Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-06-03
Honest Confessions.

from Louisiana, has addressed letter to
the people announcing his determination
not to serve any longer as a representa-
tive Of that party. Mr.. Eustis recounts
the struggles made by himself and party
friends in Congress, and shows how un-
availing they have all been, and how
useless such 4 contest must continue to
be. But this is not the main reason
which drives Mr.. Eustis out of the self
styled American party 1t is what we
have so often charged upon them-the
atiliation which the -Nothings are
everywhere making with the Black Re-
pu5licans or Aboitionists. Let those
who doubt this afiliation, Gf any such
there be, see what Mr.. Eustis, one of
their late honored leaders, says upon the
subject In the course of this address.
to which we have referred, Mr.. Eustis
says:
p" The fusion of the battered legions of
the Americans in most of the Free States
with the Republican party-their repeat
ed and overwhelming defeats in the
Southern States the sectional color as
sumed by the politics of the country,
leave no room to doubt the fact that as
national party, the American party no
Loager ecists, and that, in the coming
Presidential election, the contest for su-
premacy will be narrowed down to the
Republican and Democratic parties.
In the Presidential contest, where
the field will be occupied by the Repub-
llcan and Democratic forces, marshaled
in battle array, no Southern man can
hesitate as to his place. No son of Lou
isana can mistake his banner; for, what
ever errors the Democratic party may
have committed-and it undoubtedly has
many to answer for whatever inconsist-
cncies it may have fallen into, we must
bear in mind that Southern men, South
orn statesmen, have ruled supreme in its
councils, and have held its destinies in
their hands. Many of them, perhaps,
contemplate now with dismay the results
obtained by their imprudent and unwise
direction and guidance Besides incon-
testify true that the Democracy of the
free States, together with the fragments
Of the national Americans, constitute
alone, in those sections of the country,
that portion of the community which en-
tertains any respect for the rights of the
South under the Constitution and the
Union-these men are certainly entitled
to our respect, our countenance, and sup
port"
The Baltimore Republican, in speak
ing of the above address of Mr. f., says
Here it is most distinctly stated by one
of the Know-Nothing leaders, high in
the confidence of the party. which still
desires to retain his services, that "it is
incontestibly true that the Democracy Of
the free States, together with the frag-
ments of the national Americans, con-
stitute alone in those sections of the
country that portion Of the community
which entertains any respect for the rights
Of the South under the Constitution OF
the Union" "The great majority of the
once national American party has already
fused with the abOlitionists, and there is
only fragment here and there, that
stands with the Democracy on the side Of
the Constitution and the Union"
These honest admissions should be re-
membered by those who have hitherto
acted with the pretended American par.
ty. The utter fusion of the masses Of
the Know-Nothing party with the Abo-
litionists, says Mr.. Eustis, "leaves nc
room to doubt the fact that, as a national
party, the American party no longer ex.
lists; and in the coming Presidential
election the contest for supremacy will
be narrowed down to the Abolition and
Democratic parties"
People of Maryland, the Know-No-
thing Council of this State, at its recent
meeting in this city, unanimously passed
resolutions recommending their party tC
unite with the Abolition opposition to TIC
Democracy and the Constitution. The
Know-Nothing organs of the city and
State endorsed and approved those reso-
lutiops, and are all earnestly engaged in
striving to effect union Of "dH the ele-
a,eatS of opposition" so that they may
beat down the Democracy, which their
own leaders acknowledge to be the only
defence of the Constitution and the I'm
ion. Men of Maryland. will you be led
by these demagogues in the ranks of the
Abolitionists and disunionists, or will
you unite with the Democracy to sustain
the Constitution and the Union, and
thereby perpetuate the glory ard prospe-
rity of our common country? The
choice is before you, and VIC leave it to
your intelligence and patriotism to say
where you will be found when the battle
for supremacy shall be fought.
E5- John NJ. Bolts, in q card to the
Richmond Inquirer, says he will take up
question in which his own character is
implicated, and which he will attend to
as soon as the elections are over and the
public mind has recovered its natural