Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-05-04
THE LONDON TINES
on THE
AMERICAN PARTY.

Ehe following IS the substantial pcr-
iian of an article IN the London Times
on the American party.
We have read with gres, Interest
State paper, which appears 10 US to be
drawn up with ability and moderation,
on behalf Of the Know Mornings. or, a.
they profess 10 cali themselves, The Amer.
ican party, in the UNITED States Tbs
party has already obtained a decisive a.
Tendency IN the Northern States OF the
Union, and u is extremely probable that
Il NIL name The successor ui President
Pierce at the next presidential election.
But the principle on s-hich the party i
formed is OF far greater importance than
any personal consequences II mat pro-
dnce, 10! this principle may lead to per
maaent results IN III. policy of the | mon.
The American party. indeed, places IT.
IN opposri, n to the rival olains uf
the odd political l.sder-, aud it boasts
that lis organization has been completed
entirely Without their assistance
The object of its founders hiss been To
preserve Their design from the assaults al
other parties uatil they could rely ou Their
own strength aud for thus purp 'se, they
state, curlousiy enough, that, Their or
yantz.tion 5 more or less secret IN ac-
hon, and almost altogether secret IN the
source from which /; derives It's counsel
aud design. Yet, in spite Of th!s H'ys
tety, winch waui seem 50 little adapted
10 The pnltllcal hab.;s q the United States
ffr party las unqnesiionably gained
ground with singular rapidty. Is must.
therefore, represent an opinion shared by
isrge nasse, o, tie American people =
Its raltn chj-cl IS declared t. b. to teas.
s"st the original purpose Of the Cninn,
10 revive the national spirit OF the eoun-
Try, to crush those factions wh.ch have
converted party warfare into mere
struggle for ne power of Dispensing pat
ronase. and above all, To resist the IN
cEea>e 0: tore,sn ihllusnces IN the United
Slstes
This last motive Is more especially
the pecu.i IT and immediate ohject oil the
Know No,hin. party. They state that
not much less tran half million s,ran-
gers are driven annually b, poverty o
inisrule To swell the population OF the
Unncd States: and that, although this
acauisn.on OF labor IS in some respects
useful 10 the community, yet that these
ltnmisrants are ignorau, OF the inslttu-
tons, the laws, and even the language oil
the country. and animated by spirit
very different from tina, Of American CIT
,zeus These persons are. however.
very speedily invested with the fran
ch,se and the exercise OF political power.
Thu. immigration furnishes What may
w,hou, much exssgerstlon OF phrase, De
called The disunc, estate in our rePuo-
lllc. Its ever-sNellins tide IS visible III
every community. Il Is banded INTO
conibina.iG1s more or less apar. from our
long. known and familiar masses OF native
cl,izen., by ties of foreign kindred, b,
nnfors a,Ioa and ever-cherlsiied na,ionalI-
.ae., and ey synpashies alien 10 the splr-
II which alone sustsins our peculiar,
temperate and complicated system Of
fr-ednn Worse than this, {. has caught
the notice and stimulated the craft OF
selfish political aspirsnts and demagogues
who have 100 easily found 1t plant re.
source for party use, and who have ca NJ
ed, battered and seduced il INTO the
ranks Of prlzan SIR fe, aud thus impar,-
ed Ia il Consequence and an influence
most powerful TO AID pr. verse ambition
. oei utter y pow etless to accomplish any
h homes, end for which the highesI perogH.
c tive OF ciizenssin wee originally de-
: signed. To this We may add, that I, ex-
=. ercises an undue and almost exclusive
5 Influence over the American press. that
! II Is ALWAYS endeavoring 10 embroli the
: Unued States, fur its own sinister pufpo-
+ ses. with the European powers. and that
It is led by the renegaJes, the 81 npa,Iis-
: ers and The annexa,ionists OF every cline
p who have sought refuge beyond The
a Atlantic
/ Bl, the views OF the American party
do no, .,op here. They observe that
u very large portion OF the annual imml-
$ grafton belongs 10 the Church sf Rome
:. a body regarded wah distrus, by the
n greater uumber OF the American peo-
pie, processing a, leasta moral ailegeuce
!, To fors,sn aud absolute power, aud or
gained IN a peculiar manner for the pro-
L l. l.. 81.