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y 1; P? BUSHED WEEKLY iii . -i Editor and Proprietor, : ' two Dollars , ii 51S Vill be i"erted at the ri ADVJIrve lines (UrevierJ or.lebB, annum, uivanauiy in rate of $1,00 for the first ner s -ilMW";- ,- fur aCU suw.ew"6." ..til J L V- 1A OW O te jMarAd with, the" num- ills: ASlTottctwiBe, they will be con i aual wili be m ie with yearly cher- , twi;i advertisements . will he tlsc. Wt Orders "her than the foregoing rates. -0 cb. our Principles. , - .. . - .111 nnmtain the doctriue that no for I a owed to exercise the elective ...,,pr ouarlit 10. - . ,wn rMofi with in . the United chise, till lie snau tQ enabl ihim to be- .im it . Tthe principles, and imbued with the spW toitificd with the greatest inter, ana uuiii "v e 01 T h ?U advocate a passage of a stringent Second- f.'vcut the immigration hither of i:b ' uther paupers or enrnrimfc, andtg fowlja who rrWfrom which they come, all ,thSe ci as may, in violation of i UP our Frts; and to require f... L'r-'3idout ot the u"- , h daes - 4- IW 1 lllil V :r.:".ta immediate and .amp a, il't 1 1 1 li. LI L W SSnSCaud a proper indemnity aga. : .ctitioa thereof. - . , " . tlon or appoint- T'uVJ. We shau opp - office of trust . 11 -,,- ilip m?nt of any foreig :Z P.,kral or. State gov- ho;lororem.Unn ror.eiiUstment of such e;ltt;: L7or navy m time 0 tcor. pcr,0n, h - . that the naUve-bom cu. Vjv, i A right to govern izeiis of tac U in :.r.ii nf nnr laws. ftrt We shall advocate and urge the adoption tourin. i,i a", .. . , 7, fn- SUI)1)crt the ofsuch an amW - - - - bedminis SftoX-so-eS !J trust, honPor or emo.umeuer ; tte FeraTor ate governments, as wm dL Ua ly ex . 1. . , nfirsniis. wuu mw." y ,.; p.woj'iusa tJe obligations and binding 101 u. oi " . TT Ul.ih.c n il! ra liUUUl thj UJiisi.iuuiu.i u, - ---- -,,. . ,, .1tl for. me to all obI.gat.ons ot vwha ever, nrmce, nmver, p:)teuiu,w;, i " v iruLT auy UUU an ciijujiioih".- i F(7t. We shall oppose, now anu uacaiic., ,,,0,tofCnia uomuuur uo. matter r.ibiouist.shall.seeK 10 '"S- ; .S'r.'.i." U e snail vig 11 -Vigorously luaiuiuw 1 . . ! .11 nn-,oa nf lliltlVH or Jorcign oirin, anu .-,!iall at all "tim33 oppose tnesng uiestintertereuce wixn saeh vestedrights. . VT I I . 1 ' I i U I ! 1 1 1 )S. illlli I'l ".L- v "- 1 1 .ti. 'wa nr'vsR- and nfotest againsc iirlr4 0' religions liberty, holding it as a cardi- ILLil. " oiiL.ii "tl' i : ' . . .-. . . . jr.. is mvsrinn nnvw maxi;n. tii:ii e 'i" ''" V"-' ' J " "'r. , j. ,,.,. r'i i c i ii'I'.nmimi iii i ylxu i :-c'i m UviJa il and his-God, and overwnicn no pout- iint "ovji-iiai 'iit, or other human power, can rightfully control, at any time, in trv .OXwi'-'ISJ ail V auji.-i uav "pijce, or iy any 4oi';n. has 'crv'i We s!iall oppose ail "higher law uocir,ines. i,-?;,.!.',. pr,t;tnthn is to be set at uousiht, vio- T r or dV-trded whether by politicians, bv relig- th - National Council has deemed it the best guaran or adherents or followers of either, or tee of commoiustice and of future peace, to abide by by a:iy other class ot persons. A'h.th. Wi shall maintain and defend the Constitu- tion as it stands, the Unio.i as it exists, aud the rights .il" this States, without diminution as guaranteed there by : opposing at all times, and to the extent of our tbiiity and influence, all who may assail them,' or ei ther. of them. - . v Tcith. And lastly, we shall use our utniosj exer tions to build up an " A.-tierican parti," whose maxim shall be: , - Americans shall kcle their Countky ! ' PLTF0U3I 1X1) PRISriPLES. PLATFOHM AXD PRINCIgLES OF TIIH OH G A X I Z ATION. I. icknowitanont of that Almighty Be- by ss over the Uuim-sc-who presides over of 'lite a . ..... i. .'iv.iio ruies : ie u liiiieiis oi aatioui wno coiiaucts tne anurrs ot :ii :i. a.i I w!..., in every step by which we have ad raiishl to the character of an iiidependent nation has distinguished as by sonii token" of Providential agency-" ." IL The cultivation and development of a senti- meat ot nroloundiv intense American feelinsr: of passionate attachment to our country, its history and ment, all its citizens trom mterterente with the mter ila institution ; of admiration for the purer days of nal concerns, of nations with whom we are at peace, our National existence; of veneration, for 5 the nero- , XlV-This National Council declares that all the ism that precipitated our Revolution: and of emula- tioii of" the'virtae. wisdom and patriotism that framed our Constitution and first succesfully applied its pro be visions III. The maintainance of "the unioh of these United states as the paramount political rood: or. ti use tha language of Washington, " he primary onject of natnotm i pjr,- " And hence : 1st. Opposition to all attempts to weaken or sub vert it. , 21. Uncompromising antagonism in every princi ple of policy that endanger it. . od. The advocacy of an eouitable adinstmpnt. nf all. SSuit 06 threatened its integrity rp 4ta. Hie suppression of all tenrlpnr'ipa tn nnl.t , : -.,Uu, lounueu on geographical discnmiuationS or on the belief that there is a real difference of inter- TT. . " ' awMUlli Ul 1 union. auu HOYS . UULWmi I.IIP. Vtirinna oontinni. rt Un . 5th. The full recognition of the' rLhi nf iW oral States, as expressed and reserved in the Consti- a tution ; and a careful avoidance, bv the General Gov- ernment, of all interfence with their rights by le-is- U?' 1 can d0 Tr eraoie. , inoH. u lative or executive action. , 7 keys to water, mUks the geese, cards -down the old ni i;7 ? f T6 the Coof these Uni- .v-d atat3, as the supreme law of -the Inmf sanriv "'ju -raiuryupon ira narts nndmcmWo- 'nA- .omj i .,!:....