Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-18
Amsricaniam Justified by Democratic su-
thurify.

f0iaeeiPOlS,1 lev 02St Nk"-t"'
ic party, ~ some prccess which ~e do not er-
actly understand. undertook to aepeiat Delegates
10 a .Deuocratic Nomiss,ing Cesseutica. ~
The Peansylvanisa. TIE great organ Of the party
in the State. and one Of the leading democratic
Journals of the Uaioa, became alarmed at some
suspicious indications among the Foreigners, and
gave sttesance to the following singnhdy can
did and emphatic declars,ions:
The tive prouiBe a. causes which led TO the
organisation Of the Native party. AND gave II
great strength. were the placing "f csndsdstes IN
nomination.. who possessed 20 oae pre- ctYuislte
for Office and the tsSissafien eeeasis~e< by the
morisR efiargt gags efsssaiansffse< prisons
FROM psl TO pei 10 rob, sky fAeir csfes. os.pefenf
citizens Of ikdr righfs 1b,s latter erd, IRE re =
erer 10 say. sniLerlsis. We hare bees ALARMED
thai IL is The in'raiion lf a fen dePrared and
ssortAiess sesrters Of fks Reneerotie party TO
practice uis great satrag, al ssmt Of the Poh'
ss.nis&s. Ii such great wroag b. attempted.
IL should be resisfeu at scery hn.nrd. The Dem
ocratic party cannot be- ,kept intsct. IL the legal
v~tes attached 70 IL are to have their votes rem
1ered nrgatory. by The introduction Of fraudulent
tickets into the ballot. boxes voted by aliens
We should have honesty at our primary elections,
and wherever an aIiea ati~sspis TO vote he should
be prosecuted an the change ct iociuog TO a
breach of the peace. We topsthai ali COED Dem
ocrats will resent The ,dsgrsaa.aea ,hst must
attach to our party. II uaaafnraliEed voters at
temp, TO control our delegate election"
The reader will not fail TO observe that the
threatened great outrage" On the Democratic
party, protested against by the Penn vIvanian.
and which they oslisd On TO resist lat every
hazard" ia the sane that has been heretofore
committed on The ssunfry-and that. when so
committed, lied 10 the orgasiz ssea Of the Native
party" BY the confessoo o[ this leading Dem.
ocra,ic organ il still erie,s," is great out
rsge'' and "shoald be- reNlsted stesery hazard"
party is bot miniature Of the country. In
general elections the Democracy have proftcd
"by the moving Of large gangs of unnaluralized
persons from poll 10 poll to rob, by their votes,
competent citizens of their rghts"-and having
30 pro6ted they have not oaly failed 10 rebuke
the practice. but have defended and protected
those who were charged with it. But when in
contest intfr Sc the thug Ia attempted, il be-
comes very different matters great out
rage"--a degradation" aud the call is made
for resistance lat every hazard" Could there
be u more perfect. irresistible and heIming
,proof ofihe necessity which led 10 the orgauiza-
ton oi anAmerioan, party in dhe oonniry, than is
furnished by this paragraph of the Pennsyiva-
nian! By the mouth Of its enemies that move
L.ent is now thoroughly justified and INDICATED.
The wroag which the 4Pennsylvanian saw about
to be done portion of its party in Philadelphia,
Others had seen being done the country, and they
united themselves in patriotic league to resist
it. They believed that the purity Of the ballot
box could not be kept intact. If the legal votes
were rendered migratory by the introduction of
fraudulent tickets. voted by aliens" and they
banded themselves together for the preservation
of their franchises, onder the motto americans
shall rule America" We ask whether. by the
confes sion of the Pennsy lvanian. they were not
right"
If, tremarks the National American, comment
ing the same paragraph) such great wrong as
the introduction Of alien votes 10 render nugatory
the voice of the Native Democracy be- attempted,
it is the duty of the latter, ia the opinion of the
Pennsylvania, to resist at every hazard. But
when the ominations are made, il il a mortal
sin for American citizens to object to tho intro
ductisn of these same alien votes to secure the
triumph of the Irregular democratic ticketw 1t
strkes US, we presume it will occur to most men,
that tits rather more essential to the welfare OF
the country, that the ballot box should bo kept
free from the dangerous influences to which tho
Pennsylvaniau alludes, than that the Democratic
party should be kept intact And yet the leading
. democratic paper in the State of Pennsy lvania
counsels resistance at every hazard to the intro
.duction Of principle into the caucus meetiuss
Of the democracy, which il and its party seek to
render perpetual in our popular elections. We
commend the article Of the Penns ylvanian to the
especial attention Of such Of our politicians as If
feet to regard the alarm fell by the National Amer
loans at the increasing evil '.occa stoned by the
moving Of large gangs Of unnnturalized persons
from poll to poll" a mere chmera. We hope
that the lesson taught in the extract we have
quoted will not be lost those who really desire
I to "pseservei intact" our republican institutions
The far off aud isolated Territory of New Mex
ZOO, whilom the extreme out post Of civilization
appears to be making some progress in the high.
er elements OF civilized lfe notwithstanding the
multiplied difficulties with which the people
there have had to contend. The. best evil
dence Of their Improvement Is the fact that they
are agitrting the subject Of popular education.
New Nexioo has prolific soil. a salubrious oil
mate, and-incalculsbe mineral wealth. 1t mer-
ats greater degree Of consideration than it has
ever received from the Government and people
OF the States as an intregal portion Of the coun.
try.
The Paris correspondent Of Le Nord states
that an incide~s occurred few days ago. in one
of the chief salons Of Paris, which serves to show
that the rancor Of the chiefs OF the ancient par
ties against the existing regime is far from ex
.tinct. In the midst Of the sei,ee. Count Flahau
and Count Morny were announced. NJ. aud Ma
dame Theirs, N. and Madsme Remusat, NJ. an,