Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-30

70 Hc LLdfoT nJ We 1tW 4 Of6 CfllSdIfsr.
DEAR Sir: The following letter, not originally
intended for publication, but which have now
the privilege of laying before your readers--
breathes that spirit Of lofty patriotism for which
It's eminent author is justly celebrated; and is, in
my opinion, most truthful exposition of the sui
Ject which is so ably handled. Professor Mofe
is one of those few pure men, uncontaminated Y
political antecedents, in whom the people repc &c
the utmost confidence and it is with great pleas.
ure and satisfaction that place this valuable lei.
ter before the citizens of the United States, hop
that its noble sentiments will find an echo In ii q
heart of the nation
Very respectfully, &C., w. s. TisDALE
PoUGHKEEPsrE, May Both, 1855.
DEAR SIR | received yours the day before yel
terday, anu have been rejecting upon the subject
have watched the late movements in the no.
litical world with deep concern. | would not iu-
duge Independence, yet there are features of the
times OF strong but discouraging character. /
have not leisure now to give my views at length
but there is one dark spot in our political horizon
to which must allude, and which threatens dr-
struction to all that Americans and as Christians
We hold dear; and that is, in one word, the rshid
Abolition spirit which intrudes ITSELF through the
deep cunning of European intrigue, into every
question, great and small, religious and political.
and IN combining with the mixed good and bad
anti-slavery feeling of the country on all occa-
sions. speak now OF fact without going in
to the philosophy or cause Of the fact, when sav
that the reckless spirit of wild and truly unchiis.
tian Abolitonism is that which believe Jesuits
may, and do, use as one of the most efficient means
to accomplish their great end, and the end for
whicht they have been sent here TO wit: The dis.
solution Of the Unon!"
Look at the distraction and dissensions In every
Christian denomination as well rs in political rar.
ties in every benevolent association f.uds created
by this black apple of dscord; and now, in a
movement which held out but lately to the patliot
some hope ofsuccessful resistance to foreign cor
spracy, what s killing it, not with slow po son,
but with an almost instant death9 1t is the anne
imported disease; for, however cunningy cover
ed up from view, il ID an imported disease.
1t is part and parcel OF the same foreign con
splracy. No organization to resist foreign aggrcs
sion and the evil which threatens to destroy lis,
which does not rcsolutely eschew all sympathy
with these disorganizers, can have no success. In
thatdirection, among Abolition fogs, see nothing
but certain shpwreck. Leave slavery, which il
directlya moral question, and only Indirectly pn-
litica question, where the Constitution leaves Il a
sabject let the South manage IL in their own
way.
The attempt to organize Southern and North
ern party, to make geographical division for the
pere purpose of attaining the ascendency or con.
troll of administrative power, is, to me, one Of the
most ptiful as well Ms dangerous and suicidal
courses that the American people can adopt; il is
dangerous because OF its geographical character,
1t is suicidal because of its inevitable result in tho
ruin OF both sections, whichever section shall at
tain power at the expense Of the growth Of irradi
cable jealouses and animosities. What has be-
come of that sagacty which was characteristic Of
our fcrefathers that the people do not discern or,
IL they discern, do not resist the foreign plot and
the part which the British government is playing
in IL, in distracting our councils and dividing the
Union? Who, that notes at all, does not perceive
the disgusting pharisaic spirit, on the part Of thc
British aristocracy, in regard TO American slavery
a spirit too rampant to be curbed even by common
prudence and displayed on all occasions in the pc.
riodical press in the banquet hall, in the senate
in the pulpit, TO engender false and controlling
public sentiment and create a false conscience OH
this subject in Britain, the better TO operate tho
sentiment and conscience OF Americans; a senti-
ment and conscience easier perverted than set
right after perverson. She may long have
occasion to lament her own infatuaton, when her
own principles shall work their legitimate results
in her own body polite. Slavery is not confined
to the United States nor all its victims covered by
colored skin. IL Il not m0rtifyiug in the extreme
to see 10 what an extent she has succeeded by her
system Of perversion, in deceiving many otherwise
excellent Christian and conscientious men, led
astray by the ill.reguated impulses Of bencvo-
lent heart There are facts on the surface Of the
TO pause and seriously to ask themselves il they
have not been deceived. When freedom, unqual-
flied, is erected an idol and exalted to the throne
on which love should sit supreme when the Bible
must be made 20 bow, and be crushed beneath the
wheels Of this Juggernaut, and Christians, of their
Masters stamp, are remorselessly inundated on its
altar, because condemned not by their own con-
science, but by the conscience of others, an evi!
conscience, (for by their fruits We judge surely
il IL high time to pause and deeply TO reflect.
If ever Satan clothed himself in the garb Of an
angel Of light, the better to his purpose il
when he donned, in the United States, the
cast-of phyacterics Of British aristocratc phari-
saisn. We must stop this servile lead OF an IN
tcrested, selfish heartless foreignism il is Lead
ing US TO destruction. A spirit Of fraterna and
mutual forgiveness must be nsrtured, and must
prevail.
In one word, in the present aspect Of the coun-
try, il should be the object Of every patriot 10
all possible means Of conciliaton, consistent with
conscientionsness. Our Southern brethren dc
serve our sympathy az the aggrieyed, rather than
our resentment as the aggressors, | mean not 20
justify all their acts for, wrong on one side
does not warrant wrong on the other; yet there
are provocatons which pilate n wrong act and
they have been most shameiully provoked.
shall be happy TO receive a copy Of your pro.
ccedings, but shall be unable to be your presd-
| ing officer on tho fourth Of June. Were |
| younger man should endeaVOr 10 take an active
part in forming proper organization. As tie,
| think can be Of more service TO my country, in
the retirement Of my study, and with the occa.
sonal use ofmy pen in its service, during the few
years, at 6rthest which are left 70 me. While I
would not shrink from any public duty TO whitl
] might be called, because IL may be distateful
yet have truly no desire for any political Office
whatever, for perceive that any such position !,
nvroned with nnumerable temptations TO the IL.
dulgence Of temporizing spirit and !, therefore,
prefer the untrammeled independence Of privn'"
citizen.
| With the sincere hope that the patriotic gentle
men who may meet with you on Monday, may sue
ceed in forming truly American party, remain
with great respect, your obedient servant,
SAMUEL +. p. MORSE.
| WV. S. TrsDALE, Esq
| At Murfreesboro, on the 10th instant. with
some fifty or sixty transparences, the motto on
a large banner was-"AMERICANS SHALL
NOT RULE AMERICA" This procession started
from q grocery, near the depot. Some Of the men
had pistols in their hands, and walked " th them
IN tho nrocessiop ~ HnoryiUe (TsnnO Uhiq