-. -. 1 . . i v., f-i-r n-.i't.,, 7T j .' - ,; i i , .x ... , -i - iwrauwiw w mc suirit oi mnovn.T,inn nTTon its 1 i. T . . j i7 j 1 J 1 V, L. .V LO V U W 1 1 1 that in all doubt or disputed points it may only be le gally ascertained and expounded by the Judicial pow- Pl' nf Hi TT. CUJ. ' .- . r And, as a corollary to the above : . fiT ofsverenUal obedience to the laws, Slw w ' iatf' MuaiciPa1' UQtil they are eituer repealed or declared unp.onatitnt;nnai k-, i,q 2realed or declared unconstitutional by the proper authority. 2. A tenler and sacred: regard for those opto f ,9t.itj3;n ins lip, which are to be eont.u.un,:"i fre-.n acts of or.linaiw letrishitinn Kw w ., ? x, . j a j ui Uieir I o-ing ot the nature of compacts "and ' aimum . 1 and so, to be considered a fixed and settled natmnai v r-- v- A radical revision and mndifient. on nf laws rerulatinf imm;finn Bnlli " Z "Z , lm.nigrants. ; OJerina- to the. h P w 4 mis sion to our shore nf faiit "" r:?" vi wuucui v t i ri 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hj l.iifr rrsinc- i , V , n-uuiia auu paupens, Tl. Tin esse-itiil modiacation the Natui Naturalization L IW3 Ti m1 ,!r l i rty of the respective ou i, -n aii .-3; 4' ura'Iz; l ti vote. T;u rjp-n'., w't:n it O O " A ' UUl, HCIL- retrocative oporat:on, all acts wi y n ;i 3ii m mi it nrrmts ot land to UnnLitnrnlwprI foreiaers, aal allowing t'aem to vote in the Territo ; ries. . VIL IlKtihty to the COrrunt. npana lw ih3 13 riJirs of party have hitherto forced upon us our i and our political creed urers : . Implicable enmity against the prevalent demoraliz I In ? system of rewards for political subserviency, and bf paaishmanta for political independence. . - Disgust for the wild hunt after office which char- acterizes the &ge. , These on the one hand. On the other. f7- ? 11-. J It ' VOL. 1: Imitation of the practice of the purer days of the Republic ; and admiration of the maxim that " office should seek the man, and not man-the office," and of the rule that, the just mode of ascertaining fitness for office is the. capability, the faithfulness and the honesty of the incumbent? or candidate. - "VII. Resistance to the aggressive - policy and rupt" tendencies of the Roman Catholic Church in our country by the advancement to iill political sta tionsexecutive, legislative, judicial or diplomatic of those only who not hold civil allegiance, directly or: indirectly; to..any foreign power whether civil or ecclesiastical and "who are Americans by birth, edu cation and training -thus fullfilliug the' maxim, "Americans only shall govkkn America." The protection of all citizens in the legal .and pro proper exercise of their civil and religious . rights and privileges ;. the maintenance of the right .of every man to the full, unrestrained and peaceful en joyment of his own religious opinions and worship, and a jealous resistance of all attempts, by any sect, denomination or ".church, to obtain an ascendency over any other in the State, by means of any special com bination of its members, or by a division of their civil allegiance with any foreign power, potentate, or ecclesiastic. :. '. IX. -r-The reformation of the charter of our Na tional Legislature, by elevating . to the dignified and responsible position, men of higher aspiration, purer morals, and more unselfish patriotism. X. The restriction of executive patronage,- es pecially in the matter of appointments to office so far as it may be permitted by the Constitution, and , consistent with the public good. XI The education of the youth of our eountry in schools provided by the State ; which schools shall be common to all, without distinction of creed or party, and free from any influence of a denominational xr nartizan character. ' . And, liiasmucii as unrisxianny uy iue uiibt:i.uuuus of nearly all the States ; by the decisions ot the most illdicial authorities : and by the consent of ' ,v - - "i -1 1 a r peupic ui piu, -.- - - our politicai system ; and as me jxo y jwoje once the source or onristiamty, auu uie uepuwry anci jountam OI ail Civn.anu reugiuus ua-uum, w$sjp- ,pose every attempt to exclude n irom xne scnoois inus established in the totates. , - :. - . ruins and in spite of the opposition of '..the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot be held in any manner re-i sponsible for the obnoxious acts or violated pledges of V.. t .1 il OI either, .a-na Xiie systemauu agiiuuou 01 ui oiavery . ...cft.Aji hi, tluwo riiirtips ' tinyinor plVfitp1 !?P.ptifiiial hostility into a positive element of practical power, and UCtlUU ' 11 VJ I" J . ... iMwiirrnr nnr 1 i.isii.i i 11 1 it nix j 1 11 1 1 iit'i ii.il, Liici t:ii;i r; iiir- ""6"" r- - come tne impemive uuiy 01 xne American pariy 10 interfere, for the purpose of giving peace to the coun- and perpetuity to the Union. And as experience shown it impossible to. reconcile opinions so ex- ireuiu us. iusc ." "'v .uu, .. th re can be no"'disnonor m submitting to the laws, Slavery, as a final and conclusive settlement of that SUDJ :Ct, 1U spirit UUU ill suuniaiire, A-!d regarding it the highest duty to avow their onimons unon a subject so important, in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared as the sense of th.s National Council, that Congress possesses no power, under the Constitution, to legislative upon the subject of Slavery in the States where it does of may exist, or to exclude, any State from admission into the Union, because its constitution does or ddes not recog nize the institution of Slavery as a part of its social svstem : and expressly pretermitting any expression of opinion upon tne power 01 congress to esiaonsu or prohibit Slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of the National - Council that Congress ought not . to legislate upon-the subject of Slavery within the Terri tories of the United States, and that any interference Congress. with 'Skyery as it exists in the District Columbia would be a violation of the spirit and land eeded the District to the United States, and a breach of the National faith. XIII. The policy of the government of the United States, in its relation with foreign governments, is to exact justice irom tne strongest, ana ao justice to tne wBli 'oi""um3! u. r T u'.luc 5u,a"" Drinciples ol-the Order. shall be henceforward every- where openly avowed r and that each member shall at liberty to make knownvthe . existence of the Order, and the tact tnat ne nimseu is a memoer ; ana it recommends that there can be lio concealment of the places of meeting of subordinate councile.'X r- JU. li. iAKTJjJJiI I, Ot K.y., President of National Convention. C. D! Deshleb, of New Jersey, : ' Corresponding Secretary. Jas. M. Stephens, of Maryland, Recording Secretary. her and her sister to church, "Why, it rains send i W1.T, c;i tVo Koon vnn' .-r npithpr snsrar nor salt, rain will not hurt you." " No," said the lady, "but we are lasses. 1 1 4V ; -, : o!tt JLXC OCUL 1U1 UUU llillia WT-IJ . . A Valuable .Boy. "What can you do?" asked trte ot ,a..coutry Qrchin who was in iront .oi-a Iarm 8 ouse ?CKlm? a toaa W15? a W f'j CUri, hamstrings the' grass-hoppers makes fires for 'a - . : , -i . .. j. . 1S j. j j j n to court dv. Keen ta iv .or uauuy ami jua.muir wnen tnev scoia -at a marK, ana cuts tne outuum . ., vs. . x". i it. i -vp uauuy s eoat, wnen ire s at uiaycra m iub iuuiumS. j .jjj x i v, .ninir " ."Hiram my boy," said a tender father' to his son, "you must be, more careful of yourseUV. You have not. the constitution of some. ,, . .., Don't you believe it dad ; I've got" the constitution of a horse. Dan it if I Constitution of the Unite - , don't believe 1 ve got tne United States.', ; - ' A Feeak m Egg-Oloqy. We hear, it said, we , - ... . . .. ., . lmow not wtth how much trntn, tnatyesteraay a ncu in the southern nart. nf . .hft citv laid a black If r -. . tmp wo iMnlw Vnnm wKotliP tn rpo-arirl it as a mere ; . ij-titiimV pestuence or lamme. v &x any rate, we uiaiwuu. . . - - ... . - "somethm' to happenMf. nothing more , tnan tne advent of a black chicken. I he reader perhaps remembers ' to have neara oi Similar nhennma the commencement k-uvuwiumuu V W " " il. i . . .- . . - , . i. cl tne laiewar between the United atatesana bhwliw, and again, upon the eve of the great struggle between Russia and the Allies. Those who don't believe in the mysterious power of hcrsi &wes and green vrJs the one as the preventative,', and the "other as the precursor, of evil need feel no iineasin:?ps 'ori account of chis yarn of an egg. r " ; j '; " That Daguerreotpe. " Do let me have your da guerreotype?" asked a dashing Fifth 'Avenue belle, lately, of a rather spooneyish young gentleman, who. had been tor some m0nth3 annoying ner with his at tentions. V ; -.' - ; - . The gentleman was delighted, and in 1 a short time the lady received the picture. -. She gave it to her ser vant and asked, :.- - " Would you know that gentleman if Tie should calH ... The servant replied In the affirmative. , " Well, when he comes, tell him I am engaged." ' ";."... r..'., ... .,"..'. ' .... :" : An American ffplicyifor Ex-Ssaator Borland oa the Dematratic - : and) American Parties The "Hon. Solon Borland,! all his life a Democrat of the strongest sect, who was long- a Senator in Con gress from ' Arkansas, and Plenipotentiary to ; Central very recerktly Minister American, to"! which re sponsible position he vwas appointed by President Pierce, having a short time ago become a co-editor, with Capt: C. C. Danley, of the Little Rock Gazette, the oldest Democratic paper- in the Srate, has made the , following vigorous prominciamento in favor of the American caitse, witli the full concurrence of his Democratic copartner in the proprieiorshipjand edito rial conduct of the paper : j r 1 , - f . . From Little Roek Gazette and Democrat. Our PosrrioNvpBoru and reared in the Democratic" faith, and experienced in the duties it enjoins, we have abandoned none of its principles, but firmly adhere to them alK" And j that we have been faithful in the service we have rendered in support of those principles, we confidently appeal to all, ! of whatever party, who have known us, from our first connection with public affairs, alike in individual, official, and editorial capac ities ; as we are fnlly conscious of having "been actua ted, in all we have said and done, by a sense of public duty, and a sentament of devotion to the welfare of our country. i Bnt while we ardently cherish and firnil maintain these pvncjpes, facts have forced upon us the convic tion that the old party organization, called Democratic, which was originally formed for their support, and for which, alone, we belong to it has s far changed its character as to be utterly incapable of answering the purpose to maintain the constitutional rights of the several States, and thereby preserve the Federal Union ; indeed, jhas not only become thus incapable of good, but, by the abandonment of principle, by schism in its ranks, and corruption in ts practices is fast degenerating into an engine of evil, which, un less its career be speedily arrested, must end in the subversion of the Constitution, aud the