The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-16

Stt. buC lilS plliIOLlC AMERICAN a.
ty, seeing these threatening indica-
tons, are coming to the rescue---t they
have rallied, and are determined to
resist these things to death; aye, and
we ought to resist----wc must resit.
Gentlemen of the American Party,
your purpose is noble one. You
have every incentive to rally. You
rally for the cause Of your country
for the maintenance of principles
which have been purchased on the
battle-iields ofthc Revolution--princi-
pies consecrated by the blood of your
patriot sires. These principles are
your Inheritance. Will you permit
these foreigners to come in and disin-
herit you? The SOIL Of America is
yours; it contains the ashes of your
patriotic sires; and will you permit
Foreigners to govern this happy coun-
try Of yours! lanswer no, never, ney-
er
This, gentlemen, is to be the con-
trolling question of the coming Presi-
idcntial canvass. Upon this question
we have been once defeated; but |
see in your faces you have not been
conquered. We were defeated in this
last Presidential canvass by this for
eign and the Catholic vote. But | see
you are buckling on your armor again
for the fight that is to come on next
fall; and rejoice that your camp-fires
are brightly burning. | am from the
mountains, gentlemen, where the
American party have never succumb-
ed to power. am from the Gibralter
ofthe State. | have passed through
the wigWams in the cold SHOWS Of jan
uary; and | tell you, gentlemen, the
fires are burning brightly up therein
East Tennessee. They are eager for
the conflict and determined to redeem
the State from the power of the worst
locoiocoism that has ever afflicted the
country.
Then let me invoke in your deliber-
atoms, the spirit ofpeece and harmo-
ny. Let US be (ikc our fathers,) a
band Of brothers contending against
the foreign power. Let US show to
the world how good and what a pleas
ant thing it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity, for it is like "the
precious ointment on Aron's beard,
mot Aron Brown that went down
upon his garment like the dews of
Hermon, distilled from the mountain
top; for there the Lord commancd his
b!essing-eycn life forever more.
Gentlemen, we are cOntending as
patriots for American liberty----for
American rcpub'icanism---for those
principles which our fathers defended.
We are fighting under a banner which
has inscribed upon it, "thcre is no
such word as fail" Then let us buck
lie on our armor in the spirit Of union
and harmony, and with a detcrmina-
ton 70 conquer or die.
The following named gentlemen were
appointed committee, one from each
Congressional District, to whom all res.
olutions pertaining to Federal politics
were to be referred:
For State at Large.
Hon. n. S. Brown,
Col. John Nctherland.
For Congressional Districts.
LIST. Col. Al. Fletcher,
I'd. Col, Sam. R. Rodgers,
81 w. w. White,
4th. J. Hopkins White,
5th. A. S. Colyar,
9th. A. NJ. Looney,
18th. Col. T. A. Osborne,
Sth. A. J. Donelson,
9th. Isaac M. Steele,
10th, S. P. Bankhead.
Under a resolution providing for tn,
appointment of Committee of two from
each Congressional District to nominate
electors, the President appointed the fol
lowing named gentlemen:
LIST. II, c. Smith, Jno. Netherland.
81. Jno. Williams, VIM Wallace.
| 3D.. II. C. Welcker, w. C. Waugh.
4th. Sam. Turney, H. w. Ward.
9Th r. G. Ellis, Dr.. Jno. F. Gleayes
9Th. w. s. Fleming, Col. Mullins.
! 9TH. B. G. Brazelton, w. w. Pogue
8th. L. NJ, Temple, L. M. Fort.
9th. R. p. Caldwell, Samuel Taylor.
10th. H. Brown. Geo L. Holmes.
The list of delegates was read and per
fccted,
And various resolutions were offered OF
the subject of Federal politics, and re
ferred to the Committee.
The Committee on Resolutions ha,in
retired,
Hon. Sam. Turney was loudly Gale
for, and addressed the Convention a
, length.
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