, 1860-08-21
From III" l'hiIAt' lIll. Nca.]
THE DUTY OF A31ElkiCANS.
Opinions ti Ast nlu Line American


w take thr liberty /" publish Ills tho, ming
thu following I:ltcr irot1 alle Hon. Judge Vii
ton, ci Chicago ILL.,, Oh tic subject oi the l're1.
ideEcy. The letter was not designed ior pub-
cation, but its discussion Ct the great toric Of
the day IL 80 elaborate, aasl 40 much to the pur
pOsr, thHt We cannot avoid giving it entire to
our renders. LIST it BE- carefully read:
Cn1c4oo. lnly u h. 1879.
a. Il. FLA>1GcS, Ese.-.ny Hear hir:-i"u
may tl:ink it RtTange to receive letter ftoM lAe
nnd sill mora strange account nf the con-
tents Of II. Tic re.sou that inaucrl me t" ad-
drss. yon is tnr allegation contained in many of
thu Eastern p.rers. lint The Americans, under
the nunlc Of The uniun ur Peoples party, will
coufesce with the Douglas mcn--thus e1dcayor-
int to defeat 1AGcon, mud thruw III. election
iu,o the llousc. with some vague, inlt finite,
nightmare dsl.slon 1ha. thereby, By snnle i'm.
ay'nary porsib lily, the election IT l;eI! and
Everett might b. secured. Now, you know
hAv: ze4lon>'s Sustained The American rarty,
aa'i rim not INC whit less IN American TO day
than have nl~ay8 bpen. As such, l will do
anything in my power to secure the peace,
welfare, and prosperity Of our country; but it
sc-nas to me that to the most ordinary comp!c-
heusinn tl4e1e tannot he the slightest hope tf
the success of either Of those gentlemen. I,is
certain that thelr election cunnot be cA7Iiei BY
the epeople. If it goes 10 the House the Rcpub
lican5 lavc fifteen States, and require two n:arc
10 eject 'heir candidates. These they c3nnat
gci, ns there i; but che Aiutriean Stale. aud if
that should 70 viii tie Republicans, Which is
not probable, neither OF the three Southern
States, which ARE equally dir i,i.,+t between The
americans ahd Democrats, ~i:l 20 orer 10 the
Republicans. And ii t. c Republicans sci!d
&, over to the Americans, the same difficulty
exist, Us the Democrats hnve sure thing ii it
in Tie :se1ate. Ercn it az tlrcl;ou could be ~
cured for any cacdidatc in the House, it weull
have ia be Lnuc by such bareai6ir;, and cou,
promise Of principles, u would bc ru:ntus tn
the slc:csstul party und the country. Solno
havr iululEed the hope that, it there WAS po
election by Tie llnusu before tile i:.l If Marcel.
next, that liAmiin and Everett would he tht
two highest candidates f:,r Vice Pre- c.iLsnt;
nnA that Eser.tt wcu:d therefore be eEcc:ea
by the Senate as less Objectionable to thr
Democracy th2n llan!i',; MD consequently
would he the ne xt i'r* s1dent. uuder Tin. cuas:i
tu'i"ual provision in such cascs. n" one, at ali
Acquainted wiki the elsara:!t ii the Dem -c:..sic
party, would Tor ore n0I=at c2!t1t.!n such ui
idea. That l'rrly is too anxious to perr:tn:.e
It's power. aud r0' reckless Us tn the lnears If
dung 81, 'U ,'crna.! such . eui,luyrucT to f:2p
re1 when they can preven: it. Wh':s Ill:
L ec.oTal Csi!e.e assemblies, if 1t be fgAai tL<:
L continued division Q: rte DeuIScratic party
would rule j; out Of 1hat cAnce, 1l.ete is not q
silal,~ Of doubt bnt that the entire Democratic
vote will b: given to LRIc CT .lc'nscn-inost
probably the torInir. and thus pe.p tnAte :ur
lou. cArS longer, 1T least, The cnfrupti6hs aud
ni:sru. OF that I.4rtg. lie question naturally
and necessarily arises, in this stat. Ct things,
what caa We do, and what should We do 10
rc.cno our country frocl tie dagger, il mt utter
1u:l bs wil:c:, sl,a is nov tAEea:enedI Dls-
guiss !. as We mag. it is painfully uppar.n: that
Douglas is H., csi .se oftlle kotI'as, Catholic
lllel :r'l, las :: Il earnestly have the Leaders
Of th.t -i4'r.sst i us>p2tism su..h. IT,: atta'H
n.ut oi I'll ot;.. !,:sliticat pow,r III this :oun
try, and woudc: fully have they succeeded durin.
|. - Ar%I
tolrr1:ion guaranteed by the Constitution, they
have riottet! and .lanrcd, ever r1I1y 10 shrek
"rers.cu:ion,' when their ncf4:icIa u ans ". IL
discovered End exposed.
