Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-30

I eseto Catzeas: | have now finished the cam
vass oi the State. On the 1th inst at Leesbu c,
L met my last appointment Incessant and excess
siye abofs fer one hundred and twenty-seytn
days, have SO impaired my health and strength,
that mast desist from urther effort, and seek rest
retire from the stump" the less reluctantly ne
cause may ja-tly claim that have faithfully ire
to do my part, and can confidently leave the
rest to the unsnbdued and unterrihed Democracy
and its lossl hosts.
Never were the sound conservative, conscien-
tons and stake holding republicans in Virginia |
better orgap;Zed and more aroused than they are !
at this Inon1eat; and never passion stronger,
in life or in DEATH than is the faith of Democracy /
in the hearts Of the Virginia people at the present
time Il has been deserted BY few who have
left their party for their party good but in turn,
the very flower Of the old opposition of whiggery,
respectable IN times past for its profession OF con-
serras'n and of its love for la,c and order, have
chosen TO elect democracy with all the ills they |
complain OF in it, rather than fly to those they |
kRclg not of -
The personnel Of the party was never more pu
rtsd, and the numerical majority was never larger
than It promises to be at the coming election As
in 1901, the Democracy stood like q wall and
rolled back the tide Of federalism so now 1t STANDS
and will roll back the tide of fanaticism. 1t VII
prove itself to be the visjble irsriacibe it was
reused, and will rally to the polls 10000 voters
more than ever gave the viua goce beforel ana
the ezra Uocs will rend the veil from the '@Vtsa-
be;' and defend the freedom and independence
OF the elective franchise and the constitution ana
the laws against the conspiracy OF the oak IAN
tern.
1t will forbid any power in Virginia to interpose
between our consciences and our God
1t will save the protestant churches from the
pollution of party politics, and conserve its power
Of truth for the pulling down of strongholds free
from the faint and violence of persecution.
1t will trust in God, and defend the Christian
faith from intolerance, and allow poor humanity
to indulge in the virtues of charity and peace on
earth and good viii to all men,
It will not only oppose any " Legislative enact
ment' to interfere with the rights of the members
of any church as citizens but it will deny the pow
er of the legislature TO annul the constitution
which has made the act Of religions freedom ire
| pealabIe That act is now organic lar, and the
| democratic conservatism viii allow no party nor
| rover to set up higher lar, and say that a man
| shall be burdened when the constitution says he
shall not be burdened for reason of his religious
opinion BY being excluded from eligibility to Office
or by removal from Office because of his religion
| the place of his birth.
| II will prevent the Reputation of the right of
naturalization for which the nation poured out its
blood aud treasure for three years 10 the second
war of independence with Great Britain.
1t will defend the State right TO regulate citizen
| ship.
1t will not deny to the oppressed home, nor
prevent the population of these States" still re-
! quiring hundreds of millions Of immigrants, who
| bring with them hundreds Of millions of money.
II will allow the poor, as well as the rich, to
come aud I" drink of the waters" Of liberty freely.
| And it will remember that all are not criminals
whom European despots call such. and send away
| from troubling their dominious. 1t will take by
| the hand other criminals besides John Mitchell,
and feel for others in the prison house and dun
! geons Of the Old World besides him who once was
| enant of OlmutZl
! II will ieaously guard against the foreign intlu
eace which is insidiously sent from Exeter Hall, in
! Old England, to Williams Hall in New England,
| to invade America in the name of an American
party and it will watch the oppresSor not the OPP
pressed abroad as did Washington, jefferson, Mad
| ison and Jacksonl"
1t will defend the freedom and independence OF
tie elective franchise against the conspiracy which
| would bind voters by test caths TO reject men OF
particular religious faith, marked for prescription;
and which wouli not leave suffrage as free to elect
| as to reject these whom tie constitution and the
laws have made eligible to office.
1t will especially guard the Office OF Governor
from the avowed intent to WELD the appointing
power so as not to obey the limitations of quaiti-
cation for the Office fixed by the Constitution, but
to obey rules of appointment established by an IT.
responsible and unauthorized secret oigarcby,
! formed to set up the higher law OF its own pro-
| scrpuon for its own exclusive and selfish ends.
1t will see that the oath itself of the Governors
Office is not perverted by se:tarian bigotry TO set
up religious test as q qualification for Office.
1t will defend the general government from the
consolidation which would establish itself on what
is called the independence Of Congress.
1t will defend public policy from the faith of
the American system, harbor rivers, and Pacific
railroads. and protective tariffs, and internal i'm
| bu tIo
advanced bya Winchester Council of the Ameri-
can party.
1t will defend the State against Agrariansm,
Free Soism and Abolitionism, now threatening
| to invade the South from northern and non slave
holding Councils Of know nothngism. 1t will de-
fend society against the Generalization of cabal
| sworn 10 practice dissmulation and perfdy be-
tween man and man. And it will defend religion
| against the demons Of Anti Christ
! With perfect and abiding confidence in the pow
er Of truth and Democracy, of purified, exalted
! and triumphant majority for these mpregnable po-
stions, go home to Accornsc and await the polls
of the people l cannot do so without thanking
thousands OF the sections of the State through
which have passed for. their uniform hospitality,
kindness, and respect, and without saying that the
chief qualification with which part from the daily
intercourse with the masses of the people is that
| have endeavored to SOW the seeds Of truth only in
the popular mind, and l trus. that they will be
fruitful OF blessings to individuals, to the State,
and 10 the country.
l am, very truly and respectfully, your fellow
| citizen, HENRY a. WISE.
\ WASHINGTON CITY May TO- 1856
N KNOW-NOTHINGISM DESCRIBED.
= We 90 not know where we have met a more
accurate description OF know-nothipgism than the
following from the Capitol City Fact. Beginning
in the admitted abseLce of knowledge, it is nstu-
rel that the next step should be absence of princ
pies. The speed with which it has arrived at this
point is precisely such might have been antic-
pated; and the fact that in its manifestations it has
become a close mitator Of that which it processes
to war against, in all the acts of duplcity and in
tolerance, is perfectly in accordance with the laws
By which fsnaticism, whether political or relig ous,
| is governed:
The Know-Nothing, o. an.i-American party is
agreed upon nothing, and, as party, may be truly
said to kRo'c nothing. Ii curiously resembles, in
many particulars the Roman Catholic Church-
Like the Roman hierarchy, it has degrees and or
ders, aud these are purchased with qaoney But
that which most assmilates the eccesisstcs Of the
Catholic Church and the politicians of the anti
American Order, and makes them quite identical,
is q certain spirit Of accommodation or fexibility
Of creed-a very convenient quality for catching
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