Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-24


Catholics are those nativs-boa traitors
at the North who are disloyal to the Constitution
OF that country which gave them birth, and under
whose benefcent institutions they have been resred
and nurturei Many ofthem are KNOW Nothings.
This class Of men at the North, of which the Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut Know
Nothing" Leg sstures are but samples, consider
as our worst enemies. And to put them down, /
will join, as political allies now and forever, all true
patriots a. the North and South, whether native or
adopted, Jews or Gentiles.
What our Georgia friends, whether Wings or
Democrats, who have gone into this New Order,
really after, or what they intend to DO, cannot
imagine. Trose of them whom know have assured
that their object is REFORM both in our State and
Federsl Adminstrations-t put better aud truer
men in the places of those who now WELD author
ity-that they have no sympalhies as party men or
otherwise with that class / speak of at the North
that they are fo- sustaining the Union platform
Of our State of 1850 and that the mask OF secre-
cy win soon be removed when all will be made
public. If these be their objects, and also TO
check the frauds and correct the abuses IN the ex-
isting naturalization laws, which have mentioned,
without the indiscrirninate prescription OF any
class of citizens account of their birth place or
religion then they will have my cooperation, as
have told them, in every proper and legitimate
way, to effect such a reformation. Not as Sc
cretly initiated co-worker the dark for any pur
pose, but as an o5en and bold advocate of truth
in the light of day But will they do as they say
Will they throw of the mask? That IS the ques-
ton. Is it possible that they will continue in po
litcal party fellowship with their worthy breth-
rem OF Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hamp-
SHIRE and the entire North? Every one of whom
elected to the next Congress is our deadly foe!-
Do they intend to continue their alliance with
these open enemies to our institutions and the
Constitution of the country under the totally mis-
named association of the american Party"-the
very principle upon which it is based being anti
American throughout
True Americanism, as have learned it, is like
true OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in neither are confined
to any nation, clime or soil whatsoever. Ameri-
cansm is not the product of the soil; it springs
not from the land or the ground it is not of the
earth, or earthly it emanates from the head and
the heart; it looks upward, and onward, and out
ward its life and soul are those grand ideas of
government which characterize institution
and distinguish US from all other people; and
there are no two features in our system which 50
signally distinguish US from all other nations, as
free liberation of religion and the doctrine of eypa-
triation-the right of man to throw off his allie
glance 20 any and every other State, Prince, or
Potentate whatsoever, and by naturalization to be
incorporated as citizens into our body polite
Both these principles are specially provided for
and firmly established in our Constitution. But
these American ideas which were proclaimed in
1889 by our 'sires of &C. by their "sons" at this
day derided aud scoffed at We are now told that
naturalization" is "humbug," and that it is an
| 'impossibility." So did not our fathers think
This "humbug" and ''impossibilty'' they planted
in the Constitution; and a vindication of the
same principle was one of the causes Of our
second of independence. England held that
naturalization" was an impossible thing. She
claimed the allegiance of subjects born within her
realm, notwithstanding they had become ctizers
of this Republic by our Constitution and laws
| She not only claimed their allegiance, but she
claimed the right to search our ships upon the high
SEAS and take from them all such who might be
found in them. 1t was in pursuit of this doctrine
of hers--of the right of search for our naturahzed
citizens-that the Chesapeake was fred into, which
was the immediate cause Of the war of 1872 Let
no man then, barely because he was born in Amer
ca presume to be imbued with real and true
Americanism " who either ignores the direct and
positive obligations of the Constitution, ignores
this, one of its most striking characteristics AS
well might an unbeleving sinner claim to be one
of the fathfu-one of the elect even-bsrely be-
cause he was born somewhere within the limits of
Christendom. And just as well might the Jaco-
bins, who decreed God out of his Universe"
have dubbed their club Christian Association,
because they were born on Christian soil. The
genuine disciples of "true Americsnisn, ike the
genuine followers Of the Cross, those whose
hearts are warmed and fred-purifed, elevated
and ennObed-by those principles, doctrines and
precepts which characterize their respective sys-
TENS. 1t is for this reason that Kamschatkan,
Bnton, Jew, or Hndoo can be as good Chris
tan as any one born on "Calvarys brow or
where the Sermon on the Mount" was preached
And for the same reason an Irishman, a French
man, German, or Russian, can be as thoroughly
American as if he had been born within the
walls Of old independence Hall itself. Which was
the " true American, " Arnold or Hamilton TIE
one was native the other was au adopted s0a. But
to return What do our Georgia friends Intend to
do1 Is it not time that they had shown their
handst Do they intend to abandon the Georgia
Platform. and 20 over horse, foot and dragons
into political alliance with Trumbull Durkee
Wilson & Co.? Is this the course marked out for
themselves by any of the gallant old Wings of the
7th and Sth Congressional Districts? trust not
hope not. But if they do not intend thus to
commit themselves, is it not time to pause and re-
hectr Is it not time to take a reckoning and see
whittier they are driiting2 When "the blind
lead the blind" where is the hope of safety l
have been cited to the resolutions which, it is said
the late Know-Nothng Convention passed in
Macon This, it seems, is the only thing that the
600 delegates could bring forth after two days
Labor and of it we may well say, Montes
parturteat ct ridac,tlus naseitar 1.-THE noun
tans have been in labor and ridiculous mouse is
born. 1t simply affrms, most meekly and sub
misslvely, what no man south of Mason and Dix
on's line for the last thrty-fv years would have
ventured to deny, without justly subjecng himself
to the charge of iacivism that is, that Congress
has constitutional power 10 intervene by exclu-
ding new State applying for admission into the
Union, upon the ground that the constitution of
such State recognizes slavery" This is the whole
life and soul Of it, unless except the secret blade
of Joab which it bears towards Kansas and Ne
braska, concealed under garb. 1t is well known
to all who are informed that in the organic law of
these territories the right Of voting, while they re-
main territories, was given to all who had filed
declaration of intention 10 become citizens This
in strict compliance with the usual practice of
the Government in organizing Territories; and I'M
der this provision that class of persons are now en-
titled to vote. Kansas in two elections under this
law, has shown that an Overwhelming majority OF |
her people in favor of slavery, notwithstanding
all the Executive influence of the Freesoi Cover
nor (Reeder) whom Mr.. Pierce sent out there to
prevent it; but whom the people have lately driven,
as they ought to have DONE from the country
Now then, when Kansas applies for admission as
a Slave State, as she doubtless will, a Southern
" Know Nothing" under this Resolution, can
unite with his worthy brethren" at the North, in
voting against it, upon the ground that some have
voted for Constitution recognizing Slavery, who
had not been 'naturalized," but had only declared
their intention For this Resolution in its very
heart and core declares that the right to establish
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