AIDED l5 tho cunning If Jesuit lGI,isi:ors,
wssso, !ur their Efforts in bvhatt Of .pir,:a1 tHs-
put-m hare been b-:.isLel froal c.rr5 coua.5j
in EUROPE. wl.*rc Efforts l. lv: b.tl luaac To-
wards auc!u::-;:.!.z ltc coEiition oft'-c ;..are,
thes lave fAl=itrd history, broken M til. t'4b-
lie schools, or aan;sht the bible 1...ta tt:>sn,
aad have oDcGly stepped Into tlla polite III s4renl,
determlnt1 here to i,lausuE::.c t!as liberty de-
strnyug, 6uul crusl.lag, spiritual des}h'1ssll OF
the rorr, which tor centuries l.us 4rnund tosn
tue noble spirits "f the gard"i. OF Eirtpc, till
hn:nau nature c.ulI e: 'urc ca t',n2. and they
haze ,iseu, !iIs' Il moral earthquake, atone AID
forever, IL 0vcrwEclnl and tcdirty 1t. Caa Te,
should VIZ, It's Ar:eric 4us. give lid, s>isa'crUr
co:n!ort, III usJ h:Anutr, to ouch III tlloF.: For
my owu l.rt, horrible is i! may be, | would
prem VIE ItE01A u >GEt, u NltEa!IAt Ut tftI
Ii Hentt!ict Arnold, to that os any American
XII *ou Ii: in iotrn'lucin the raFi';c. ;,:wer
III III. 'a.., and Of ;hc lloiy " laIr'sit;oa n1o
tbs tiEhly t.vArsi Ind happy l4ni. clHntt
aes, therefore, ;:"w enr one, knowl1'gih hat Duu;
las Is the cat,:iJAt: .! THEE min aud tlliot>.
vote :or him, any nlllt:.vz liI f,i> caa=e,
directly or indirectly.
~ already stated, there is not Tic slightest
chaace lor 1',e ue'ou party, t:it;cr be.urr the:
people or the ll3us., End as HIS j, :ot III
American l'*Ety, though j: possesses ,lan: u:
Its p1olnnc,.. IL ..n1rs. why saau!i thu Amcti-
can party hustaia i. r.,l lin: H.: ouls luss
their yttts, bu: actually si1stsln tie ei},:a of
the 1n1ui*,lio7 in b-fa!f of Mr.. Duu,lls? Ii
they will M! thus ntutTal:z3 their Efforts, or d.
worse, ouli tTo caudida.es nre left tor Us 10
.h,use between, to wit-Eicca b1 iige :a,
L'nceln. Breckenridge is notariou>]y 1I,e Ad-
,niEis'ratior candidate, aud would dcGbtlr>~
rronsinno lie policy insa1cly ,n,1cdoced ly
Ill" pour, vcak old 1nau, WIN now holds .I,r
reins IF t:oyernm:nt- Look at the condition
Ut the country, in Ill its reln:ious If t1a.it,
cpu,u,.:scr, agriculture, mechanics a4i ln1,o,ic
narn, And say II in the history of the .-t..ld u
sis liar picture las been presented, where a
county MIS- 1T pcac. viii: I'll :iu world, and
With p!cutiiul hsrvests. Not "rly hi +vtly
branch ef industry been paraivzed A1d prnstra-
ted, but after undergoing the lstrrors OF civil
war il kaa7as. u id LII attempted III. Arrcc.ra
in Virginia, our uninn L. now thrc.ttutI With
.:'s-t1u..n! All the sc evils are justly at,riau-
t-L!r - the Democratic party, which for years
past has hal the entire control Ill lle Leyi,a-
tiy., Executive Ird Judicial branches o! li.r
Federal t;rvern:ne:t, till the lat ,essoa %:
Congress, w!lea they hut net Il nI.josity in Ike
House Of Representatives. Judge douglas IS
equally rre2Uu.ibie Tor ail these evils with Mr.
