, there
was no general demonstration Of anger over the
ferooious, false, and abominable insult The
Americans took it with meekness, humility and
forbearancs
The same thing has been done in every city
in the Union. We cannot now call to mind q
single exception. Our opponents have INDUCED
in violence of denunciation unparalleled in
the political history Of this any other country
The vocabulary Of biilingsgate has been ran
sacked for opprobious epithets, which have been
applied to the Americans with lavish hands,
without, however, producing complete satisfsc-
ton in certain quarters. Alexander is said to
have cried because there we're no more worlds
for him to conquer. Some Of our opponents ex
hibit signs Of tear shedding because they have
exhausted the ugly words in the dictionary!
Still the Americans have pursued the even
tenor Of their way, and have forborne and for
borne, until forbearanoe not only ceased to be
virtue, but its opposite became an overpoWer
ing necessity
We had thought that abuse, villifcation,
mendacity, misrepresentation, acrimony and
persecution had done their worst, when, in look
ing over our exchanges yesterday morning, we
found we were laboring under mistake, as the
following jewel Of an extract from q communi-
cation which recently appeared in q Western
paper, sufficiently indicates The language Of
our country is more comprehensive in it's
powers than we had at first imagined. Read
and listen.
The 1raii IF the Serpent Is Opg them .aA.rhe Know
Nothing party touch nothing but what they pollute
or destroy Their embrace is DEATH their appreciation
Is ks the glance OF the basiisk The sacred rights Of
property dissolve under their influence life is swallowed
up In the vortex Of DEATH Organized societies crumbe
into chaotic confusion and wild suspicion and
verified into willy plotter base and shameless liars pus
luminous eavesdroppers false and traorous betrayers
honest confidence and conding friendships No honest
man. not OF them properly would wish to be tried by
gang Of Know Nothings ii Know Nothing was his an
tagonsE Not only - all this true, but in their months
truth itse Ia made to do the work OF the most fragrant
iss and the scnndest political maxms perverted
the basest purposes.
What gentle, courteous andrehned language
/ to apply TO an organization that unouestionably
has on its Lists the names Of a large majority Of
the native voters Of the United States, TO say
nothing Of the tens Of thousands Of intelligent
patriotic and honest adopted citizens, who GO
with them heart and soul, in everything save
namei And they would assume the name were
it possible.
Yet the Americans don't get mad OF all, tbs
forbearing and well-mannered fsllowsl Well
we suppose they think they possess character
sufficient to enable them to laugh ct such on.
slaughta. Perhaps this is the cause Of thei,
moderation After a little reflection, we should
! not be surprised if it was No stately edifice
was ever injured by a scayenger pelting it witt
mud, and no great, glorious and intelligent
party-as is the American psrty---was eve
put down BY falsehood, Misrepresentation AM
calumny.
THE CORONER VS.. THE CRY. Under the fore
going caption referred In paper of Saturday as
the sps and seisureby Coroner the
porson account Of claims for TESS In giving brief bill
tory Of the affair we remarked that he Acting City Atto
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