ruin of the rountry. ' We have not yielded to or without regret. Indeed ' i ! this conviction hastily, we resisted it long, and even obstinately ; for, with us, the ties of party asso ciation, which had bound us for a lifetime, were as strong f they cr)u!d be with any one, and were given up to painful reluctance. But the sig-ns of the times were passing daily before us, and i'acts were constant ly forcrd upon our observatjiSn, whose existence could not be questioned, and whose portentious significance could .not be disregarded. The alternative, presented to us was our attachment to the traditions and organ ization of a party, which1 had once been sound in principle, natioilal in its scope, and efficient for good, but was so uo longer, onthe one hand, and ourlduty to our country, oh the other. Uulike a certain wouTd be politician, and at present Democratic office-holder, in this State, wl; loved onr country more than party ; and, in conformity with that sentiment, we gave Up the latter, and adhered to the former. . This is intendjed, uot as argument or illustration, but merely as ah announcement of our position, in re spect to the political pafties now before the country. But, as we allucled to' the facts' which have forced us into this position, it may not be inappropriate, even here, to mentioij. some one jjr two of them which can not be considered otherwise than of leading significa tions and importance. ! i i Among these, is the fact that, since the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill, in all the Northern States, especially in those called Democrhc, where elections have been held or legislation he!d, the nationality 1 1 the Democratic partu is abandoned, and the .-ectiorial, abolition element is now in the ascendant. For proof of this, look through all N ew England, (including even President in 1852, there What is their Pierce's own New Himps'iire,) where, was but. too anti-Democratic States. position? I Democratic .still 0 yes! Yet abolition to the core, and led ori by Henry Wilsod, Charles Summer, and John P. Hale 1 Then look to Wisconsin, Iowa, and even to Mr Douglas' own Illi nois! Belonging: to the? Democratic party still 0 yes! and boasting of it ; yet thoroughly abolitionized, and headed by stichgmen asDarkec -Harlaae, and Trumbull ! . , - . ; Again it is a fat, that the Democratic party, in its ; State organizations, in the IJorthi so far as it has met in Convention announced its position, and pat candi dates in the field, has, abandoned its nationality, repur diated its old constitutional principles,, and incorpora ted abolition as an element, in its creed... For proof of this, look to Ohio and , Pennsylvania, heretofore, re garded as the! citadel of) Democracy in the North, where, in their recent Democratic State Conventions, , the former expressly and emphatically adopted , and incorporated anti-slavery as au indispensable element of the party j creed, and the latter, which merely recognized those State j rights, without which the Southern States could not exist.in the Union, voted them down, almost unanimously 1 , r Does this same Democratic organization in the oth er States, north of Mason's and Dixon's line, hold out any better promise, ' or encourage , any better hope ? If so wfhay'e been unable to'discover. it. For, even in New York, where once existed the elements and seemingly the disposition, for harmonious re-organization of the ! party;! npon'national principles, certain malign influences; said ta have emanated from Vash ington,'have so broken' Into fragments, and arrayed it Into hostile tfecUohsi-as W destroy all hope of Union. '". Besides! 'two! other elements have been interpolated into the creed of the so-called Democratic party, which did pot only originally belong to it, but are repugnant to its principles,; inconsistent with its le gitimate purposes, and ; dangerous to the - welfare of our community Yetj tesements are ' recognized and proclaimed, as att of the true faith, by those who occupy the position of leader teachers in that party! organization" The objectionkble elements we allude to arep first the advocacy of an increase of fireigri born population, and the ' encouragement of their ''rowing importance, until they are making rap il Strides,'; both- morally and politically, towards! an inflaerice jwhich cannot be otherwise! than unwholse-so-ne aiid 'dangerous, even if it should not become ac tually pafjkinount 'fe'oor' country, unless firmly resis ted and ' secondthat the membars of a Church, es- n nlJtieaT in organization, and owing civil a!- leo-lRnce tba foreign' ecclesiastical Prince,; should be entitled to equal rights! and privileges, and should re ceive equal favor andenconragement) in; all the rela- tima of life, pnblic as wen as private, witn our own native born citizens, j whose religion is between their Cod and themselves, and whose civil anegiance is given, undivided to our government, . -. . ... (- ! ' 1 ' - " " an' American Pcoplfe; To these doctrines; as part of our political! creed. ! we could never assent ; and we could not belong, for an hour, to any party which " 'admits them. But that they are admitted and earnestly insisted npon, by question, who has read its. recognized organs within the last few months, or observed the coars4-of its high official leaders. Indeed not only do all the newspa per organs of that party . proclaim these! doctrines, but it might be- legitimately inferred from the teeming contents of their columns, they thought from the time of the revolution down to the presek day, the virtue, patriotism, intelligence, usefulness