American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-09-13

tons OF the Union, and these wicked
and false statements are sent to the
country by railroad, by telegraph, and
by missionaries and emissaries, with q
zeal and apparent confidence worthicr
OF better cause, and the assertion is
now added that Mr.. Fillmore will be
now withdrawn. Lass,
In addressing you now, we wish de-
hnltely to contradict these untrue re-
ports, and correct as far as we can the
false impression to which they have
given rise, and thus to strip our enc
mics of their most favorite and nearly
only remaining means of warfare. -
None OF these charges and insinua-
tons arc true. We speak to all Sec
tlons OF our common country in saying
so. The friend of our candidates both
North and South, are standing firmly
by their colors and by their men, and
VIII do so until the contest is decided
in November. They do so both from
choice and from duty. They choose it,
because their men stand on the only
true national platform, as broad as the
entire Union, and exactly CO oextensi
with the constitution, recognizing the
rights of the States on the one hand,
and of the Federal Government on the
other, and holding each sovereign with
in its proper sphere; and their duty re-
fqulres that these geoprahical, these
sectional parties, both Republican and
| Demo cratic, so called, shall be driven
from the field. Whoever aids either,
aids one section of a common country
against another. .r.'..r. W. . '.
We can say to our friends in all sccS
tons, that from henceforth until cleo
ton in November, they should work in
good heart and spirits, that stories Of
luk2warmness and abandonment of our
candidates must be based upon some
thing in the future different from the
past to be true; that North and South
the friends of our candidates are true
as well tempered steel, and are work
ing with more heart, zeal, and conf
dence as the canvass progresses. The
hearts OF true national men, North and
South, beat in unison with each other.
and Their hands are being vigorously
applied to. common labor, and for n
common result; and there is not the
least reason, in any section for.distrnst
of friends in any other. Let not the
enemy reap any fruits from the insidi-
Gus policy pursued by them. We say
to you that it appears to us from this
point OF observation, that if all who in
their hearts prefer Millard Fillmore for
President, shall vote for him, he will
be triumphanty elected. ....
We do not pretend to direct, govern,
or control the movement in favor of
the American cause. That is matter
solely in the hands of the people at
large. 1t is theirs; they originated it.
We believe our candidates, however.
are infinitely stronger amongst the peo-
pie than among politicians, who happen
at this time to be in power, or struc-
Cling to acquire it. Let their friends
DO of good cheer. Let them do their
duty, and they will be astonjshed at
their great strength at the polls. Let
each man go to work and confde IN his
Itriends elsewhere, and the victory IS
SIRE: Np cnnningly devised stories
should induce them for one moment to
think of taking sides between the can
dldatcs of those dangerous sectional
organizations which are now struggling
to concentrate the North against the
South, or the South against the North.
They should, and will, both be over
thrown. The country requires reposo
and demands safety. The friends of
FILLMORE & DoNELsoE are the friends
Of the UNION. They have the power
to elect them, and thus strengthen the
bonds of that friendship and confidence
between the North and the South which
in other days added such power and go-
ry to the Republic. r,.N n... :,
Let us now pledge ourselves each to
the other that EVERY MAN WILL DO Ills
DUTY to our candidates and our cause,
and you may rely upon it the country
will be saved from the dangers that en-
compass it, and restored to the quiet
and confidence which blessed it at the
close of Mr.. Fillmorc's administration,
WM. NJ. Walk, ;. WI SMITH,
HUM'Y MARSHALL, W. l.. Underwood,
| S. G. HAVEN, A. K. MARSHALL.
r. *. LoLLIcoFFER, THOMAS RIVERS,
HENRY w. DAVIS, j. s. EDWARDS,
0. +. M9oRr,: w. II. SNEED,
Henry NJ. FULLER, SAM'L. +. SwopE.
j. b. RIcAUD, u. D. CULLEN,
j. ScoTT HARR1soN, CHARLES READY,
| w. A. LAKE, Gro. EUsrts, in.
j. M. HARRIS, N. G.. FOSTER,
JoHN S. CARLIbE, JAS. j. LINDLEY,
| ii. w. HOFFMAN, r. 9. PURYBAR,
| THos. r. WHITNEY, JNo. J. CAMPBELL,
JACOB Broom, l.. M. Cox.