American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-07-14
PROSPECTUS OF
THE AMERICAN UNION:
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
a,5y~ AMERICAN IN .POLIIICS.
S. sIEGERIED. Jun, Editor.
MORGANTOWN, VA,

"a
n r the earnest solicitation of many Personal
and political friends, in this and the adjoining
counties, the undo rsignod has been induced to
establish an AMERICAN PAPER at Morgan
town. The imperative necessity oil the enter
prize contemplated is more than apparent at
this time, when misrepresentation and ialsehood
have triumphcd over principles so dearly cher
ished in the breast OF every enlightened and pa
triotic American and when handicapped pre-
iudice, nourished and kept alive by the press oil
tho anti-American party, has gained moments
AIRY advantage over the onward strides of the
great National Reform movement. But, altho'
a temporary defeat has oyertaken the friends OF
American institutions in Virginia, IN the recent
General Election, 1t will induce no friend OF our
glorious cause to talter, but our very defeat will
stimulate to new life, aud incite to new vigilance
in the great National campaign and triumph but
just before us. Virginia and the Union must be
redeemed, rcgeneratcd and disenthra!led, and
the work is committed to the hands of the true
hearted and stout armed sons OF America
They wM DO IL. True to the impulses OF their
patriotic natures, and faith full In tho discharge Of
the duties of Republican citizens, rcvering the
memories and maxims OF the illUstrious fathers
oil our Liberties-rHEY WILL DO 1T. Let the po-
tent fundamentally Of the PRESS be employ ed
to disseminate the LIGHT and the TRUru-let
the principles ofthe American party be fully and
fairly set iorth--let the viliiers OF our princi-
pies and the traducers Of our cause be opposed
in their rccklessness-and we have everything
10 gum nOuHnt 10 lose. Let lie passive
and indolent, without the advocacy of the Press
and the means Of defence 1t affords, and the
iron heel OF party oppression will triumph over
us, and Prclatcs and Priests in America and in
Rome, with their hosts of foreign and native
sympathsers, will chant their songs of triumph,
and taunt and jeer us with their victory revels,
as NOW In the language of an eminent Amer
lean sta tcsman, let us " Awake, arise, shake of
the dew-drops that glitter on our garments, and
march to battle and to Victoryl' Conscious of
the purity Of our principles, and the rectitude of
our purposes, let us with zeal becoming A.
MERlCANS, strive for their honorable ascend
ency. In Republic like ours where FOREIGN
influence and POLITICAL Roman Catholicism
are yearly developing their evil tendencies and
their rapidly augmenting strength, the PRESS
and the PEOPLE, in the sovereignty with which
our institutions clothes them, should arise and
maintain the purity and permanencc of our
dearest LIBERTIES, to which those influences
are iasidiously, yet not tho less dangerously,
OPPOSED!
III The present is peculiarly and emphatical-
y the time Tor the American party to take the
field dctcrmincdly, and TO untlirl their banners
on every breeze. With passionate, impulsivc
and bgoted opponent in the person of the Gov
crnor elect of Nirginia-with an anti American
press disciplined in all the trckery, misrepre-
sentatIon and gambling political demagoguc-
ism-with National principles of deep and abid-
ing importance, as dear as the UNION OB THE
STATES ITSELF to contend for---wc find our
Country on the eve of great National Cam
paign--the Presidential canvass of 1856. is it
not demanded, by every consideration of pru-
dence and patriotism, that the American party
here, as elsewhere, should WELD the strong
arm of the Press in defence of its immutablo
principles?
In presenting, then, n candidate for public
favor, weekly paper devoted to American
principles, the Publisher asks the patronage and
support OF the American party. Give us your
subscriptions and influence, and we ledge our
best energies and talents to do good battle in
defence of our cause.
THE AMERICAN UNION,
Will be published weekly, on clear type, and
in good style, the size of the Morgantown papers
at : l.5O in advance, and will be comm en- cd
day, Markets, Agriculture, Nc chanics, &c. will
receive due share OF attention, the object be-
ing to make tho paper n valuable and welcome
yisIter at the fire. side of every American.