Washington telegraph., 1855-11-07
The American Party.

has caused a commotion or CONSERVATION,
similar to the explosion of mine in battle.
For more than a quarter of century Ell
ther one or the other of those parties have
held the reins of Government, and the at
tempt. now, of a third party to wrest them
out of their hands, seems to them Ike
sacrilegious interference with their rights
They seem to think that the lapse of time
has given them kind of prescriptive right
"a right jure diuiAo to WELD the destiny
of this nation, and no matter how corrupt
they may have become. and into what peril
they may bring the Institutions of the coun-
try; any attempt TO thrust them out of pow
er, is crime so enormous that it must be
visited with the most severe punishment
Ii is denounced as treason-as a war upon
the Constitution. and those who are engaged
in it are pronounced traitors and outlaws
In fact the fiat has been issued that they
must be treated as outlaws, both socially and
politically, and we believe, in some of the
States, the Courts of Justice have attempt
ed to take cognizance of the matter. So
bitter indeed is the hostility Of the leaders of
the Old parties 10 the American party, that
they have ceased TO war upon one another, and
united their forces in common cause against
it; and we now find those who were formerly
| contending in the fercest strife for power
and place. check by jowl engaged in bat
Ting their new enemy.
The war cry of America for the Amer
icans.'' sounds in their ears like the ''fre.
bell at midnight" and the American BAN
ner. with its inscription of the restoration
of our government to its original purity -
is more terrible to them than an 'armv
with banners" Like the old Bourbon and
Orleans dynasties Of France, they learn
nothing by experience. and forget in their
madness that it is the people whom they
are denOuncing. They forget that it is tie
American people-the native-born sons of
the soil-who are rising up in their might
against them, and who are endeavoring to
restore the nationality of our country and
they forget, too. Ike those fole:gn despots,
that when the people do rise, corruption
and despotism are driven before them like
chaff before a whirlwind. And so will it
| be in this country Although the people
may have strong attachments for the parties
with which they have been carbohydrates,
which, in their PALMER days. boasted of a
JACKSON. Clay. WEBSTER, and hos:
| of others. whose names ''Were not born to
die''-names. which are lallowed in their
memories and enshrined in their hearts as
household Gods.-yet when they find those
parties now to be bat corrupt bodies, whose
sole aim is the ''loaves and iishes"-the
plundering of the public treasury and spoils
of office-they Will sweep them from power
as the money changers were driven out oi
the Temple.
This, II seems to Us. is inevitable, ard We
need 10 better assurance of the fact, than
! the almost unanimous vote which hurled
| Mr.. VAN BUEEN from oficc for the corrup-
tons that prevailed during his administra-
| ton, and the elevation of Gen. HARRISON
who was regarded as a model of purity and
patriotism. Those two principles must be
embodied in every party that seeks the sup
port and countenance Of the people. with
out them they will inevitably fail of success.
They are the cardinal doctrines of the Am
erican party, and viii ensure the final over
throw of its enemies The very efforts
which are daily and hourly being made for
its destruction, bnt adds to its strength, for
it causes an examination of its principles,
and that examination almost invariably leads
to their adoption. Fer while, many, from
the fear of being denounced as traitors to
| their parties. may hesitate to openly avow
them. but truth is mighty, and will pre-
vail, and with it. the principles of the
American party will triumph 1t may be
a year, or two, or more, but the hand writing
is on tie wall, and it requires no Daniel tc
interpret it to the Belshazzars of the Whie
aud Democratic parties