American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-08
Morgantown, Va) Friday October 9, 1853.

| IcCoIeCt WneH an American becomes Ie-
comptonizel only those are Infamous who
unite with Republicans and Americans TO
vind'date prlnciple. lApplause.l
Ihen you are out Of the party aud are ex.
cluded from decent society, and henceforlh
and forever you are never to be forgiven un !.
less at the last moment you come forward
and say, Praise unto thee John Calhoun
and Lecompton." Laughter. have been
tolling in the Democratic party since was
boy, and am not now quite al years of
age. never voted any but straight out
Democratic ticket. My excellent friend
Samuel ]. Randall, who was very good
American, and who was elected 20 the Sem
ate OF our State Sam said to me, 81 am fresh
" in the party and you are freshly out of it -
lind myself turned out of the Democratic
party, because will not consent to leave
Democratic principles. Laushterl This is
an age OF newspapers and telegraplis on the
land and through the sea. Cheers. And
when these things lranspire there would be
no God III Heaven if the ballot box did NOT
damn such party in October next. ICheers. I
And you III New York, who think the Dem
ocratic party is sold body and breeches to
This official despotisnl, take care lest when
november comes you do not find that the
Democrats think good deal more Of their
principles than they do of their organiza-
,Ion. For my part, speaking for Pennsylva-
MA, am confident that on the l2th of Oc-
tober next, when you open The New York
Tribune, Herald and Times, you will see un-
der the talegrrphic head figures like these ::
Ao,o0O majority against the Lecompton
Candidate" Cheers. That is The way we
Will make our mark there-yes, we will do
more. we will stand by John Hickman, we
viii stand oy Montgomery, and whenever
: l o. mt &c sol
deeat him, whether regularly nominated or
not. am not to be terrified by this Chinese
thunder of organization. Laushter.l am
willing to combine with any good man, no
matter what is his name who joins with me
10 rescue the American name from this obi
um and this disgrace. Why, gentlemen, in
1856, 10 go ack to that but for an instant.
we would never have secured the Republi
can vote for Mr.. Buchanan if we had not
pledged ourselves over head and heels for
this doctrine. Applause,
Let me say word in conclusion on The
subject Of popular sovereignty. You Re-
puollcans are coming to ii, and. gentlemen,
you will come to it. Now mark there Is but /
one way Tor 1t. saw the other day a speech
made by distinguished New York journal.
lst--and speak of him as distinguished for
many things though we have differed for
1 y vi ~.
He pointed the way to the coming time
lie has been dencuncing popular sovereign.
tty as hnmbug. IL would have been hum.
bug indeed. il all the Democrats now co op-
eTailng with him had surrendered 10 the Ad-
minstration. Ii is not a humbup-it is a
| living principle. But when people, to the
number of 10000, have been strong enough
in their own will and their own way to pnt
down the amy of The United States, and
beat the shareholders minority with $40
UO0, OF patronage oveTrun with Federal
officers, with the Senate and House against
them-with the President betraying his
tlust-aiter this. tell me not that This prin.
ciPle is humbug, thus backed and sustain
cd. why, what does such wonders must be
real, must be right. Come to il, gentlemen.
the men who are for Congressional intcrycn
! tion here, are Lecomptonites men whom
you desplse, and they are constantly telling
YOU, day alter day, that they despse you
We offer to you the principles of popular
/ sovereignty brought from the fair feds of
kansas.covered all over with glory We have
| proved that we stand by it we have turned
our backs upon the Administration we have
! rejected its patronage we hsve laughed al
its blondishmen,s-no light thing 10 do at
any time, and particularly at time like the
present, when our country has been swept
| ny suCn WnrlWlnu.
Believe in hs, stand by Haskin In his no.
bic conduct, vindicate the principle in his
| eiecsion; cease your differences as to pow.
! er;,give us The principle and The names will
be little. That which applies TO The Repub.
lcan applies with significant force to the
Americans. because the Americans, and I
must say, would do injustice TO my char
acter II did not say it,) that | am iexora
Oily opposed TO one portion Of The American
creea, that is due 10 you gentlemen and TO
myself but there is another pOrliOn of the
American creed which teaches us. and wo
are bound to believe them, that is national
creed. They have their Southern connec tions
...they have their Humphrey Marshal, their
Winter Davis, and their good men whom |
know well, and these are your leaders. They
tell us that yod are national, and therefore
the doctrine of popular sovereignty is for
you; above all il is for the North The South
is committed TO IL /; not 10 iecede. The day
is gone when sectioualism prevailed in his
country; the day for sectional party has pas
sed away, in my humble opinion. The South,
gallant and glorious as she is. we must pro
tec!, Sir, In all her right have stood BY her
from my early years down 10 the present
moment, and will stand by her to the end,
unless she asks me to do wrong; then we
must part company for time. The South,
| gentlemen, is committed to this principle,
and thus with all the pledges of The present,
with all the hopes Of the past, | call upon
you TO take the principle, and to lake ii soon;
the train is moving and The cars are filling
up. Come on let us take this principle for
a single principle. Everything else that is
| ligh. will follow, and in 1860 there will not
be a white man in the North willing 10 say
he ever heard the name of Lecomplon -
Load cheers
Some one give this cogont advice to
bachelors,-