American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-10
The Anti-Amersoans---our Cause

The Anti-Americans---our Cause.
If the prospects of success of the
American Presidential Ticket, as is al
legged by the Richmond Enquirer and
other Anti-American papers in the
State, are so diminutive and insignif-
cant, why is it that so much of their
time and space are occupied daily and
weekly in detracting from the good
name and character of the American
Nominees, that which their eminent
services and the history of their coun-
try have long since awarded them and
which no earthly power can oblitcrate.
If there is no possible chance for the
election of these gentlemen; if they
have fallen so far below par in the es-
timation of their countrymen, that it
would be almost sacrilege to vote for
them, why occupy so much time and
space, we say, in telling the people
what these worthy editors allege they
already know. ..a.
But the rantings and founderings
of the Anti-American press in Virgin
ia prognosticate the very opposite to
that which it daily and falsely puts
forth. 1t is busy day and night hatch
ing and connecting cock and bull sto-
ries against the American party and
its nominees, and spreading them broad
cast before the people for the purpose
of counteracting feeling they are
we'll aware, if not removed, will Just
as certainly give the State to Gilmore
and Donelson as the sun shines. There
is no State in the Union in which a
better feeling exists in relation to the
success of the American ticket than in
Virginia. Although persecution, de-
traction and defamation of every hue
is INDUCED in by the Anti-American
press, from the Richmond Enquirer,
the general depot for scurrility and a
buse, down to the meanest 8 by 10
sheet in the State, using overy means
of deception to gull the honest masses,
yet, so far, in our humble Judgment,
all their efforts have thus far proved
fruitless. And if the American party
will just stand firm and act as it be-
comes and behooves Americans, and
determine, to o man, to adhere to their
cherished principles-principles as I'M
dying and sacred as the Constitution
itself, victory must and will perch up
on their glorious banner.
The principles of the American par
ty are of American growth and man.
ufacturc. They originated and grew
among her sons of toll for their coun-
try's good. There is no foreign fabric
intermixcd with its pure patriotism
There is no imported shred or patch
belonging to it. 1t is part and par
eel of the American heart, of American
prosperity and American Liberty.
Witness the sycophancy of this same
polluted press in its efforts to win over
to their ranks the old line Wings to
join them in their hue and cry against
Mr.. Fillmore. In the estimation Of the
gizzard foot governor, backed by the
Richmond Enquirer, the Wing party
are no longer the corrupt, designing,
unprincipled party they once were
Mr.. Wise went so far as to say that he
owed his election, to an important de-
gree, to the conservative, constitution
loving Wings" The Wing party in
Virginia, although they did contribute
largely to the election Of Mr.. Wise, il
indeed they were not the sole cause of
it, we cannot and will not think that
they will, to any material extent, sup
port tho Anti.American nominee, -
whoever he may be, in opposition to
Mr.. Fillmore, OF the coming Prcsidon-
tial election. They are too intelligent |