as citizens, and piety as Christians, in onr country, had belonged, almost exclusively- to foreigners and Roman Catho lics. Then what is more notorious mote" the sub jeet of every-day observation and "experience, than that to ignore those doctrines, is so gravk a misde meanor in federal office, that instant dismissal is the unconditional punishment - We have no prejudice against foreigners, or Catho lics certainly not to the extent of doing them any injustice. We would not exclude either from pur country we would not deprive any who jare already here of any of the rights or privileges they have ac quired under 'our constitution and laws, we would not withhold from 'those, of good character, who may hereafter come, any protection, or any privilege) which may be necessary, for their true interest patible with the safety of our institutions. But, while we admit that the time was when our country needed and was benefitted by the coming in of foreign popu lation, we believe that time has passed, and we need no more. Especially do we believe that, instead of a benefit, it will proyestn injury to! bur country, if ,we continue to receive' and admit to the rights of citizen ship the hordes of half a million a year, a large pro-N portion of which are crimnals and pauperis, that it has now become the settled policy of several countries of Europe to pour out of their prisons and' poor-houses upon our shores. , '. We balieve this, as cijizsns of the United States at large, when we regard such a population in the two fold aspect of its character moral and JpOlitcal,' In its moral aspect, when we behold the masses of Ger man infidels, ignoring all religion, whpt with their anti-religious and agrarian organizations, are begin ning, already, to encumber the social system, disturb the quiet, and threaten the safety of mariy large com munities. In its political aspect, w'hen we find that before many of them have learned our la iguage, stud ied our constitution aud laws, or become experienced in the working Of our institutions, they are handed together, clamorously demanding chajiges radical changes in our form of government, which if ever attempted, would destroy the harmony and benefi cence of 5ts operation, and throw wha ; is now the palladium of our liberties and happiness into hopeless anarchy and ruin. Bnt not only do we 1 ake this view of the case, as national citizens. -It is as citizens of the South as Southern men that ;his immense emigration of foreigners into the UnitedjKStates, iio " .. . , , h , Ijpur Western World, made an impression' upon' bur matter from what counties they may-tme, nor whatirv . . , - v- a 1 , . . ... . .. r i v ' TToung rmnd which can never be forgotten, He look- may be their religious beliefUappears to us most ob jectionable, and as threatening the most 1 immediate and imminent danger. We know1 that, as a rule, this population does not come'' Into the . Southern States. - The bulk of it -perhaps in the proportion of ten to one settles, in some instances? actually colo nizes, the new Northwestern territory, as fast, almost as it can brought into market! ' .Taike thi3 well- R - j .... . . . I . known fact m connection with the open - and bold avowals of the leading abolitionists, ' that' in this for- oau gwuf wuicu tuy tvuy encourage ne5 I ha mum T- -rr At n ufiiivu rrtrvAf nnrA 'mill m 1 "ru ""F- ' - F"- viixisc tuc tuicuu iciuiiii uitspi upui tiuii uj tiio nee over the slave States, and its hideous features of dan ger to: the South, are at once disclosed!. Who shall disregard them ? " '-'.-''' ; : - ; - ; : In view of the foregoing1 objectionable things, which we find in the present creed of i the so-called Democratic Party as now organized, and which have been interpolated among its original j doctrines, we can no longer consent to be a member; Of it, and do not hesitate to say so. I But besides these grounds of positive objection to it, as a party, there are other objections, of a hega- live character,' which, even in the absepce of positive ones, would, in our opinion; leave it no longer neces sary, indeed, absolutely worthless for the attainment of any ' good ends of a public nature ,We hold it to be: thus effete for the reason, that while its principles, as tne lounaatiou ui an guuu guvciumcui arc uuiueci- tionably sound, and will ever remain valuable, all the practical issues', of legislation, or of Executive admin istration, which, since its origin, haye ibeen in contro versy between it and the only other party, its great antagonist! the old -Whig party, have been settled and disriosecf of, and are. no longer before the country. As a useful political organization j tllerefore, - it has answered all the good purposes it was capable of its proper mission is' ended;' and like all other things which have fully performed their" ' functions, and lived ouftheir day, it will -be continued only to cumber the groundor be perverted to mischievijus ends. ; And that it is thus very rapidly falling a prey tO such per version, we have already sufficiently indicated our be- iief.: .T:.V3-;; ' Iu the langnage of Daniel Webster, tben,: : when he foubd his old party associations to be ho longer a safe depository for his prinCiplesi we nave1 looked about us and enquired- Where are we to g-a?" For an an swer, we have" looked iri yarn to ohr bid : "antagonist, the old" Whig Party; fot'i'frbm tt'emeven Vhile they had an existence ahd an orgamajatiori Ve differed widely ; and,5 now, as they themselves admit, ' they have ho longer1 '"a local habitation or a name." ; . . Where, Vien, are we to go? This toqoiry5 6; an swered by the American Party, whi6h we find, though ; almost full grown, like Minerva when she, leaped into life from the brain of Jove, yet young, fresh from the; peoplej vigorous, and untainted with corruption;' and, better than the rest, with' a political creed, leaving but of view all the old issues which; haying; formerly divided' preceding parties,' were either'long . since set tled, or are e&te, and' 'presentinyplatforni. of Prin t ciptes upon which every patriot may stand, and . feel that he is laboring' for the moral, social, and political welfare of his country. ' Upori this platform! W: have taken our stand. . . .'