The American patriot., 1855-07-21

We clip from the Delta, some extracts from
the speech made by Capt. Albert Pike, Of Ar
kansas, at the great mass meeting Of the "Na-
tiyes" in the city of New Orleans last week.
The meeting was perhaps the largest and most
enthusiastic ever held in Lafayette Square.
Ten thousand persons were present; the de-
liberations were quiet and orderly, the orators
were some of the most eloquent that the South
can afford, and the enthusiasm manifested by
the sovereigns was exceedingly great.
Capt. Pike, it will be remembered, is one Of
the most eloquent and energetic speakers that
Arkansas can boast of, and withal, one Of the
most noble looking men we ever beheld:
The country needed great national party
one loving our country better than any other,
and believing it to be the best under the sun,
and that party is the American party. The
two great parties, the Democratic and the
American, are engaged in one great cause
which was the Southern cause. In a few
years ten new States would be added to the
Union, and the great struggle now was to
make these States Southern in principle. Mr..
Pike stated that he was no Office seeker; want
ed no office; did not care much which party
succeeded, but he wanted to see the American
party treated with respect.
Parties have finally come to the conclusion
that they must be governed by the rules Of
common decency-that henceforth they must
not select the biggest rascal, but the best men
for office. He wished, however, in the com.
ing contest to see no favors shown by the
American party to any one-the fabric of the
old organizations must be pulled down-Sam-
son-like the American party must seize with
one arm the pillar of Whiggery, drag them
both down, and triumph over their ruins.
Great applause.)
He had become finally disgusted with the
politics of Arkansas, all the leaders were pro-
teges of Jackson; and though they had pre-
tended friendship formerly for the old man of
the Hermitage, still they cared neither for him
nor his principles farther than the spoils of
office were concerned. He retired from politi-
cal lfe In this retirement he heard of new
party, went to Washington and there found
"Sam" He found what he wanted, nation
al party with national creed that will unite
the people together on one platform, and fail
to transmute them into anything but nation
al party.
From Washington he returned to Arkansas
with power to establish the Order, and in a few
months, in the very hot bed of Democracy,
the State of Arkansas, almost the entire State
Legislature belonged to the Order. He found
the American was the party most popular
among the people of the backwoods- bone
and sinew of the country-the men who never
read book nor see newspaper-they all be-
long to the party.
He is wise statesman, said the poet orator,
who does not try to rule by logic-he must be
governed by the passions and prcjudces of the
people-he must understand and allow them
to follow their Instincts so it must be in
this case. In some states there is strong
Native American feeling, and in others strong
Catholic feeling For the success of the grand
idea, these differences must be compromised
The platform of the American party can be un.
derstood-it does not require number of doc.
tors to explain it. 1t is Ineligible to the pco
pie, and they know what it means Itrequires
no stump speakers or newspapers to explain it
In regard to the Slavery question, Mr.. Pike
stated that there was but one way to carry il
, through. Were the South to adopt the Geor
gia or any other Southern platform, and at
tempt to stand by it, she would array the Eas
tern and Middle States against her. and mus
inevitably fall. She must attach herself to th'
the question through. The men who oppos'
grounds, are the greatest enemies of the Union
The delegates from Pennsylvania and New
York had said in the Grand Council at Phila
dclpha to the delegates from Louisiana: "G'
home-carry out the principles Of the party il
| your State, and we will secure for you tn
: Slavery question. Kansas shall come in if sh
i, wishes, as Slave State, and Texas shall b
divided into as many States as she wants.
And she is entitled to five. (Applause)
shall stand on the platform, said Mr. Pike
I though one of the planks does not suit me
still believe it is sound in the heart, and
0 care not how rotton the sap may be. (Applause
= despise the perapetetic order of individual
f who wander about meddling with affairs tha
1 do not concern them. l am not one of tha
class. l am no politician, my only wish is
a see the great national party successful, and
know that if it stands by its principles success
+ awaits it, and victory will ever perch upon il
s conquering banners.
k Here he spoke of his children, stated he ha
e six of them-four boys, (great applause an
n his highest ambition was that his name migl
(, go down to a long line of Ills descendants a
= one of the leaders of this great movement
o movement that would save the country an
It preserve our institutions, while the sun sha
= continue to shine and the earth roll round il
d axis.-(Applause.)
C The great American party was intended
put down foreign influence in our country.
d an American he could not calmly stand by
n an election and see his vote neutralized by tn,
), of a foreigner-a man in whose breast the wa,
If ing Of that starry banner, or the stirrin
l. notes of our national airs, could call up no pa
i riotic response. He did not mean the educate
is foreigner, the intelligent mechanic and lahore
A. but he alluded to those pauper hordes, tn
Is We're thrown yearly, by thousands, upon o.