Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-16
The Battles of Pennsylvania and Ohio
Our Bulletin

The Battles of Pennsylvania and Ohio
Our Bulletin
National Americans! The enemies of the,
Union and Of sectional peace have been defeat
cd in Pennsylvania. The advocates of a most
unpopular administration have claimed the vic
tory. For neither Of these events are you re-
sponsible. The same enemies in Ohio have
tIiumphed, AFTER struggle which shows that
YOU were rather surprised by the treachery of
pretended friends, than conquered by the power
of your enemies. In these contests you have
planted yourselves on the constitution and the
laws; nor could you be allured from this proud
position by the promised spols Of victory, or
driven from it by the cohorts of fsnaticism.
Many of your deluded associates, who had nei-
Their your wisdom nor courage, have been scat
tered, abandoned by their leaders, and over
thrown. They have been led into the defiles Of
treason--they have embarked upon apiratical
cruise against sectional rights and national har-
,nony. Your refusal to unite with this nefarious
combination has cause ed its defeat. 1t should
lie inscribed on your banners as a victory.
You would not accept a conquest at the cost OF
fraud. In Pennsylvania, you have chosen
rather to cooperate with the Democratic party,
because it professed devotion to the Union and
the laws, than with those piratical fanatics
who mcditated the overthrow Of the one and
the evasion of the other. ].
In Baltimore, rather than DO responsible for
the doctrines which tho extremists of Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania have avowed, you
have stood neutral in conflict which your
enemies claim to- have carried against your
opposition.
In Ohio, disregarding the reproach Of di-
vding your party, repudiating the iniquities
which the ambitious Chase and the treacher-
GUS Ford would have perpetrated in your name,
YOU have preserved your devotion to the Union
and the American cause at the expense of de-
feat and exclusion from office,
National Americans! Tho enemies of the
Union have been defeated; but you are in
vincible for you are intrenched behind the
impregnable barriers of the constitution. The
shattered cohorts of tho fanatical fusionists
are flying from the field. Do not covcr their
retreat. Leave them to the sword of the con-
uueror. But amongst those fugitives are many
deluded men. They will return to you. Your
principles are those of the conservative masses
of America. Let them be proclaimed anew.
Assemble in National Council, and repeat
your declaration Of doctrine. Appeal to the
love Of country and the fraternal affection of
its sons. Unite once more in cordial and con-
iidential array against all enemies, and let
your banners bear some such simple and patri-
otto inscription MS this:
The Union, it must be preserved hy concili-
alton and harmony, not by recrimination and
force.
The laws of the land. Let them be ngidly
enforced, against foreign or domestic opposi-
ton.
Sectional agitation. Let it stop where the
existing laws have placed it.
Civil and religious freedom, the inalisnable
rights of freemen, they shall not be impaired
by priestly ambition or political fraud.
The Federal and State Governments, para
mount within their respective and appropriate
Jurisdictions to any other civil or ecclesiastical
authority.
The alien immigrant; let him be protected
in avery right which has vested under ex-
isting laws; let him be welcome to social
recognition and lawful rights, but as he is
unfit to be intrusted with the higher rights Of
citizenship, until qualified by more extended
association, and more prolonged residence;
let the laws be amended accordingly.
The right Of private Judgment and the obli-
cations Of non-intervention The one secures
70 every man the right TO discuss, adopt or re
peal any social or religious institution within
the proper jurisdiction Of the State or Terrific
nv, OF which he may be a citizen The other
rebukes the interference of any foreign priest
or potentate, or Of any citizen Of one State or
Territory, who attempts to make his opinions
upon slavery--or any other question over
which the Federal Government has no ju-
risdiction--the law Of the Federal Govern
ment, or Of any other State or Territory than
that to which such citizen may belong.
The administration Of official trust Let all
officers be held to arigid accountability, and an
impartial investigation.
With such an organization, and some such
exposition OF principles, you can re-asscnblc in
sufficient force to reconquer the provinces from
which you have been driven by treachery and
fraud, and plant your triumphant banner upon
the citsdelof the nation.
Splendid American Triumph in Califor-
mia. = Congressional Delegation from
Texas Divided.
The success Of tho whole American ticket
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