American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-12-22
PUTTING TIE YOKE ON THE
RIGHT OXEN!

The Richmond Enquirer, of Satur-
day, the 9Th instant, in luminous ar
ticle advocating the reelection of SEN
ator Mason, breaks forth in the follow
ing strain; whereupon the American
Organ takes up the facts and elicits
some truths and arguments unwhole-
some to the digestion of a dyspeptic
administration, and unpalateable to the
arch agitators, Pierce, Douglass, and
their satellites, who alone are respon-
sible for the unhappy condition of af-
fairs in our Union-who are the source
Of the Reorganization which afflicts our
country, and which finds fit repre-
sentation in the scenes now transporting
at Washington. The Enquirer says:
cat this very moment, through the
Vaccinations Of the Abolitionists, civil
war RACES in Kansas, and the House of
Representatives. is in state of COM
plete Reorganization"
The agitators of the North have sins
enough to answer for, without being
made responsible for the folly, stupidi-
ty and trcachery of the present admin
istration, its aiders and abettors. We
arc opposed as much to the ultraists of
the North as to those Of tho South-we
defend neither, nor offer any apology
Tor them. But we do not intend that
this administration shall shirk the res
possibility which justly attaches to its
own crimes, by attributing to others
the results Of its own rccklessness.
That civil war RACES in Kansas, and
that the House of Representatives has
failed to organize, is unfortunately
true to the letter. The whole country
is in state Of Torment and commotion.
To what cause is this state of things
justly attributable. The Richmond
Enquirer answers, to "the machina-
tions Of the A6olHionists" We, on
the contrary, say to the imbecility,
recklessncss, and Vaccinations of this
miserable administration. Here is an
issue Of fact. On which side is the
truth? Is the present distracted con-
dition Of the country chargeable to any
other cause than the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise We have hereto
fore said and repeated, and we again
say, that tho Compromise measures of
1850 had been acquiesced in by the
country, in the election of Franklin
Pierce to the Presidency in 1862
Peace was restored; the raging elc-
mcnts of discord which had disquieted
the country had subsidized calmncss
and serenity prevailed, and Pierce was
inaugurated under circumstances favor
able to the continuance Of quiet, con-
cord, and harmony.
Will any man of truth deny that the
whole country had settled down tran
gully under the operation Of the Com
promise measures of 1850? Will any
man deny that Pierce came into the
Presidency surrounded by oircumstan-
ccs favorable to permanent peace and
quiet? Will any man deny thata Pre-
sident Of ordinary sagacity and COM
mon prudence could easily have stccred
the ship of State safely and securely on
to the port Of prosperity? Though
ignorant himself, and wholly unskillcd
in scamanship, if he had Shipped on
board a homogeneous and harmonious
crew Of officers and pilots, they would
have found q safe channel between the
breakers on either hand, whilst their
captain might have slept, Obvious, in
his berth
The first great error Of Mr.. Pierce
was committed in the selection Of men
Of antaronistic political inclinations--
men who differed as widely in opinion
and antecedents as the poles are asun-
der. in less than a year the Demo.
cratic party was splt INTO fsotions and