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Wednesday, October 8, 1856.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUQUANAN, of Pennsylvarda
FOR VICE PRESIDENT, •
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, of Ky.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery co
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROPE, of Franklin county
Dit.o k r , rEallit MN ill 1 04 1 CZVlttlia Oil *
COMMESS,
CYRUS .V PERSHING, of Cambria county.
SENATE, • -
JOHN CREiSWELL, Jr., of Blair county
ASSEMBLY,
JOHN H. LIGHTNER, of Shirleysburg.
Dr. ROBERT W. CHRISTY, of Blair co
- DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
SHERIFF!,
GRAFFUS MILLER, of Huntingdon.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
JOHN LONG, of Shirlevsburg.
JOHN. CRESSWELL, of West.
COMMISSIONED,
HENRY ZIMMERMAN, of Hopewell
DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR,
DAVID BARRICK, of Barree
AUDITOR,
AUGUSTINE L. GRIM, of Huntingdon
Day is Breaking !
Day is beginning to break upon the long
beclouded minds of the leaders of the Black
Republican party, with reference to the con
test in our State. Up to this time, Pennsyl
vania, in all their calculations, headed the
FREMONT column. There was never a doubt
expressed as to -how she would cast her vote
when the day of trial came. The Kew York
Tribune and other Disunion Abolition presses,
spoke in jubilant terms of the- progress that
Abolition sentiments were making in the old
Keystone State, and sang hosannahs•at the
prospect of seducing its yeomanry from the
time-honored and patriotic faith of their re
volutionary fathers, So fully were the Black
Republican traitors of the Eastern States
convinced of this fact, that BURLINGAME,
BANKS, and WILSON, and their co-workers in
the unholy.task of dividing the Union, left
their homes and congenial hearths, where
patriotism is hated, and all treason deified,
and come upon the soil of old Pennsylvania,
to see with their own eyes what the Tribune
had told them. No hyena ever rushedjo its
disgusting task of despoiling the grave—no
vulture stooped to its revolting repast—with
more zest than did this band of traitors in
vade our State. Already, in their imagi
nation, they say Pennsylvania at their feet—
her honor departed forever.
They came.-- 7 BAxxis, BoannlcAmn, and Wxl.-
sox. They mingled with our people. They
looked upon the plain, honest farmers and
mechanics of this State. They saw them
present when they poured forth their treason
able sentiments, and after weeks of toil and
labor, what tidings have these itinerant trea,
Bon hatchers sent back to their master of the
,Tribune ? Bear in mind, to that Tribune,
Which for months, has boasted that Pennsyl
vania was one of the States certain to cast
her vote for FrtEmoyr, and then read the fol
lowing extracts from that paper of the 27th :
In spite of many cheering assurances, wo consider the
.States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, lillinois and
California are still doubtful.
Should we lose Pennsylvania we may possibly succeed
without her; but that, like the choice of Fremont by the
House, is only a chance. If we carry Pennsylvania, it is
barely possible that we shall fail to carry States enough
beside to give us the victory.
The "naked truth" with regard to the pro
:gress of disunion in our State, has at length
reached the mad philosopher of the Tribune,
and in an agony of rage and disappointment
he blurts it out, as self convicted criminals
often become their own accusers. The emis
saries he sent forth to poison the very atmos
phere of this State with their treasonable
breath, have come back to their master with
news, rather than have received which he
would have met the weird sisters on the blas
ted heath. They have told the truth, and
,exhibited the vouchers for their statements
in accounts of cold receptions, and small
meetings, when their distinguished names
were placarded as inducements for the peo
ple to gather for a feast of treason and dis
union. All this has been made more bitter
and galling by that .other trut7z, which these
men have been compelled to fasten, like an
•adder's sting, into the mind of their employ
er--that in all parts of this State, the Democ
racy, aided by their National allies, the old
line Whigs, are united, industrious and en
thusiastic. While BANKS and BuntiNoeltn
f are, and have been speaking to a few hund
stods-4bousands can be collected in a brief
WILLIAM LEWIS;
VOL. XII.
