The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-25
correspondence OF the Western
Democrat.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II, 1855.

! the NdtlOlul government, anu Itcl!nS ali
/ those patriotic and national impulses which
| should characterize every American heart,
! ! have taken the liberty to address you upon
( the Importance of unity of sentiment
/ throughout the Southern States in the pre-
! sent political contest which is near at hand,
| that the rights of the States may be pre-
I served in their purity and integrity, and the
| Union preserved. Ifthe present conglomer-
! ated majority, which has exhibited manifest
want of unanimity in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, SHOULD, by any possible means,
/ fuse and organize the House, the legislation
! of that body must necessarily have an
! Abolition tendency. # such is the fact
| and the vote for Mr.. Banks, an Abolition
! Known thing from the State of Massachu
! sets, sustains the idea,---it is high time that
! the South should know, and that positively,
who are its constitutional friends. If those
! gentlemen who have been elected from the
| Southern States to the present Congress, as
! Wings and KNOWN things. should fuse
! with the Abolition Know othings of the
North, who acknowledge higher law than
the Constitution, they will necessarily sacri-
| fee the honor aad interests of their con-
! stituents; and the Conservative COnstitu-
tional Wings of the South, if they prefer
their country and her National honor to that
! of wandering to those who call themselves
! par-crccHence, native Americans, will be
! compelled to unite with the Democratic
party and preserve the constitution of our
common country-a legacy bequcathed to
us hv our Revolutionary Fathers.
| The responsibility of organizing the House
! of Representatives belongs to the oppOsi-
! ton; and all that the Democratic party
| has to do is to remain firm and united upon
! that platform which has been adopted by
| them, and which is in consonance with the
| Constitution, and which acknowledges an
| equality of rights to all the States. The
! Democratic party is the only State-Rights
party, and the only one that can preserve
| the honor and integrity of the country by
resisting the consolidating tendencies of
those who call themselves Know n Othings
"A party originating in the North, and con-
ceived in sin, and brought forth in iniquity,
for the ostensible purpose of destroying the
Constitution, by substituting secret oaths,
which they acknowledge to be more binding;
hence the idea of a '.higher law" No man
outside of the Order would be secure, if
these midnight cabaiS should control the
country, because the oaths administered in
their Lodges are the controlling element
of their action. The binding obligations of
these Oaths have been witnessed at Louis
vile and other places, where some of the
Order have been arraigned for a violation of
the laws of their country.
| cannot close this communication with
out calling your attention to the following
paragraph from the North Carolina Wing,
published at Charlotte, which possesses SO
much knowledge of its own party that it
should be preserved for his own benefit, and
that of his readers:
"CONGRESS.-Thisb body met yesterday.
II IS predicted that this 1UiU be stormy
/ session, and 1ce fear that the elements Of
| 'chich ii scU be composed mag be so contrary
That serious injury may result TO the country.
But we hope the members belonging to the
american Party, as zee beLicre they are IN
the ascendant, will meet with determination
to act for the good of the whole country,
and sustain the law and the Constitution
In the first place the Editor predicts that
this will be a stormy session, and expresses
fears that the elements of which it is COM
posed may be so contrary that serious in
jury may result to the country. From the
expression of these doubts and fears-to
give fair construction to the text of this
paragraph, am led to believe that the
Know Nothings of North Carolina were
fully aware of the abolition tendency of
their \ Northern allies preriOuS to the elections.
If they were not, why these forebOdings!
Why is it that the Editor speaks so conf
IDENTIFY of the "cOntrdry elements Of lchich 1t
wU be composed!" In the second place, he
calls upon the American party to organize
the House, as he "belieyeS they are in the as
cendant," and hopes they ''tcU meet ,cih
determination to act for the good Of the
'ctOie country and Sustain the lac and the
Constitution"
Now, how is it possible for the american
party to be i'll the ascendant unless they
fuse with the Aboltionists of the North
They met on the Bird of December, and the
Democratic party presented its candidates.
being i'll a minority, with q determination
to sustain them; and from that time to the
present they have presented an undivided
front; but on the other hand the con glom-
crates of every political hue have not been
able to come together and organize the
House, which has fully sustained the pre-
dictions of the North Carolina Wing, "hat
serious injury may result to the country''
from their action. o. p. O.
AN ACCOMMODATES OFFICER.-As no
money can be obtained from the United
States Treasury for the pay of members of
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