The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-04-18
Americanism-lts Future.

the enemies of Amcrichnism. since the result
of the recent Presidential contest was deter
mined, that "AmcricaniSm and the American
party is dead" .'that it can never be resuici-
lated" &c. Such assertions are worse than
idle. They argue an utter ignorance OF the
zeal sentiments and principles, and integrity
of the American people, and a want of a due
apprccia ton of our libertiss, and of power
and courage to assert, defend and perpetuatc
them.
The recent contest has developed a circun.
stance which should not be lost of by every
American, and that is. there were noble. in
tclligent unyieldng adhercnts, who rallied
around the standard of Amcricanis,r tD the
number of nearly million. The American
movement has Sprang into existence within
few months and compelled as it has been to
90 through one of the most trying and exci-
ting contests this country has ever known
and has come forth from that contest with its
principles intact, its purposes unatered,
without having yielded or compromised in
the least to local prejudices, with solid pha-
lanx numbering nearly million of the no.
blest. the best, and the most patriotic of the
land. If such campaign, with all its local
prcjudces and excitercnts. is unable to alb
sorb or destroy the American party, and leave
it with such membership, we assert that
no earthly power can long check its advance
| incnt,
The truth, the Justice. and necessity of our
principles arc beginning to be widely felt. ap-
preciated and acknowledged by all parties
All parties are beg ginning to realize the fact
that our franchises are becoming endangered
from unrestricted immigration; that this alien
suffrage. bought and brbed as it has BEEN
| 4 "a a. t;, t<>c
and has therefore become the governing Gle
Of the country
We have no doubt but that in the late con-
test the crank and file" Of the Democratic
party believed they were engaged in contest
for principle. But in this contest, nothing
definite has been settled. Everything is still
vague, unsettled and underlined. The parti-
zans of Mr.. Buchanan can only speculate as
to his future course. They speak with no as
surancc as regards his opinions South. he
was the Cincinnati platform; North, he was
james Buchanan with Northern principles
and prejudiccs, and the motto inscribed on
the banners of his partizans was buchanan
and free Kansas" His Southern supporters
are clamoring for slavery propagandism as
his future policy, while his Northern adhe-
rents are Charming principles and policy the
Aery antipodes of all this. Mr.. Bucl,anan's
Pacific railroad letter, the prospect Of kansas
being made free State. and his silence upon
Cuba and Nicaragua, and his avowcd purpose
Of reinaugurating the principles Of conserva-
tistn, which characterized the principles Of
| the early administration Of our national az
fairs, are sources of great anxiety to Southern
| nltraists.
II cannot be denied that the cohesivencss
Of the Democratic party is seriously impaired
and that its elements are too discordant to
harmonize much longer: that let Buchanan's
future course by what it may. its disrupture
| is unavoidable.
| But the American party comes out Of the
late contest with a rallying power which
neither Of the other parties possesses. 1t is
now devoted, if possible, more than ever to
the Constitution and the Union, more rcsov-
cd than ever to avoid all sectionalSm. and
doubly convinced of the necessity of rescning
the ballot box--the palladium of our lhcr-
tics--from the ruthless grasp of vast horde
Of Foreigners Numbering nine hundred thou
sand voters.
| Our belief i'll our success rests upon our
confidence in the intelligence and integrity of
| the American people. The true American
true to his soil and true to his blood will he
true TO the institutions founded on this soil
by men ofhis own blood and whenever he is
convinced these institutions are in danger,
he will rally to their support. Our party is
composed entirely of those who are preem.
| inently American some of those Sires who
made America what she is. They are those
who best embody the spirit of her free insti-
tutons, and who will bes. carry out her des-
tiny.
The troubled elements ofpolitics were late
ly apparently fast drifting the people of this
country into two antugonisic organizations,
Northern and Southern party. But the
Democratic party has been virtually, and to
all ntents and purposes, defeated in the late
contest. And bleeding Kansas" no longer
existing, the Republican party is ''defunct."
A new order of things is now rapidly obtain
ing. There will be but two partcs-the A
merican ard the Democratic parties. Array
ed on one side We shall find Locofoco dema-
gogues IN close alliance with the foreign and
alien element IN our country; and on the
other we shall behold party composed ex-
clusively of American born citizens. resolved
| to perpetuate American institutions. The
contcst:will be only second to our Revolution
airy struggle; like that 1t will be contest
for American rights and American principles.
We Look forward with confidence to the fu-
| ture.