MU
notice to listen to the gallant Democrats and
National Whigs ? who are canvassing . the
State. This- fact is so apparent that even
the treason-sealed eyes of the agents of dis
union, who• are traversing our State, have
been opened to-it, by the miraculous power
of truth. They see the hand writing on the
wall, and concede the old Keystone to the
Democracy.
But to soften this blow, and escape from
the consequences of his own folly and false
hOod, the truth loving editor of the Tribune
attempts the old story of fraud. Hear him!
"Private advices from that State, however, inform us
that the same Buclumeers have already concocted some
scheme not yet publicly developed, securing the vote of
the State in favor of Border-Ruflianism, and that their de
spair of the last few days has suddenly been changed to
exultation.
*
"Are assured that preparations have been made to re
peat in Pennsylvania the notorious Plaqucmines frauds
by which the vote of Louisiana was secured to Mr. Polk.
The prolonged presence in this region of Mr. Senator
Slidell, 'who is believed to have had so considerable a share
in those nefarious transactions, is naturally regarded as
having something to do with this part of the new Border-
Ruffian strategy, without which it is felt Buchanan's elec
tion is impossible!'
This attempt of the arch-traitor of the Tri
bune, to cover his retreat is too transparent
to decieve even his own' deluded followers.—
The Democracy of this State need no _dishon
est means by which to carry the State in the
contest. This is well understood by the
Black Republicans, else why this Exodus of
traitors from the Eastern States into Penn
sylvania. They do not come to detect fraud,
Upon the stump of this State they have never
breathed such a suspicion. All they fear is
the patriotism-, and loyalty of the people of
Pennsylvania. They well know that the
masses of this State are true to the Constitu
tion and the 'Union, faithful to the politieal
principles of their forefathers, and, religious
ly opposed to all doctrines which will alienate
the people of one portion of the Union from
those of another. This fact has been abun
dantly proven in all the great political con
tests- through which the Democracy have
passed, and now when the &owning point
has come—when Black Republicanism has
thrown aside its mask, and openly declare in
favor Of disunion—the Democracy of-.this
State understand what the issue means, and
are not afraid to meet the enemy on the plat
form they have erected. No one is to be de
luded from the main point by the stale cry of
fraud, which comes from the Tribune like a
wail from the region of despair. If frauds
are in contemplation, it is in that section of
the State, poisoned and corrupted by Black
Republican orators, and doctrines. The Wm-
MOTS and GROWS are the men for this busi
ness. Apostates are always selected for fil
thy deeds. The Northern line is that over
which the fraudulent voters are to enter this
State from the adjoining State of New York.
This is the locality where frauds may be ex
pected, and the agents selected are the very
men who are the friends of, and sympathisers
with the Tribune, But we are prepared for
all schemes that may be hatched by the Tri
bune, and its camp followers, between this
and the election. The Democracy are in
earnest, In all parts of the State the organi
zation is perfect, and the honest, fearless
Democracy laugh at the lamentations of the
Tribune over the coming election, as they do
at its absurd and childish stories of "border
ruffian stratagems,"
We say to our friends in other States, the
heart of Pennsylvania's Democracy never
beat with more steadfast devotion to the
Union, than at present. They know the
mighty stake for which they play, The val
ue of the Union is understood and apprecia
ted. They venerate the constinition—know
what it cost—what it confers, and what its
overthrow will bring upon the Nation. All
this -they learned from their fathers, and it
needs no traitor's spawn, like BANKS and
BTRLINGAME and WILSON, to teach them their
duty. They know it—and how well it is be
ing performed, may be gleaned from the jere
miads of the Tribune. Day is breaking,—
The contest for the Constitution and the
Union, the rights of the States, and the prin
ciple of popular sovereignty, as set forth in
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, is progressing
most
is
in the Old Keystone, All
that is needed is for the people to keep up
the fire. The enemy is already in disorder
and confusion.. The Tribune has sounded the
retreat. Now is the time to "give them a
little more grape," and the panic will be
crowned with an entire route.
