Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-12

l ing penny Win Whicn " puy 1000 70 sustain
lief How was Il that continental Europe poured
out her tribute ofhundreds ofthousands 81 Roman
lists to swell the influence Of the Papacy In this
try, when II was evident those very men would be
needed to fill the ranks Of their armies, In view Of
the troubles then brewing and which have since
burst forth like volcanof Can the eyes OF any
man of reason and reflection be blinded TO these
factss Does Ii require great penetration 10 see,
that all these movements are part and parcel OF a
great plan, concocted by the despotc and Jesuit
cal Hierarchy of Rome and Catholic Europe, to
subvert our free institutions, TO destroy our ber-
ties, and TO combine civil and ecclesiastical power
in this country In the hands OF the Pope or his
agents
| What have been the fruits of these measures 7
| Have we not seen by the act Of 30th May, 1884,
q to organize the Territories of Kansas and Ne
braska,n that the alien, who had just landed on
our shores had declared his intention to become a
| citizen of our country, and taken an oath TO sup
port the Constitution of the United States and the
provisions Of that act, was authorized to vote and
hold Office in the organization of those Territories,
while our own citizens, officers, soldiers, seamen,
or marines, or other persons In the army or navy
of the United States or attached to troops in the
service of the United States were excluded from
those rights by the same law, IL they were on ser
vice in either of those Territoriesi Whence this
difference why, after the Executive, through
it's organ, had taken ground against that bill, did
II suddenly shift round, and press this measure Ia
consummation, with all its force and powers You
know the cause Of all these things--surely none
should know them better. Ffe
This is not all, however.
| In some of the States, foreigners not yet natu
ralzed, alens--vote for Federal and State officers,
and many times, no doubt actually elect their can
didates Foreign incendiaries have agitated, and
i h. ala hoc
| become measure in relation TO which our breth-
rem Of the North and South are now SO sensitive,
that the very mention Of It seems to threaten the
permanency of the Union. Corruption stalks with
brazen front in every branch of our government,
till 1t was truly said by distinguished statesman,
that there were but two roads TO success--to wit,
the sycophantic, " where favor followed fawning,
and Of the millionaire, who boughtit.
In this condition Of things, those Of our citizens
who regarded the institutions Of the country as IN
danger-without reference to party, laying aside
the minor differences that had heretofore separated
them, as by spontaneous movement united to check
these evils; and the good the wise, the great,
the philosopher, the statesman and the patriot de-
termined to do all that sincere love of country
could accomplish, TO bring back institutions to
/ their original purity, that they might be handed
down to posterity as they were left by our revou-
| tionary ancestors.
This, sir, is the origin Of the American party, Of
organization and now, as to Its principles These
may be summed up in very few words. Civil and re-
ligious liberty land the permanency OF the Union
| on the constitutional basis. Yes--civil and rei
gious liberty, to the broadest extent, consistent
the Constitution of the United States, and the
faithful execution of the laws.
We do not oppose naen-i,adi vidaally they have
our best wishes and kindest offices In their pursuit
of wealth and happiness. But when we find them
combining to deprive us CT these principles, or to
dissolve this Union, we viii oppose such combina.
tions by all legal and honorable means.
We have been charged with prosecuting Ro.
| manists! The charge is false-for know not Q
man belonging to our organization, who would not,
at the hazard of his life defend Romanists or any
other sect from aggression, for worshipping Their
Maker according to the dictates of their own con.
sciences. But when we find Romanists banding
together to combine civil and ecclesiastical juris
dction in our country, to subvert and destroy our
institutions, and to set up In their places the abso
lutte and despotic power of a foreign tyrant, we
will resist them, even to the death, If necessary
and we will equally resist such unholy combina-
tons IL attempted, by Presbyterians, Methodists,
Baptists, Episcopalians, or any other sect
! We have been charged with prescription. This
| charge is not true Like all other parties, where
!
or to elect those who will faithfully carry out
our principles Is this prescription? If so, pro
scription should be defined as an honest adherence
to conscientious principles; and with such pro
scription our Revolutionary ancestors, and every
party since that day, are fairly chargeable. It Is
alleged, further that we are liable to this charge
because men Of opposite principles in some cases
have been removed to make way for adherents Of
our Order know Of no such cases II Is true
that where the commissions Of individuals bad ex'
pred, they were not rrappointed, Americans having
been selected to fill those Offices But Is this pro
| scription Did the immortal Washington sur
| round himself or his administration with Tories
And vet the adherents Of Great Britain, the friends
| of Kingly power, were no more Tories in those
| DAYS than are those Of our own time, who are
striving to dissolve the Union, to subvcrt our in
situations and TO destroy our liberties. But sir,
even il we were guilty Of prescription, the charge
comes with bad grace from this administration,
where mere difference Of opinion lie regarded as
sufficient ground for removal, and where the va
cancies thus caused are filed TO great extent,
with foreigners the staunch adherents of Popery,
or with spies and informers, the base tools Of bad
men, who are thus rewarded for their infamy.
Though you have thus virtually declared that
not one Of the American party, now including a
large portion Of the entire population of this coun
try, shall have any share in the government Of
their country, and that you viii strike down every
individual Of the Orr within your power, rest as
sured that You cannot thus annihilate or destroy
that party, or crush the spirit Of Americans you
have threatened. They are not Of the stamp that
can be bought or frightened. They are governed
and directed by principle, and by that they viii
stand-and bear and forbear, II needs be-till the
time shall come when they may redress their grew
ances at the ballot-box Earnestly do hope, how
ever. that the administration win be brought to
the error of its ways, before that period arrives
and before the patience and forbearance Of the
American people are exhausted. And although
| It's noon-day has been darkened by deeds such a
those described, none would rejoice more sincerely
than myself to see that darkness dspelcd, and II,
setting sun 20 down in blaze Of glory.
| II is charged that bad men have united with this
association for purposes Of personal, pecuniary, OF
political preferment. Admitting such to be the
fact, and II may DO true, Is not this the case In
| every association Was there not a Judas among
the twelve Apostles who sold bis Saviour for thir
ty pieces of silver? Was there not a Benedict
Arnold among the patriots and heroes OF the
Revolution? And were there not swarms of To
ries, also, among them, who carried devastation
and blood into the peaceful homes of those pa
triots and heroesg Surely mankind have not DO
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