American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-31
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"Our cause It is just,
In God 10 our trust.v

ts IN 600 10 our trust"
Never, since the organization of the
American party have felt more joy
ous and buoyant, nor more confident
OF ultimate success. There is on in
tense feeling of nationality, that strikes
. cord, and finds response in the
hearts Of the savage and civilized, the
Pagan and the Christian. Hence
when Bruce marshalled his Scottish
clans upon the fields Of Bannock
in full view Of Edwards army, he
sought to animate them to deeds of no.
BILE daring, by sounding along the line
OF his marshalled host, Scotland for
the Scotch! On coming down to our
own day, and to our times, the clarion
voice Of O'Connell aroused the sons of
the Emerald Isle almost to frenzy
when he proclaimed upon the floor of
Parliament, Ireland for the Irish; and
shall not the sons of Columbia from
plain and mountain top shout aloud,
america for the Americans. In the
language of the immortal Henry of
Virginia, elf this be treason mako the
most of it,"
call upon the friends of the Ameri-
can party, to examine the official re-
turns of the late Presidential election,
and then take courage and go forward.
My object in this letter is, to infusc
confidence and energy. I would not
knowingly hold out false hopes, nor
make solitary statement which do
not believe to be strictly true. Look
at the vote given to Mr.. Fillmore; here
Is a spectacle of moral grandeur, of de-
voted patriotism, unHinching adher-
ence to principles, and unadulterated
love of country, which finds parallel
in the history of our Presidential cleo
tions. When before has 650,35S ma
tive born sons Of the soil cast their bal
lots, with the clear conviction that they
would fail ofsuccess? Can such host
ever be conquered or subdued? Never
no, NEVER! They have counted
the cost, and fully surveyed the ground
they occupy, with all its real and sup
posed consequences, and unless I am
greatly mistaken, long before the Pre-
sidential contest of4S60, their numbers
will defy resistance, and their power
will be overwhelming. These man can
neither be purchased nor inundated;
and as well might the enemies of the
colonies, have attempted to purchase
the patriots of Bunker Hill and York
town with British gold, or inundated
them with British bayonets.
Irogard itas my imperative duty to
address you plainly and frankly, and
not withhold from you the stern reali-
ty. Before the work shall have been
accomplished, before we shall see the
final triumph, sacrifices, painful and
momentous, will have to be made, and
labors and trials similar to those of our
fathers in the Revolutionary struggle
will have to be endured.
Persecution, deep, bitter, rancorous,
and malignant, has, and still will pur-
sue us. No relation of life, no position
in society, no deeds of noble daring in
the defence Of the country, performed
by patriotic ancestry, or a life of obedi-
enco to the laws of the land, will shield
us from Tory Natives, or their foreign
allies, in their malignity and hate.
Is this an overdrawn picture? Is it
too highly colored? No, my country
men, tho acts and doings of the present
party in power, in this the Metropolis
Of our common country, in this city,
bearing the honored name of Washing
ton, for more than two years, far trans
cends the scene which l have pictured.
How many hearts have been rung with
anguish? How many homes and the
abode Of comfort and competency have
been made the dwellings, Of tears, Of
sorrow, and Of woe?, ~. g..
When before in the history of the
world, until inaugurated under the adj
minstration Of Franklin Pierce. has
the Infamous doctrine been maintained
that man shall be punished for his in
tense love Of country? When before
has the native born been spurned and
down-trodden, and the alien, the pau
per and the .felon been received to ia
vor, and exalted to place? Such con-
duct on the part of our opponents, is
sufficient to compel every patriotic IA
Their to gather his sons around him, and
narrating to them the snfferings, the
wrongs and the prosecutions endured
by the American party, and like Ham.
ilcar OF old, to compel them to swear
never to give DER the struggle until
this land, designed to be "the land of
the free and the home Of the brave"
shall be restored in the administration
Of the government to its original de-
sign and original purity. ....
Do not be discouraged because YOU