American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-10-11

reason TO arrest his strps--an instrument of
mad impulse, impelled by one idea TO smite
his victim. Sir, there have been mauiacs
who have been cured by horror a, the blood
they have shed
Gentlemen ask, if Mr.. Fremon, be elect.
ed, how will Maryland go?--what will Ma
ryland do? do not allow that question to
be asked. She knows but one coan,ry and
but one Union. Her glory is in It. Her
rights are bound up in it. Her children shed
ule'r blood Tor It, and they will do it again.
Beyond it. she knows nothing. She does NOT
reckon whether there is more advantage in
the Union to the North or The Sou,h0sha
does not calculate its value-nor does she
cast up an account OF profit and loss on the
blood OF her children. This is my answer
TO that question.
bn', sir, 1t is portentous to hear the mem
oers oil a party contcsting for the Presidency
menace dissolution and revolut on as the
penalty they will infict on the vctors for
defeating them. People who do not hold
the Union worth four years derivation of
Office are scarcely safe repositories of it's
powers!
But If these are 10 be the bloody conse.
quences OF successful concentration of the
Northern vote on Mr.. Fremont, will not my
Democratic friends, as the result Of The ar
COnSBTyu-
tive men OF the North aud Of the South a
chance TO cling to those around them " no
being open to treason, yet doubt how they
shall vote, and reterate in their ears reasons
why they should not dive this dangerous is
sue to a decision, They suppose tina, be-
cause In the wreck OF parties they must 90
10 the wall, or to the bottom, unless Mr..
Fillmore can be gotten rid of, that which is
necessary to save them is likewise necessary
to save the Union. "We are the Staten-
what is good for us therefore is good for the
State, is their reasoning and the Kansas
act and civil war is the conclusion Self
love, party devotion, have misleL them
Their saf9ty and their success involve great
danger to the Republic, and in then RUIN lies
the safety Of The Republic.
Sir, they boast at the South-aud il is their
10 triumpke that they have defeated & over
thrown abolition. Is it from this great
struggle, then, that the Democratic ranks
are weak and wan and thin? WHY, sir, the
Abolition party fell beneath the blows OF
Willard Fillmore, leading the conservative
men OF all parties-,he Clays, the Websters,
the Foote's, the Bentons Of that great era Of
1850. II died Of the Compromise Of 1850,
and was laid in tomb inscribed with those
acts, and bearing on its base the words -
billiard Fillmore feci,
Senate with their protests against those wise
but obnoxious concessions which laid the
! evil spirit. But when tho monster was
overthrown and the field deserted, they dug
up the dead body and laid il at the feet Of
the South, and claimed their reward I.o
| our trophy-Io our sCalp--,o YOU be the spoil
of our sword and spear"--Aye, sir. "they
fought an hour by Shrewsbury clock"
Mr.. Chairman, have but II few words moro
to say. Whose cause am pleading q? / speak
here in behalf Of that vili!ied party, representing
the mass OF tho hmoricap people in revolt a.
| gainst the domination of cffcle parties which is
willing, irrespective of the chances of success or
| defeat like its great leader, TO devote itself to
| the Constitution and to the Union. have sworn
| to support the Constitution and the Union am
| bound to sec and will see that conendng fac
| tons shall not make the FOREIGN VOTE the
| balance OF power in this country. have resoly-
cd that, so far as in me lies religion shall be
banished from politics, and no man shall attempt
| 10 invoke the religious preiudiccs OF any man.
! Sir, will devote myself to wedding out these
transactions with the secession party OF the South
with the Abolition party at the North with reli.
gious parties aspiring to political power; be they
| Methodist or Catholic, with foreign votes that
can be bought, with the yenal Of all parties, who
| play the game of power with the interests of the
| people, and light the war of sectional interests
that they may be suffers to the camp. And
whether we succeed to-day or not till Tomorrow,
! time is for us, the future is ours, the Young A.
merica cries the name of the American party 81
imbibes its principles in his earliest aud pristine
| vigor. These sentiments will not die out for
| generation, and in less than generation the Re-
public Can be saved. /, sir, shall abide by that
candidate who has been selected by this party TO
protect the interests ofthis country.
Between the candidates Of rival sections will
not select.
Lear n Of MI oGI opfy IL,
only principle is the forcing Of the Topeka con.
stitution the necks Of the Kansas people with
Out pledges to fortune for good behaviour, or a
past TO read the future by. / marvel at my Re-
publican friends, still smaring under the expert.
| ence Of what one unknown man. may do, walk
| ing with rhcir eyes open into the same trap. T..
l can accept no man whose tortuous career
touches alternately each extreme of the political
| sphere, his political life merged in party plat
| form, and chosen as the leader of the Democratic
! party to torment the North TO madness. and TO
| follow in the footsteps of this administration on
the bloody grounds Of Kansas,
have no preferences between two men who
dispute the doubtful honor of applying the torch
| TO the temple Of the constitution.
No law can quiet Kansas, unless n soothing
administration soften the exacerbatcd feelings Of
the people. With such an administration no law
is needed If Mr.. Buchanan be elected, he will
| follow the bloody policy Of this administration,
whsse SINS ana glorles-Grcytown, Ostend, Kan
sas, and all, decorate and Cypress him. If Mr.
Fremont be elected he will be the hero of coun.
ter revolution, fierce and merciless as is the re-
taiation Of the oppressed, the sport of fierce pas
| sions TO which he will owe his power, and which
he cannot and dare not control.
shall, in this crisis, adhere to Millard Fillmore
who knows not where the Sout! ends and the
North begins, equally above fear or 1attery, dec
Grated with the glory of an illustrious admins.
tratiOn, salutod "PaCiliCator" by tho nccInim NJ
| the Tcople and now alone capable of restoring
peace 10 this distracted land. lie has boon tried
ION each extreme Of fortune. He has passed tlro'
the torrid zone Of heady and lempcstuous youth