Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-29


d. S. You've, Staunton, Va.
J.A- DusNsaros, for Prince George, Charles, st.
Mary's and Calvert counties, Maryland.
+. r. VEIrcn, Esq, Of Maryland, Is general agent
to get subscribers on any route be may travel. m
The Richmond WING Is. the American
Organ.
The Richmond Wing Of the 25th instant,
copies our recent brief editorial under the head
Of Our Party in Virginia," and comments
thereon in spirit and in language unworthy
Of Its character.
Our editorial, referred to, simply announced
that we had received the glad tidings from all
our numerous correspondents in Virginia, that
our party intended to nominate and support a
ticket composed solely of members Of our order,
and that we concurred In the propriety Of this
course Our editorial notice Of the purposes
Of our party contained not one word or opin-
ion, which can be fairly construed to disparage
either the Wing party or the Democratic party,
nor one word or sentiment which, on careful
review, we would suppress.
we announced fact and gave our opinion
thereon, and our judgment now rati6es that
opinion.
The Richmond Wing after copying our arti-
clio, says, Eve are sorry to see that paper (the
0rgan) thus bantoring the Wing party Of Vir-
ginia.
We should be equally sorry, if we had used
any language which warranted such Q con-
struction We are at loss to conceive how
the Wing could draw such conclusion from
our remarks. We deny the accusation. We
have not at any time In our columns, " banter
ed the Wings Of Virginia, or the Democratic
party Of that State We banter no political
parties, worthy of respect
If we occasionally castigate the Seward and
Greeley faction, or the Pierce and Forney fac
ton, we deny that in SO doing, we banter either
the Wing or the Democratic party proper.
We purpcsely abstain from any assaults
upon Wing measures and upon Democratic
measures We attack .toreignism and dema-
pogussm, and unless the Richmond Wing
shall voluntarily class itself under one of these
heads, we must deny its impeachment,
On the question of the trials, services, prin-
ciplcs, and merits of the Wing party of Vir-
einia we have not word to utter, in deroga-
ton Of its claims as portrayed by its recog-
missed Central press, the Richmond Wing.
Those are party matters of controversy, be-
tween the two former (and present If you
please) great rival parties in the Old Dominion,
which we eschew. rH
But the Richmond Wing ct says is not adj
vised what party the american Organ assumes
to represent, but II presumos that il is the
"Know- Nothing party"
We assume" but little, either in tho way
Of authority or Of sagocity, but this much we
do assume that we belong to tho " Amer
ican party" and have advocated its principles
for nearly fifteen years--that we intend faith
fully 10 represent its wishes and tenets, and to
maintain It's interests and its integrity-yet we
do not assume that we always speak the
united sentiments of this party, but wc do
"assuno that we speak what we understdnd
and belisps to DO the opinions Of large major
ity Of said party. This is the position we oc-
eupy. ns
Have wo done moro in tho expression of our
approval Of the purposes Of our friends IN Vir-
GINA, than the Richmond Wing has done, by
apehoning, in advance, the forcshsdowed pur-
poses Of the Wing partyf glrs,. +,
The Richmond Wing "speaks out and su.
thoriahyely says that, "if Tho American party
expects to absorb the great Wing party, and to
control its will and shape its action, the expert
ment win prove hazardous and unsatisfactory"
The editor Of the Wing must pardon us the
free expression Of our belief, Qor something
must DO pardoned to the spirit Of liberty, ,
that the American party" Win in the next
year absorb all the conservative elements
IN both the Whig and Democratic parties; out
we repel the intimaticn, ms unjust towards us,
that we seek " to control The sciH or shape The
aSrionr Of the Wing party, as party, or
whilst that party exists, as an independent
organization
We dsuU. that either in word or deed the
American Organ or its conductors have inti-
mated purpose TO control" the movements
Of the Wing party. OF course we desire that
az, both Wings and Democrats, shall rally
around and sustain tho nominations, which we
suppose the American party" Of Virginia
viii make, ere long, and It'll our firm be-
lief, that such men win be presented by our
party for the suffrages Of the people next May,
AZ viii be unexceptonablc TO all such, rs
"hase UNI tormly battled for home interests,
az opposed 20 foreign influence" and to all
such as ION principle hare been practically
tie American party" and to all such as are
"dsrotsd 10 the Union, and firm IL their
maintenance Of the rights and sorereignty q
The States"
We ought perhaps to pass over that portion
az the commentaries of the Richmond Wing
upon our article referred 10 which tenders us
its adsics ia the premises; but we cannot con.
sent to have our views and opinions misinter-
prsted and misconstrued, and gratuitous advice
thereupoD supersdded, in language which pre-