The Shasta courier., 1856-01-26
NUMBER AZ.
A Patriot.

speech lately made by Senator Dixon to the
young E;en of Kentucky, says The State .joairnal
is remarkable for its many eloquent passages.
Although Whig of the Henry Clay school, he
feels II 10 be his duty in the present important
political crisis TO himself on the side of
the Democrats. He says that the Whig party is
| sleeping; that the Know Nothing Order at the
north is only remarkable for the fanaticsm of its
members, and that il is too weak at the south to
consolidate the Onion sentiment; that the Deml
ocratic is the only national party. He INDUCES
in no harsh language toward Know Noihin gism,
but argaes that in the forthcoming Presidential
campaign it is the duty of every Irne patriot TO
rally IN the ranks of the strongest Union party.
We crave attention of the members of the secret
Order in California 10 the following passage.
" At such time the country requires every
man 10 do his duty, and it will require the uni
ted efforts of every national man TO save her.
Her voice comes borne upon every wind in min
gled accents of sorrow and despair crying helps
help me- my children, ere | perish beneath the
dark wave of fanaticism, which is ihreatnng 10
ensuf me- She calls the freesoilers and abb
olitionist of the North and their response is
/ borne on the gales of faction Perish, we owe
you nothing She calls upon the Know Nothing
party IN the free states, and they but echo the
response of their twin sisters abolitiousm and
freesoilism. and cry, Perish, perish, or give up
| the institution of slavery.
" She calls upon the American party south.
but alas! they cry too weak 10 help
| you, we are too weak to save She calls upon
The Wing party, her once great hope and sup
port, and voice from the tonlbs of Clay and
| Webster calls around her all the national men
OF the country, and bids her lean upon them,
| Tor they alone can save her. She calls upon the
Democratic party from the North and from the
| South, and she spreads out her national platform
on which can stand the national men of every
! party and of every State, and on whose should
ers she may lean and weather the storm of fac
| tlon and repose IN security. And now. said he,
men say, you are going with the Democratic
party am going for my country. She points
| the course and follow her directions When
the great Wing party again resumes her erect
position, shall be where | always have been,
with her"
This is the language Of true patriot The
| desperate fortunes of the Order are sufficiently
seen III the result of the New York election.
Although their candidate was elected by pl u
raity vote, The figures show that the Know No
things of the Empire State are IN an actual mi
nority o one hundred and ftly-secen thousand votes.
In massachusetts they nave lost twenty thou
sand votes IN twelve months. In Ohio their
| loss is counted by hundreds of thousands. They
have carried but TWO southern States-Kentucky
and Maryland. Seeing this condition of affairs,
well may Senator Dixon appeal to his fellow
countrymen TO rally for once around the Demo-
cratic sandard-the standard of a party which
| only can al the next election offer efficient op-
| position TO the fanatics and incendaries, who,
to crafty their malevolent passions, would dis
solve the confederacy.