Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-30
2 oIicy OF the American Parry m yirginia.

universally regarded IN Virginia, - not only the
exponent q the PRINCIPLES and docirines Of our
party, butts the legitimate medium pf communi-
cation and Intelligence among ourselves, must be
my apology for asking 4 brief space Ia your co..
umns to oner asfew words Of suggestion to our
fellow-patriots in this State
Our strength here is greatly moderated by the
outside public, and there Is therefore, much specu-
ation as to our course next spring, Few outsiders
can credit The fact that there is a third party in
Virginia large enough to assume the management
Of It's own affairs, irrespective Of the plans and
gardless OF the wishes Of the hackneyed politicians
whose business II has been to ret-nurse the dear
people on the eve Of every election.
They therefore take it for granted that we viii
quietly await the action of the aforesaid politicians
Of the Wing party-the Democracy being IN the
field already-and when their champion and Mr..
Wise have locked horns,p that we win step for
ward as balance Of power party, and perform the
gracious task Of peaceinakcrs, by helping one side
or the other to thrash its adversary. Now, this is
no doubt very pleasant state Of things in the
temptation of gentlemen who expect to secure our
aid in their extremity. But they arc destined to
sad disappointment. Allthese bright antcipations
will be dashed to the ground when the American
party stands forth in its manly independence, freed
from the thraldom of efete organizations, and ami
mated in every member with the vitality and ener-
gy Of a youthful giant. \,
The dcmagoguism Of both the old parties, and
the corruptions that have crept into both, have
given rise to this great national American party
II is not an organization whose aims are the spoils
Of office. 1t seeks not victory for tho misera.
BILE qualification Of thirst for public plumber,
No, It strikes for a nobler prize--the rescue Of
America from foreign domination and home dem
agoguism. Then why unite our fortunes with
either of the old parties Is 1t to give one the
advantage over the other, when we see in both the
very evils we profess to aim at Kidding our country
from? Surely we have labored to little purpose,
if, after all, we are to become the mere hireHng
soldiers and mercenary camp followers Of some
Wing Or Democratic leader, put forward by the
hungry spoilsmen Of his party, who, like the Moss
troopers Of border memory, select chief with an
eve to the service. fss t sge5
! have some means Of knowing the sentiment Of
our party in Virginia, and am proud to say it is,
without exception, SO far al know, for indcpend-
ent nominations. Our party, Of course, consists Of
those who we're once either Wings or Democrats.
We have united in good faith to achieve great
revolution in American politics. Past differences
Of opinion in regard to measures Of Federal policy,
are for the time merged and held subservient to
the more vital questions that form the basis of our
organization
And for the sake Of accomplishing the great
work before US have resolved to sink Tor if any
prefer the phrase, to hold in abeyance) our old DIFF
ferences, and, as sons of a common country to re-
store its institutions to their former purity and ma
tionality. To do 30 successfully, we know well
enough that we must "avoid all entangling ALI
ances,n and stand forth before the world upon the
broad platform Of Amencanism. Our creed is be-
fore the country. We invite all to scrutinze it,
and If they approve, to adopt it, and give us their
aid in stamping 1t upon the institutions Of America.
Of course we do not assail men who differ with us,
and still prefer to be called Wings or Democrats,
TO being known and recognised as Americans We
persecutc 10 man for opinions sake We claim
the right to rule country best suits ourselves
as Amcrcan-born citizens without let or hindrance
from the subjects Of other lands, or their rulers
and we shall endeavor to make good that right
The nominees Of one of the old parties in this
State have seen proper to assa us in bitter terms
So be it. IfMr. Wise and his conres can get along
without MS, we shall try and get along without
them. If as he says, he would not accept the of.
Zee Of governor at our hands we shall Of course
feel constrained, under the circumstances, to ex-
cusc him from filing Il at ALL The Wings are yet
to determine on their course. do not know what
that may be. They may possibly conclude that
they, too, like Mr. Wise, can get along without us.
SO be it. We shall try and get along without them
have been member Of that party, and moro
than once honorcd with its confidence, and in re-
turn for Its kindness would now beg TO make
suggestion or two for its consideration. /
do so with the utmost Difference, and the pro-
foundest respect, and with the deepest anxi-
ETY., that the party Of my youth and manhood may
now act with that prudent conservatism and pa.
triotc devotion that have characterized Il In many
trying bour. g8.s. ua
Asa party, the Wings have been helpless and
PROSTATE in Virginia for many years They are in
a hopeless minority. The Democratic and the
American arc the two great parties in Virginia, and
the coming contest win show t. As third party,
the Wings cannot by any possible state Of things
hope to succeed In electing any ticket they may
nominate. do not believe that any man they can
put up viii get $4,000 votes. This is no random
opinion. It is formed upon facts knorn 10 forty
thousand men besides myself Why, then, should
the Wing party bring out a ticket to be beaten
Can they not find in the two other tickets choice
worthy Of their support. That the American party
win be strong enough to triumph in triangular
contest, have not the shadow Of doubt The
growth Of that party has been over two thousand
per week for about twenty weeks past And since
the Stanton Convention It's progress has been un-
paralleled 1t Is stl twenty weeks before the cleo
ton, and we may safely estimate the increase at
from fifteen hundred to two thousand per week. It
then requires prophet to orctel the result In an
election where the whole vote cast will not be over
one hundred and thirty thousand.
Running Wing ticket win not weaken the
American party, II they have independent ticket