American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-22
Convention OF Americans of Virginia
Postponed until October 2S.

postponed until October 10.
We copy the following from the COR
gam coincidjng fully i'll the continents
contained therein:
We publish Il notice Of the American
Executive Committee, postponng the
State Convention recently called to
meet in Lynchburg on the 18th inst,
TO the 18th October. The reasons as
slGncdNy the Committee are in every
respect American. The ravages OF an
awful epidemic, requires the whole mind
and Symnathics Of the people Of Viz
g'n'a. Thc Offices Of humanity and
charity will occupy their whole time
until the pcstilencc shall have been, by
Almighty mercy, tempered or cxtin-
gWishcd. The Convention will be post
loncd to the anniversary of the surrcn-
der Of Yorktown. In the State in
which the merccnary soldiers of ty-
rant laid down their arms to the inyiu-
chile spirit Of Grccmcn, will be cclcbra-
ted anew that indomitablc "hostilitv
to every form Of tyranny over the mind
OF man." to which their own immortal
Jefferson pledged himself and his coun-
trymon. They will never faltcr in
maintaining it.
To the American Party Of Virginia.
whereas, since the date of the pro-
position for holding a Convention of
the American Party, in this city. on
the 18th inst, an awful calamity has
fallen upon two Of our sister citics,an
the daily accommodating details of its
horrible ravagcs have not only ava
kcncd a profound and heartfelt svmpa-
thy for the sufferers in our party, but
have cngcndcrcd such state of feeling
throughout the Commonwealth as will
be but i!I-Suitcd for the scenes usually
attendant upon great political gather
lngS and not wishing or intending to
do anything that can be construed into
a want OF due regard for the FEELINGS.
or a mockcry Of the woes of our great.
~ afflicted fellow citizens of Norfolk
and Portsmouth, we, yielding to the
wishes of our fcllow-citizcn through
out the State, rs well as our own con-
vlctlons OF what is proper under the
circumstances, do most respectfully re-
commend that the assembling Of said
Convention be postponed until the 10Th
day Of October next.
On that glorious annivcrsarv-con-
sccratcd in every American heart as
the day on which the last link was bro
ken that bound us to a foreign yoke,
let us assemble in solemn convention,
and devise such measures, if possible.
as will at once and forever free our be-
loved land from the remains Of foreign
influence, which q false philanthrophv
md mistaken political theory vet
permit to lingcr in it, and which, I'M
less now cradicatcd, threaten, sooner
or later, to ovcrturn not only our po-
iltical, but to dcspoil our beautiful and
cherished social system.
All invitations heretofore given, and
all appointments Of delegates hereto
fore made, will be considered as post
poned until the 18th October, and VIC
now renew the invitation heretofore
given, to all who sympathizc with the
purposes Of the American PARTY
whether members Of the american Or
der or motto como ut that time, and
unite their counscls with ours, as to the
best means Of ctrccting our social and
political redemption. CONE! A cor
cial welcome sp our hearts and our
hcartha will greet you.
NJ. Langhornc, Jry w. t. Saunders,
Il. H. Nowlin, Maurice Moore,
Samuel Tyrce, 9. W. Christian,
J. NJ. Lnngh0inc, 70. $. Payne,
VIM. NJ. Davis, y. W. Burton,
John II. Bailey J. F. Slaughter,
W. &. Burton, $. Dnguid
Erccptipe C6mmittec.
LYSCfBuEG, Sept. 30, 1865.
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