Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-12
Fusion Ratification.

conspiracy against the American people, they
sent Francis the prophet" upon tour Of
fanatical prophecy among all the tribes Of the
West and Southwest. When the British wish
to overthrow their enemy and their perpetual
reproach, by dissolving the union Of these
States, they hire Greeley, Fee, Wendell Phil
lips, and employ Henry Wilson and Wade,
70 roam over the land, denouncing the people
Of one section, endeavoring to excite not only
the North against the South, but inviting the
civilized world to unite and overthrow an insti-
tuition obnoxious to themselves and to Great
Britain. Mr.. Wilson has "visited thirteen
States" since the Philadelphia Convention.
He now appears before the New York ratifi-
cation meeting with the perfected assurance
Of campaign Of calnmny. But we may re-
mark that he has been recently compelled to
modify his position. Upon his return to Mas
sachusetts he found himself outlawed as
fanatic, nullifer, and disunionist. He set
about denying that serious charge for himself
and party, but il is beyond his power to acquit
himself and followers Of that charge, for in the
month of June last, he laid down this platform:
- i nope my QeaF BIT, J0dJ We SHAH Hi bLfIVe 10
unite and combine all the friends Of freedom
that VIC shall forget each Others faults and short
comings in the past and all labor to secure that CO.
operation by phich alone the slave is 10 be enamel
pated and the domination of his master broken.
Let as remember that more than three millions
of bondmen, grooming under nameiess ,ooes, de-
nla7,d that zoe shalt cease TO reproach each other,
and that zoe labor for their dsiivsrance To them,
that halowed anniversary brings no ray Of conso-
Iat,n haar ~ IT.. ham ha
lustre of the sun illumes not their dark horizon.
To them, the golden thread Of freedom is lost on
Garth Let your friends, let all the friends of these
,oronged millions strive to combine their Efforts in
practicable action for the advancement Of The
Of the bondmen."
Now he disowns such extreme purposes,
and pretends that he is an advocate of Union.
Nay, he even pretsnds to invoke the sanction
of Daniel Webster, to his nefarious purposes
"We accept the words OF the great Statesman
that lies at Marshfeld: Liberty and Union, now
and forever, one and inseparable.' [Cheering.l
Then he protests, vehemently, that he will
defend the blessed Union to the last extremity:
"For myself, gentlemen, / will vote every dol
lar in the National Treasury and in the pockets Of
the people, and every drop ofblood in the veins of
the country to maintain and defend the Constitu-
ton and the integrity Of that Union, intended TO
secure the blessings Of liberty to the American
people Applause. And gentlemen, we wish
1t to be understood, let II go abroad on the wings
Of every wind that the gathering hosts Of Northern
frcemen who are rallying under the banner Of the
Republican party intend to maintain with unfalter
ing fidelity their constitutional obligations, and
the preservation Of the amity Of the States
[Cheers But, gentlemen, let IL 60 abroad, let IL
90 to the South on every wind in the words Of the
Chairman Of the National Democratic committee
that we, the Republicans OF the North, opposed
10 Slavery 10 every form and color and in favor Of
freedom and Free-Soil wherever lives through
out Gods heritage" Loud cheers
Had his own personal history been less equiv
ocal, these sentiments might indeed convey to
our mind that however misguided, he was at
least sincere; that however such sentiments
savored Of fanaticism, they were the outpourings
of an honest oyercharged heart Our magma
nimity might then have forgiven him, and we
could have said sincerely-go IN peace. But
when, under the mask Of patriotism, he de-
signedly and with private views, throws the
frebrdnds Of disunion into our midst, every
virtuous heart cries shame upon the.traitor--
renegade alike to the laws Of man and Cod
false to the country that gave him birth, false
to the teachings Of his sires, and traitor to the
interests Of misguided community, to deceive
which he has psndered his life and talents
aye his very rights Of salvation. But he has
stopped but to make the picture moro i've
", he summons the memorable passages and
sayings Of tho immortal dead, and clothes his
own paltry bcingwith virtues that he has never
even tried to emulate
ave mean, In the words Of Daniel Webster,
that wherever our language is hereafter to be
| spoken, our history remembered, our example
quoted or our kindred acknowledged, there let
| universal and equal laws be proclaimed TO man
| ICheers.] Now gentlemen, | hops we are un-
| derstood-I hope VIC are understood just what
we mean, and IL there is anybody in this
| country that wants 70 dissolve this Union be.
cause we intend to carry out this old Jeifersonisn
policy, we Say to-day they have the inaenable
right TO grumble but II they lay their hands upon
the Union of these States, they shall die traitor
deaths and leave traitorpames in the history Of
this republic Loud cheers
! We reply that he is well understood II
would DO strange il gentleman who has taken
such pains to obtain popularity werc not APP
preciatod But that the gentleman should cast
the odium Of his bravado upon the shoulders
Of Thomas Jefferson, passes belief; for, what
ever were the opinions Of that distinguished
man, however high partisan spirit may have
carried his enemies, the contemporary histo-
rian and modern writer's know that no was q
sagacious statesman, an ornament to his age