TWENTY-ONE DAYS IN TIIE SENATE!—Twen”
ty-one days in the Senate, is the only record
of Col. Fremont's public and political life.—
The N. Y. Tribune is compelled to admit du
ring his twenty-one day's service in the Sen
ate, Col. Fremont voted against a proposition
to abolish slavery in the district of Colum
bia, subject to a popular vote ! and he also
voted against another proposition for the un
conditional abolition of slavery in the dis
trict! The N, Y. Commercial Advertiser ex
claims : "Two such votes in his twenty-one
days of Senatorial life ! and now the nomi
nee of a party with whom prohibition of sla
very in all territories of the U. S., and whore
ever the federal government has authority, is
a cardinal principle Well, this is marvel
lous. This is surely the extremity of iii Con,
Eistency.
By the following from the money article of
the Philadelphia Ledger, of Monday, the
22nd ult., it will be observed that the alarm
ing characteristics of the present canvass for
the Presidency are already beginning to un,
settle confidence and disturb injuriously the
operations of the money market. This is the
first time in the history of the country that a
political struggle has ever produced a sithilar
effect.
The sensitive, far seeing capitalists flour
ish only in times of peace and safety. They
now see these essential elements of prosperi
ty jeopardized by the formation of , a 'geo
graphical party; • contrary to the 'warning
voice of WASIINGTON and the solemn admo
nitions of all the wise patroits, from the revo
lution to the present day, whom we h - a,ve
been accustomed to regard with respect and.
veneration. They see this same party enga
ged in earnest "attempts to alienate a portion
of our country from the rest, and to enfeeble
the sacred ties which now link together the
various parts" without that "indignantfrown
ing" with which such attempts should ever
be met. They hear the warnings of the fath
ers of the republic against sectional parties
and sectional criminations, denounced as the
unmeaning loquacity of old fogeyism, so that
they see nothing left that is regarded as sa
cred or authoritative to restrain men within
the pale of constitutional action, They hear
the same fanatical agitators, some of them
openly advocating the dissolution of the
Union, and others talking flippantly of its
value; some saying there is no danger—"cry
ing peace, peace, when there is no peace"—
whilst others recklessly talk of subjugating
the south by force of arms should they resist
the injustice intended to be perpetrated
against them.
Why these things are so, it is difficut to
tell, The yoke of government oppresses no
one. All are protected in their personal
rights and in their lawful pursuits. Every
branch of business is in a flourishing condi
tion. .The wages of labor are high and em
ployment abundant, Produce of all kinds
commands good prices and ready sale, The
whole country was never in as prosperous a
condition as at the present time, It is grow
ing in population and wealth with a rapidity
that alarms the despotisms of Europe and
should excite the love and pride of every
American citizen. No , one has any personal
grievance to complain of, yet fanatical dis
content stalks abroad quarrelling with the
very prosperity in which we are running riot
at the north, and demands the overthrow of
this prosperous, happy state of things. The
truly great and good men of the north are all
opposed to this wild movement in progress,
but the demagogues have got into the lead of
the opposition to the great union loving de
mocracy, and that opposition now finds itself
marshalled under the Garrisons, Greeleys,
Parkers, Sewards, Stevenses and the whole
black republican crew of abolitionism in their
mad attempts to 'overturn the constitution
and rend asunder our glorious republic.
It may be easy to bring on a revolution,
but who can tell where it will stop, or in
to what cruel despotic hands we may fall ?
Deluded, but well intentioned, men brought
about the French revolution. TheY all fell
victims to the popular phrenzy' themselves
had caused, and after a long scene of revol
ting bloodshed, bankruptcy, famine and un
speakable misery, the remnant of the fanati
"cal worshippers of liberty in that then un
happy country, gladly fled for safety to the
cold embrace of despotism. Let us take sea
sonable warning from this melancholy exam;
ple. Let us, of free, happy America, neith
er misuse nor abuse the unexampled bless
ings by which we are 'surrounded. Let us
revere and sustain the noble constitution, the
perfect work of the wise men of the revolu
tion, on which our happy condition rests : —
Let us turn deaf ears to the siren voice of the
traitorous abolitionists, lest their crazed coun
sels bring upon us evils worse than those of
the French revolution.
it is tinta for all men who have anything
at stake in society to watch seriously the pro
gress of current events, and determine; after
earnest examination, the part which solemn
duty and patriotism demands of them to take
in the impending crisis. Laboring men are
equally interested with men of substance, for
the all of each, we verily believe, is imperil
led by the issue. The dark cloud is already
gathering in our horizon, and the tremor
preceding the terrible convulsion is even now
felt by the observing. The facts contained
in the article below, from the Ledger, are
pregnant with omens which no reflecting
man can contemplate without the gravest ap
prehensions. They are ominous of a series
of disasters which must inevitably follow the
triumph of a geographical party,, so earnest
ly deprecated by the Father of his Country.
