The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-19


TERMS and asserted thar own superiority Under these
influences the ballot box has been corrupted BY their
frauds or subjected to their violence politics
have been stained with vices foreign TO the American
eti.ens have revcted IN disgust from the exercise OF
privileges so shared and 20 degraded and the highest
or their natersrs some Of whom have dared TO assert
the alleged prerogative OF Q foreign pontf to free
American citizens from their allegiance to the 60
yernment of their country. In our foreign policy,
the settled principles Of American statssmauship
are well nigh lost sight o.; foreigners have been
seurts Of EuTpUe: and /. the gr.tac alton Of feel
inQs unshared by our people, they have made the
American name . reprosch throughout large part Of
the civilized world. American principles and policy,
feelings and interests have been merged in their alien
opposites and in the press and the PLATFORM foreign
have the conI Of and directed the
action Of parties and the selection of candidates The
result Of this conspiracy against tho original and native
American liberty has been TO establish IN ths country
minav devoted 70 foreign interests and preierring
persons of foreign birth II its recognized advocates
monarch thew have made in most Of the States efforts
to overthrow the American system public instruction.
have sought 10 exclude the Bible from the American
schools and have freely the most cherished
principles of American religious liberty ana all this
should be remembered has sprung from those to whom
ali that our fathers have won and that Is dear to US was
freely offered all this was foreign In its origin authors
and scts-sll this was unproyokcd wanton long and
patiently endured--endured till foreign demag,gue
claimed our country as their own and made our right
and our safety the counters with which they played tn
game Of foreign politics.
length the reaction and the rescue came Its his
tory s an exalted evidence Of the illness Of the American
people, for the most trying Of self COVER
No Of the soil regard IT, and its proof Of Amer
can intelligence patriotism and virtue, without pride
and emulation 1t borrowed aid, IL kne leader
il sought no counsel The movement burst like bolt
from the Overchargsd cloud Of American wrongs-sud
den pontaneous and UNIVERSAL II knew no parent
the old and true American heart. IL had, and 1t
needed organ, orator oracle, leader aid
The American people North and South, East and West
finding the cup Of foreign arrogance and usurpaton
oyerrunnlng, quietly stepped forth by myriads from
their homes and ecorc the decree II be
revoked II can never be regretted Hereafter it win
be pointed the noblest evidence of American intel
hsencs patriotism and independence; ana when
mem bered Delaware viii not be forgotten a. the FORE
n ost 10 impress upon the cause the broad seal OF
commemorative sanction.
That triumph ri Ould 1t prove to be NATIONAL will i'm
pose many and MAZE. tic duties. The first viii be to
round ~ with vail Of fire, which no pollution
wade that Holy Of boie.-tes ballot box and closely sue
closing hear hieh haze communicated Nth the prt
and larar-houses I Europe; Of defeating the
generous poltcg by ,ic foiq D, force as 10 receive
The moral denominations phc their ooercoycd country
ronits forth consrann9 US 10 support teir pampeTs
and to esposs tae properly and iues Of our people the
ysHan skill and deportation of their transported felo.s
AS and perl the heaviest wsrst as wanton
wrong and Outrage il should be rearessed in the rst
But the more pervading and vital trunophs of the
second American revolution will b. those which will
establish as the settled policy, foreign and domestc Of
the nation the saving principle of American Inepsn.
denee as applied not only to the right OF suffrage but
to the sacred and inestimab of our hooe u
harhanded home labor The policy BY which our country
pursuits agriculiu ral mechanical, and other wise
and IN its socia habits Of expenditure and luxury,
anst American honor and American interests 1t ia
r,pudaton VI all tho peculiar advantages bestowed by
Providence In requital OF the virtues Of fathers
upon our young aud then unburth.ped country. We
have to crafty the schemes OF politicians and 10 gut
the srsedness Of money chsnge,s invited ana drawn
upon oar country common and stsnost "a equal
share Of the evils which attend thor parasite and
eDgpg curses the wasting crimes AMI OF Europe
Our true real happiness and policy
TO realized only by fostering own American
bomef-their industry, mutual relstons, and mutual
selireapee In regard to every pol teal virtue aud
boIe to oil Of pride and confidence associated with that
american liberty wbcb-as the earthqa Jake shakes and
the tempest osersbadows all else OF the civilized world
grows brighter and 6eaTer " it Is apparent that the
time has arrived when our csunry must separate her
policy from the intrgues and Vaccinations OF Europe
fIom the .srstgy ana corrupt ON by which European
councils and interests boastuy betrayed the ndepen
dence OF American industry, and made our lad trbu
taIy, "a 1t now unhappiy ~ to ENGLAND and France;
ed I, the usurpaton III. heavy imposition
and perpetual debt-a debt shared by every Amercan
debt Which drains our country Of it's specie and which
II throughout every hbre ot Its giant sme to
the agony Of such financial convulion as that which
low shiets US Vain will be the pateioc throbbins Of
American ann to I--achieve American Independence,
un our land sfa have bern made independent ID that
ioIm Which all power has Tvs source-aer industry.
lhfn, and only then VIII she cease 10 be European
colony then will she be the America OF our fathers
truly nts endent-ri.h in her own resources-se cure In
her own s,rergth and happy IN hsr owo freedom The
crimes and oppiessons The wrongs and wars OF Europe
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summation sba have been etIs,,ed our an,y viii be
pnJulG.d and Or acknowledgements II, riou ;ineom-
plee the oraces Of our American patriarcbs and pro
pbets will remain empty and the real p,,ssion holy
calm and tenefcept, Of our American destiny un,
achieved
In the federal Union the general add State 20.
yernments, revolving Ia their Appropriate orbs,
neither unite nor ciash-their mutual influence in.
duees q mutual interest and the Individual States
watch with anxiety the disc DARK ned or iustrous
AZ her councils determine OF the central orb.
The history o. Delaware IN her relations With the
general government has ,lways b.en in erosting and
cons and In avery crisis has been her fortune
TO proveas the most iustous republics of the past
not ling Delaware In extent tsSrtory have also