. ' - !.,..., As this is intended only as tb general announce ment of our position, in respect, to tiie 'political or ganizations.of the country, with the sketch as we have given it, of a mere outline of! the consideratiphs which have inducM us to assume that position and as this article has already extended to much greateif j length than we intended for it, we shafl notjgO iajo NO. 16. detail here as to what we hold to be the excellent features and high merits of the American organiza tion, which have won our conscientious approval, and will command our undivided support. Content with remarking, tor the present, that while, for the whole Union, its principles, in respect to all practical issues now before the country, whether moral, social, or poi litical, are better than any which can be jfound else where ; they are, in reference, to the great and vital question of slavery truer to the Constitution, and therel! fore, better for the Sout h than ay other party, pre tending to be national in Us organization! ever has put forth or fever will propose. Besides, it! is the only organization which, in our opinion, now exists, or can be formed, upon which it i3 probable, or even practi cable, to effect that union of the Southern States, for the safety of the South, which is indispensable ; but which, once effected, as we believe it may, and will be, upon this foundation, will command jenongh co operation in the Sensible portions of thef North to save our country f from the vandalism of jlbolition. We cannot ask . Whigs" to become DetnTjcrat3?r4 Democrats to become Whigs,, from a feeling which all men will understand and appreciate. jBut the ap peal ought not to be vain; and, in our. opinion, will not be, when we ask all to stand forward and togeth er, as Americans. , , From the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer, DaTy CrockettA ReminisccnceThe Alamo. There is now hanging up in our sanctum, am d look ing down upon us as we write, a most ecellenit like ness of that great-hearted old back-woodsman. that immortal hero of the Alamo Davy CrocketC. We say this portrait is an excellent likeness becanse we once had the pleasure, - when quite a youth, of jseeing the original, and a circumstance then happened; which impressed his, manly features upon ourl mempry in i 1 characters not to be effaced - The writer (then 7 or 8 years old) wa3 at a camp meeting in Hardeman county, where, one bright Sun day morning, Davy Crocdett, then in the zdnith of his politcal fame, chanced to arrive. Everybody,! of course, was on tiptoe to see him. and hear -him.! tal& in that inimitable popular style, which made him ; so powerful with the masses. After dinner, he (: took his seat upon a stump near the stand, where i large crowd gathered around him to listei to Ibis arjecdoifces his wit his humor his racy stories of backhwoods' life. While thus engaged, we were instigated by some voung preachers and-others to go u pj to the " lion " of the crowd and ask him " Col. Crockett, did you ever really kill a bpar ?' " Yes, my son, a many a one," he instantly replied, and seizing us in his brawny arms, he threw us up in the air, catching us as we came down and setting !us upon the ground, wheaar-wscampered offfto our ' backers " amid the merriment, of the crowd. Not-much of an incident to be sure and bcarcely "worth the tellinsr r and vef the errand bresenci of that rough but royal specimen of the' pioneer' nopility!of Troung mind which can never be forgotten, He look ed just as the portrait hanging before us looks, ex cept that his coal black hair was long as that of a preux chevalier of the age of chivalry ,J; and his 'dark eye had a brightness, a depth of. fire, which 40 pen cil could counterfeit. His whole form seemel to us then,, the very model of manly strength and; all his gestures, attitudes and movements were characterized by a free and princely grace which - comes only to the untamed rover of the lordly woods, after a liife-lopg communion with Nature in her wildest moods. -.That he possessed as brave and gallant a spirit as ever made its home in " a house of clay," the last scene of his eventful life, at the fall of the Alamo, abun dantly attests. Every member of the band that gar risoned that little fortress must have been a hero, froni Crockett and Travis down tp the I least distin guished of the " unnamed demigods ij who there made a "stand against tyranny and oppression. The letter which Travis wrote during the iseige, calling upon " Americans everywhere " to come to his rescue is full of the heroism which triumphed! at Marathon and which nerved the arms of three hundred to hold Thermopylfie against three millions ! . It contains, in deed, a sentence, which under all j the circumstances, is as sublime as any that Hisiory has yet .recorded a sentence which Texas should write, in letters of gold upon the monument yet to be erected upon the 6pot where those heroes fell.;; After giving