Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-08
An opinionr.

man, that gives utterance To thoughts and sent
menrs regarding The American party, that j.
credit to the heart and head of the writer. W,
make a few extracts which may be read wit
prottby our people, whether native or foreign
born. SAYS the writer:
Ii is well known 10 evcfy Irishman. that in H.,
many vain attempts which have been periodical
" made through the space OF eight hundred
years, 10 shake off the incubus of British ascen
daneY, eur only and constant cry was. 'irelan#
for the Irish This cannot be denied. We were
even content 10 remain IA HppeBdaFe tn the Brit
ish crown. if they only allowed IT, the privilege 81
being governed by aatire born officers. How
then can we consistently complain of tho party
now organizing in this country. named the Amer
lean pmiy-a party whose onl, Object il 10 pre-.
serve iutaot and in,iolate the dearly bought
hrir- looms of that crusade for freedom, the most
glorious the sun OF Heaven ever looked upon.
Why. the ancient war-cry OF the Irish. them.
selves, is but the war-ery of the American organ
izatjon. If our memory does not serye Us "a
shabby trick it was The great Ocmnell who said.
in one ofhis most powerful speeches, upon adeo-
eating a repeal of the acknowledgement for the
English-SeotAnd for the Scotch-uild Ireland
for the Irish The Americans claim nothinr
else and mean nothing else. They only seek IA
TO enforce the same great principles of nature it
self, which were advocated by the Irish libcra
tors. Although they are nware three. foarths Of
tie Irish yafe will be thrown against them. yet
they woald hail with JOY and eAultation the en-
reimbursement of Ireland Tie say and Will.
carry out1he doctrine ireland for the Irish;
Scotland for the Scotch: England for the Eng
iisb; France for the French; spain for the Span
iards; Germany for the Germans; and 4meri
ca for The dmericanst What they freely yield
TO all nationalities-wh is ~practiced in every
climate under the canopy IF henYen, and which
has been p~ractised aud observed by every pco.
pie as far hack as history, or tradition, OF the ia
spired words of the Holy Book give Us my nc
count. the Americans only ask for themselves
the right 10 gorerh thfir olcn roaHfry-tn shupr
its course and mould its institutions. without let OF
hindranee from those who have sought a shelter
under their fag, aud nhn have been received
with open bands and kindly ~haart-."
= he writer tbcn, in a fcv Hing remarks, pro.
deeds toehow how impossible il is 10 '.emerge
from the dark aud debasing ih-aldom Of heredi-
tary bondage, in the neon-tile blaze Of frocdom.
without a long aud healthy training" The follow
ing remark. should sink deep into the heunf of
eserylrish adopted citizen;
'IhSn let us prove to the American people
that then countless fayors are not forgotten
that we have determined e. separate from tho
political paryenues who have mranly specnlated
ON our lmpetuous feelings and religious fears.
and now, when the crisis has come. aud The true
American spirit is eliminating hearcnwafd. thev
are quitting us weakened as a party, and despiscd
as 4 people. There was a time when the word
american sounded like the music of heayon tc
our iacerated hearts, when the generous streamo
American sympathy flowed warm aud deep to-
ward the p%erishing and oppressed children of
green Erin. When her strong men wero sink
ing by thousands into their cofinless graves, the
arm OF America was stretched across the wave,
and nohly rescused the remnant from u lingering
anniaiiation, and how haye we repaid her.
How. the writerRnswers in words that will throb
and thrill through the hearts Of thousands:
We have actually helped to carry out, by our
conduct at the ballot box, that solecism in FREE
governments, that the minority shall govern
We have aided TO ortraeisc from power and place
the wlsest and bravest men Of this country; aud
substitute ia their places n uon1eseript species of
animals, who are now the laughing stock Of the
gartered fools of European cabinets. Even he,
the patriotof humanity, the sage Of Ashland,
whose wisdom more than once checked the willy
cabinet of our hereditory foe; whose brilliant an
anations awoke the slumbering embcrs of expir-
ing liberty in the wild pampas ofSouth America;
and whose undying eloquence, reeited around the
camp'fres of Greece aud POLAND, nervcd the heart
OF Sullote and Sarmatian to do or die-eyen he.
glorious in defeat. was pulled down from his high
'''fi' Ab4DaAl ~ ISL
mentality of street politicians and ba rbdcne pa
triots. Why not abandon this suicidal course
which will ultimately end in orr discontinue aud
disgrecel, Can we wish for II nobler, a holier
termination thar was that of the founders OF this
heaven-fevored Repnblicl What comforts in
life were theirsl A life of privation and toll, Il
grave in the battle field. but with the proud con
seriousness that they were leaving to their success
sors.
\ hope. a name.
They toe would rather die than shame
So far as the religious question is concerned, it
is disposed of, tersely and Significantly, as fol
lows:
But you can reply, our religion is threatened
by this American party. | was always Of opin-
ion that a mans religion was perfectly indepen.
dent OF external contingencies an invisible com
pact between Creator aud creature. ratified by APP
proving,conscineoe: and if founded on The immuia-
bic promises of heaven, il cannot be suhverted by
human agency. If 1t survived the shocks Of per
secotlon for eighteen centuries, no earthly power
can now assail it,"
The ST Louis REPUBLICAN declares itself in
favor of Judge Bates, of that state. as Il candidate
for the Presidency. 0fthis distinguished gentle
man, it says:
Mr.. BATES name has been for many years as
familiar as a household word to the people of this
Union. lie is never spoken of but with admira-
ton of his fine attainments-his unaffected sim
plicitv of characteristics sincere patriotism and
devotion to the Union of the States-his love of,
nay, reverence for the Constitution, as it came
from the hands of its framers-his freedom from
ambition for office, having shown the rare merit
OF declining the highest posts in the gift of the
fresdent--and his total independence of all