Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-07
And now again the Ssntinel talks ike man

All this is true, saving ana excepting the lASt
ten words, and not only true, but sensible.
Let our friends throughout the State of Vir-
ginia, aye, and throughout the country, justify
the truth Of the above extract from the Senti-
mel. Let there be unity of purpose and unity
of action in our ranks. Let there be no distrac-
ton in our forces. Let us carry all our points
and all our candidates with the rarest unanimi-
ty. Let all our candidates run together-and
the force and power Of our compact action will
be shown in the fact of the triumph of our
principles the elevation Of our candidates
of the utter prostration of the Foreign party,
and of the preservation of our free institutions
H- We present to-day synopsis Of the
speech of R. T. Daniel, Esq, distinguished
member of the Richmond, Virginia, bar, deliv-
cred on Tuesday evening last, at a public meet
ing in Richmond, Virginia. Mr.. Daniel is one
of the ablest lawyers, and most conservative
politicians in Virginia.
We have before us, and shall publish on
Monday, the speech Of John NJ. Patton, Esq,
delivered on the same occasion:
/ MR.. DANIELS SPEECH.
Mr. r. T. Daniel said, in substance, that he had
been requested by committee of the American
order to give his views of the order its purposes
and Objects and, as he never concealed his senti-
ments on public affairs he did not hesitate to do
| So Like the distinguished gentleman who pre-
| ceded him, he did not belong to the order-of its
interior organization he 'knew nothing" and de-
4 cency demanded therefore, he should say nothing;
I but in that great American movement which Is
now sweeping the continent from shore to shore,
and Of which he regarded the American order as
one of many opponents, he sympathzed heart and
/ soul.
There is revolution going on in this country,
and he who could not see and feelit could not feel
| the earthquake If the world trembled under his
feet lie hailed it rs the dawn of a reviving ma
tionality almost extinct-a recombining OF the
scattered elements of Conservatism-and the knell
of that demagogue-ery, whose whole function is the
keeping of great out of Office, and the putting
of little ones in The condition of things when the
new era began was alarming. The old issues,
\ which made parties national, were dead. The cur
rency question was settled, whether well or III, II
was no time to discuss The tariff, modified by
Mr. Walkers treasury orders legalzed under the
auspices, he believed, of Mr.. Hunter, was so pro-
tectiye that the manufacturers themselves cried
out-Enoaiqh The lands had been given away,
or were about to be, under the same auspices
and in the absence Of old causes Of division, the
country was fast settling down into the most de-
DlOruDle oil all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VI mSiV 6So6' apr
ical and sectional divisions-the fires oil m unhoy
fanaticism blazing on side--on the other
deep, silent, suen, brooding resentment.
Yet there were men laboring for selfish purposes
to keep up the machinery of old s6ete organiza-
tions, after their vitality had passed away. The
new movement substitutes something higher and
better 1t aims to put down slavery agitation. IL
aims 10 put power in this country where Ii ought
10 be. in the hands Of wise, sound, national men
10 restrain that immense and growing evil, which
SHOULD long ago have engaged the active interpo-
sition of the government, which makes the New
World ? penal colony of the Old; settles on our
| pulls domain the refuse OF foreign societies, the
seum and offscouring Of European population,
there to build up frce-soi communities hostile to
the South, alien 70 her In sentiment, with the grow
ing power TO dominate aud domineer in the affairs
OF this nation. This process is going at the rate
OF hundreds OF thousands year. The slavery rep
resentation in Congress Is, will soon be, mere
drop In the ocean. All this foreign emigration,
being free labor, is deadly hostile TO slave labor,
and TO the political Influences Of slavery. The
South may now make stand. If she enlist
the free native labor Of the North against the for
eign immigrant element, she may check both in
their assaults ON the South. The new movement
promises 70 do this. 1t viii check the too easy
communication of political privileges to this foreign
and too frequently hostile element
Much objection has been urged against the |
American Order as secret, ntolerant proscIiptive
and oath bound. As to its secrecy such an OBJ. |
lection comes strangely from either Wings Or Dem
ocrats who have been secretly caucusing for years
TO keep each other out Of Office. Prescription and
intolerance all know were never among the sins Of
the Democracy Why they not only won't let =
man withdraw If they can help it but instead Of
letting recusant leave them quietly as II Is said
this order docs, they persecute him for desertion
all his life long afterwards As TO oaths, IL the or
der only swear to effect the great public objects
they have in view, led them be believed all the |
more readily. BY their fruits they are known |
They comprise our neighbors, friends and connex-
ions, and for one he did not think their secrecy |
hides aught that is honest or unpatriotc. Assoc |
alton is the order of the day-a necessity In this
country dictated by the general equality Of cond
tons Labor, charity, and temperance, are all
ried on by association-and why not polticsf
In some parts Of the country the dependence Of
the laborer upon the viii Of the employer, added
70 the trammels Of party allegiance, had well nigh
extnguished all individual freedom Of thought and
action. This organization affords TO such safe |
and easy escape from botb-hence its amazing |
success. Here where free and open voting snd |
discussion prevail and the popular genius Is per-
haps Of a holder cast, there may not be the same |
reason for these features Of the organization, and
il may happen that even the thin veil which now.
obecures its proceedings, viii soon disappear and /
then some Of patriotic friends win be surprised
to find what very harmless thing they have been |
abusing
Mr.. Daniel appealed to the old Clay Wings out.
side the order, 70 cooperate with Il at the polls to
defeat the Stanton ticket They could have no |
motive to honor il, nor the men on Il. The men |
on the other ticket we're far conservative and
filter men for the places to be filed The staun.
ton ticket ought TO be beaten and Il we're idle In /
the pursuit Of great public object, TO stop by the
way TO quarrel with the allies who were helping /
them to obtain IT, Sebastopol could never be |
taken that way.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGIsLArURE.-0n "Wednesday |
last the bill relative to estates held for corporate
religious and charitable uses, the sixth section Of
which alters the manner Of holding church pro-
perry 10 the Catholic Church, was under consider.
alton in the Senate, and the section 30 obnoxious
to the ecclesisstics Of the Catholic Church was
adopted, with but one negative vote. This strong
expression Of sentiment shows that the Senate docs