The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-22
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Administration partyi Taie the resolutions Of The Democratic Con
yention Of Louisiana, and tell me, in what light doth the appointment
Of Rssder Is Governor Of Kansas stand' Friends Of Cuba, how do
Marcy and Pierce stand ! Friends Of foreigners, did not the organ Of
the President, the " Washington UniopY say that Horaio Perry was
recalled from his post because he had married q Spanish lady ? The
HardsheI Democrats Of NewYork, the true national men Of your
resolved an unqualified Condemnation Of the present Administration. y
They myxeare responsible for the action Of the party in Massae
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the. passed lows dhquslifying Ronan. Catholics from holding. Office :
In thesnane Inconsistency, if wetare responsible, you and your Pres
idsnt are equally responsible er IBID L h 3t.l., a .g.,s1
H. j. said oxr party Us not national, What Of that? Can You infer
We can not save the unloaf Tthe pure native elements are not con.
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which alone could guarantee resources commensurate to the task Z IT
Americans can not save the Uniea,is it logical ato suppose that for
hearts be hardened and liberated, if our souls, be dead to the conception
Of tie bahowea s~acrcihess of the trust confded to- our keeping, are for
~egnefstobe purer, nobler, more trustworthy than I'VE are?s 4. 4y.rr
Give us ia Onion cementedt with our love, % it vas !eemented by the
blood Of our ,fathers; give US 9 Union reared uppn..the love, the sym
2 onio aae %h 4 T asalIl not nc e Re a . @eioa Il Pi hearts, d bat s ooe forced d apan
us BY the coercive pressure Of a degraded, british foreign influence!
as that Of the Know othings would be IF incalculable benefit in the
event # 9 .d disruption ,aaa J. # ! the Union. VI + keeps TIE people constantly
direct contact with each other if we must have faith in the principle
Of ae1 Democracy Tenx s,o unjust 1 nseo ans pu,s5; sb ,ss % ;nssle asyStsd h to H. p Mh;eS
have resulted from this organization! There is not a member of the
order whose kuovledge Of the public concerns has not been widened
Now break up this fair and beautiful fabric, and in the general
s rrss. ss which must thin inevitably i ha|. sns " ! Is Sc IN not ;ae one sin s Of pEomissss ! !
the disruption Of the order. tt is for you to pause-it is for You to
s consider ssss &c p sss's, t f; y american sas; th ss i%Rs1 sss 7ss asRssss. or ans Il sfj Ink
soil sole could ona a remain passive , Ts spectators iatess Ct of t this deb dsnas ss,.t of. Of ths y adersa
deep and inyeerate and upon the ruins Of this order, despite all our
efforts, will spring mp, fear, . new and powerful organization, not
s and ss : r. a N, to- o. the ss't nssation ma 81 al wort worth, to v the utter re made.
quasey4 Of the banotbox to operate as . means of redress will follow,
perhaps, but too soon, the poniard Of the irritated man Of the people
doing himself terrible and desperate Justice. fTft WFI iI -qWF UMl
y: T. each and al Of US Us in the cloudeed visions Of our minds, must
try At the disruption Of this order. God grant The ugly forehow-
ings be not realized, and that the Republic may be saved!
feelings and private GOVERNMENTS can create. Let Us affirm it. ssef
scorn is the beginning of debasement. 1--WE can save the Union, We
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the forlern hope Of the Republic, at this hour, Be we who we may,
mony and our native strength and before us ali parties will shudder
with the fsarfulness Of the timid wren, shrinking back from before the
sWehaxe1 . glorious work before us. Let us, tic soldiers Of the Re
R }%Sl IT. full h. SHr mission is6,la n let Us Y1. remain t true 81 to = the s,a STANDARD 3. " whose ssse
undone. Our hearts, our minds, all the best energies we can command
should be plighted to that hottest of causes which kindles up to the
minds eye as . beacon set on high We must go to the people, the
honest and Industrious people Of our prairhs, who are opposing us, go
to Them and tell them that what. they do is wrong that they are sac
ccoonscences; that they are fastening foreign Jokes on American neeks.
They must be- with US s.. IN the company q. 1f freemen; and i. il future
~ too was Know Nothing I too was an American I too pIghted
the energies q my heart to secure and render indeAructible the hertz
e"Iet US 60" said M. Clay, appealing to the patriotism of the Sen,
ate in favor of the Union, let US 20 to the lmpid fountain of unadul-
terated patriotism, and there performing a, solemn lustration, return
Invested of all selfish, sinister and sordid impurities, think alone of our
Coo. our consciences and our glorious Union, that Union without
which we shall be torn into hostile fragments and left without
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victorious. We. shall carry our ticket t%inmphanty over all opposi-
ton. We shall rise in the majesty Of right " Americans shall rule
the laurelcrowned athleta of the days of yore from the field Of his
struggles and his triumphs or, in the gorgeous language Of Mr.. Ran
dell Hunt, "hke an pncaged eagle, that had fretted itself into rage by
striking his mighty pinions on the iron bars of his cage, with a scream
of delight scars into his native element, basks himself in the gorgeous
rays Of the MONDAY sun, and pillows his breast on the storm I" "a
Citizens, we must bring matters back to the glorious simplicity Of
the Washimgtonian era. But to do so, our conduct should be firm,
peaceful, legal, concIiatory, restrained within the legitimate sphere Of
constitutional action. We must put down all appeals to brutal force,
reprobate and condemn all physical opposition to the law, but exert,
the Constitution has left with the people as q means Of seNdefense and
preservation /" Our only Apostle mus. be Liberty: It's the only
worthy minister of. God in the minds Of men" 5..
Rememher the maxim, "To great svls, great remedies" If you
be at home near the old fresdes, in the name Of God remember that
American offices filled by American officers alone can preserve the
integrity of the Republic, and maintain the unity of the Nation. l
know that honorable susceptibiities, which no one respects more than
LIDO, might be shocked; know and feel that by the omnipotence Of
logic the honesthearted stranger must, for a time, share the fate of the
villain. But these are not considerations tantamouDt to those which
should urge us on +" Satus ReipubHee est supreme lex." The safety
Of the Republic is the supreme law. Nevertheless, our sympathies, all
our sympathies, will always be with him, in commiseration for his
woes and suferngs. The outstretched arm of the Republic will safe
and constitutional rights. The shadow of our flag will follow him
wherever he may go, to shield him from injustice and oppression. But
public Offices he shall not and must not have not that We" love Cesar
less, but that we love Rome more" and that we have learned, by sad
and sorrowful experience, that Americans alone are fit REGIMENTS O
popular favor in America.
WIN. II. SPEN GEE, Attorney and Coun- VALERY ROY,
yv nsenor at Law, by diligence and fidelity in the ' respectfully offers i