The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-23
ENEMIES IN DISGUISE.

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we therefore commend it, with the
slight changes that are made, to gen.
eral perusal. The man who affects
to desire the election of Willard Fill
more, and yet so deports himself as to
advance by word or deed the election
of Buchanan, is an enemy in disguise:
"Therc are those who profess a
strong attachment to American princi-
pies, and great friendship for Millard
Fillmore, who even avow openly that
they prefer him over any other candi-
date for the Presidency, but who hest
tate to give him their unqualified sup
port on the plea that it will be diff
cult to elect him. We tell these faint
hearts that failure or success has moth.
ing to do with the principles in
volved in the contest, and that If
Willard Fillmore was certain only Of
the vote of one State, he is as much
entitled to be sustained by those who
think with him and stand firmly by the
old Wing doctrines, as if the whole of
the confederatcd States rose up to do
him honor. With resoute men, strong
in the consciousness of right, and
prompt to do battle for the right, there
is "no such word as fall To those
who are not false friends, we may say
confidently, "but screw your courage
to the sticking place, and we'll not
fail" But the best cause in the world
may be weakened by timid counsels,
and if such counsels prevail, it may be
damaged irretrievably. There were
those who, after Washington's retreat
across the Jerseys, believed that all
power for resistance was at an end land
that a further prosecution of the war
would only bring ruin on the Colonies.
But the battles of Trenton and Prince
ton taught them how easy it is for a
courageous spirit to turn even SEEM
ing disasters into browning victories.
There were those again who saw in
the triumphant march Of Burgoyne the
SEVERANCE of all the Colonies north of
the Hudson; but the spirit displayed
by Stark, of Bennington, infused new
hopes into the hearts of the despond-
ing--the German mercenaries were
beaten, the Indian auxliaries were dri-
ven back to Canada, and on the field of
Saratoga, Burgoyne and his troods sur
rendered themselves prisoners Of war
So also when Virginia was ovcr-run
by Arnold and Phillips, the British
Rule in Georgia rc-estabIished, and
South Carolina apparently PROSTATE
at the feet of the conqueror, the hardy
mountaineers Of Virginia and North
Carolina united together under their
partisan leaders, crushed Ferguson at
Kings Mountain, arrested the victori-
Gus career of CORVALLIS, and, by the
delays which succeeded, enabled w ash
ington to form a junction with Lafay-
cite and the French forces under Ro-
chambeau, and by the capture of Corn
wallis at York Town, to put the crow
ming zeal on the War of lndepend-
ence.
We are now embarked in a civil
contest involving events scarcely less
important to the well being of the I'm
ion; and it is animated by the same
spirit which so gloriously displayed it.
self in the olden time success will as
assurredIy rest upon our banner as it
did theirs. The danger only we have
to apprehend is from those who profess
themselves frienly, yet strive to shake
the confidence of others, by constant
rccapitulation of their own doubts and
fears. These men, few as they are
in number, are masked enemies to the
Fillmore cause, and seek, in reality, to
bring about the very result they affect
to deplore with so much apparent ear
ncstness. Let us say TO these men,
happily few in number, but more dan
gcrous than avowed antagonists. be-
cause they sap confidence under the
disguise of sympathy--let us say to
these men frankly,if they sympathize
with the friends of Fillmore in spirit
and in truth, they must abandon Doubt