American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-24
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licens and the sham Democracy, have
united together to kill OF tho Ameri-
can party by continual repetition Of
iabrications, and the practice of a, pol
itlcal scoundrelism such as the country
never Witnessed before. When two
parties 80 boastful other strength as
these allied powers, find it necessary
to indulge in monstrous lying in order
to weaken the American cause, it is
evidence that they know and feel that
they encounter formidable opponents
in thepersons Of Fillmore g. Donelson.
The foul game being played, is this.
The Washington Union and other for.
eign organs raise the cry that the
American party has no cxistance North
and the New York Tribune and the
whole abolition pack take up the cry
and endorse it. Tc produce some shai-
ow of a proof of such assertions, they
publish the proceedings of State con-
yentrons and meetingsof the Ameri-
can party, whereas they are meetings
of Black Republicans who withdrew
from the American party after the
Philadelphia Convention Of 1866.
Let us call to our recollection some
Of the tricks of these allied powers last
year. After the American party a.
dopted their national platform in Phil
adelphia, Senator Wilson withdrew,
declaring that we could not poll ten
thousand votes in Massachusetts, on
such a platform, and the New York
seceders said we could not poll seven
ty-fve thousand vo Ecs in the Empire
State. The "Demoeratic" papers all
over the country seized hold of these
declarations and endorsed them, and
then worked quite as hard to give the
Black Republicans victory in these
two States, as did Greeley, Weed &
GO. But, when the election came on,
the conservative Americans of Massa-
chusetts beat the Freesoil seceders out
of their boots, and New York was also
carried by our friends by largo plu-
rality. Well, as it was in those two
States last year, so will it be at the
coming election, saving and excepting
majority for our ticket largely in
creased.
The recent elections have shown that
the Black Republicans voted with 'the
Democracy in order to avoid exhibit
ing their weakness when separated
from the conservative portion of the
powers that be. They make a great
noise and indulge in extrava CANT boas-
ting, but when their votes shall be
counted, it will be seen that their
strength is call sound and fury signi-
flying nothing" The seeds of aboli-
tionism having been extensively sown
in all the non-slaveholding States by
the Van Buren, Democracy some years
ago, it is from that party that the
Black Republicans will draw the most
votes for their candidates. This the
| foreign party leaders are well aware
of, and it is for this reason that they
labor so industrously to produce the
impression, that the contest will be be-
tween them and the Black Republi-
cans. They hope by this policy to
trlghten into the support Of the Gin
cinnati nominees, as many American
voters as they are certain to lose of
their own men by Black Republican
| nomination.
The falsehoods and misrepresenta-
tons that will appear every day in the
Democratic organs, with the view of
building up Black Republicanism,
ought to be treated by our friends as
they deserve, and that is, laughed at.
Scarcely one man in ten of the North
ern and Northwestern people, outside
of the great Frcesoil army that was Or
gan;zed by the Van Burcns and kept
in the field for six years, gives himself
any concern shout the slavery question,
and would just as willingly vote slave
ry into new Territories as to vote it out.
At any rate, they do not care enough
about it to induce them to disturb the
harmonious relations between the
North and South by their action upon
it. This is proven by tho fact that
political abolitionism was always q
helpless thing, until Democracy"
through the influence of the Van Blu
rens, contributed two or three hundred
thousand recruits to it. It's from this
source that Black Rcpublicanism will
obtain most of its support, and there
fore the Democratic party" will be
the greatest sufferers by this new or
ganization, when those loving allies
shsu separate at the Presidential cleo
,tion.
No efforts will be spared by these
allies to cry down and LIE down the A.
mcrican party in the coming canvass,
and therefore orr friends should at