Washington telegraph., 1856-03-05
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For the last twelve months or more, the
country has been made to resound from
Maine to California with denuneiations Of
the American farty-all the opprobrious
epitheis known, were rained upon it like a
vast deluge-" outlaw" midnight assas
sins dafk.lauterns," "traitorsn and
a host of others, too numerous to mention,
were common terms by which it was desig.
mated, and the people were warned agains,
il as some terrible epidemic or plague
They were told that their liberties were
throatenod-ihat the Constitution was about
to be oYefihfown-thc Union was to be
rent asunder. and all the horrors Of an in.
ternecine war were about to deyasiate tho
land The Democratic party, it Vas said,
was the only party to which they could
look for safeiy-that il was the only rock
upon which the foundations Of our Govern.
mcnt could be firmly planicd-lhat it. was
the city oi refuge from the fell monster---
the only hope and stay Of our liberties, and
future property aud glory. The people
listened. and in the South nearly every
State gave overwhelming mojorities against
the American party, The Democratic par.
ty swept over tue South like a whirlainl,
leaving scarcely any traces Of their foe =
ANer such an o,erwheling defeat. who
would have supposed the Democratic party
would have attempted to appropriate rome
Of the doctrines Of the much abused Amer.
lean party Recent developments, hoaey.
or, seem 10 Indicate that in some If the
Southern States i, was not the principles Of
the American party that met with lefeat,
but that The victory was one Of power and
patronage.
In at lnasl two Southern States. both Of
which have Teen noted lor their adherence
to the Democratic party, aud one particular.
ly for its uliraism in politics, We see that
one Of the great leading principles Of policy
Of the American party is being adopted
South Carolina. whose Democracy ha. neY.
or been doubted, has recently rassed laws
abridsing very materially the rights Of nat.
uFal1ed eilissns. Tie time they arc re.
quired to reside in the State aner hainfali
zulion, before they are permitted 10 exercise
the elective franchise. has been extended to
twice, aud perhaps thrice as long as iormer.
ly-showing plainly that ia that State they
consider sone modification Of the na.ufali
zaiion laws necessary. But in Texas. the
Lone Star State, over which there vas so
much rejoicing on account Of its fidelity to
the Democratic patty, We fear the Ameri'
eau party is 10 DC ous,ed out Of IL principles
that the next contest in that State viii be
to prove which party goes the fallhcsl in
their adyoesey. We ob,erSe IN our Texas
exchanges, that the extension Of the natu.
ralisation period to twenty one years. aud
opposition 10 tic exercise Of State suirrngo
by urnaluralizsd Foreigners" is becoming
ayorile measure with It's Democratic legis.
la,ure. A committee Of the Senate Of that
State has reported a joint resolution recon.
mcnding both ofihese principles for adoption
This is what might be termed stealing our
thunder. but il goes to show that !, is not
the principles Of tho party again,t which
50 much outery has been made-tha, il Is
the name. American, which has called forth
such opposition. Il has an air Of National.
iiy about il that does not suit the foreign
element, aud this foreign element has be.
come 50 important in elections as 10 be able
to give success to whichever party il may
see proper. 1t had therefore 10 be propilia.
ted, and that could only BE- done by denun.
citation of the party lha, was composed Of
the native born citizens Of :he country
It is cheering to the American party. not.
with,iandiog the conlumcly and abuse that
has been hcaped upon them. thus 10 SEQ
their principles openly advocated by their
enemies. 1t isan augury Of more nuspi.
cious time II tells them in language plain
but encouraging, tha, their principle, arc
those Of the people. and that their efforts
will eventually be crowned with success
" The superior, hst.running, upper
Red river steamer, Il. ~ Jones. Captain
l.. s. JonNsoN, arrived at Fulton On Sun.
day morning last. direct from New Orleans. /
aud after disehargng her cargo of up
freight at that point, proceeded to the White
Cliffs where She took on board some Eve