Show THE amerlia N PARTY 99 wic WE publish in this lesve a significant manifesto bach ims just the pacific coast Ip aers been issued by a new political known as the american body has i fair samia ahn ans for ai commencement men raen cement as iq already foots up members this merely forms the abe initiative snowball As it rolls it may be safely predicted that it will in r crease in and proportionate force it is desti destined aed to wield a more orles fi potent influence in the of the count county ly this expectation is not grounded upon a chimerical basis but upon the effect already produced in california Calif orBia some of the coast journals attach 6 great deal of importance to the movement notably he which warns the republicans of the state rV regarding arding the inroads it is making in the ranks of their party from which the new organization gains most of its actea accessions it predicts that unless demanded changes change sare are made in the tae republican Republic au ticket in the form of concessions to the american part party azes t the he former may look for defeat at the approaching state election in other words the detection defection in the republican ranks will ige be strong enough adough to turn the scale against the party this initiatory ta influence fluence indicates that shenew the new organization will when extended throughout the euion be a prominent factor in JQ american polities the material of which its begin beginning aing is composed can be fu found kid in considerable numbers in every state the declaration of principles Ples is the embodiment of wit it if it be true that brevity is the soul ot of that quality it would be difficult to imagine anything 1 more terse I it sweeps away in theory all existing political inequalities between different cl alases ases ot of citizens cui zens it is to be inferred irom from this that a naturalized citizen would be equall eligible to the chair of thu the white house as one woo claimed this country as the place of his nativity As the numbs number rot ol 01 persons who aspire to that distinguished pot is not ous obethia ou ethia this will not bd a powerful induce ment to sall the ranks of the abe party of recent birth there is a serious impediment however to the unqualified equality uy by tue the deci declaration the constitution that instrument provides that only those who are native born can ever grasp the chief sceptre of executive ower in this republic the eed ed equality clause is therefore too wide to get ad an adhesive grip upon the supreme law of edthe the land but the new hedged fledged party may hope to bave the mady made of the in iti cation clause ol 01 the constitution re feared to as ol of the naturalization natural laws i which ch they aim to hava have ly ally repealed 11 it AC aia be observed that the declaration is as wide as the mouth ot of a railroad tunnel at tile the top fop and dwindles nip ftp something that resembles the eye ye of a netabel I 1 at the bottom an elephant could enter at one end and a mosquito would have a poor show for admission at the other it is one 0 tho the most remarkably liberal and at tue me same time documents of the kind ever floated upon the polk political ical sea ot of this republic since the ahr birth 0 of the nation its universal adoption and elfei lemout practically c annihilate the arar 44 ft ri idea with the were so strop strongly gly imbued shaa hk Ws country was wai to oe a perpetual sal nal for the oppressed of all aoel ao fl if the downtrodden of ethek countries chantries their hearts burning gitil rio airtes to enjoy f the sweets of freedom ware to continue to flock to ofir shores like Ido divesto do vesto their windows 11 kow how much of an asylum would they tacy flad find when the privilege of owning a te jt of et laud ladd was denied them the refugees ref ees irom from the lands where despotism holds liolis men in thralldom would be by the enforcement of a despotic idea in ia a condition of perpetual homelessness with no do lile bole into which they could crawl without being subject to the imminent neit risk ot of being being kicked jacked on out the shutting of the national door against the people oi of other nations is the antipodes of the genius oi american I 1 an liberty and canoot cons latently be entertained if anything is done iu that direction it maat necessarily be limited otherwise one oe of the corner stones atones of the republic will be ba cracked and endanger the equilibrium of the magnificent edifice such contra etious ot of the framework of this government wre are however beins being largely favored ideas utopian to te spirit that should obtain in nation are gradually gaining ground and in the minds af the lovers of of liberty they bode mo ao good to the nation it Is a common thing nowa now a days bollmen to talk trippingly of depriving citizens of their political property by the enacting of anti freedom laws and without the application of ordinary judicial process no N people eople have hake more reason to oserve observe tle the decadence of the letter and spirit of american freedom in these respects than the majority of the people of thin fair territory yet their expert ence will not be all loss as aa it will qualify them if aney are arc apt in learn in inz the lessons it affords aft to 10 vindicate thelo rions principles upon anich thy tho structure was founded when toe ime crisis arisen tho the idea of the new party tion lionso so far as its sweeping intentions relating rc latina to the unive rhal exclusion from common privileged tit of the people of other lands ianda buo come to what has been deemed the worlds asylum to the oppressed is concerned appeals to the sentiment of national selfishness nations are but Ii individual ag grega and unregenerate man is essentially self benevolent for that reason the advocacy of ideas which gratify this disposition are sur sure e to impregnate a large proportion of the people notwithstanding the liberal tendencies of the great majority the american party will probably make considerable headway in a short space of time especially if they modify their expressed principles plea which are altogether vo overwhelmingly radical in some ol 01 their aspects should the modifications dot occur the title would be a misnomer the un american Ameri ean party would toe be more appropriate prop |