The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-26
Mi. ponelson's Letter Of Acceptance.


NJ. T,one,.on,s Is,,er ~ Acccutancc.
q $3.50
We copy from the Richmond Wing the let
~ e occentance addressed ~ Mr, Dopelson
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70 nm ol!lclai nothcaNoh y ihs hohll'a.ioh
by the National Convention OF the American
party for the Vice Presidency
r,r,p Gpovs sssAp NAs,v,r1r.
March so, 1856.
Geatieaoea-T aid moi receive until Yesterday
yonr oficial note Of lie a6th Of Fehraary last,
;tf,rno;nr M C my nomination M fhe Office ofl
Voc prss;dsnt hy m Amer;cap nartvs md
osl;;ng nv acce,tance az fRe same,
Enr the Hatterina tfTsnsin which Won have
4, n,,,n;ca tnd fI,;s t%Sce5;nr I Hap leave M
offer Won ~ sincere thanks. | accent Tic
nas;4;or ass;n,,ad. mo Nv 3bo Amsr;can Marty
With : Ind senses + truat, Of the resnonsibility
baiarn;nr Ii n + attended M convention
With no exnectation that. such an honor await
IA nm and if INV own faelinns and wishes coula
have bean consulted III would have fallen mon
some cher member If the American marty. IN
whose ranks are so f6anv distinruisbed md
v;dnnls hetter known 70 The country and bet-
~ nranarpl hv pxrer;ence far the h;oh duties
If the station. shonA The voice Of he people
ha in accord with that Of which yon are The
oroan on this occasion. But acting mon the
ms y;m left us Nv the preat, men Of The earlier
davs If onr Renublic. that pnblice office should
he neither souaht nor declined. / Weld to the
iudpment Of those who have thought that nv
name mippt be Of service in advancing the
imnortanf objects which constitute the Ameri-
can marty.
Orr leading idea is that the two old parties,
Democratic and Whie. have ceased to exert
their former healtbful influence in the manage
ment Of tIe public interest, aud That. without
dir Intervention Of reforms which they can
never effect. the beloved constitution and Union,
beoueathed to US by our forefathers. will not
MONO he preserved. s@3
For the most Of the evils with which we are
threatened at the present period. the admins
~tration Of President Pierce is evidently res
ponsible but instead of finding his party en-
gagged in the prosecution of measures to avert
the dangers hc has brought upon the land, we
see It more active than ever ID scattering the
Seeds Of sectional strife and social anarchy.
When Gen. Jackson came into the Presi-
dency. he acknowledged in his inaugural adj
dress The obligation Of the Executive to restrain
the patronage Of the Federal Government. SO
that n should not be brought into conflict
with the freedom Of elections. But modern
Democracy stands in direct aptaeonism to this
obligation. There is scarcely an election
precinct in the United States which has not
witnessed the most shameful interference with
elections by the agents of the Federal. Govern
mont. acting in the name Of Democracy.
In former times. when parties were created
Inv notriotic and national sentiments. unon
measures Of GENERAL interests to the whole
corntrvslw we never heard that n measure could
be declared Democratic ii one place, and not
Democratic IN another. by leading men pro.
Tossing to belong to this party. Yet we see
this enormitv exhibited daily by the marty
nress IN thn. nav Of the present Executive,
The necessary result of such corruption, if not
successfully opposed. must be to destroy all
~uolitical morality. and to continue power in
uunfaithful and ~inseompetent hands by the mere
influence Of The money derived from the taxes
which are maid by the people for far different
purposes. IT ID undeniable that the antaeon-
ism now prevailing between the North and
| South is mainly attributable to the political
arti6ce which has enabled men holding directly
opposite o~pinions on the power Of Congress
over the institution of slavery in the Terrific
ries, but vet protesting to belong TO the same
Democratic party. The Nebraska-K ansas act
is constantly called by one portion Of the
Democrats q law which will prevent the ex.
tension of slavery to the Territories. and by
another portion, q law which will enable the
South to carry slavery to the TERRITORIES. By
the same fallacy, secession, notification, aboli.
lion. and All other isms. have found 4 shelter
under he flag Of Democracy, explained as it is
bv modern interpretors
In former times also our best ~patriots, with.
out distinction, spoke Of the necessity Of guard
ing the ballot box from the dangers of foreign
influence, and of ko Eng separate the Church
and State and of d advantage to be derived
from a frequent recurrence to the earlier ad.
vice of our fathers. which incolcated A. reverence
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