The true Democrat., 1855-11-06
Know Nothing Patrio tisn.

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 Doubtless, with respect to the kind ofprinci- pies that shonld prevail in government for the United States, there are, even among native Americans, all sorts of opnions-from the mo- narchical up to the most radical democracy, re- gardless of color or sex; and every one of them, 1 have no doubt claim to be, in their opinions, entirely honest and patriotic, because all that is necessary to make them feel honest and patri- otic is a sincere desire for the welfare of the country; but the possession of feeling does not necessarily insure for the possessor hnoa0leage of the truth-a knowledge of those princi pies that will best secure for the country the well fare they desire. In this way men of undoubt- ed patriotic motives have, through the applica- ton of erroneous principles, brought ruin upon their country. History is full of such exam ples Their principles were the result of erro- neous deductions. A celebrated individual once said that it may require knowledge of fifty particular facts to enable person to arrive at correct conclusion, and the lacking of one of them will give him an error. At one time, III AuClCuG hOulC, IlclC WClC tWO IJtuuiCS, OuC believed the destruction of Carthage was ne- cessary to the glory and prosperity of their countryside other believed that it would in- sure its ruin. The last looked deeper than the first. They argued that as Carthage was the only country that could pretend to rival Rome, with its destruction would go the means of emulation which was necessary to- sustain the Roman character-that the spells of Carthage and the absence of her rivalry would so ener- vate the Roman mind that universal degenera- tion would soon follow, etc. But, as the oppo- site party aoould, from the nature of the subject, appeal to the passions cf the people, Gas reason is no s01e,e in contendng against passion) they resorted to that means successfully-they ap- pealed to the popular anti Carthagenian preju- dices-love of glory, fame, etc.; in short they produced more intense Roman feeling and Carthage was destroyed, and the predictions too were fulflled-Carthage was plotted out and so were Roman virtues.
 Lord North and his associates, no doubt, so far as motives went were patriots. They went in for the glory and power of England, when they persisted in forcing their obnoxious policy upon the coonies-it was of course, the farthest from their desires to "divide the Elm pire"-but tteir policy did that thing. The Earl of Chatham and some other statesmen foresaw the result as he has left us abundant proof of in black and white, arguing from l 70 tn of tn hon, atlral actness, Gas the final result demonstrated) as subjects of moral character are capable of be- ing reasoned upon; but Lord North could not see 1t, and he went ahead. Like the Know the truth that human nature and c kno,0leige of tue delicious fruits of liberty would make every American colonist part with his liberties only with his life. He, like the Know Nothings, did men, who make this continent their home, to blow up the ship and all perish together rather than live in 1t in subjugated condition. This is an error that Lord North, the Know Noth- ings, and abolitionists with regard to the south ern people, have fallen into. This error formed one of the principle blanks of Lord North's | platform-it is one of the fundamental blanks underlying the aboltionist and Know Nothing platforms. Lord North looked upon the "h- berty or death" resolution of the colonists with out fear-with contempt. His intense English feelings, made him look upon the American people as a sort of second rate English with a second rate human nature, who should not expect to be placed upon an equal footing with the English of England, that they must be satisfied with living easy without aspiring to the political liberties of Englishmen. This old tory wisdom is Know Nothing wisdom too-it does well enough to talk about, but wont do in practice. Human nature wont second the mo. ton. Lord North found this out and so will the Know Nothings. If the colonists had been subjugated the alienation of their feelings to- wards the mother country would have render ed the cost of keeping them more than they would have been worth-nay ruinous to her. Their success was the least evil of the two, as in the former case they would have been her enemies aU tue time, but in the latter, enemies only in war-"in peace friends"
 So it is with the Know Nothings, they would evince their patriotism by having an "intense American feeling"-which feeling consists in holding naturalized Americans and foreigners among us as second rate people, with second rate human natures, incapable of approaching and enjoying such things as they prize so highly; who may, with Catholic citizens, be content with tlOang easy and doing better than they did or might do in the country of their birth, without wanting to be equal with native Protestant Americans. And if they will not be so content, the dignity of this intense American feeling' requires that they should be put down and kept down. "AmericanS must rule America" and Protestants at that.
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