Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-08-09
UNION MEN, STAND TO YOUR coz!
ORS.

il has been said that eternal wig 'ancs is the
price Of liberty" and il may be said a, this time
that eternal vigilance viii secure the peace and
peEPetuity Of our glorious Union. Let every
Union man in Lowndes stand to bis coors. and
defend the flag Of the ffdrs and stripes as our
noble anceslers defended j, against the assaults
Of the British ia the days Of the Rsvolulion.-
Great Britain then fought openly agains, Ameri
can independence, and when that independence
was achieved upon the bloody battle field, and
her hired so.diery driven from our coasts, she
commenced her secret vaccinations to b ak up
the confederation and defeat the establishment
d The present Constitution Of The United States,
by producing dssensions and jsalousies between
The different States. She has never ceased her
helish designs, or slumbered at her Internal
work ior the Accomplishment Of the overthrow
~oi the American Union. She holds that man is
incapable Of seIi-soyernmenl The American
Union gives the lie 10 her principles and doc
Iines. Ii This Union eau be dissolved. and our
coniederacy broken Up into petty governments.
warning upon each other and sucking from the
people their hard earnings to support armies, the
long exploded doctrine that kings aud robles are
necessary to rule and govern the peops, vii.
again be received, Great Britain will lnr. &C.
compishsd that ior which she has Struggled
since the day OF The Declaration OF or indie.
Pendencc.
The Union party is now battling naniuly
against the aboitionists Of the North, wto de-.
sire tie disruption Of the coulederacy, AMI the
Disunonsts OF the South who are moving [Iea.
ven aRd Hell, 10 induce Carolina and lissis.
sippi to seceie, with The view Of bringing abou,
general confusion, and dlsunion aud the lorlna,
ton Of Southern Confederacy.
The Union can be preserved by the vigilance
Of It's frlends We cannot lie too earnest and
loud in its praises. The more it is dirided. the
more it's enemies ridlculo ii as glorious I'm,
ron" let lis noble Hearted and patriotic friends
shout praises in It's favor. 1t is glorious Union,
Notwithstanding the derision of the venerable
Chcves, aud his plant imators. Ii has made
US great nation, great at home and great
abroad. Il has gained US tho respect Of the
Monarchs CT Europe, and given US the command
Of the ocean. 1t has secured Us independence.
happiness and liberty at home, and atched the
sky with the bow of hope 10 the lovers Of free,
dom and constitutional liberty throughout the
world. Ii has aroused the Greek from his Stun
bers, given life and ygor to the dlsconsolae
Poander, and ike an angel of Heaven, it has
inspired the valiant and unfortunate Hungarian
to deeds Of glory which will immortaIise tha
oppressed people. And now when it is deridej.
abused aud rdiculed by those who abuse the
liberty which il guarantees to them, and nour
ishes them as the milk of the mother nourishes
the child, its glorious Influences have awakened
the inhabitants OF the Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba.
long troddcn down BY military despoiism. has
asserted the rights Of man to freedom and con.
st,utiona liberty.
Stand to your colors let every Union man do
his duty, iearlessly. i'ithidAiy, You have bod
and eoquen, champions now vndcating your
cause throughout the county. Stand by them aud
cheer them in the patriotic contest in which
they are engaged. They will do their duty
Your selection is the est evidence of your con :.
fdence that they have the taen, the energy
and the requirements TO do justice to themselves
and the county. In no contest have Aey l5se
ground or waiyered True as steel they have
maintained the rights Of the South and the I'm.
ion The cause which they are advocating,
with such ability, is gaining ground, aud the in.
formation with which they are furnishing the
people viii give to the side OF truth brightness
which will dispell the clouds Of error, lately slr>
rounding the minds Of some Of our best and most
patriotic citizens.
The tricks Of party, whether under the spe
cous name Of Southern Rights, lately so popu-
lar, bat now discarded like a shabby beggar from
the door a pride and nsolence or under the
more " catching" name Of Democratic State
Rights, are well understood by the Intelligence
OF old Lowndes, and federalism can psyer be
successful, however beautifully sthe bait may
be guided
The principles coniended for by the Demo.
cratic State Rights party in regard TO California
and Texas, and the right Of the people TO form
State Constitutions to suit themselves are odous
| in the sight Of republicans, and a gross calumny
upon the doctriue of State Rights. As one of
their leaders, Mr. Chevcs, said of the Union,
their principles vii! soon stink IN their nosirils,
/ and a new name must be resorled to for the de-
Reception Of the people.