The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-25


Lynchburg, 49s majority for Flournoy
Portsmouth,, 1856 majority for Flonrnoy,
Farmyie is majority for Flournoy.
Chesterfield county, 456 majority for Wise.
Henrieo and Boone counties give small majorities for
Wise
ABoLITIONIsM AND KNOW -NOTHINGISM THE PA
RENTS OF DISUNION
Coemporaneorsy with the rise Of the dark spirit of
cre prescription which broods like pestilence over our
happy country it is easy to observe the increasing nso-
ence and power Of the abolition party The one pretends
to draw inspiration from exclusive patriotism and yet
in The exercise of its influence it has not hcsated to bor
row from the past the cruel machinery which desposm
has employed for centuries to cripple and to crush the
spirit human progress The other bases itself upon
elusive and insane ideas of human perecblity and daily
proves its ncapacy to regulate the affairs of man, by de-
nouneng what it calls the injustice of God Left each to
move in its orbit, these evils would be almost
nnocuous, but conjoned together they may become
the most formidable adversary happy country has
ever known Native Americansm was mere local
disease and, like raging fever, burnt itself out
Abolition has been violent and persistent cpl
denic, but its dangers too periodical and too
public not to be efectualy resisted. Now that these
elements have combined however they possess vast
influence and aspire to wider range Where the is
weak the other is strong Where the dare not enter
The other boldly intrudes In the North, aboonisn
takes the work off the hands of the know-nohings and
eapvaes those whom its confederate would dare to
approach. In the South, know-nothingism performs
similar office for abotonism. duping such southern
hate northern fanatics with show Of garish patriotism
and carrying off portion of the clergy with hypocriti-
preence of pety quite intoerant as the same pre-
tence IN the French revolution aud threatening to be equal
" disastrous to true religion.
.-s purpose of this league is DIVISION Temporal
ry united ITSELF it seeas to permanently dsunite the peo
pie Of our happy country 1t has succeeded in sowing
discussions among the members Of the different denomi-
nations of Christians 1t has also the seed of social
examinations and collisions 1t boast not only Of
raging all denominations of Protestants against the Cath
Ollie church, but Of arrayng many Of these denominations
against each other. people thus torn into factions in
religion and in morals too apt to become the easy
of demagogues who aspire to delude them into the paths
Of political Generalization The fearful enginery employ
ed in this work Of upon all established rights and
curities is unhappy too public On the hand we see
the Bible ampled under foot because it recognises obe-
dience to the civil law On the other behold the civil
law discarded and denounced because it recognises private
rights With blind infatuation, we behold protesting
Christians joining the nhdel in the cruel hatred Of the
Catholic; the northern fanatic with pious pretences
sailing the STAKEHOLDER and excusng the Mormon and the
statutes coming down to us sanctioned by the sig
nature Of Washington, nufed by intoeran assemblies
who profess to worship Washington while they quote
bis example encouragement for prescription and intol
erance If they cannot both agree in assalng the rights
OF the States they harmonic the platform of assaing
the rights Of the citizen and have sad where the
one fails to spread disaster and ruin the other will sue
coed.
1t certainly mournfu spectacle TO see such combi-
nation acquiring sudden power in such country as ours
u we did not know and feel however that there is perma-
institutions and TO all the
guarantees and restrictions Of our laws deeply rooted in the
heart Of the American people should regard the pro-
gess of this secret party with unfegned dsmay and APP
prehension; but, in the language Of distinguished
member Of the last Congress, believe that however
politicians and agors North and South may ripple the
surfacemay the and the billow to rol-be-
meath there sleeps calm quiet LOVE roR
THE UNION and devotion TO the constitution Upon that
love and that devotion build our hopes and will not
yield our faith"
But while this universal attachment 10 the country en-
lists 1t Is notorious that have in our midst class of
politicians North and South who seize upon every
sion and every excitement fan the embers of sectional
animosiiie These politicians have but idea and that
is tho destruction Of the American Union and while they
know that the OF the people would start with ho
at the idea Of being connected with any project look
ing the dissolution OF these States they are crafty
enough to throw themselves into any popular impulse
which may aid their united hostites to our beloved
Union.
We have abiding nnabatng confidence in the .enti-
ment that controls the American people in every crisis
when the Union in danger, and know that il il only
necessary that they should be aroused Of this
ger to rally them in every State united and en,hus
nste band Indeed because the American people them
selves believe that the Union Of these States like proud
fortress which "langbsa siege to scorn that they feel per-
mtted to indulge at intervals in the miserable vagarcs
"hieh TOO oi'en a'ict American politics and is only
when they clearly realize that there are extremes in this
country which look to the deuson Of the popular mind s
The best way to accomplish the ruin of the American