The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
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TIL address of the Georgia State Council
says of the necessity for an AMERICAN
PARTY F!

says Of the necessity for an AMERICAN
PARTY /
The necessity of such a party was found
in the departure of the Government from its
primary constitutional course-in the increase
of Executive power and patronage--in the
deterioration OF the representative character
in the absence from the councils of the
Nation, and States, of wise and good men,
and the presence there of noisy brawers and
mediocre statcsmen--in the prevalence of the
North and West Of factions originating in the
widest visions of radicalism, or in the most
revolving theories in morals-in irreverence
for venerable names and established princi
ples-in INSTRUMENTATION to the Laws--in
disregard of the obligation ftreaties-in the
want of ability and prudence in the national
representation at Foreign Courts, and in the
combined assaults upon the slavery institu-
tions of the South, of fanaticism and selfish
ness. These evils in great part originated in,
operating directly through the ballot box, and
indirectly through denbraizing action upon
the Wing and Democratic parties. We mean
the voting power of the vast body of For
eigners who have come among US since the
revolution, and whose annually increasing
accessiOns threaten 10 oyerwhrm the native
population. From no existing party could
the arrest of these evils be hoped. On the
contrary, the actual condition Of parties was
calculated to infame them. After years of
heroic contest, the Wings are beaten upon
all the issues between them and the Demo
cratic party. The Democratic party, victor
upon thouaand fields, regns supreme
They possess the Government, State, and ma
tional-they WELD the power of Oice-they
shape the policy of the nation, foreign and
domestic, ard flushed with success, and re-
sponsble to nobody, they are unable and un.
willing to restore the Government to its orig
inal purity and simplicity. Success inspires
arrogance and responsibility engenders
pride. No wonder then that in portions Of
the Union they have become deploraby cor
rupt, and We're regardful mainly Of the means
and appliances of retaining power! At this
moment we behold great people ruled by
cliQues, caucuses and cOnventions-by an as
sociated tew-that few in the name of the
people suppressing the very beginnings of
resistance to their domination, and busted
ever and anon with thecOuvenient childs play,
of adjusting Platforms to suit the varying
state Of the times.
When in the history Of Free Government
has triumphant and eversweling majority
been found capable of reform? On the other
hand, the Wings, disclaiuling the response
blity because out OF power, have maintained
n sturdy resistance to their conquerors. Their
efforts rs party have been limited OF late to
the daring but spasnodic efforts to unseat the
Democracy. Thus it is that the absence Of
all great issues upon the old principles be.
tween the two great parties Of the State and
Nation, has reduced the action Of both to a
humiliating struggle for the loaves and the
fishes. Ench charges the other with lrater-
nzation with the anti-Slavery power Of the
North; each claims for itself allies and SYM
pathisers upon the slave question among its
Northern associates, both are unwilling to
forego the advantages of national connec-
ton; whilst Freesoilism grows daily more ar
rogant and aggressive-the Union has been
hurried to the verge Of dissolution, and the
future Of our country wears unmistakable
portents of disaster if not ruin. No sensible
man now believes that the South can rely
upon Northern Wings or Democrats for the
maintenance Of her constitutional rights
uiI tiliS 10 tiuo VI hhSoO p''si~S ~"
such, the great body o: the people are true
to the COnstitution-true to the civilization
and Christianity Of the age-true to right,
honor and justice. Amid the wild nproar OF
the party confcts--quietedb by party triumphs
or stupe6ed by party deIeats--their voice has
not been raised, nor heard. The patriotism
and sound sense of the people have been in
abeyance. They now assert their control
The people ask to be heard. They unfurl
their Lanner-it is the banner Of the Consti-
sutton, and the rallying cry is Americans
shall rule America.