They are ominous of panic and, its necessary
consequence, bank suspensions. They are
HUNTINGDON, PA., OCTOBER 8, 1856.
Fearful Omens.
-PERSUYEE4:: -
ominous of the general loss of confidence of
men in each other throughout the business
community, They aro ominous of the de
struction of the value of bank-notes and stocks
of every description, national, state, bank,
mining, manufacturing, railroad, &c. They
are ominous of the depreciations of lands,
houses and real estate of all kinds, so that
nothing which men now possess, will com
mand. cash. They are ominous of a general
suspension of business -in • manufactories,
mines, work-shops, upon railroads, buildings,
improvements of all kinds. They are omin
ous of throwing laborers everywhere out of
employment. They are ominous of general
bankruptcy and distress, These are omens
of the first and mildest consequences to be
apprehended if the good men of the north - do
not come forward and arrest the onward
tramp of ' these crazed fanatics, ere they
plunge the country into the awful gulph of
disunion now yawning at our very feet :-
"The stock market is dull and depressed,
and from no satisfactory cause in the busi
ness and financial relations of the country.—
With abundant harvest, health; and the
world at peace, the general depression puz
zles outsiders very much. The Whole busi
ness on Saturday is included in $17,000 of
loans, and about 1400 shares of stock. Read
ing Railroad shares declined and one or
two, other stocks fell off slightly. Among the
causes advanced in accounting for the de
pression of stocks,' the most effective proba
bly is that of the approaching Presidential
election; There is quite too much talk of a
dissolution of the Union. Such a thing may
not be seriously contemplated.by. any consid
erable portion of the country, and if the at
tempt should be made by one, two or more of
' the States, we cannot'doubt that, as in the
time of General Jackson, there will be force
enough in the general government to bring
the recusant parties in. But from the mo
ment that force is used to maintain the Union,
it is virtually from that moment broken, and
the shock will be first and most sensibly felt
by credit. Government loans, State arid city
loans, and - in fact every species of credit will
wither. There. is much more to apprehend
as regards credit and the price of stocks and
loans in the issue of the coming Presidential
election, than there ever was as regards pri
ces in this country froth the issue of the war
-boeveeen Russia ' ancl....the Allies. _the rm3vs-ef.
the movements of which was then looked. to
with so much solicitude. We know that
some of oni largest and most active capital
ists have the approaching issue steadily in
view, and and are_ so shaping their money
movements as to be prepared for the result
whatever it may be. A dissolution of the
Union may never come, but the very talk of
such things are disastrous to credit and the
price of securities—and should it come the
worst apprehensions will be sure to be real
ized."
All our popular elections are influenced
and decided by the active agency of politi
cians, and the more quiet measures of the
people. We make this distinction in refer
ence to that class of politicians who are sel
fish, ambitious, and sinister—who strive to
mislead. the people by every artifice and to
wield their passions to blind their judgment.
No t*o antagonisms are greater than the ob
jects of such politicians and the great body
of the people. The love •of country and the
virtue of government have no place in the
standard of duty and morals with the trod-
ing politician. The people make these high
considerations cardinal, as they pertain to
their own happiness and security.
We have never known a period, in the pro-
gress of our history,.when this great and vi
tal political distinction was so marked as at
this time, and under an organization so im
posing. All the worst political and social el
ements have conspired, in one form or anoth
er, to disturb - the peace of the country ; to
disorganize the government; to encourage
disloyality to the Constitution and the 'Union;
to array one part of our common country
against another with all the intensity of jeal
ousy and hate. This evil spirit is pouring
its poison into the listening ear of the popu
lar credulity; it is drugging the sober mind
of the multitude with fatal intoxication ; it
has seduced a faithless priesthood, who are
prostituting the altars Of religion with politi
cal blasphemy ; it is forging chains for popu
lar sovereignty in this hour of its stupor,
that, before it wakes up to reason, it may be
manacled by traitors. This is no fiction. It
is all in progress at this time throughout a
great portion of the country--.-active, perser
Yering, ar.d undaunted.
