Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-17
The Political Revolution in New York

The recent local elections in the State of
New York have demonstrated that political
revolution is in progress throughout the En-
pire State. Republication is rapidly dying
out and the mass of the people are preparing
to make the American question the paramount
issue. The breath of snti-slavery fanaticism is
nearly exhausted and the people are returning
to their sober senses. The Albany Statesman,
commenting on the signs deducible from the re-
suit of the recent local elections, say: "ThOus-
snds who voted for Fremont have availed
themselves of the very first opportunity to sig
nifty their undiminished attachment to Ameri-
cansm. In scores of instances, where the
Americans were but third last fall, they now
lead all the rest. The American cause has re-
ceived az unmistakeabe impulse. Beaten as
our party was in the last contest, the sign and
numbers it displays now are in the highest de-
gree encouraging. The circumstances that
gave existence and strength to the Republican
party have ceased to exist, while the necessity
for practical application of Americanism in
Legislation and the affairs of Government have
become all the more apparent by the scenes
that attended the success of the Democratic
party. In the future the struggle must be be-
tween the American and Democratic parties,
as representatives of distinct and opposite doc
trines. There il practically no middle ground.
Ignore the necessity of American reforms you
cannot. To occupy neutral ground in regard
to them, is 81 least inconsistent, il not dishon-
est. You must be for or against them, by act
ing and votiGg with the American or Demo
cratic party. Which will you claim Thous-
ands have already made their decision. Hence
the marked and disastrous diminution of the
Republican vote, and the scarcely less marked
increase Of the American vote" In the South
a similar revolution in public sentiment is ST.
lently progressing. Thousands who were in-
duced to vote for Buchanan by the cry of ''no
chance for Fillmore have already become dis
gusted at the duplicity of the Democratic lead
ers and alarmed at their reckless radicalism in
urging the adoption of policy which must, ii
successful, give the entire control OF our gov
eminent and our institutions into the hands Of
not only foreigners, but of aliens, of men who
have not even become invested with the right
of citizenship. Thousands even of the most
prominent men in the ranks OF the Southern
Democracy are beginning to shrink with hor-
ror from the brink of the terrible abyss towards
which the Democratic party, hand in hand
with the most ultra Republicans, are now mad
ly hurry ing, and hundreds OF thousands at the
South have begun now for the first time to
look to the principles and policy of the Ameri-
can party for protection to their institutions
and safety to the country.
The issue is already made. Americsnism or
Foreignism, Conservatism or Radicalisn, Safe
ty or Self Destruction. The Democratic party
that SO long avoided it, and sought by every
copceivsbe article and siratagem TO put off
the evil day when choice must be made, has
at last accepted the issue and is now found ar
rsyed in defence of the most ultra and radical
foregnism. Let the American party every
where hold their opponents 10 this siOgle issue.
Let the lines be distinctly drawn, and hundreds
Of thousands who have heretofore blindly toll
lowed the lead Of Democratic partissns viii
shrink from them with loathing as If from very
lepers, and will gladly enroll themselves among
the advocates Of the principles of the Ameri-
can party.-LOH. Jour.