The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-02-01

cred ON the 18th instant.
AS the servant ofa gallant and patriotic
peoples the Chief Magistrate ofa State,
whose spirit aud genius, and not her meteS
and bounds have determined her position
in tie national estimate--it would not be-
come me to comment upon the conflicts of
faction. Not sueh was the recent election
an this State, But the history of the pop
ular mind of a commonwealth in the histo-
~ ofits life. its honor and its fortunes, and
a great organic movement of that mind
such as we now witness, one that upiitts,
sweeps sud bears onward with 1t, the com
munity and its interests, may not, upon
such an occasion, be ignored. We have
seen re-assertion of the declaration, and
re-enactment of the struggle of independ-
enee. 1t would be injustice 10 the people
OF Delaware to be silent on the progress
and triumph ofthat sentimentwhich, kin
died at the altar-fres ofthe Revolution, has
spread With miraculous speed from heart
10 heart: has united our american people
in the holy brotherhood Of patriotism, and
has secured the triumph-not nine-not
any mans not the victory of art or elo-
quence. of parties, or politicians-but of a
free people, in whose hearts the American
spirit, too long smo.hered under the ashes
OF exhausted i2etions. has burst forth, and
asserted its own purity and power. This
affords lust ground for an exultation, in
which every American is privileged and
may be proud to Share; for, in it, no old
party has been exalted; it brings to no true
American citizen occasion for regret or
mortidestioE, no memory Of wrong, and no
fear ofin;dstice. AS broad and bright
assertion of the principles OF American Lib
erty-zthe only true liberty which the world
knows, or has known-spriEging freshly
from The people, and faithful TO oil the no.
bic and iime me-abiding sentiments that rem
der the voice of our native masses, when
spontaneous and unpervested, the voice oi
Eternal Right; il must be recognized as &
triumph N which eycryreal American has
an equal interest, and an equal claim.
When, under tho influence of senti
ment so lofty, the people Of State confdC
their highest Office to the hands of one o
themselves, in trust that it shall be admin
istered in the same pure and exalted spiri
his solicitude must bear some relation tC
the exulhtion of his patriotic pride, and th'
fervor Of his gratitude. Such is the ahx
iety with which approach the duties tha
must, for atime, be mine. He whose tasl
it is to guard the untarnished honor OF Del
aware has high and holy trust. TIL
stranger who consults the chart OF on
Continental Republic, hardly discovers ou
State amid her leviathan sisters; but h
who studies the history of American val
or, American devotion, and America
craftsmanship, sees her pictured giau
on every page. Thoss who won the lau
rels ofIiberty in our revolutionary struggl
who saw the Declaration carried by he
vote, and knew no field from Long Islam
to Camden and Eutaw, where Della war
did not leave her martyrs, and alway
nearest tho foe--no crisis in her counci
where Delaware did not maintain the caus
OF the country--no exigency where Del,
ware was not among tho foremost Of tn
confederacy in defence Of the Union
have done her ample justice; and the
children, ofwhatever section OF our con
mon country, will rejoice that, in the pre-
ent crisis, when the cause Of American il
dependence against foreign domination hi
again invoked the patriot spirits of Ii
land, Delaware has been the foremost Sta
to record her vote openly and boldly G
the side of her country. Sister Common
wcalths have followed and will follow wit
a nnhla arHAr. anI -. at
the children of OUT little State shall cxu
over the many triumphs of her patriotism
IL will not be forgotten, that, in the gatl
ering OF the nations millions for the pul
JIG and fearless reassertion Of an unshacl
led independence, Delaware--as State
led the van; Delaware struck;the first bio
delaware won the first victoryl
The issue which has been 20 harsh
forced, from abroad, upon our people, HI
no feature in common with our past poll
ical controversies, the nero domestic col
tests which havo recognised gonerol
and fraternal difference Of opinion amor
those who agree in united devotion to o,
native land. The present is a resistant
to Invaders who unite foreign minds ar
hearts in allegiance TO aforeign Prince IN
Pontiii; and, standingbetween the Amer
can parties, have dictated their own tern
and asserted their own superiority. Vi
der these Influences, the ballot box h;
been corrupted by their frauds, or subje,
ted TO their violence, American polili,
have been stained with vices foreign
American character; and large portion
our most yirtuous citizens have revolte
in disgust, from the exercise Of privileg
80 shared, and so degraded; and the higI
est places Of the Republic have been abal
doned to foreigners or their natterers, son
OF whom have dared to assert the allegc
prerogatiyo ola foreign Pontiff to free
merican citizens from their allegiance
the government Of their country. In o.
foreign policy, The settled principles of
mericau craftsmanship are wen nigh lc
sight of; foreigners have been selected
represent the country at the princiI
courts Of Europe: and in the gratifcai
Of feelings unshared by our people, tn
have made the American name a reproa
throughouta large part Of the civiliz
world.
American principlesand policy, teeliu
and interests, have been merged in til
alien opposites; and in the press and
the platform, foreign influences have ov
swayed the control and directed the acti
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