It is said that eternal vigilance is the price
,of liberty. It is now menaced in the most
j.nsidie s us forms ; for those who should be on
the watch are beguiled by wily enemies, and
are off duty listening to their sorcery.
To this most dangerous and unnatural as
sociation we plead a dissolution, and pray the
sovereign people to wake up to the dangers
that surround them and exercise their own
authority as the only safe and sure means of
protecting their own rights.. Teach insidious
and venal politicians, teach demagogues and
traitors, that they have no. affinities with the
people, and that they have mistaken their
power, if they think to conquer the virtue or
overreach the intelligence of those who have
A Word of Warning
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everything at stake in the preservation of a
stable and pure government.
The whole theory of our government looks
to but one power, and that the people. Eve
rything that conflicts with that, however in
nocent, must disturb, the harmony of its oper
ation. And every extraneous purpose that
would attempt to control it would be danger
ous to the extent of the evil meditated. This
one power, unadulterated and absolute in its
authority, is what we wish to see preserved
with scrupulous jealousy.
From the Providence Post.
"The Union is Straining her Fastenings!"
Such is the language of the old-line Whigs
of Baltimore, in an address to the people:
" The Union is straining her fastenings, and
calls upon all patriotic citizens to come to
her rescue."
Truer words, it is - our honest belief, were
never spoken. The Union is straining her
fastenings. The storm of - fanaticism, now
wildly raging in sixteen States, threatens to
part her fastenings. and carry her down'. -
Our readers will-bear us out in saying that
we are- not an alarmist. We have never
threatened fire and sword, nor heeded threats
Of civil war or - disunion from others - We
have had faith in the Union—in its stability
—and almost in its eternity. _ We. believe,
now, that it is destined to stand.
13vt we do not believe that. it
- could long
survive the triumph of titter" sectionalism in
the election of John Q. Fremont. We do
not believe that any family can be profitably
kept together after the members of it have
illustrated theik hatred of each other by open
acts of hostility.
- The , question of the continuance of- the
Union is now_reduced to this simple question:
Whether the black republican party, in its
avowed hostility to . the south, actually repre-
Sents the north, or a majority of the people
of ,the north.? -.This question - wail be decided
in November.
If it is decided in the affirmative, - then we
Shall say , unhesitatingly that the great blow
of disunion has been struck. The south will
not wait to be "subjirated," It will never
trust itself to the tender mercies of a party
whose very existence rests upon hatred of its
people andhostility to its institutions -
Men of Rhode- Island, you may as well
look this fact squarely in 'the face I No fif
teen_ of this Vnion--,northern, south
ern, caitern western-will - ever submit to
be...cOxerned.bv., sixteen other States, Whose
triumph has bethiB - 00.gred ffy ft-ppeats-w-pre
judice against their institutions and by'proer
lamations of hostility to their
Should John C. l'reaiont take the presi
dential chair to-day as . the representative of
the party which placed him in nomination,
and which supports him by appeals to sec
tional feelings and prejudices, he would have
to sit here without a single cabinet officer
from any southern State ! No man in the
South, with a particle of reputation, would
dare to accept an appointment as one of his
dvisers !
Could a President thus circumstanced ad
minister the government thirty days ? Could
he command, the respect of the army or navy
thirty hours ? Would Congress ever assem
ble to legislate for the country ? With thir
ty senators and ninety representatives volun
tarily absent, what would its legislation be
worth? With a cabinet and all important
officers of the governinent appointed from the
north, how long, think you, could that gov- I
ernment be sustained
It is folly to talk at such a time as _this of
the importance of the Union to the south.—
So far as maintaining slavery' is concerned,
the south gains nothing by the Union, if we
except the occasional return.of a fugitive,,
Slavery would stand on a firmer basis with
the Union dissolved than it does to-day. It
would only have to expatriate its thousands
of free negroes, and send • them north in a
single avalanche, to place _itself beyond the
reach of internal disaster. This, done, the
west following its rivers,' would become its
ally ; and. in less than three years, New Eng
land would stand alone—bankrupt and de
fenceless,
We are told sometimes it is not the pur
pose of Mr. Fremont and his friends to at
tack the institutions of the south through the
machinery of the government. This assur
ance, sincere or not, is worth nothing. The
south knows WIIAT TUE PARTY is, ad wuo
ITS LEADERS ARE, and WHAT IS TUE FOOD IT
LIVES UPON. And it will never wait—Mark
OUT 'WOOS !,-,AT WILL NEVER WAIT IO test the
truth of this declaration. It has too much
at stake.
