Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-09-01

which both acknowledge to be fraught with
ruin. that party sinks, upon the instant, into
minority divcsted of control and incapable
of result
From such causes has been derived body,
armed with political power, in country oi
whose system it is ignorant, and of whose in
institutions it feels little interest, except fol-
the purpose Of personal advancement
This body has formed and encouraged asso-
Citations under foreign names, TO promote
measures of foreign policy, and to perpetuate
foreign clanishness among adopted citizens
of the United States in contraventlon OF
that spirit of union and nationality, without
which no people can legitimatcly claim
place among the nations of the earth.
1t has employed the power of associations
to embro1 the people of this country in the
! politica ..isputes of other lands. with which
the United States are anxious to encourage
peace and amity.
1t has introduced foreign emblems, not only
of national, but Of partisan character, in the
civic professions and public displays of bodies
Of men, claiming the title of American citi-
zens and sworn to American fealty; by which
means it has gomented frequent riot and mur-
der.
1t has adopted national costumes and ma
tional insignia foreign to the country. in arm
ing and equipping military corps, constituting
part Of the national guard, with its word Of
command in a foreign language, in open def
ance of our military code, by which means it
has weakened the discipline of the militia and
rendered it less available for defence in time
of war.
1t has entered into the strife Of parties as
a separate organization, unknown to the laws,
suffering itself to be addressed and le' to the
contest, not rs portion of the great Ameri-
rop e., ly Of hut nc fDr-
eigners; thus virtually falsifying its oaths of
! allegiance, and proving beyond denial, its en-
tire unfitness for political trust.
1t has formed and encouraged political
combinations, holding the balance Of power
between opposing parties. which combinations
| have offered their votes and influence to the
highest bidder in exchange for pledges Of
official position and patronage.
! 1t has boasted Of giving Governors to our
States, and Chief Magistrates to the nation.
By serving rs an unquestioning and uncom-
promising tool of Executive power. it has
! favored political centralism, hostile to the
rights of the independent States, and the
sovereignty of the people.
1t has facilitated the assumption, by the
national executive, Of the right to remove
| from Office, ,Cithom the consent Of the Senate,
| persons who only can be appointed Nth such
/ cOHSeW WHICH dSSulnpllOl IL an obvious eNsi-
sion Of the spirit of the Constitution.
1t has encouraged political combinations
for the purpose Of effecting sectarian mea-
sures, in defiance Of the fundamental law OF
| the United States, and the constitutions OF
the States in which such efforts have been
| made.
! 1t has given rise to the organization and
arming of toreigl bands leagued for the pur.
pose of controlling the freedom Of discussion
and opposing the constitutional assembling
Of American freemen, seeking the redress o
| political grievances, which lawless bands
have repeatedly threatened, assaulted, and
temporarily dispersed, lawful political meet
ings of native citizens in various places.
Embroidered by the often-tested weakness
Of the constituted authorities, resulting, as
we solemnly believe, from the ascendency o.
the foreign influence at the polls. host OF
these foreign assassins at length proceeded
TO redden the cutters of the second city O
the Union with the blood of unarmed native
citizens, without even the semblance of pro
vocation, and with the avowed determination
to prevent any political assemblage Of the ma
tives of the soil within the limits of one o
the political divisions Of q sovereifln Ameri
can state.
Frustrated in this attempt by the ungov
ing in mass, to avenge such insult TO the haG
Of their country, trampled and torn beneath
the feet Of the very refuse of Europe-thest
lawlesS bands and their abettors have since
fomented extensive riot and open insurrec
tion and, uniting with their prcjudiccd fel
low countrymen, together with domestic dem
agogues of various political creeds, have stri
ven increasingly, to fasten upon the victim:
Of their reasonable and murderous proceed
ings, the odium Of crimes originating Will
themselves thus exciting bloody contest:
between opposing bodies Of native citizens
impairng, by division, the remaining poltica
influence of the native population, and weak
enng the bonds of social harmony, and The
obligation Of the laws. Collision of opinion
has thus been followed by collision OF arms il
deadly array, in the very sanctuary OF ou
freedom, by the myrmdons of the crowned
heads of Europe. If this double struggle
and aggravated, danger, doessrnot constitute {
learn, what combination if power inimicai Il
liberty, can endanger the Republici or peri
the permanence of our institutions.
The body of adopted citizens with foreigl
interests and prejudices, is annually advanc
ing with rapid strides, in geometrical progres
sion. Already il has acquired control owe
our elections, which cannot be entirely cor
rected, even by the wisest legislation, unit
the present generation shall be numbered
with the post. Already it has notorousl.
swayed the course of national legislation, anC
invaded the purity of local justice. In a few
years its unchecked progress would cause !
to outnumber the native defenders of ou
rights and would then inevitably disposses
o,r offspring and its own of the inheritance
for which our fathers bIed. or plunge this lau,
of happiness and peace into the horrors @
civil war.
The correction Of these evils can never b
effected by any combination by the tactics Q
other existing parties
If either Of the old parties as such, were I,
attempt an extensive Of the term Of natural
cation, from five to twenty-ons years. J
would be impossible for it TO carry ont th
measure, because il would Immediately b
abandoned by the foreign voters. This grea
measure can be carried out only by an organ
, ization like our own, made up of those VIII
have given up their former political preieren
ces.
II For these reasons, We recommend the I'm
, mediate organization OF the truly patriotic ma
{ tive citizens throughout the United States
for the purpose Of resisting the progress G
! foreign influence in the conduct OF America
affairs, and the correction Of such politica
5 abuses as bave resulted from unguarded o
partisan legislation on the subject Of natural