The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-02-08
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and the habits Of thought, confirmed by :.
education, excite and strengthen attach U
ment to the place ofbirtb, and love ofthc in u
s.itutions of home. Even the emotion of
self-esteem in the development Of the in
dividual becomes identified with the honor i.
and glory of his country, since he partici-
pates in its shame or its exaltaton.
The hardy Swiss mountaineer never for
gets the rugged Alpine scenery, diyersif- 4
ed with sweet valleys and towering noun
tains, however far he has wandered, or
however exquisite the face Of nature in his
new home. In his reyeries he sees again
the white mountain peaks, like peiriied
clouds piercing the heavens; he hears the
dashing Of the Alpine torrenileaping from
the beetling crags; and inhales the spirit
ing air of his native land fresh from the
snow-capped hills. SO lis with the dem
izen of every cline. Changing habitation
and government does not eradicate the
sympathies Of the man, nor change the
!. character Of his mind. ftt
Expatriation, then, is not induced by
an abstract admiration of foreign forms Ct
government oftheir sole desire to bear
part in the Inauguration Of great principles.
The multitude which Europe annually porr
upon our shores are driven by the stern
hand of necessity from land which they
love, and with which they must still con
tinue to sympa:Lize. Despair or disgust,
with the prospect, amid an oyercrowded
population, of ccaseless struggle for a
bare subsistence; the iron force, ever felt,
crushing out all noble aspirations; the tur-
moil and revolution which gives restitss-
ness that might be supposed to afiliet one
living over threatening volcano; the mis-
cries of the Old World. and the visions of
plenty, and happiness, and prosperity in
The New, are the governing motives which
impel the better class Of emigration 10 our
shores; while theconspiracy Of despotism,
to exiinguish the light Of liberty beamng
= upon It from our republic, gives direction,
to the human tide of Ignorance; extreme
poverty and vice, whose destructive intlu-
ence is already felt upon the order, peace,
and the virtue of the nation. Ignorant OF
our peculiar system Of government; per-
/ haps never capable of arriving at a full ap-
: preciation of its artistic and elaborate me-
chanism; liberalists only in the sense OF
y opponents Of the visible power of the des-
I pots in their native homes; without dis
tnct perception that freedom not governed
t by law is worse than absolutism; thata de-
d mocracy in which the principle Of repre-
: sentation lies at the very groundwork OF
G political action is not the exercise of the
d unrestrained impulses of the people, the
e foreign born cannot have cast their lot
with us from mere love OF our institutions
: Self-interest, rather than patriotism, was
# their governing motive. The love of the
:, associations of tleir youth is not the less
n strong, but their hopes of aseand plenty
Q abroad subdues the outgushing instinct
e Even when one forswears his. allegiance
the love of his old home still turks in hi
n bosom. The tendrls of affection which
!. bind him 10 other climes are not broken
l. If it were possible tlat he could forget a
n well as forswear his native land, he wer
d unworthy citizenship in any country. II
. should be classed with those destitute @
human love and natural sympathy, upo
g, whom Divine Wisdom pronounces acurse
&c He would falsiry the truth, TO which th
" heart in all clmes has so rapturously re
ar sponded, so beautifully expressed by til
L. poet
I'll "Lves there aman with soul go dead
n Who to himself hath sad
This is my own-my native land1"
II The claim of the foreign born, that they
:" - being citizens from choice, are better r'
!. publicans than those who are citizens b
o. Tie accident of birth is not only presumI
-, tuous but untrue.
IN RI The latter know no other country; hay
" no sympathles with othor forms of govern
- ment; revere the memories ofthe past, an
n exult in the revelations of the future. III
Lo ~ former show contrary TO their will, the
" foreign partialilics. Tho sound of the
oe mother tongue stirs them as did the bla
~ of Roderck Dhu his warlilc elan. AS Il
,so m shipwrecked mariner rejoiced that he W
81, in land of civilization when he saw
IN frowning galows, SO does the foreign-boI
III hail the presence of his fellow emigrar
bo and feel his heart throb before the syr
,,,p ~U bols his native land. The elemosynar
M ~, political and military organizations OF Il
>" adopted citizen everywhere speak the ma
=, ural language of the soul-everywhe
or o"' te. ti'y that the love of the olden home h
'no wa not and never can die out of the heart
o uto Complete identity in feeling and acti
u; ii. with American citizens is impossible.
No No The ideas, usages, and all the pecuIiariti
" of the country forsworn, still have char
M that can never be supplanted.
I"n ne We cannot appeal 10 the foreign-born
" ,sd sustain our distinctive nationality; to sta
'1u ~ firm for our ideas of abstract right; to q
rto our schemes of progress, and to impro
,oo u our system of legislation and governme
o,n ouS We look not to them for the moral, J
oU o~ Puritanical earnestness of the Americ
Gu soat character, its patriotism and noble love
i'e liberty, in connection with deep rooted re
:, erence for law and civil authorityi its Gle
n; my practical understanding; its talent for
49,, ganization; its inclination forimprovem'
~, s;n in every sphere; its flesh enthusiasm
~ great plause and schemes of reform, a
,no VIZ iswillingness to make sacrifices for
nb ~, promotion of every good work. Wewr
~ lie with the most colossal projects. I
o." III deepest meaning and aim of our politi
all institutions is to actualize the idea of u
versal sovereignty--the education ofevC
individual for intellectual and moral Sc
. government, and thus for true freedom.
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