The American patriot. (Clinton, La.) 1854-1???, 1855-10-27

the honest men OF all parueS Shou0 cntef luto
a kind of association for the defence Of one
another, and the confusion of their common
enemies. AS it is designed this neutral body
should act with regard to nothing but truth
and equity, and diyest themselves Of the little
heats and prepossessions that clcavc to parties
of AL kinds, have prepared for them the fol- !
lowing form of an association, which may cx-
press their intentions in the most plain and
simple manner.
we whose names are hcrcunto subscribed |
do solemnlv declare, that VIC do in our con-
sciences believe two and two make four; and
that We shall adiudgc any man whatsoever to
be our encr,v, who cndcavors to persuade us
to the contrary We are likewise ready to
maintain, with the hazard of all that is near
and dear TO us that six is less than seven IN
all times and places; and that ten will not be
more three years hence than it is at present.
We do also firmly declare. that it is our roso-
luton as long as we live, to call black black,
and white white And we shall upon all &C.
casons oppose such persons that upon any
day of the year shall call black white or white
black, with the utmost peril OF our lives and
fortunes
Were there such combination Of honest
men, who, without any regard to places,
would eudeavor to cxti'pate all such furious
zealots as would sacrifice onc-ha!r of their
country to the passion and interest of the
other as also such infamous hypocrites, that
are for promoting their own advantage, under
color of the public good; with all the profit
gate immoral retainers to each side, that have
nothing to recommend them but an implicit
submission to their leaders; we should soon
see that furious party spirit extinguished,
which may in time expose us to the derision
and contempt of all the nations about u.s.
A member of this society that would care
fully employ himselfin making room for merit,
by throwing downthc worthless and depravcd
part of mankind from those conspicuous sta
tons of life to which they have sometimes adj
private interests, would be no small bcnefactor
to his country.
remember to have read in Dioloruus Sicu-
lus, an account of very active little animal,
which think he calls the lchncmnon, that
makes it the whole business Of his life to break
the eggs of the crocodile which he is always
in Search after This instinct is the more re-
markable, because the lchneumon never feeds
upon the eggs he has broken, nor any other
way finds his account in them. We're il not
for the inccssant labours of this industrious
, ANIMAL Egypt (says tho hstcrian) would be
over-run with crocodes; for the .Egyptians
are so far from destroying those perniciou.
creatures, that they worship them as gods.
If we look into the behavior of ordinary par
tisans, VIC shall find them far from resembling
this lsintcrcsted animal and rather actine
: after the example of the wild Tartars, who arr
ambitious Questioning a man of the most cN
traorainary parts and accomplishments II,
thinking that, upon his dcccasc, the same tai
ents whatever post they qualified him for, en-
ter of course into his destroyer.
As in the whole train of my spcculatons,
have cndeayored, as much as l am able, to OK
tinguish that pcrnicious spirit Of passion ant
prejudice, which RACES with the same violence
!, in all parties, | am still the more DESTROYS o
doing some good in this particular, because
observe that the spirit Of party reigns mor
in the country than in the town. It here con
: tracts a lot brutality and rustic ficrccncs
to which u of a potter conversation ar
wholly strangers. 1t extends itself even Il
: the return Of the bow and the hat and at tn
v same time that the heads Of the parties pre-
serve towards one another an outward show G
good breeding, and keep up perpetual inter
! course of ciyilitcs, their tools that are dis
u pcrscd in these outlying parts, viii not S
" much as minrlc together nj cockmatcl
= This hum6r fills the country with several per
5 hunters; not to mention the innnlncrablc curses
= frowns, and whispers, it produces at quarter
II sessions.
L do not know whether | have observed
e any of my former papers, that my friends, S
d Roger dc Covcrly and Sir Andrew Frecpor
" are Of different principles; the first of the'
/ inclined to the landed and the other to Il
moncyed interest. This humor is so modera
5. in each of them, that it proceeds no farth'
IL than to an agreeable raiery, which very oftc
l. divcrts the rest of the club. | find, howeve
that the knight is a mach stronger Tory
ie the country than in town, which, as he HI
in told me in my ear, is absolutely necessary Fl
ID the keeping up his interest. In all our jou
e. ncv from London to his house, we did not
<e much as bait at a Whig-inn; Or if by chan
a. t,,o co,chuon slammed ot n wronp pl,cc n,