We shall not stop here to remark upon the
vast importance and value ,of the Union to
Rhode island. It seems to us that a half
blind fanatic must perceive it. As a manu
facturing and commercial State, what could
we do alone? - What could we do, even in a
confederacy of all the free States ? What
could we do without the south? To say
nothing of political and national weakness
what should we be as a commercial and a
roar.lfacturing people •tiKus cut off from our
best market ?
We caution our people again not to be de
ceived by the syren song of such as would
have us believe that the Union cannot be dis
solved.. The necessity of separation is being
Forced upon us by the action of the black re
publican abolition party. All the South asks
to know is, whether that party correctly rep
resents the North. If it does, then it asserts
and we believe that the breach has become a
fixed fact. To cry peace at such a time is a
crime of which we will not be guilty. "THE
UNioN IS STRAINING um' FASTENINGS, AND
CALLS ;UPON ALL PATRIOTIC CITIZENS TO COME
TO HER RESCUE !" •
The Union" and Mr, Banks
The Washington Union of Saturday eve
ning (Sept. 27.) again applies the scalpel to
Mr. Speaker Banks, and in regard to the
suggestion of Mr. Banks, as to the substitu
tion of a military despotism for the Constitu
tional Union, says : •
"When properly understood, there is noth
Editor and. Proprietor.
NO. 16.
ing new in Speaker 'Banks' position;. it i
but the legitimate - and' practical conclusion :
deduced from the well-known purpose of the_
Black Republican organization. The &yew . -
ed object of every Fremont leader is,:that the
North shall rule the South ; and this -pur
pose is boldly justified upon the ground that
the North is numerically stronger' than the,
South, and ought to sovern upon the princi,
ple that the majority in a republic-has a,
right to rule. - It is by the perversion of this
sound Democratic maxim that Black Repub
licanism covers its warfare upon fifteen South
ern States, and, therefore, effectually excludes
all' those .States from • its organization. No.
Black Republican- will deny that the object
of his organization is to combine the public
sentiment of the sixteen free 'States, and se
cure a President, Congress and judiciary,
which will administer the government upon.
principles that are hostile to the. institutions
of the fifteen Southern States. That the
Constitution ever contemplated such an. ad
ministration of the government, no one of
candor will pretend. We suppose that Speak-.
er Banks was contemplating the ultimate tri
umph of his party when he said he could
conceive of a time when this Constitution
will not be in existence. That time will have
arrived when the Presidency, Congress, and
the Supreme Court shall be PINT. by Black,
Republicans.
Why I Turned to be a Democrat !
Speak quickly, Demonlan!' under which King, or die!
OLD PLAY.
The memorable remark of the great and
illustrious Henry Clay, who said that "ha
would rather be right than President," has
induced inc to regard the present Presiden-,
tial issue, as one which involves a, similar de
termination on my own part to be also rigid
on the side of patriotic Democracy, rather
than victorious with either of the other can
didates, whose several tendencies are towards
sectionalism and proSeription. Democracy
never looked fairer than. she does at the pre-.
sent moment. Her radiant face beams with
the loveliness, of an angel„ (such as the God
dess of l i iberty alone should wear,) realizing
the amplest area of freedom to all, even to
the traitorous talk of .21 7 egro , Worshippers,
and the selfish plottings of the despicable
Know-Nothings. The dark cloud of fanati
cism has, of late,- spread - over the land and
must induce all reflecting minds to pause, and
consider whether these designing political
knaves shall be permitted : to "let the Union
slide," or to arrest at once this foul stream of
pollution which a; horde of hired abolition
preachers arc pouring forth 'by visiting every
hamlet in our' State, and striving to misrep
resent facts by artful sophistries in regard
to the mission of Democracy.
