Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-27
POLITICAL REGULATIONS.

The ST. Louis InteHiosncsr thinks u es'
S3x6s vGom the tone of the American Press
and the action of the American party in
mspy Of the States, that the day fixed ior
the nomination of President and Vice Pres
iaeas, February 22d,) is too early" III
appears to be the prey sling opinion says
tbs lassllieen Ger, SHAT eight months OF Dat
tie with the combined forces of the enemy
is wholly unnecessary" 1t thinks 'ha' or
gaaixsa as the American party IS, Win
brief campaign, the americans wii SEQ 70
il that i, shall be brilliant aud successful.
We notice that with the exception oil
..;x.,e letter from Massachusetts Ameri-
can, and solitary resolution Of the Albany
county convention, the only authorities
quoted BY the intslii9encer, are those journals
ike the Richmond Wing and the American
Oroan, which consider the notorious tseeitm
section OF the Philadelp hia Convention, as
the acme Of political wisdom, and should al
SO cordially agree in accounting such man
as Senator Sumner knave and fanatic.
As far as we understand the matter at pres
ent, that portion of the American party
which the ST Louis inleliigeacer in part rep
resents. is the same which in the House OF
Representatives SO persistently supports
M. Fuller for Speaker, and which has also
betrayed some symptoms of not being un-
willing to elect Richardson in preference to
Banks.
We are disposed to consider that portion
of the American party represented by those
members " no vote for Banks, rs the sound-
est, as we believe it is generally known and
acknowledged to be the most powerful
And il is because we think the Fuller sec
ton the least influential portion OF the
American party, that we deprecate any
movement which seeks er tends to make
that section the controlling agent in the OPP
erations of the whole American party. We
think the attempt to give that section the
benefit of fictitious national prestige, is
unwise. Ithas no such nationalism, and it
exceeds the power OF any political opera
tors to produce such an entity out of moth
ing.
1t gives US much pleasure TO acknow-
edge in the ST. Louis Intelligencer, an ear
nest, able and, we believe, honest oppo-
nent o, the multiplied errors. aad imbeeili-
ties of the present Administration But in
the present position of the political affairs
OF this country, it is worse than useless to
mince the truth, when circumstances re-
auire that the truth should be spoken. The
Inteaieenosr knows better than we can tell
it, that there is the smallest hope of any
Southern State casting its electoral vote for
any candidate for the Presidency. who is not
known as the champion OF the most ultra
doctrines o. the slayery:propagandists. We
know that there is in the Southern States
respe ctable minority of high-minded and
most noble men, whe have opposed the Cal
houn heresies from the FIRST. but they are
utterly powerless at present to effect any
good by voting, and it is only to the opposi-
ton ranks in the Free States that we can
look with any hope Of success for the pow
q to break down the unholy coalition which
has been consummated between Northern
aIostates and Southern aristocrats. Such
10 our view of the matter, according to our
present lights, but We are willing to wait
awhile, and see if the parting Of the clouds
viii disclose any msre promising indica.
tons.