Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-19
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Not since the memorable canvass of 800 has there
occurred more important political contest thnn the
present The unusual spectacle is presented ofthtce
Presidential candidates in the field leading Hree
great parties OF the country. propose TO consider
briefly their character md claims and 10 unnyze the
platforms on which they respectively stand. The
present contest is not merely "A scullle for the distt-
button ot patronage, not merely attempt to scite
the ordinary issues of party, but ia actual he
tween sechoaaisb and natioaaity between those who
desire 10 preserve the Federal Constitution in its pn-
rts, u it came from Washington aud from Madison
md those Who pervcrt 1t and who seek its essential
alteration and destruction
We ha,e nj last Tint which Washington so murh
deprecated n great geographical party. The Aholi.
ton party which voted for nirncy in 1917 wasn
small aud did not cause much apprehension; II,
1919, when it supported Van Buren,. standing on the
Buffalo platform, ii had much ncreased aud during
the present administration It. stimulated by n liberal
participation in public patronage and by the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise has strengthened us
TO WELD II fearful power Under the name of the Re-
publican party (called more properly Mt the South
Bt1ct Republican, II has prostrtd the Democratic
party in nearly every Northern state it has especially
in the last few months been drawing to its ranks so
many leading Democrats, that it seems to Inc the on
~ ahc pNtlNt COURSE Il 10 RAISE Inc barrier OF
Amcrieanism ngainst this hidcous sectional party.
aud for all who hold national and constitutional
views to unite on Fillmore whose love for the Con-
stituton has been evidenced merely by words but
by glorious deeds, done in the taco of the country
The American party is ofreceut origin It is scarce
y than two years old, but in that period it has
grown with aginnts growth I c rapdity with
which, like fire prairie it spread over the conn
trV il q the nf thp
Clemens Footc Borand and ponelson, with many
other distinguished aud undistinguishcd Democrats
in the new party means Of restoring the GOV.
ernment to its original purity and accomplishing ac.
tnal reforms. They wisely preferred aiming at prac.
teal good to senseless lowering questions like,
that of the currency and high protective tariff
which had been settled authoriatiycy by the people
aye which were dead aud buried No rejecting.
person, acquainted with the foreign element of tho
country can deny that AZ the time of the organiza
tion of the American party there need Of rcforrn
in the naturalization laws and their administration:
that there need ofretorm in those States espr-
ciay, which foolishly granted the foreigner surap
before he had become citizen Of the United States
The old parties each bidding for the foree
vote, hoping thereby to get retain the aseeudane
Offices in undue proportion, given To foreigner s.,
brides for the foreign vote It's not strange that
foreigners coming rs they did from countries where
their privileges few none, and placed as ma
ny of them We're, soon after their arrival over the
sonsof the soil should become turbulent and insoleut
When it was found that half million of aliens had
been cast upon our shores in year thc year 1854
and that three millions had arrived in the ten wears
previous that nearly all of them ignorant of orr
language and institutions that many were paupers
many criminals fresh from the prisons of The Old
World it was felt by many that something must he
done to remove or diminish the evil The old parties
had not the moral courage to do it, Itwas necessary
therefore, to form party for this and other re-
| forms.
The founders Of the American party also perceived
that the Catholics, sect, acting in the poll
! ties of this country, 1t did not escape notice that
John Hughes, the Head oftheir Church in this couu
try, aud subject only TO the Pope was a ra4ing pol-
tic,a soiling his robes in the dusty arena of party
conflicts. At his command the Catholic vote of New
York moved unit, and whenever his party came
| into power he was enabled with liberal hand to dolo