Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-07-30

FOR THE UNION AND AMERICAN.
LETTER OF DR.. W. ?. MOORE.
TO THE DEMOCRACY

TO THE DEMOCRACY.
now present myself for admittanee into your
ranks. 1 seek to become q member of your party,
and when knock at your door it is with proud
feeling that on entering will not find jack-leg
president, with his Cooss and Bible, ready to swear
By all that is good and bad to support any partcu
lar nominee of your party, be it ever so much
against my wishes, my predictions the interests
Of my country.
In voting a Know Nothing ticket, one must sur
render all principles of his own, and give his vote
in accordance with the dictates of his council In
consequence of this, and many similar principles
of Know Nothingism, 1 object to it a party-a
party with whose changing platforms am unwil-
ling to change, and for whose representatives am
unwilling to vote. Many members of that party
are gentlemen of the first order-gentlemeu whom
l admire with fervency unmistakable- gentlemen
with whom 1 voted side by side for the champions
of the old Wing party, whose fame and patriotism
it was our privilege alike to admire Yet, sacred
is their friendship and pleasant their connection,
politically we now separate They prefer origina-
ting new party; prefer standing as near the
platform of the old Wing party as possible. The
firm and unfnching far-famed Democratic party is
the one of my choice.
have been Wing from my early youth, and if
that party could be recognized with the principles
upon which it was once founded, again would be
Wing. But the sacredness of the name can but
live in only, the fame of its once bold and chi
valrie heroes-that which makes the name of the
Wing party still as dear to my bosom as the blood
that courses through my veins-I say, all with its
hoe nh cd tha
miserable depths and darkness of the Know Moth
ing party.
Therefore it being necessary to take up new prin-
ciples, or be a foater amid the breezes, my knowl
edge of political affairs bids me go to the Demo-
cratic party the most conservative and response
BILE of the contending parties. Hence, 1 endorse
the Democratic platform, and my support from this
time forward shall be in behalf of the nominees of
the Democratic party.
Thus, my countrymen, you have some of the rea-
sons which caused change in my politics. 1 can
not argue them fully here, wishing only to define
my position. l am a Democrat. claim to be bat
an humble voter, and henceforward my vote, to-
gether with what influence 1 may be able to com
mand, shall be cast in behalf Of the Democratic
party.
l link my fate to a band who have ever stood
firm to the cause of their eountry--one whose pro-
gress has been regularly onward and upward, until
honor and supremacy are reflected upon their par
ty from every quarter of the country. And may
that firm, patriotic devotion to the Union con-
tinue first and warmest in the bosom of each Demo
crat and his heart throb with new violence at
the mention of freedom and independence of his
country.
And allow me to say for one, in the fulfllment Of
this declaration, which is the effect of deliberate
meditation, should l perish ask no higher boon
than to fall fighting beneath the proud banner Of
Democracy W.P. MOORE.
MitoheIlviIle, Tenn, July rs, 1857.