The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-11
PROPHECY ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED.

The deceived and the betrayed are the OF real
izing the cheat which has been pracsed u6n them
When the democratic press everywhere predicted that the
end Of acknowledged would be strengthen the hands
Of revolutionary abotionism the infatuated followers Of
the secret order repealed the idea the illusion of
party zeal Two large and influential organizations Of
our counrymen are however constrained to confess, in
humiliation and in shame that the prognosc was correct
and that they have been completely delivered o the
hands Of the Phlisnes We refer to those southern ct-
who permitted themselves to unite with the socaed
American party and who deluded by the national
professions of that party and next to hose other citizens
of the free States who added their numbers to the same
mscaed American order in the honest belief that they
we're assisting build up great Union organization.
Both these classes citizens have been used just long
enough by the common adversaries Of all right princi
piles to strengthen false doctrines and to elevate bad
men And, now that this grand fraud stands re-
vealed to the world behold its offspring in vast
northern party answering to the commands Of Will
liam H. Seward, and advancing to the destruction
o. the constitution, according to the plan laid down
~ has the cheat been executed, that of all those
chosen to the present Congress from the free States
and cknowledging the name of Americans not six
the consolidation Of aboitonsm. This fact has become
so palpable and appalling to the other division
Of in the southern States that there is not
who deny to his sheart or who will deny to his
constituents, that the in whom he confded have
proved be the dangerous because the
full and powerful enemies Of southern institutions In the
midst OF the exploded theories Of knownothingsm with
their mummeres exposed to common scrutiny and con-
tempt and their broken oaths and discarded memorials Of
prescription and Of bigory offending all eyes, but
element remains upon which they take their
stand and that is the element of abotonsm
While they were practising the dark mysteries of their
order and unsuspecngy assuming the letters of its obi
cations the willy of northern passions and atreds
used their decisions delude them and beat them
ut their game While they shouting Amer.
lean victories he quietly eiciiated himself that in every
instance with exceptions, he had succeeded in send
ing Congress under the disguise Of "Americaasm
who knew real leader and organ bnt himself
Such is the end of this magnificent drccption-such the
sequel Of the last organization against the democratic
party. And what will become Of those who must
that they have been wofny disappointed aud
deceived Will they continue to adhere like victims bound
to the chariot-whcel of their conqueror, will they
break out from the pestentia dens in which for the last
two years they have sacrificed their manhood and their
honor2 Will they longer deny to themselves that the
democratic party is the only national party in existence
win they permit themselves to be msed by the false cry
Of know cry of the wolf who initiates the
lamb only that he may battle himself in human slaughter
or will they allow stepped to the lips in the haeds Of
by-gone years separate them from the democratic party
by heapng caumnes upon its public men, by msrepre-
sen,ng its policy and by trying with reckless malgny
to show that it is to those doctrines which the
very springs and of its Vitality 1t not enough
that these should seek noble revenge upon their
dccevers by placing themselye, formally in the ranks Of
the democratic party; but that they should henceforh
practise upon their experience and dsrst all those
demagogues who will join any combination that they may
crafty their ancient gefs against the democratic party
and carry into effect their deadly designs against the only
free government upon earth.