The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-16
LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PREFER SAFETY II
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reused to of the public dangerwten it is appa
rent that the ambitious blackrepublican conspiratOrs
who formed the plot to produce it redoubing their
wicked zeal to pursue policy which will If successful
overthrow nsttutons-eyery subordinate motive
should be made to yield TO the necessity of the great
easion. All good patriots however humble their station
and by whatever political creed they have been
guided whether wing democrat should unite as brothers
in solid phaanx to support the constitution and save
the Union We do not overesmate the Importance of the
passing history. A time such this is at hand. The
who win after win look back, and rather
wonder that it not earlier felt and understood and
proclaimed The conspiracy of which again the
people will then stand u proportions History will
have written it 1t win be picture of the past at
perceived in all 70 hdeous forms Its veil will be
off and its mystery gone Our counuymen have been
allow to believe it, Nearly seventy years of unnerrupt
ed prosperity and reposeupon the foundation Of
that government established by ancesorshad made
impression upon the public mind that it impossi
BILE traitor would dare to enter for the purpose Of dsuc
on-to change peace into domestic war; the happiness of
the millions into misery, their prosperity into adversely
and their fidelity to institutions into hatred of their
existence But that time has 1t cannot be
csaledit cannot be denied With it the question:
Are the people prepared for t7 Are they making ready
for the great struggle which it brings? viii they prove
themselves the descendants of the of sevenysx Let
this question be passed through the land Let it be pre-
claimed throughout its length and breadth-from every
mountain top and in every valley Let the voice of
ing be made reach every hamlet and log cabin of the
hottest borders Let the naten be summoned in its strength
to make mighty effort for the rescue and the treason of
the back-repubican traitors will perish beneath that
power and their doom will be written to be changed
We make this solemn appeal to people who have
at stake than any nation of the earth has bad We
have every consideration to inspire in this struggled
that there is of the past the present. and all that there
can be of the future We have before the history
fahers-their heroic deeds and their wsdoto guide u.s.
the fair fabric which they have erected the policy which
we have hitherto pursued in imitation of their example
the equal justice The equal rights Of all the people and all
The States The question which Is to be decided less
than the destruction Of all these their safety In the
presidential contest pending there have been placed
before the American people the representatives of O great
prneplesi The Is that Of safety; the other destruction
The only prominent representative of the first James Bu
chanan the accidental adventurer who represents the
other is John G. Fremont There is third candidate but
it i, obvious that the for the presidency
wisdom his long services, and his tried patriotism. He
has served in private soldier in 1872 In peace he
has been highly distinguished the halls Congress
ing with the great of that day. most of whom gone
He passed through those councils of the nation only
gaining the treasures of enlarged knowledge of
political affairs and the influence accorded to ripe and
wise statesman but without single cloud upon his public
reputation In the executive department of the govern
men be filed with great ability the office of Secretary of
State for the entire term of the brilliant administration of
James X. Polk To this distinguished service has been
added his experience in the first diplomatic station abroad
From this he has retired to private life full Of honors and
is the chosen candidate of the democratic party to
represent the great principles of the consttution-the
principle of equal rights TO all he atss-THE PRINCIPLE OF
SAFETY That other candidate for the presidency John
O. Fremont Is young uan whose antecedents have been
formed in mere adventures without danger and more re-
sembling but not equang those Of the hunter than the
tolls and mental abors of We pass by the shades
Of speculation that have marked his pathway. These
rous incidents leave TO the pens OF others That they
would be sufficient to repe Is enough TO induce our
present silence in relation to them II there was one
single quality which he possessed, of mental endow-
ment of public experience fitted for the statesman
who should be made the first magistrate of the first
people Of the earth, would state it. There is none
Beyond the range Of adventure and speculation, we
know Of high mental developments Of character to
which be lay claim The intrigue with the bac-re
publican party for the nomination whether had or bad
not anything personally Objectionable could not be except
ed evidence Of intellectual power but simply Of rec
less and inordnate ambition. To that association We
find him passing at single step from the first Of his an
tecedents and he Ia be Embodiment of that party
They have not been unknown for the OF evil disne
iion and corrupt conspiracy against the government ri
they could fully have succeeded could yet succeed a
dsfacon could not II is .rue be increased Ia infamy but
1t would unquesonaby suffer the greater curse and con-
domination of posterity This is saying good DEAL con-
siderng they have undsputed title full meas
Of such immortality. Nor IL doubtful whether they
win continue to maintain 1t through all future time This
therefore, is not the only generation TO which they will be
fully known. That party has long list of such dstac
lions.
They have plotted the overthrow Of the government in
more rays than one
They organized EmigrE:on Aid Society, whose bust
ness II was to recruit and send out 10 Kansas armed
men to make
They encouraged the shedding or the blood Of their
American brethrenbe robbery OF their property and the
burning Of their houses
They at ~, moment engaged in the same shameless
and bloody outage and have the head Of their rebel