l;reckia1iGSe :rd the Democratic PARTY, ard
possibly more 20, as IT, ed tie slavery
agitation in 1s;Is'- If this patty is continued III
}",wer, what u,rs! b" our in.ur., jat4iGg from
the part? Sir. breckenridge may ba i: worthy
y"un gnlaa, but he Is incxps.ieac, 1, Tasty Fash
and thongh:'r.s, and a,non3 tie vr1y last 1nyn
III the Country Wlu hhtuld b. entrusted nnl
the >lIles Ill Lie Union in its present crisis
even If h. we1e not Int.e 10 The dangerous
dognas, nDprinciple.i desIot1;a,, Anl shameless
corruption ol the old iaan gro rray in sin.
who now Ills tho chair Of s..t..
If. by chicare5y and corsupt;o:, tie topa
should cEw1ap The sh0nlcers uF ,;tner. Lane,
it viii BIZ Ln better, AS his ihnoce:ce and inn
rance would nuke him the blind ,ool Of bad
men, Who. III lis name. and uni:r lis aut!,uti-
Is, Wun1i peTpetIate lcts ::E1 undertake. c,,:.r.
p1lsts with Hhic.l they ouEl Est Tor The uni
verse hsve THAR own naHles connected, uud
which would mike angels ~ cen.
This brings us 10 linc:a. Oi ili3 ho1cs.r.
sInecilty, and integrity, taere cau b= no .ratt,
lhu=c who knn's hn b st, aad a.e ab.c to jtidcs
consisicr hinl-and think juaty-as .gusl in
abiltY to 1:any, uuti superior to soine who haze
filled the CAair Ut State. His co1l,4ryative In.
lunlovin=, law abiding 81 n.in,euts ale nlA:i.rst
in al his speech. :. -: isl.y acknowledged by
many OF ,ne high ln,uded, honorable aud able
statesmen Of tie South, nnL bs l tie iu,, c,rr
its of the country.
But lc Is charged itt being secti.na! cAn.
Il GAtt, bccnu:e many OF the States did not
chousc to seEd delegates 10 the Chicago Con
rtn,ioE. Such WIS tue case also with the Cnion
Conveution, Gad Jet its candidates. hr: ro. |
CHARGED with sectiona!lsm. In fact, Bell sui |
able TO them lh:n Douglas rr lsreckic rit,e.
Both were Eofn'nsted in eren Conv en,no, with |
s:eAt harnlony and u1lauiusity, while in the D.
ulJcratlc Contention lhe South Withdrew and
nominated Krcckiuridge, while tn. Npf1h re-.
u'alucd aud nominated Douglas. There, i:co.
strictly speaking, arr sectional can il.cs ~ h]c
Lincoln is Ios. believe siucet.ls, that con
ita colrHptinns and disregard Of the tous stt,,.
t'on asi rights Ct the pcopl., its pa:,ieriu. to
l'stiEn iniluenca and koa ish Jesu!,sE,, wnr,,}
l" tf'r or right Years rG0rc, six our ecuu,r5 |
:;a i:olti...! u:t religious c.Ist,.ln. in co:n.
phrs.1n viii ~l!ic:, HE dcsp2tismsl ui l:uss:a
md Turkey would be lis lar sup. rior in ali tie
e. merits oi peace, safety end con {oEt. II, tx
Garden Of Eden was befo,c the tall Of m.c i'm
held ot Canadian thisiles. 1}eng determined.
thcreforc, to do nothing that would aid. or even
tend to lnGuGuratc surll a result, / have cnuclu.
died to sid tile liacola 1noytInt1t 10 the best If
ihy ability, Is an American, and Il .3.yot.d
friend to the true n' best interests ol nly ca,,r.
~. AS ~ American, DO tot approve Of nll
Tie MeasurvS 1t the Republican party--or- rath,
rr, OF no1Le Of 1ac Hlt1lE,rs Of liza: par., but
these n.easuFes, :ll' satisfied, will Ee cL-ck,t.
c"ntro.lcu, It'd rendered inert, hy ill.,, l's.a,,. |
Eoring, ring ie In.:ed, aal conservative stat,s.
|ansatp ot Mr. Lincoln. Cas.:,ot ,ou aid cur