Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-16
The 10Th October

The 18th October
TIE day is near Al hand for the Convention Of
the American party and it, friends in ilis city.
Noiwitl4,a, ding the i'll timed and c%aptioas OBJ
i.ciion. to The time and place which have ema-
mated hiehy from the immense city of Siaunton'
we have reason TO believe that the convention
will bring together an nssnmblage representing
much of the intellect and the moral aud material
worth Of the state.
If this bethe case. il will mako bu, little DIFF
ference, whether the body is known as a convcn-
ton or a Mass-neoting-or whether IT shall be
regarded as having power 10 legislaie Tor the
American party or not. If it inteligentiy utter
the Judgment Of the people, it will have all the
sanction and authority needed to command for it
the respect and appreciation Of sil who are not
welded TO the party ia power.
The great object to which the labor of the Con
vention will be devoted is the combination on one
platform and under one organization of all who
entertain the conviction that foreign influence is
exerting an undue and dangerous agency i'll our
political system, aud TINT il is necessary that the
government and its policy should be freed from
it and restored to the control and guidance Of
those whose destiny and origin are American
whose memoriea and hopes are Ameriean-who
are the children of America by birth, aud tho
masters Of America by inheritance.
The Convention will doubtless consider. in It's
earliest deliberations. whether this end can be
most certainly aud speedily obtained by the
agency Of a secret Organization, with oaths and
rituals and sigus-or b. n free association Of all
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ment to effect it. In Virginia and the South the
desire seems almost unanimous TO discard the
machinery of an order aud adopt broader. more
liberal and more republican basis of aetiau-onc
which will silence the objections of adYersarios
and bring into Che movement the active CO opera
ton of fsieads. We do not hesitate 10 express
a decided and exclusive preference for the latter.
The American moyement can only succeed as a
peoples movement. 1t must be promoted by
open-doors and outdoor efforts. 1t must enlist
the patriotism Of the country, not by secret cir
oulars or confidential ceremonials, but by appeals
TO the great heart Of the nation.
We cannot suppose it necessary To admonish
the committees Of arrangement of the Importance
of the duties committed to their hands. They
will doubtless have every thing ship-shape, ana
prepare Lynchburg for croditable exhibit.
Celebration If the Battle of Kings Mountain
We find in the Charleston Standard of Mon
day week, a long aud interesting report %. the eel
ebration of the battle of Kings mountain. lGas-
ton county, n. c. The battle was fought in
October, 1880, aud resulted in the victory of
small band of American militia over tho British
regulars Of Cornwallis's army under Ferguson.
There vas a great gathering Mt the celebration,
and Il good time generally. Col. William c.
Preston, an eloquent speaker, gave a vivid word
picture q the batth, closing with the following
mastery condensation
Ferguson, with a gallantry which seemed to
rise with his desperate condition, rode from rank
to rank, and post to post, cheering, driving and
encouraging his men. until he found his army
pressed, actually huddled together on the ridge,
and falling as fast as the Americans could load
and shoot. He determined on one more desper
ate charge, and taking his position at ihe head Of
his cavalry, in "a voice that rose loud above the
din of the battle he summoned his men "to crush
the damned rebels into the earth" The sum
mons was heard by the Americans, and one round
of their rifles was stopped, and instead of their
roar, there vas heard only the click of the cock.
1t was the serpent's low warning of coming death.
The pause was but for u moment, when Ferl uson
and Du Poistre,' horse and foot, burst like an av-
alanche down the mountain side. BY the timo.
they came within sixty PAGES every rife was load
ed, and under deadly aim, Ferguson fell at the
first discharge, with seven mortal wounds. The
patriots rushed forward TO meet the shock, us Du
Poistre's regulars, with bayonets set and sabres
in rest, came crashing down upon ihem-not Ag-
incourt or Cressy, with all their chivalry, ever
felt a shock more fearful than that, but had the
heavens then reigned British bayonets it could
not have stopped these patriots. The des-
tines of America perhaps of mankind-de-
pended on their muscle. Like martys, they
went to the death: like lions, they rushed
to the carnage; officer and soldier-half ma
ked. with blood shot eyes and parched tongues
-pounced upon the charging enemy. until
their hot breath and fierce glare was seen and felt
by the craven tory and his bulldog master; and
as they crouched, gathering strength for the last
spring a wild terror stricken shrek rose above
the roar-a yell for mercy-a white flag was ran
up, and Gods champion shouted Victory, Liber-
ty."s
The address was honored by IA salute from the
artillery, and prolonged and reiterated cheers from
the immense conoourse of people.
Mike Walsh on his Travels.
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