These "wolves in sheep's clothing" are
prowling about the country, seeking whom
they may devour. They are the old enemies
of our foreign population, with. a new name,
for their political purposes. They are in
fact, the."Know-Nothing",deserters from the
camp of Millard -Fillmore, and rallying again
under the banner .of Black .l i .epublicanism.
They are - the '`NigerParty" monnted upofl
a "woolly horse," and seeking to:destroy the
liberties 'of:this fair republic, the freedom of
which was bought with the precious- blood of
patriots, beaded by
_the immortal Washing
ton, whose dying legacy, (contained in his
"farew - ell addressn they affect to-despise, as
unworthy sentiments of this .age of _progress
and reform, which they as Abolitionists have
instituted. Our German friends in the inte
rior should beware of these men— e who are
tnatmay ur -c.oairt; .63..ceb
cy.is in favor of the extension -of slavery,
when she merely extends the privilege for
each State to signify their pleasure in that
respect, and does not coerce them into meas,
tires, which the Abolitionists -arc so desirous
of accomplishing. Nothing of the- kind—
and hence the reason why I choose to be a
Democrat, which allows me the greater priv
ilege—of thinking and acting, as I deem
proper. This is freedom—this is liberty l
I have witnessed enough of pseudo Amer
icanism, termed "know-Nothings," to dis
gust me with such a ridiculous organization
for the remainder of my days. They are a
secret conclave of reckless. and plotting vil
lains, who would rob you of your liberty 4
while prating about it---..and planning their
own political aggrandizement. A band of
oath-be - Lind conspirators, who disgrace every
attribute of manhood and blur the fair face
of the Goddess of Liberty whose sacred tem,
pie they have profaned, and sacriligiously
in
vaded. And these 'are the men, who arc now
soliciting the "sweet Gernmn accent," and.
the "rich Irish brogue," from those who but
lately they branded as "vile foreigners," and
denied every form of civil and religious lib:.
erty. These are the "Fremonters," who
would trample upon every sacred right guar,.
anteed to freemen—by a logic as false as the
shallow sophistries it produces. These are
the men who one day tell you that Fremont
is a Catholic, and the next day he is not, to
suit their own debased purposes. It will be
readily perceived "why I turned Democrat."
It was to be a freeman once more, and not
the, tool of a designing clique of traitors to
the liberties of my beloved country. In De;
mocracy, there is enough and to spare, of all
the Americanism that I desire, and I hope
ever to remain in the ranks.of those who are
now battling for the most sacred principles
that ever animated the purposes of man,
which are those of "virtue, liberty, and inde 7
pendence." The , black flag of Disunion is
the banner of whose who thoughtlessly sup,
port Fremont. Come out from among theta,
all good and true men.
The warning voice of a Washington and a
Jackson, in their last patriotic addresses,
should once more be read before the election
day, and then would follow such an annihila,
tion of this piebald party, as the triumphal
march of Democracy has ever exhibited. It
is only necessary for a moment's reflection on
the part of those who have been misled to in
duce them to retrace their steps, and be, in
every sense of the term, what the old follow
ers Of Henry Clay have been, in every sense
of the term--DeMocratic Whigs—" a union
of the Whigs with the Democrats, for the
sake of the Union,"
Already proscription and sectionalism is
fast accomplishing its own overthrow of the
black cohorts of which it is coMposed. De
mocracy comes once more to the rescue of the
Union, and will soon drive back the ruthless
invaders of the perpetuity of this glorious re
public,—the model of the world, to which all
eyes are imploringly turned from deSpotic
and " down trodden" nations
Victory is already perched on the Demo-,
erotic banner. The 'Providence that has thus
far preserved us as a nation will still gutu•d
and protect the cherished liberties so dearly
hought, in "the times that tried men's souls."
It is for this that I " turned Democrat," to
add one more yote against those who would
dare to .dis Solve the onion, and to be among
the joyous crowd who "will make the welkin
ring" with their triumphal shouts, for having
saved their country from anarchy and cenfu : .
sion, AN OLn-Luc Wrro.