Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-30

u,.uu,r uues, ,i,e trlnple OF god OF the shrine
of saint. afforded 4 refuge from deSpolic fury
or popular rage But French Jacobings, wheth-
er native or adopted treated with equal scorn,
the sentiments of religion and the feelings of
humanilv-and all that man had gathered from
his experience upon earth, and the revelations
he hoped had been made him from the sky, to
bless and adorn his moral existence, and elevate
his soul with immortal aspirations, were spurned
as mposlure by these fell destroyers. They
would have depravcd man from his humanity, as
they attempted to decree God out of his uni.
verse. Not contcnted with France as n subject
for their ruthless observation-disclosures itself
being too narrow for their exploits, they send
their propagandists 10 the new world, with de-
signs about us charitable as those with willch
Satan entered Eden"
This is but faint picture Of some of the
scenes enacted by that self same party, which
was at first formed by those who styled them
selves :the Friends Of the Constitution" And
where did these "sccret Councils" we now hear
of come from? Not from France, it is true
but from that land of isms, where the people
would have gone into anarchy long ago, it it
had not been for the conservative influence OF
the more stable minded men of the South =
And what scenes have we lately witnessed in
the Massachusetts Legislature, where this new
political organism has more fully developed
itself than anywhere else. What are lis first
fruits there? Under the name of "The Ameri-
can Party" they have armed themselves against
the Constitution of our common country, which
they were sworn to support-with every mem
Der of the Legislature, believe, save eight
bplonuino to the order," they have by an over
wheIming majority vote deposed Judge Loyng,
for nothing but the discharge of his official duty,
in issning warrant rs U. States Commissioner,
to cause the arrest of The fugitive Slave Burns
In reviewing this most unheard of outrage upon
the Constitution, the /" National Intelligenccr," J"
NJ Washington saws it "shudders for the Judi
ciarv.' And if they 60 on as they have begun,
well may the country "shudder," not only for
the Judiciary, but for everything else we hold
most sacred. "If these things be done in the
green tree, what may you expect in the dry"
But ! have been anticipating somewhat.
was on the preliminary questions; that is, the
secrecv which lies at the foundation of the par
tv-t6at atmosphere of darkness in which "it
lives. moves and has its being" and without
which probably could not exist. 40 not, now
ever. intend to stop with that. will 90 further
ana give now, my oPihioho uPoh ."oSS f"S"'.o'
which are said to be within the range of its
secret objects and aims. The principles us pub.
lished Cor those principles which are attributed
to the order, though no body as m organized
party ayow them have, as understand them,
two leading ideas, and two only. These are
prescription by an exclusion from Office of
Catholics, MS class, and a prescription of oil
persons of foreign birth, MS a class; the latter
10 be accomplished not only by exclusion from
office of all foreigners who are citizens by natu
raIza,ion, but to be more effectually carried out
bv ar abrogation of the naturalization law for
the future, or such an amendment as would be
virtually tantamount to it. These, We are told,
are the great ostensible objects of all this ma
cbineryothese oaths, pledges, secret signs,
couiyocaiions, denials, and what not. And
what have to say of them, is, that if these
indeed and in truth be the principles thus at
tempted 10 be carried out, then | am opposed to
both of them, openly and unqualiIiedy.
| am opposed to them sin a double aspect"
both as basis of party organization and upon
their merits as questions of public policy. As
the basis of party organization, they are found
ed upon the very erroneous principle of looking
not to ho,o the country shall be governed, but
1cho shall hold the ofices-not ID whether we
shall have wise and wholesome laws, but 'cho
shall "rule us" though they may bring ruin
with their rule. Upon this principle, Trumbull,
who defeated Gen. Shields for The Senate in