The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-01

protest. The golden principles tnat they ia4o ~
much and the platform upon which they PAM
| themselves, have efficacy. no virtue whatever
to quiet for one moment the agitations which ior
so many years have threatened the disruption OF
our government and the severance OF the Union
dangers far more probable, and from which far
greater degree of human suffering and Poii'ical
distress is TO be apprehended, than from any CO.
ali,ion Of Catholic or foreign influence
Who, i, has been asked are the members Of
this organization From what orig gin does 1t claim
| TO have sprung? What combination OF circum-
stances have forced into existence such an asso.
ca;ion and what are the ends to be accomplished
These and the like questions, have on al! occa.
sons Seen met with the stereotypieal answer,
.We know. nothing" If such be the fact then
that the members are unknown, the organization
without legitimate origin, and the objects of the
Order incapable of revelation, we may presume it
10 be "nulIus filius.' the bastard offspring of
bastard parentage, made up Of the refuse OF all
other parties combined. Among the elements OF
whose composition may be found abotionism,
ereesoilism, fusionism, bigerawism, exclusionsm,
secessionism, fiburterism and last but not least,
esontag." Such together with whole host OF
disappointed politicians, hungry Office seekers.
sore.shin merchants, defunct editors, crazy law.
yers, quack doctors, bgoted clergymen, bedlamite
mechanics and squirmy, panderng goldfish for.
egners as outsiders, complete the category OF the
sacred materials of which this patriotic organiza'
ton, the egls of American Liberties, are compos-
ed. These are the "Americans to rule America -
From among these and these alone, by decree
of the Supreme Order, are you citizens OF old
Mecklenburg to choose your executives, your Leg
isIators ard your judiciary for both Federal and
State Governments. For these are you 10 rePu.
date the constitutions of your fathers as made
quate TO the ends Of government, incompatible with
the propagation of republicanism and unfaiIhful TO
the obligations which bind the State to respect and
protect the rights OF its citizens. And for these are
you called upon to forget and to decry the haow-
ed institutions of your revolutionary sres, nstitu
tons venerable for their antiquity, and sacred from
The associations that connect them with the deeds
of men, who purchased with their lives and sealed
them with the blood Of patriotism, unparalleled
in the annals of the world. With all the compla.
cency peculiar only to the audaci,y Of this remar-
kable association, 60 they step forward wol(-like
in Sleeps clothing, and ask you TO prescribe from
Office, man whose only crimes are an undying
opposition TO their order, fidelity to his pledges,
and devotion to his country. Fearing TO meet him
face to face, and dreadng as we'll they may, the
cold irony and burning sarcasm with which they
are already but too familiar, they IN order to
| defeat his election, and to revenge their own
spleen, driven the miserable extremity of sacri-
fcing all claims to political decency, by nduIging
in low, mean, contemplate species Of scurrility,
Gan awkward attempt at ridicue) against the mer-
its Of a man, who has only at heart, the good OF
his country, and the perpetuity of her Institutions.
Such are the concomitants OF an organization, in.
sttuted avowedly for the purpose Of upholding the
honor Of the American flag, and protecting the
| rights Of native born citizens. Principles which
| carry with them none will deny, coloring OF
pIausibility, but which when analysed, when fol-
lowed into the ghostly chambers Of their midnight
conventuates, tells with terrible effect upon their
real objects. Follow them 10 their affairs, raised
to the God of Anarchy, and see with what sane.
tmonious devotion, they cast into the sacrifcial
fame the first great duties of the citizen that binds
him to his native soil. See with what religious
patriotism they profane the memories of their
fathers, and piece by piece, with heahenish de-
vo,ion. offer up the ruined constitution Of their
country to the lust of Unsuitable fanaticism.-
Behold the trembling victims, receiving the hohors
of the order, with hands upfted to Heaven in
token of their sincerity, bartering away the freedom
Of their franchises, the birth right of an ilustrious
ancestry, and solemnIy pedging their own dear
suffrages, the pride and the buIwark OF America n
Liberties, in perpetual servude to the my rmidons
of political corruption.
! Messrs. Editors, have too much confidence in
the good sense OF the republicans of the mother
| land Of American Freedom, to believe that they
will allow themselves to be duped by the intrgues
and honeyed words Of these redeeming politicians,
but that they can. and will stand up like men, who
know their rights and dare maintain them, who
know the worth OF merit, and are determined 10
prove their appreciation oft, by giving to the Hon.
Burton Craige that majority to which his fidelity,
his ability, and his patriotism has so Justly entitled
him. ASCANIUS. !,
| MORE FILLIBUsTERING.-Another fillibusterino
expedition is on the tapis. This time Peru is 10
be the favored country. According to the reports
in circulation, the friends of General Echinioue.
| lafelv overthrown hy Don nopoinro El;,. j