THE PRICE OF LIBERTY is


ETERNAL VIGILANCE"
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Two causes have, in our opinion, mainly
operated in efecting the election of Mr.
Polk. One is, the foreign vote, which ha.
now for the first time, made itself feit; thC
other is this, that large mass ofth people
refusing to exercise the duty, as we'll as
inestiu able privilege of freemen, VIZ: that
OF thinking for themselves, on questions Of
national policy, have attached themselves
lndlssoiuby to the car of party spirit. and
suffer Themselves to BE led ucqucstoned and
unques:iOning, to the support Of any and all
measures which their parry leaders may
deem most to their own advantage. Olher
causes besides these, have contributed their
feeble aid 10 the SUCCESS of. dear dau.oesacy.
such fer instance as AJoIui1pism. and tbr
praisewouhy efforts of a class of nice
young men in our cities and towns. tech.
nIcally known as the Empire Club frater-
nltyi but they are so insignificant in com.
parlson, as to be hardly worth mentioning
Indeed, we merely alluded to them in io-
ccse manner. without wishing to be consid-
cred as attaching any Importance TO them
whatever though at the same time, we
would be far from undertaking. any one Of
the various elements which unite in formiDg
the grand aggregate Of democracy. Seri-
ously, however, with respect to the two
chief causes mentioned above, 70 which we
attributed the election Of Mr.. Polk-.hev
are so formidable, 50 ominous OF DANCE. 10
the Republic as 70 demand the immediate


consideration Of every true Americon. We
SHALL however, consider only one Of them,
at present. Behold, then, in our midst. the
hFst successful workings Of foreign influ.
ence, against which we were so soIeunly
warned by the immortal Washington. in his
farewell address the first decided nantes
tation Of power in the hands of portion Of
that vast army ofignorancea and superstition.
which has, for 50 many centuries, upheld
and Supported the civil and pyisstIy dssno,
tism Of Europe Brought ~ in abiect sub
mission to their temporal and spiritual ~
rants iorbiddsn p entertain an opinion Of
their own. either On politics or religion. O.
verawed by the baycnel on the one hand an4
the thunders Of The Vatican on The other
they land on our shores unable either 70 IN.
derstand or to apprcri .le liberty. Tbei,
nearest idea OF liberty is that of anarchy and
lawless violence. They are, in fact. the
willing subjects Of dcspotisn more abso.
lutte than that Of The Caslrs-tbe desnotism
of the priesthood. Their chief sDiritunl
guide IN this eountry, Bishop Hughes. has
but to intimate his wiIi, and ,be whole mass
OF the faithful, amountiog 10 al least three
millions, move as one man in obediencs


This geueTaiissimo Of the Roman army io
our country, Is. be il recollcctcd. the sworn
yassal Of a foreign poseu,aie-,he none For
The love which this politicorelieious b;ey.,


chy bears to liberty. We have but to ref.r,o
hls;ory.and lhe presenlstaie Of papal Europe.
Iisthe right arm ofihe "Holy Alliance =
coniederacy of despots formed about the
year 1915. which like the "Hoiy Officen Or
inqu'siiicn. has for its object, The SUPPRESSION
OF political, as the latter OF religious I;har.