an account of the siege relating how with 180 men he had held the Alamo for many days against the vanguard of Santa Anna's army composed of 1200 or 1500 men how Santa Anna, the day beforei with the main body of 3,000 had arrived upon the scene how that bloody and treacherous usurperhad seni him " a sum mons to surrender at discretion, or thai the garrison, when the fort was taken, would be ruthlessly put to the sword ;" the letter went on to tay " We an swered THIER DEMAND WITH A CANNON'SHOT. .AND OCB FLAG STILL FLOATS PROUDLY FROM THE WAljXS J WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER OR RETREAT. ihlS Was no Idle boast, as the sequel proved ; and we repeat that His tory can show nothing loftier in tone or more sublime with real heroism. One hundred and eighty men an swering the summons of fivp thousand to surrender. with a cannon-shot ! Just think of it! And then remember that these hundred and-eighty ;;men fought like paladins to the, last. They never surrendered or fled. - They piled that ground with Mexican Blain-.-- They fought for days ankle -deep in! igore,- and prer great heaps of the slaugnterea wou-nounas wno naa come1 Bpon theni like " hosts of hells" greedy ana thirsting for , Diooa 1 aney lougnt au kuie ohbo-. fejltill. the last spirit Ol,thc? "noble!! hundted" and eighty had leap proudl'" to Heaven - from the'death' bed pfcfame,tr-and DAvx.jCoCxEir was the last io fall'l .t'V.f-V-i-rvV";'.?' li-'::-L .:i A" little girl saw lier brother playing-.-wtti his buri ing glass," and had heard him speak about the'foens.". Not khowing.what' tMwbrd focris meirt.s'ooiBaltect SaMjpAXive when the family were as sembledr she ahnpnnced as grand as could be, that Bne knew the meaning of one hard word. ' Her father asked her what it was Vfhe said it was. the word focus; r ! ; ' ' . . ; ' "Well Mary," said he, u what does it mean ?" .i Why it means a place where they raise' calves?" she replied.'', ',;-;; ' ' .' ! -..'', '.,';.'" -5 This of course raised a great laugh,' but she stuck to tef-poiAt'and produced her dictionary to prove that she was' right. ' . ; ,r;" . ' -Ther'"lBaidihe,' triumphantly, "Focus, . a place where thfrayineet." Calves are meat,' and if they raise, meet they raise calves and so I airi right. ' f. N doa'tour father take a newanimer?" UaM a marl to ajflittle . boy. whom he caught pilfering; his paper from his i doorstep..: "Coz, he sends me to take it," answered thenrehin. THE LAW . OF-? jNETVS.PAEERS. 1. SubtkYiberVwho. do iaot give exprwis ...notice totto contrary are considered wishing to continue their n BcriptionJ ;(...-.,., -a .!'...'; 1: . 2. If the gubBcribers order thtdosccntinttance pftjneir papers, the pubiishcrs may contlnue"'fo.6end' them - tiD all VcfeargSrepaidi-i-- g--i J"ar, s Si H.m$x3ifoenj)K&c$st refuae;to tedce tblrl r 1 pers from the ofpee iq which they are directed, thev ar held responsible' untill they have settled their bUl, atid ordered their paper discopit&nwd.; tfijt'xi 4. If subse'riibers remove to otnec. places wlthqut in forming the publkhcr and, the paper; is sent to. the former direction, they are held responsible. ' ' ' J" 'v 5. The courts have decided that refusing : to lake a paper or periodical from! the office, or removing and paving it uncalled for, i3 "prima facie" . evidence of intentional fraud. ' .1 ' ;i, :''' ;' ' ": - "1 i An Ereningj'iritU Lamartlnc." -, " Then came an invitation to spend a social eTen ing with him and his lady, v There were only a few? literary friends present in addition, and 1 passed some of the most enchanting hours I hare known for many years with the historian, his lady, and their friend. jLamartine looks! very much like Ports, bnt is entirely free from any French, manners.- He is tall and thin j has white hair, and an expression of face Indicative of constant ahd intensS reflection. There is a dreamy, poetical look bout-Che eyes ; and he speaks slowly and witii marked emghasis.1 His manner is Belt-possessed, but fill of warm cordiality ; and his words are genial and kind. ' lie is charming in conversation earnest and eloquent : with ' so' much feeling in bla language as impresses pne constantly with his sinceri ty- He received me jwith the utmost 'warmth and kindness, and seated me by his sidej so that I had all of his attentions to myself."' The thread of conversa tion was unravelled by the usual topics, until it flow! ed freely from the ball ; and then it soon wove itself into a thousand- pleasant themes.' .But to me the jnok gratifying oif all his knd expression wore some tnat touched, upon my native land, and my own de scent. ' t ; '; ...... . " Some; on; was speaking of the adoration paid to relics in E'orr e, fwheiji Lamartine observed " all na tions have sc me? object they reverence, which, though"; . perhaps insitnifican in itself, is sacred from associa tions. You- countrv, Madame, has the most pre cious of all manuscrip'ts in the world Che signed Declaration of Independence 1 Do not your people make pilgrimagea toj look jupon it ? I told him it was indeed precious to all, but doubly so to me as my grandfather's was among those sacred signatures 1 Oh! you should hive sefen the magic of those few, words. Lamartine rose, and bowed to me profound ly. Madame, said he-j-in that name you have a, noble herit4ge l ',It is the' patent of true nobility ever cherish your descent from such-a patriot with honest pride.",; " Oh, how my heart Bwelled with pleasure as I an swered hirai; nor could the concentrated compliments of all the eihtitled, the -wealthy, and the witty i France havi filled ny sold with half