Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-08

of liberty and law. The provision Of the Constitu-
ton which requires the President OF the United
States to be native born citiZen-which requires
the Vice President to poss IS the same quahnca-
tons With the Presdent-which, in the foreign-oorn
imposes nine yearsresidence, after naturalization,
as qualification of candidate for the United States
Senate, and residence of seven years, after nau-
raization, as qualification for Representative 10
CoDgress-which forbids test oaths for oflce, ano
the maintenance OF an established Religion, are al
part and parcel OF our faith and practice. 30 lar
from departing from any provision OF the Consutu-
ton, We seek to respect Tor ITS trainers,
and an entire and hearty obedience to Its proVi-
slons. 1t is above and beyond all other records OF
political creeds, the platform Of the American par
ty.
But we cannot shut our eyes to other issues
which have been forced upon us by the Democrat
&c party, which is not only not what 1t was 10 times
past, but which seems to have outllVed It's eonsis-
tency, Its usefulness and its virtues. IL nas diner
ent faces for different parts Of the country and di-
ferent phases to illustrate its many creeds. 1t has
involved the government in great difficulty, ahd no
man feels secure 10 the future while this party is IN
power. Under Democratic Administrations there
has been open violation of law in the Territory
OF Utah. A social system which would have dis
graced the darkest ages utterly repGgnant to CIV
| ihzauon, rejecting the highest dishonor upon the
| government, fostering sore upon the political
| BODY, and every day growing from bad to worse,
exists and has existed for four years past within
the borders of our own government. Wecondemn
THIS outrage upon morals and humanity, and desire
to see the nuisance abated We trace it, however
as one OF the ustura ills incident to that system Of
administration which seeks to fill the nation with
criminals, paupers and fanatics from the old world.
we trace the great majority of wrongs 10 Utah, the
acts OF treason the cases OF arson, the multitude of
| murders the cruel bsDishments, the beastly inter-
course to that unnatural indifference to those who,
serpent-like, have crept into the bosom Of the ma
ton in order to sting and destroy it.
Other questions of great importance though of
less magnitude also attract our attention. The pub
| lie domain, secured by a common treasure and
common sacrifice of blood and labor, tue common
property of the nation, is distributed without
| gard to the general ownership, and with a lavish
ness of appropriation which shows utter indif-
| ference to the just claims and true wants of the
| American people.
| Who can arrest these evils and restore the Gov
| eminent to its ancient landmarks but the American
peopleS Where else is thege hope OF the union
of the States with that free expression of opinion
which belongs to every Common ealth of the Re-
public, and 20 every citizen in the Union?
We call then upon countrymen all over the
| and to organize and act. Let them seek to give
honor strength, prosperity, and perpetuty to our
glorious Union by making the love of country and
of the whole country passion and principle.
The past in our nation is made glorious by the
patriotism and herosm of our noble ancestry of
Southern men of the stamp and character of him
who led the great armies OF the revolution, and OF
those who were distinguished under the confedera
ton and in the convention where beamed the con-
| sttutiOn. Northern men, too, OF the stamp and
character of the son of Mass lchusetts who nominal
ed George Warrington, of Virginia, to be Gener-
al-in-Chef of the armies of the Republic and like
him received the sword of the leading British Gen
eral Southern soil at the instance OF the forever
| loved, Heaven protected Father of our common
country.
Living then in these great examples Of the past
| seeking to re-baptize the whole nation in the
spirit of the great good men who led the way to
victory, and to independence, We, too, hopeful
and heartful of the great future.
We invoke the sympathy, the aid, the oopera-
ton of ali men, all over the land, who with US
and of in principle and seutiment-and of all
men, too who wish to reform those gross abuses
in the State and nation which have resulted in so
much personal wrong, and left stain like wound
upon the fair fame of the Republic. Americans
and friends of Americans, North and South, East
and w est, Awake, arise, or be forever fallen"
ERASTUS BROOKS, of New York.
ANTHONY KENNEDY, of Maryland.
r. w. THOMPSON, of Indiana.
VESPASIAN ELLIS, of Washington, D. G.
WIN. F. SNITZLER, of Missouri.
J. J. CRITTENDEN, OF Kentucky.
Ii. w. HOFFMAN, of Mary land.
W. s. WOOD, of Michigan.
w. H. SUTTON, OF Arkansas.
AUSTIN BALD WIN, of Connecticut.
GILES NJ. HILLYER, of Mississippi.
J. SCOTT HARRISON, of Ohio.
WIN. w. DANENHOWER, of Illinois.