The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-01

taInly have not proven themselves TO be. In
deed. | know Of but one class d! people in The Uni
led States at this time hat look upon danger
Gus I" the country. That class are neiih"r for
rIgncrs or CathnlIcs-rhry are those ndtiUe born
haitorS at the North who are disloyal t. the Con.
sllIutI"n Of thai country which gave them birth
and under whose ben"fcirnl institutions they have
been reared and nurture d. Many of them are
Know NuthiDgs.' This class of men ai th"
North, OF which the Massachusetts, New Hamp.
shire and Connecticut " Know Nothing gsla
lures are but samples, consider worst enc
mics. And TO put them down, | wilt join, as
political allies and forever, all true patriots
at the North ard South, whether native adopted,
Jews or Genliles
What our Georgia friends, whether wings or
Democrats, who have gone into thus ''New Oder,"
are really after. or hal they intend to do. can,
not imagine. Those Of them who know have
assured me that their object is reform, borh in our
State and Federal Administrations--to put better
and truer men in The places at those who nav
wIeId authorlty-that they have no sympatmes as
party men or otherwise with that class ! speak OF
At the Norih-ibat they for sustaining the
Union platform of our State o! $50, and that III"
mask OF secrecy will soon he removed whtn all
will be made public. II these be their Objects,
and also to check the fdudS and correct the abuses
in the existing naturalization laws, which have
mentloned, without the indiscrmnate prOScrlptI0n
oil any class OF citizens account of their birth,
place or religion, then they will have my cooper.
alton, as | have told them. in every proper and
legitimate way, 10 effect such reformation. Not
secretly initiated worker in the dark for any
purpose, but open nd bold advocate OF truth
in the light OF dav. But will they do as they say?
Viii they throw "ff the mask That is The ques-
tl"n. Is 1t possible that they will continue in 20
llcal party fellowship with their - worthy bre'h-
rem OF Massachusetts,, Conn' cilcut, New Hamp-
shire, and the entire North ?-every one OF whom
elected to the next Congress is our deadly Ioe -
Do they intend to continue their alliance with
these open enemies Of our institutions and the
Constitution of the country under the totally mis-
named association Of The ''American Pary"-the
very principle upon which i, is based being anti.
American throughout?
True Americansm as have learned it, is like
true OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN neither are confined
10 any nation, cline, or soil whatsoever. Ameri.
not from the land or IN" grOunn II IL HoI In Tifr
earth, or earthly; ii emnnaes from The head and
the heart; il looks upward. and onward and out
ward its life and soul those grand ideas of
government which characterize our institutions
and Distinguish US from oil other people ard
there no two features in our system which SO
sgnalIy distinguish US from all other nations,
right of man to throw off his
allegiance to any and every other ale. Prince or
Poleniate whatsoever, and by naturalization 10
be incorporated citizens into our body polite.
Both these principles are specl"l y provided for
and firmly established in our Constitution. But
these American ideas which were proclaimed in
1889 by our . sires of 20" by their 4" SONS"
at this day drrided and scnff"d at We are now
told that ''naturaIiz ton" is ''humbug" and that
it is an " impossbly." So did not our fathers
think.
This .humbng" and ''rmpossibility" they plant
ed in the Constitution and vIndlcalon Of the
same principle was one of the causes of our Sc.
cond war OF independence. England held that
was impossible thing. She
claimed the allegiance Of subjects born within her
realm, notwt hstanding they had become citizens
of this Republic by our Constitution and laws
She not only claimed their allegiance, but she
claimed lhe rioht to search our ships upon the high
seas, and take from them all such who might be
found in them. Ii was in pursuit OF this doctrine
Of hers of the right of SEARCH for our "nalurai.
zation" cllizens-that the Chesapeake was fired
into, which was the immediate cause OF :he war
of 1912. Let no man then, barely because he
was born in America, presume 10 be lmbued with
real and true "Amercanism" who either ignores
The direct and positive obligations of the ConstI.
As we'll might any unbeli"vng
sinner claim 20 be one of the Ialhlul-one of The
.lect even-bareIy because he born som"-
where within the limits Of ChrlSintPndnm. And
lust well mi ght the Jacobins. who .'decreed G"d
1ut OF his Universe" have dubbed their club a
christian Assnciarion," because they were horn
On Christian soil. The genuine disciples Of "True
Americansm," like the genuine followers OF ;he
Cross, are those whose hearts warmed and
elevated and enobled-by those
principles, doctrines and prec"pts which charac-
erze their respective systems. 1t is for this rea
son that a Kamschalkan, Britton, a Jew, or a
Hindoo, can be as good Christian any one
,orn on .Calvary's BROW" or where the "Sermon
~ the Mount was preached And for the same
eason an Irishmen, Fsenchman, German or
Russ sim, can be thoroughly "AmerIcan' as If
le had been born within he walls Of The old lnd@
,endence Hall itself. Which the ''true A. |
ne rican" Arnold or Hamilton The enc was
native and the other adopted son. But
o return. What do our Georgia friends intend 10
10? Is it not :ime that they had shown their
land ? Do they intend to sbandon ia" Georgia
Platform, and 60 ''horse. foot and drdgoons"
nto a prtcal alliance with TrumbuIl. Durkee,
Wilson & Co? Is this the course marked out
or themselves BY any OF the gallant old Wings Of
he 7rh and s'h Congressional Districts! trust
lot, hope not.
But if they do not intend thus 10 commit them |
selves, is 1t not time to take reckoning and SEQ
they are drif:Ing7 When the blind lead
he blind where is the hope of safety have
,Arn cited to the resolution which. it IS said. the
ate Know Nothing Convention passed in Macon.