Smyrna times., 1862-08-07
The Union Party.


The success which has thus far attended
the efforts Of the Onion Party in our Ssate
Is tull OF promise, and exceeds the BRIGHTEST
alhcpatIons Of its most ardent advocates
Drought into eXlstancc by the dangerous
doctrines mrulclted BIZ the Breckinridoe-
secession larty-a party which, with an
andacity natural to its tratorous instincts.
has uSurped the fair name of Democracy
whcrcwith to delule the honest and we'll
thinking, and composed of men Of every
political creed and faith, whose patriotism
and courage III rising superior to the b:lSer
ana lesser distinctions of party, in the hour
OF their comtry's peril is a commentary
upon their virtue, it has secured the unoual-
med APPRECIATION Of every Imd Citizen
Based upon the principle that = Union and
Liberty are one and inseparabe," and that
the happiness of ourselves and our posterity
are so Intimately interviewer in the preser-
Walton Of each that the destruction of the
former must be the complete and final over
throw OF the latter, it presents to the patriot
higher and hOlier considerations than the
mere advancement Of somo petty scheme of
party ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Such miserable con-
slderatlOns as the endorsement ofthe action Of
Senators who have wickedly misrepresented
their constituency, and with high hand yio-
lated the sacred trust committed them bv n
generous and confding people, constitute
no part OF its ingredients. To this party
the record of men, in this all-absorbino and
sweeping question of national existence. are
nothing when compared to the lasting ben
ehtS to be conferred upon the whole human
race by the preservation of our glorious
Union Men, too, one Of whom, possessed
OF an intellect rich in the stores of know
ledge and the resources of thought, which
If prOperl directed, would "bless. odorn
mmoItalize and ennoble empires" in the
madness of political phrenzy, would have
exulted to blot from our memories The sa-
cred rccollectiOns that link us to the mast
and plant the miserable standard of revolt
and divided nationally upon the capital of
onr country and the other, impotent in
mental strength, disgrace to his friends
and pest to his enemies, now blatinr amid
freth and foam about negro equality"
now yielding in slavish subserviency to the
dlctation Of the former, with opportunities
seldom occurring i'll the life of man, and re-
curing only ordinary foresight to dictate
line OF conduct prescribed by every sense of
duty to his God and his country, and which
if followed, would have heralded his an
proach all over our land amid salvos of ar
tillery and the hallalujahs of happy peo-
pie, yet obstinate and regardless of the I'M
happy consequences that might be entaiIed
upon his country, has sat in his seat and at
tempted, by weak and puerile efforts, to block
AIDE the action Of the Government and give
full sway to treason. With the Union Party
now different. Not based upon the actions
OF men, but upon the higher principles of
Constitutional freedom, its creed is 'put
down this wicked ane unholy rebellion"
let the traitor suffer death, eternal hostility
to secession sympathizers, vindicate the ma
jesty of violated law, uphold the Consti-
tuition and preserve the Union as the ONLY
sure and certain safeguard of freedom It
appeals to the patriot in the same voice that
aroused our fathers when assailed by the
arbitrary rule Of George the Third it calls
upon us to forget the bitterness of past diff
ferences-to make the same sacrifices and to
undergo the same hardships and privations
it inyokes us to rally around the splendid
standard Of our whole country, and to bring