the proud joy. with which) I now so faintly describe to you this even ing with Lamar tinei. j - " He expresses his intention to visit the United States in the course! of a year or two." , r ' . Tue AnJijial Called I a Boy. "A very uncer tain, mysterious, inexplicable creation is a boy who' -can define him!?" Jl will try. . A boy is the spirit of mischief embodiment. "A perfect teetotum, spinning round like a jennyjor tumbling heels overhead, Ho. invariably goes through jthe process of leaping over every chair iri hisj. reach ; makes drumheads;' of the doors ; turns ";the Hin pans into cymbals ; takes the best knives out to (dig worms for bait, and loose them; hunts up tie mola&ses cask, and leaves the mollasses running; Li boon companion, to the sugar barrel ; searches up all the pies and . preserves left from sup peTj and eats them goes to the apples every ten min utes;, hides) hisoldi cap, in order to wear his best one;' cuts his bootf acHdentally, if he wants a new pair ; tears his clothes, for, fun; jumps into the puddles for sport,ahd for ;ditto iracks your carpets, marks your, furniture, ' pihhes the ' baby, worries the nurse, ties fire-crackers to the kitten's tail, drops his school books , in the gutter Mute he fishes with a pin ; pockets his school-masjter'p'sriecs and finally, turns a sober house hold upside dwnj if he cuts his little finger, : . He is a provoking and provokable torment espe-' daily to hps sisters. He don't pretend to much until h3 is twelve, j Tten begins the rage for frock coats,' blue eyes, (curly hair, white dresse3,- imperfect rhymes aud dickies, j At fourteen he i3 "too . big" to split wood or go afteij water; and at the time these inter esting offices ought to be performed, contrives to be invisible whether concealed in the garret, with .some old worm eajteni novel for company, ;enscenced on the wood pile! learning legerdemain, or bound off on; some expeditipn that turns out to be more deplorable than expldrab'Je. At fifteen he has a tolerable expe rience of jthe;wQrld ; bu.Vfrom sigxteen to twenty,, we may clear the tract when he's in sight. He knows more than Waebfngton; expresses his decision of Ben Franklin; makes up his mind that he was born: torule the jvorkl , and pew lay the tract of creation; : thinks ProvidencB 13 near-sighted ; understands theology and the science of the pronoun I; informs his father1 that Gen. jjacksbn f6ught the memorable i battle of New Orleans! snd asks his minister if he don't con sider the bible A littli too orthodox?, , In other words,' be knows more than he ever will again. Just hail one of these fouigj specimens as 'boy" at sixteen, and how wrath v be gets. If he does not answer precise ly as the urchin did,! who angrily exclaimed, 4 don't call me boy, 1 ye smoked these two - years 1. he wiu . give you & witboring look that 13 meant rto annihilate you, turn .jan hisj heel,1 and with a curl on his lip mut ter disdaihfullyi "who do you call boy?" and ob, the emphasis. ! But, jesting aside, and honest, blunt mer ry, mischievous .boy is! something to be proud of, wheth er as brotheij cjr son; for in , all his scrapes his good heart getsf the better! of him, and leads him soon to repentance, and be sure he will remember his lauit at least five minutes. ' . The j Canvass in Mississippi ! From reliable resources we receive the most encour aging reports -of the canvass in Mississippi. . Whilst, the anti-American press are shouting over the with drawals of a!few pusillanimous nondescripts, the ac-. cessions are steady and constant. The State has never been so1 onvuIsed by political excitement, and we augur the most favorable results from that fact. , Our cotemporary of the Flag of the Union at Jack son, in' his last issue says : . , "We have piles of letters on our table, from every: part of the State, bringing the most cheering intelli genceand will say to our friends in all sincerity, that there, is nova voting majority of at least ten thou-, sand in favor of the American cause in the State of Mississippi." f j; - '...- ; -: - :-'is i, rA ' ' 1 ' - '' : . . .., ?.! I't, ..-"t .' .. -- f --c , - rcr Cape Co JStoby.-Mb" Editob ;-rI do not re- cpllecfto have seen the'oliovring story .Ifl jirlnt; but las it is a gooH one, tmd so truly natural tad cnarac- teristid; of Cape Cod people, I eend -fti to youV rJL smatf spare boy, who bad oeen' guilty of soirwmMe demeanor; was in a fair way to get pnijished' ' far It by his mother, who Was. ; a largS square Dutch built ; person, with - a great spread of doth, having in her hand a good stick, was in full chase of the poor boy who was nearjy under bare poles, running right ahead and the bid Vomau, nnder her cloud of canvass, was overhauling him very fast, when another boy, a"friend to the delinquent, '-was Jooking on.;, This urchin, see- inrr l.sv I lVa!l,o t his friend j "Try Heif on tne wind, Bill trv her on . tin windy wpen the lad; with the quickness of a Cape j jut , moo iLULUcuiCfcbcij. Duuta niui ujg uaim iXL , i lea, lulxl up in the wind close hauL'and.the old wc- it Jl r . . III - 1 man went aeaa to leewara hub iog . .., , The Indianapolis Republican tells of a bean raised . in that cityi three feet long! it must be a human ban . UcrrB jiATUBAL.. oacneior advertised ior a " helpmate, one who would prove "a companion for' his heart, his. hand, and his lot." A fair one replying asked very earnestly, " how big b yourlot," 1 P. i 1 1 r.
American Advocate (Kinston, N.C.)
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Sept. 28, 1855, edition 1
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