The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-18
Abolitionizm Opposed to the American Party-Ths
Issue Made up and War Declared.

AboIitionim Opposed to the American Party-Ths
Issue Made up and War Declared
That some of the Abolition and Freesoil
agitatOrs of the North did at one time indulge
the vain hope that they would be able to turn
the potent tide of Americanism which is
sweeping over the land, to the advantage of
their sectional and infamous designs, in that
quarter, We are free to admit. But never
have we seen grounds for a reasonable fear
that this project would succeed. Relying upon
the conservative principles of the American
party-with the constitution and laws for its
basis-and looking to the influence of that
conservative element in the free States, the
extent and power of which has been too gen.
orally undervalued in the South-counting
upon the widespread disgust among the peo-
pie of all parties, engendered by the ceaseless
agitation of the slavery question-we repeat,
that we entertained no fear of the success of
of this scheme Of Abolitionizing the great
American Party. 1t stands to-day impervious
to all such attacks, and appeals to the Ameri-
can people, of all parties and all sections, as
the only Conservative, National Union party
in the country.
Where is the evidence to prove this position9
where the records to substantiate it3 We
have shown heretofore that the Abolition,
Freesoil press of the North is a unit in oppo-
stion to the American organization. They
are making most fierce and unrelenting war
upon it-more fierce and unreenting than
ever since the adoption of the Philadelphia
Platform. The National Era, the metropoli-
tan organ of Abolitionsm-th leading paper
in the country advocating the principles of
that party-satisfed that it has nothing to
hope from Know Nothingism, even though it
has had Senator Wilson to breed dissension
and division, is now denouncing the party and
its policy, even in Massachusetts, where our
opponents say that all its members are Free
soilers AS specimen of what the Era says,
read the following from its issue of the 18th
instant.
PLAIN Talk FOR PLAIN Men The
honest friends of freedom must put dO,c's RHow Moth
GngiSnl KnO,O NottinqiSm 1UiH put them dO10n.-
The free States must reject RaoU NOthingiSBl, or
Knoto Nothiaqan agiH rretrievea5ly iUide them and
place them under the heel Of tie Slave pOOer We
are in earnest and we intend to make our readers
feel in earnest if we can. We hare neUer erpected
any good from the secret order, and are not at all
surprised at what has just happened in Massachu-
sets, although many of our friends are. General
Wilson and his associates have raised spirit which
they cannot control.
The above is an extract from a long article
in the same strain. A little further on, speak
ing of the action even of the Wilson seceders
who refused to vote for the Philadelphia plat
form, the Era says;
They profess In their resolves no principle in re-
gard 10 slavery, but many absurd and wrong prin
ciples OF Native Americanism, and cooly call upon
all other parties to cooperate with them in main
tanning and advancing them.
But read this Era man little further. He
shows you in the following paragraph what
would be the result of the abandonment OF
the American organization, and how its sue
cess will affect the politics Of the country.
Read it, Southern men, and ask yourselves if
You are ready TO oppose the only party which
has the power to "divide the free States in
1000, ana secure the ueIeaJ OF an anu OCdCe-
ry Administration ef four yearsl" Here is an
important question for every Southern man to
decide. Let it be met in spirit of patriotism
of old party prejudices-and
the result will be a glorious one for the South
and Cor constitutional principles. That it will
be so met we have not the shadow of doubt. |
The Era says:
We knOp, that but for the intervention of Know |
Nothingism, they 1.-THE Free States could have been
united on the anti Nebraska ssues We kaoao, that
II the State Councils of The secret order disbartd aud
agree to unite with the people of all parties on these
Issues the Free States in 1856 will present solid |
phalanK against the slave power, and carry the |
Presidential election and install az, aat- Slavery adj |
for four years. We k,aosS that it is
vain TO expect any such union while the State Coun. |
ellis continue to pursue the policy Of the Council to
which General Wilson belongs
"ADvIoR FROM AsHLANp."-Th Union and
american the other day published an extract
from anti-American speech, delivered in Ken
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