The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-18
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY is. 1865.
hon. BENJAAIN FITZPATRICK, OF ALABAMA

Fitzpatrick Of Alabama which we published in yoster
days Union IL was what might have been expected from
practical upright outspoken democratic statesman and II
reminds Of those oldashioned times when the democ
racy reoiced in a crissas if to try its own andauned
mettleP The idea that such Fitzpatrick man so
true TO his people and to his regona bold and fearless
democrats southern rooted to bis faith ana ms
fiendsshould be succeeded by housing and hypo
critical "know-nothing' is what We cannot believe Ala
bama needs her best men, and has never thought OF eeva
ting her worst.
THE ALIEN AND sEDITIoN LAwS.-lsoO AND 1885,
There is no of the present day that 80 sgnaly
confirms the assertion thousand times made by the dem
ocras and often denied by their adversares that we
have amongst large party in favor of the restoration
of the alien and sedon laws and the oppressive examples
of the reign of under John Adams The opponents
democracy answered every such remark that
it apparon raised by cunning leaders to prevent
democrats from leaving their party and that the people
had become too intelligent to think of such thing
revving examples odous and arisocratic of
believing it of Others But already in the midst of
events that show how justly the democratic party
has read the objects and the instincts of the oppos-
ton The anagonss Of The democracy hare gone back
half century to arm themselves ,eiA the weapoas
eral constitution during the reign Of John Adamsi In the
midst Of unequalled progress and prosperity we are
arrested by a secret faction; and at the very moment
when boastful of berality the hand the dial
plate Of time forced backward and the people of these
States called upon to worship the exploded degradatons
Of the past In other words the alien and sedon statute
if not revived in the forms of law being enforced by
gang Of societies. conederated by the most hdeous
oaths and bound together by system of prescription
which respects neither eminent WORTH venerable age nor
heroic devotion TO the common veal.
1t is astonishing that any who has been democrat
should be impressed with these significant teachings
of history. Whatever may have induced men to
change parties heretofore that should decide in
tegen mind against the democratic party be said to
exist The syren voices that have said There
difference between the two great parties must be incec
ual now for great principle which supposed to have
been forever settled and sanctfed is assailed
and the democracy called upon to it from
throw That single democrat in this broad land should
seize such moment to leave party is almost beyond
dence and suggests the idea either that he
true democrat else that he is grevously deluded
or wifully debauched.
If therefore, to the period when Mr. Jefferson
first elected President in l80O shall the demo-
cratic party of that day occupying precisely the position
which the democratic party occupies in the existing crisis
So faithful striking and impressive is the similarity
that the political articles in Duanes Aurora might be
reprinted and circulated among the people of the present
day unailng antdotes to the foul disease of know
nottingham then better understood the aien and sedi
ton law" ism or in other words the party hostile to
adopted citizens to emigration to freedom Of the press
freedom Of Speech and to tho open and popular manage
ment of all political and government affairs We have
deemed this fitting occasion to reproduce two OF
these thrilling appeals of the confidential friend of Thomas
Jefferson and the exponent of the views of the democratic
party fifty years ago 1t sa eloquent appeal to
those democrats of the present day who disposed
the delusve and fatal fanatcism of know
nothngism
On the first Wednesday of December 1900 the day APP
pointed for the election of President and Vice President
Mr. Duane appealed to the country in editorial article
of great ability His proposition follows We
copy from the aurora of December B. 1900
Whether the people SHALL by the operation of their
Judgment choose their Chief Magistrates according the
constitution whether faction declaredy hostile
form of government shall choose them 2"
How Of the prescriptions Of the present day
faction that would take the election from the people
and commit it to clandestine caba-a conspiracy all of
whose acts 'hostile to our form of government
Mr. Duane goes on and tells us what were the general
principles and that led the declaration of indie
pendence, and says:
Let hat The particular grievances" He
then copies from the Declaration of Independence the list
of grievances complained of by foehers the follow
ing being most prominent: sa
"The history of the King of Great Britain Is a history
of repeated injuries and usurpatons all having direct OBJ
fah
States prove this, let facts be submitted candid
world
e has endeavored to prevent the population Of these
States for that purpose obsructng the laws for the nau
radiation of foreigners refusing to others Tor the
enlargement of their migration hither and raising the
conditions of appropriations Of public lands &C., de-
Observe how forciby he rebukes the know-nothingsm
OF John adams and the enemies of Thomas Jefferson in the
following passage:
These articles literally extracted from the Declaration
of Independence Others noticed in order that the
attention Of the reader should be called directly
these perusa of which will call to the recollection
of every too closely resembling them to be sta
ken misplaced Let back American history only
short lsr and ask ourselves hon ha happened that
i,reny sho years after had expended millions
feed 1000 hves reject the government pAich inflicted
CREATED EsTAnLIsHED MEN CHOSEN
THE PEOPLE PRESERVE THEIR LIBERTIES"
The following the conclusion of the article in the Au-
rom Of December B. 1900 Its orcble applicability
isng factions is extraordinary How faithfully it de-
scrbes the rapid progress of knownothngm under John
MAJ chuset wa he victim Of