Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-07-15
Our Parrlet Adopted RTstArsn.

From the PeLnsylvzniLn, JAY -
The voice Of our people has with unexan-
pied unaninity rebuked the iIliberal view and
psOseriptivs policy Of that party which AFRO
gates to itself the exclusive name of "Ameri-
cam when at the same time it falsifes the
great principles Of our constitutional rights Of
civil and religious liberty, and opposes the nstu-
rslizatioa and immigration Of foreigners, which
were among the causes p~roelaiDedto the world
as rendering necessary the dissolution Of the
political honda between our colonies and Great
Britain, as set forth in the Declaration Of In
dependence promulgated eighty-one years ago
this day. The experience Of the past has
shown Us that our republic can boast no truer
patriots nor more useful citizens than those
who have sought our shores as the great place
Of refuge from the oppressed and dOwn-trod-
den o. the earth We find in the hish .7meTi-
oGn, 2 paper representing the Celtic population
Of our country, the following remarks. which
breathe the vital spirit of true Ameuessisn.
and ss such we commend them to the Knew
N~othings:
at Is not too much 10 say that the social
condition Of the human race throughout the
earth has been seasibly affected by the poiti-
cal operations of whieh the Declaration Of n
Dependence was the. initiation. Tie grand ex-
periment OF mans capacity FOR aelf-goyern-
ment was then begun and the success by which
it has been attended, ami the u~nexamplsS pro-
grsss Of these United States, under the inhu-
ence Of popular institutions, in everything that
constitutes true national greatness, afford the
strongest argument to The down-trodden macs
Of the Old World against the debasing. central
izing policy Of their rulers, By which nothing
Wsslett the people but the privilege Of produ-
cling where they did not consume, and toiling
for what they never enjoyed. Such a state Of
things cannot much longer endure. when il is
every day becoming more widely known thai the
Constitution Of this republic Prosides a refuge
for those who fee from tyranny and Injustice,
where, il well disposed, they may ENJOY The
blessings denied them in the land Of their ma
tivity.
d" With adopted ciHzsas these considerations
should have peculiar weight il attaching them
still more strongly to the Institutions under
which we live. They can better APPRECIATE
their value from a comparison OF the present
with TIE past-Of the freedom with which they
have been endowed and the bondage they have
thrown of. 10 the present aspect Of public
feeling-with the aaimosity Of political disa-
greements heightened TO = degree never known
before, ane respect for the most sEcred CON-
paets yielding 10 the clanorous demands of
fsction-it particularly bshooves adopted eiti-
zehs to be more than ordinarily conservative
and laW-abiding- 10 this respect our fellow
co~untrymsn, we are proud to say, have earned
FOR themselves well-merits9 praise, which, we
rust, they will never forfeit, oBt that their
place shall be still, as heretofore, amongst the
defenders of the Union and the Consultation,
BY whatever foe the integrity Of either may be
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