Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-24

| 10 the Editor Of the american Organ:
Sin: AgreeabIy to resolution Of Eutap Council
the subjoined paper Is transmitted you for pubIca-
ton. A word or two in connexion with the sub
ject. The object contemplated must commend It
self to every true American. The only controversy
that possibly exist is with regard to the means
| best adapted to the securement OF the end. We
understand that the plan of circulars addressed on
the part of the Managers Of the Monument to the
various councils, has been res0rted to- That course,
we are convinced will fa to secure those uniform
and thorough supple s which win be the natural
| and unfaiing results of the plan below.
| Our plan proposes TO commence with the high
est body known TO the order, and to 60 forth with
its authority. If the plan be adopted, the Grand
Council of the United States will act Immediately
upon the State Grand Councils, and they In turn
will exert similar influence upon the subordinate
councils The system viii be thorough, and con-
sequently the desired results will be but legitimate
effects. Nor is this a mere theory, INFESTED and
untred. We call attention to the following paper,
the original Of which is in the hands Of the Trca-
surer Of Eutaw Council
Received, Washington, May 90, 1855, of the
Treasurer Of Eutaw Council, Georgetown, d. c.,
one hundred and ffly dollars, in aid OF the wash
ington National Monument Society, in part Of a
Eutaa Council. JNo. M. McCALLA,
z
Here, then, is specimen Of the working Of the
plan we recommend--an earnest OF what 1t is able
to accomplsh--a kind of first fruits of the album
dant harvest which may be gathered from all sec
tons of our native land And thus the Monument
will no longer be dependent upon the uncertain
and insufficient supplies which have heretofore been
raised by the operation Of imperfect plans. But
that appropriate memorial Of the nations gratitude
will uprise in beauty and grandeur until It's stain
less marble and it's towering altitude shall fifty rep
resent alike the purity Of the life and the splendor
of the fame of Washington. GEoRGETowN.
To the United States Grand Council Of Native
americans, which is to meet IN June neat, IN
Philadelphia:
BRErHREs: We, the Council Of Native Amer-
cans in Georgetown, District of Columbia, greet
you as co-workers in the glorious cause Of light
truth and liberty; as advocates Of that real inde-
pendence for which our fathers suffered and, in
many instances, laid down their lives. They be-
queathed to their children the dear-bought right
Of selfgovernment that Americans alone should
govern America; and the question between US
and our opponents now is, shall we or not leave
the same glorious legacy to our children that our
fathers left to us? Demagogues and foreigners
say that we shall not; but we Americans, one and
ALL say, that, by the blessing of God, we will. 1t
is true brethren, that we have all slumbered too
long, lulled by the syren song Of self-interested
demagogues, themselves tho creatures of HER
archy and priesthood the most willy and overreach-
ing that the world ever saw; whose religion, a
union Of superstition and intolerance, has, for thir-
teen hundred years, chained down the human
intellect and has been, and still is the unfalterng
and never-failng agent of kingly tyrants and OPP
pressors of mankind. But, thanks to the over
weening confidence and indiscreet and premature
Boosting of this company Of willy conspirators
against American freedom, we of the American
party are ALL all wide awake now to be lulled into
sleep no more, neither by coaxing demagogues nor
insidous and cunning priestcraft, our connexion
with whom and with all the old and rotten parties
of the country, is forever severed. Hereafter, we
20 for the great mission of our party, that Ameri-
cans alone shall be the rulers of their country,
and the sole controllers under Providence, OF its
destines; and this mission we will prosecute to its
consummaton, though all the powers Of Rome and
of darkness shall oppose US.
One of the first minor duties which devolves upon
our party is, to complete that great work which
has, in other hands, for SO many years, dragged
its slow length along. We mean the Monument
now erecting in the National Metropolis to the
memory Of that greatest of Americans and Of men,
the Father of his Country. This work, at the last
annual election Of officers for the Washington Mon
ument Society, was, by their election of Board of
Directors composed Of Americans alone, tacitly
assumed by our party. This act met at the time,
and still meets the decided approval of this Coun-
Gil, but, being small in number compared with
numerous other Councils, we have waited for the
lead of those whose strength, position, and infu-
ence, better entitled them to move first in this
matter. None having to our knowledge, done SO,
We hereby, with becoming modesty, submit our
plan Of operations In this behalf as imbodied in
the annexed resolution most respectfully suggest
ing that the Grand Council recommend the same,
or something Of similar import, to the Subordinate
Councils, whereby the necessary funds may be
raised for this object:
Resolved, By the Assericans of Georgetown, IN
full Council assembled, That this Council will,
within twelve months from the first day of April
1855, raise one dollar for each member thereof,
the same to be In aid of the fund for finishing the
Monument to the memory ofGencral George Wash
ington, now erecting In the National Metropolis;
and to this end, il is hereby ordered, that each
member of the Council viii pay to the treasurer
thereof the sum of twenty-five cents, on OF before
the first days Of June, August, October, and Feb
ruary next hereafter ensuing. The funds 30 paid
in shall ut like dates or as soon thereafter as may
be practicable, be- by our treasurer, paid over TO
the Treasurer Of the Washington Monument Soci-
ETY., to be by him used for the object aforesaid.
And We one and all pledge ourselves TO carry out
this resolution to the fullest extent.
And be IL further Resolved, That this Council Is
opposed to the appointment oftraveling agents, we
having already seen the evil ofthat course. Weare
also opposed to calling on the public generally,
receiving anything from any one but native-born
Americans. We believe that If these resolutions
are generally carried out, the Monument Associa-
ton win have funds enough TO do all they wish
We pledge ourselves, within ten months, TO pay
the Treasurer of the Washington Monument Asso-
citation six hundred dollars, and we call upon other
Councils TO 20 and do likewise.
Resoised That at a proper time, the foregoing
address and resolutions be published in the Ameri-
can Organ.
Department News.
INTERIOR DErARrMENT.--LdndS aiss.-Quantity
Of land sold at the several land Offices in Missouri
since the passage of the graduation act, from LIST
October, 1884, to 31st Of March, 1855, $780,
3eS.oe acres. Purchase money received, se0s, e9e
g.