Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-09-13
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the Importance Of the result, are organizing
with q spirit and zeal, which will render then
invincible. They have gone into The contest
with a determination becoming tier cause,
and are urged on by the same patriotic I'm
pulse felt by our revolutionary sires when they
were battling for the establishment Of those
peculiarly American and Cardinal principles
of republicaniSm, which are no Y so TuthleSsly
attacked BY a certain paryeEu organization,
calling itself the American party. The fires oil
truth are brightly burning, warming the hearts OF
the people, and by their glare, exposing The
hideous deformity Of Know Nothingism, and
we have now no fears that such an o~rganiza-
ton can ever triumph, because We believe the
Bible is tue, and know that all its teachings
stand in direct antagonism 10 the creed of the
Know Nothings. 1t speaFs Of a period when
all the scattered tribes Of man will be united
in one glorious brotherhood, when there shall
be no more sin and no more death, and we
know that such a period as this can never sr-
rive while Know Nothingism, in any Of its
loathsome forms shall find a home among men.
In view, therefore, of these things, it be-
comes the Freemen Of Preble county 10 con-
tinue in actlon-soon the day will cor when
you will be called 10 cast your ~Suffrages for
men to represent you in the State Government.
The old wing party, as it existed two years
ago, is no more-in its place we have Adolf
tionism, fanaticism and Know Nothingism,
and all other political denominations against
which we have iabored for many years, and
if there ever was q time when the national
men OF oil parties, forgetting their personal
preferences and prejudiceS, should unite upon
the common ground Of the Constitution, and in
defence of all that is dear 10 every lover Of his
country, that time is at hand. To the truly
national AM patriotic members of the old
Wing party OF Preble, who despise and spit
upon the "bargain and sale" of their party,
by a few aspiring demagogues, we would say,
whittier will you 60 in the present crisis 3
whittier will you fly for safety ?-how escape
the yawning gulf that opens TO receive you p
Or how safe yourselves from being swallowed
up in the dark vortex of Know Nothingism,
Abolitionism, and every other foul AMI un-
seemly ism in which The evil times that have
CONF upon US are polite, unless you enroll
yourselves openly, and without delay, as SOL
diers in the mighty army Of Democratic free.
men, who in years gone by, it is true, were
your honest political foes, but who are nop
your best aud ,ruest friends. You: own time
honored party, Of which you once boosted
yourselves the tried and faithful sons, is dis
banded and shattered into fragments. It's
great founders, who were your glory and pride,
are no longer among you, and contemplating
the destructive torrent Of treason and fanata-
cism, which threatens like an Alpine ava
10 sweep away the foundations Of this
monument Of human freedom, OF which
they were proud and eloquent champions, the
Democracy, believing wisely and well, that ii
is moi only their cause but yours also,-the
cause of the Constitution and the Union-in-
vile you 10 enroll yourselves in their ranks,
and aid in the destruction Of the devouring
monster of fanatacism and disunion which has
sprung up among us-they hold out 10 you no
colots, ITO secret principles-they ask you
10 subscribe 10 no oaths-they present 10 you
platform OF principles upon which oil men
honest and true can stand with safety and ho-
nor-they march under q flag around which
all men, no difference Of what religion, can
rally. Let us unite as q band of brothers in a
common cause, forgetting the bitterness and
ac,imony Of The past-let US by unceasing la
Dor and untiring perseverance, give life and
10 The eloquent and soul-enkindling
words OF that bold and fearless champion Of
American freedom, Senator Douglass, Of Hi.
nois, and ~"unluIl our banner 10 the battle and
The breeze, having inscribed upon its ample
rold--The Constitution and the Union; State
and The right oil The people 10 self-gov-
srnme6t perfect religious federation, and no
prescription Of Anne rican citizens wherever
born let it float proudly amidst the raging
for they will be as brief as they are fu-
'iouS-they may beat against the rock Of De-
on which that ensign is planted, but
t will not be moved; long after the agitated
have subsidized, il will stand out in its
.nvincibilitN and no man need fear for the
ship Of Stale while it is anchored 10 its ever
asting base"
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GMaYor Wood, Of New York, has issued