Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-09-27
Eloquent Letter of Gen. cass.

A noble letter was read from that sallan.
Old par:i0t, General Cass, at the late Demo
cratic meeting in PhiIadel phia. We make
from it lie following eloquent extracts:
.Well and wisely have you selected The
Time and place for this great gathering OF the
true hearted sons OF PennSylvania. The Amer
lean who could stand upon the spot where oul
National independence was declared, aud on
the anniversary of the day which witnessed
the birth If our glorious Constitution, and moi
bless God for what he has done for us rs 0
people, and pray for the perpetualion of this
Confederation, is unworthy of his country and
unfit for her institutions. Unfortunately there
is . fell spirit abroad, which threatens the most
disastrous consequences 10 this the proudeSl
fabric of political wisdom the world has ever
seem.
ellis time the Keystone State should come
TO the reScue-KeyStone, indeed, no longer, il
The designs openly avowed and zealously pur.
sued are conSumated; fer il will fail with The
arch il now binds together, involving in one
common destruction this Republican structure.
IL IS time for every citizen who loves his
country, ard whose heart and intellect are not
led captive by one or another OF the new dog
mas which mark this prolific day OF strange
things-as slrnnge as Athens ever witnessed
in The time OF The Apostle of The Centiles-to
be up aud doing, doing with ali his might
During a long life, commencing in the wal OF
the, Revolution, | have never seer that coun-
try and her institutions in greater peril than
al this moment. From day 10 day seine new
doctrine Is started /; stated, too, often by
wicked men aud believed by weak ones, to
be proPagated with fiery zeal by political
means, and to become watch words TO hold
together o fresh party, and 10 stimulate its ex
erllons. 70 Tie reptoach Of this free land and
oil This enlightened age, associations are formed,
secret IN their organization, and intoier0nt in
their objects, striking al once at civil rights
aud religious duties /; and the la hot box, di-
rected by an unseen and Irresponsible power,
is made the agent in this unhalloWed crusade
The first principles Of human liberty
Sadly have we drgenerated from the faith and
example Of our fathers, if such q combination, |
protesting humility by IFS name, but seeking !
power by lis organization, can establish the
it seeks over this empire Of knowledge
and freedom. Puerile ceremonies, fit only u
amuse children, oath. bound obligations, secret
concIaveS, (Shut out as well from the ligh; OF
heaven as'!rom public observation imperiouS
which all must obey, at whatever
sacrifice of Individual convictions, and pros
aud intolerance, carrying us back 10
he darkest ages of The world ; these, and
more like these, are The constituent elements
great order appealing 10 the American
for their sympathy and support.
at Yves by no such means our liberties were
and by no such means C n they be
and defended. Such a machine is
N agen! OF oppression, and, if once csioblish-
would be a deSpotism in lis operation, in
TRANCE contrast with it understanding
everything, while affecting to know nothing."