Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-08
NUMBER l4s.
From the Lynchburg virginian.
What the Ab0litionists Say, and What tie
II South should Do.

A conclave Of Abolition fanatics assembled in
Cincinnati few days ago, and went through Il
usual mummeries Several of the speakers tosk
occasion TO express their hatred for "Knos-
Nottingham as well as slavery, and the President,
George w. Julian, of Indiana, made long al
abored argument against 1t. We make a Ew
extracts from synopsis of the speech, publish,
In the Cincinnati Gazette: r ~
"The great Dr. Barnes has admitted that thcro
was no power outside the American Church Il at
could uphold slavery for an hour, If IL were not
upheld within Il. Were not there men strain ng
at the gnat OF Catholicism, while they swallow,d
down at one gulp the camel Of slaveryg"
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" The growth Of The foreign element had Just
about kept pace with the growth of The sla,s
po,oer, and thus able 10 counteract the latter.
But i was objected to these foreigners that III,
voted on the Democratic or pro-slavery side We'll.
even Il they did, It must DO confessed that con-
siderable number Of respectable Americans did ii
same thing. But how much worse was Il to vote
with the pro-slavery Democrats than with the pro.
slavery WhigsY But the truth was the great body
Of the American people was pro-slayery. But the
census showed that foreigners were not proslavery
Tho States which had the largest foreign element,
as New York, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, were
the most decided anti-slavery States. The South
contained but few foreigners.
"He opposed It because II ignored and subordi-
mated the question of slavery. This was admitted
by Senator Wilson, in the United States Senate.
" In conclusion, he asked what was to be donc
under existing circumstances? The real fricrds
of freedom should seek each other and those who
have entered this order should retreat from il al
soon as possible"
Sentiments like these have come to be uniyer-
sally entertained by the leading abotionists, and
they are forming in solid column to resist the pl O.
gress Of movement, that, in the national and CON
sttutonal character Of ts organization and objects
necessarily recognises the institution Of slavery
and pledges itself against all interference with it
The Cleveland Leader, an abolition journal, has
long article on the pro slavery tendencies Of the
American party, from which we extract the follow
ing paragraph, which we commend to the voters Of
Virginia. The Wise party and the abolition party
are both desperately bent on putting down and ut.
terly destroying the great conservative movement
Of the people-the only movement which now
promises any good results to the South. Let the
people Of Virginia ponder on the strange but sig
nifcant fact of perfect coalition, so far as the
Know-N Nothings are concerned, between the Wise
party Of this State, and the aboltionists Of the
North. The Leader says:
THE order refuses to advocate anti-slayery IN
Its councils, or pledge Its members to oppose the
sggressons Of slavery. By the terms of the new
third or cotton degree each member Is sworn
toplay the part Of a doughface, under excuse Of
saving the Union, by putting down the agitation
Of all dangerous questions. Opposition to slavery
It is asserted, endangers the peace and perpetuity
Of the Union; therefore each third degree member
Is sworn to prescribe such agitation, and keep il
out of the councils Of the order and no person is
full member ofthe order until he has taken that
degree. He is obliged, furthermore, to swear that
he will support, at all elections, only those who
are third degree members Of the order. The dis.
cusson and agitation Of the great slavery question
Is thus completely banished from the councils, and
nativistic prescription made the corner stone OF
the institution. On this basis the order Il nation
allied, and free man Of Ohio made to clasp hands
and fratcrnize politically with the Alabama slave
driver And this Is the platform Of the American
Reform party !"