The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-26
THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN
PARTY.

lelsuft W feHtct upon tHt ISSUE VI tnab CoN-
test, and they are now preparing to anticipate
the future.
They observe that the Democratic party is
composed mainly Of two classes, viz: A radi-
cal branch, which endoavors to impel our
rulers to rash enterprises for the sake of ex-
citement, and, peradvcnture, some pecuniary
benefit TO the actors therein; which constantly
promises to net up to the requirements of the
former, but which has no intention to fulfil
either those requirements or their promises.
Meanwhile, among the aspirants for honors
and emoluinents in the Democratic party
there Is a great and growing dsaffection.-
There are not Offices enough to supply an
hundredth part of the applicants, and, SO far
as regards foreign appointments, the recent
resolution Of tile Administration TO postpone
action thereon ill next Fall, has greatly cha.
grined those who supposed they were certain
of immediate compensation for their arduous
labors in the late canvass. Nor have the mp
pointments which have been promptly made,
been such as a moderate share of wisdom
would have suggested. Take, for instance,
the appointment of Capt. Rynders to the u.
s. Marshalship in New York city. We trust
that no one will claim that Rynders possesses
any peculiar qualifications for the position
nor do we believe that Mr.. Buchanan, If free
from outside pressure, would have made the
appointment. But the fact is, he dared not
do otheiw Rynders aud his confederates
had for years controlled the foreign voters of
New York city. At previous Democratic sue.
cesses they had demanded reward for their
services. From time to time they had been
postponed--the Democratic party using them
for election purposes, and then ignored them
after those purposes had been achieved. They
were ready to rebel, and consequently, their
leader was elected to a prominent position,
as an earnest Of what might be expected in
the future.
If the democratic party 60 on making
prominent appointments from the class repre-.
sented by Rynders, they will be forced to fill
the subordinate offices with foreigners, and
then our chief cities, already too much under
the sway of foreigners, will be entirely ut their
mercy. But it is not our cities alone which
are suffering from this pandering to foreign
ers and their favorites; there are communities
of men from abroad who already, in various
sections of our country, bring hither their
prejudices, social, political, and religious, and
who patronize the political party protesting G
to give them the "largest liberty" in order
that they may preserve their national disiinc.
tions, while, at the same time they aspire to
become the moulders of American institu-
tions.
When our ancestors invited migration
hthrr, it was on the principle that, however
heterogeneous the Immigrants might be, they
would endeavor to drop their national peculi.
arities and adopt our own. Without this, they
cannot be good citizens, nor can they intelli.
gently exercise the right of suffrage;-more-
over is extremely dangerous for the natives
of our soil to live under the government of a
party which depends for its success upon a
domiciled foreign vote, which may be swayed
by appeals to passion and pretended interests.
The late Presidential contest was mainly
carried on by the Democratic and the Black
Republican parties. The former were old
stagers in politics, and the latter had the ex-
perience Of two previous campaigns. The
American party was fresh in the field. and
considering the limited time for preparation,
they demonstrated fully what they will be
able to do hereafter. The success of the
Democratic party was injurious to the country,
inasmuch us It emboldened the foreign popu.
lation to consider themselves as of the highest
importance in an election. The success OF
the Black Republicans would have been fatal
to the country by laying the foundation of an
overthrow Of the Constitution. The American
party maintained lis ground between these
two distinctive elements.
We believe that sectional considerations
will have been essentially modified before the
advent of the year 1860. The discussions OF
the last campaign have opened the eyes OF
the people to the necessity of moderation and
Cancellation in their political views. The
radical tendencies of the most numerous and
controlling branch Of the Democratic purity
are not In accordance with the spirit of the
age. The people demand firm, but moi
blind, conservatism, which shall conserve
wha. is good, while 1t repudiates that which
is evil. The American party is the only
possible exponent of such conservatism
1t demands that foreigners shall have no in
huence in our national councils until they
have become thoroughly Americanized, and
it would exclude them from the elective fran.
chise until they have heartily adopted the
spirit of our institutions.
These demands are alike required by Ameri.
can citizens, and by intelligent and wsl-dis-
posed foreigners who reside among us. Such
foreigners come here because of their prefer
ence for land Of quiet md order. They
have encountered enough danger and difficult
~ from the dangerous classes" at home
they do not desire to be governed by such in
the land of their adoption. Our interests and
theirs agree in this particular, and, could the
principles Of our party be carried out, our
foreign residents would be much happier and
prosperous, than though, for sinister purpos,