The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-08-21
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
From the (rrensOn) Southern Standard.
The Future Policy Of the American Part

FROM the lfrenton) Southern Standard.
The Future Policy of the American Party
The American party has bad its ordeal
to pass, and now the great question with us, is,
what course shall we pursue? Shall we permit a
great movement, which in one short year lifted the
hoary despotism of error from its foundation Of
years, and caused political tyrany to tremble like
aspen leaves in the gale, to spend itself like wave
formed by sudden squal or at farthest be shivered
into frag nents against the rocks, hisrise in he
way OF Its progress? No the same stout hearts,
the same impulses Of patriotism that laid its founda-
ton upon rock, will uphold and support the
structure. Il is no blind movement and misguided
irresponsible power, but gathering of most
| excellent materials, a spontaneous rising of the
American people in their majesty, coalesciDg of
the best citizens, formerly divided in political senti
ments upon unimportant points, and no such
movement can ever be a mere glaring meteor TO
shoot athwart the political armament, to starte and
20 dazzle for moment, and the be quenehed in
thick gloom. Ii is no mere exhalation produced by
she humid atmosphere rising from the slues and
mlres OF politic-no mere bubble walked upon
the surface of the social bosom, to explode and
vanish into air from the first breath of the wind.
IL mas sprung from the profoundest depths OF our
political and social system and has its foundation in
hVlng principles upon which to repose, and is con-
strued Of selfevident truths which will stand firm
and unmoved though the clouds of misfortune and
ming fash for season. but when the storm will have
spent its rage, then will the horizon of America
beam with the unsulied glory of that incalculable
and unaproachable benevolence which prompted
the creation and redemption of man!
1t is the duty of the American party to hold
firm to its organization. 1t is true sometimes pas
sion not Reason guides and controls the actions Of
men, put the American party is not the offspring
OF passion; it is founded in truth and is therefore
undying as thought. 1t is a structure nourished
and sustained by the people. State elections can
not determine or properly place the issues before
the country. The result OF the next Presidential
election will be regarded both at home and abroad
as the true exponent Of the American elements in
our country. 1t Is then Invested of local influences
and becomes question Of nationality. We regret
much The issue should ever have been brought before
the country but the question has been thrust upon US
unwilIngly, and despite the warning and solemn
protestatons of the pulpit and religious press, yet
IN the lace OF all this, the foreign population in our
midst othclous and arrogant priests, and aspiring
and ambitious demagouges, have sown the storm
and now they must reap the whrlwind. Hundreds
oil thousands are waiting with anxious hearts, the
mere name of him who shall bear the standard in
scrbed upon its folds with the words of patriotism
Americans shall rule America" WHY then as a
party should we falter by the way. Let us call the
muster roll from Maine to California, from Oregon
to Florida; let US plant the American banner upon
the icy brow of Mount Washington and rugged
peaks OF the rocky Mountains; sound the note of
preparation through the quiet valleys of New Eng
land, along the strong ribbed Aleghenies, across
the long undisturbed savanahs of the South, and
upon the banks of the imperial Mississippi let
the echoes break from the stormy coast of Allan
tic, TO the peaceful shores of the Pacific from the
lakes of the North to the reefs of Florida and IN
numbered multitudes will arise at the signal and
march to the polls and seal their devotion to their
Country. They will then proclaim to the minions
of Europe that no other flag but the glorious stars
and stripes Of free America, shall float over the
land OF Washington, so long as there are Ameri-
can hands and hearts to defend them, or so long
as their originals quietly shine forth from Heavens
dome above.