Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-21
For The lnIeIllgeeer.

The Gazette man protests he Is moi The organ OF
the K. Ms, while lie lntelligencer man Insists
upon ittIat he Il; and, as believe, first fot The
purpose OF making use Of Il 10, haul the American
party over lie coals, and secondly that e may en-
10y the paramount Qualification OF lappooniIls
Wharton. With The latter The K. MS have no
put h., and look upon the mailer with very little
INTEREST," neither DO they cafe 10 enter the st with
an antagonist such oS Tho lntelIigencet mah, but
since he hos kindly invited some one 10 meet The
slavery issue for tue American party, notwith.
standing have lille time OF inclination 10 DO so,
| deem Il my mlyilege 10 make few remarks In
this connection, and II Of HE same time dis.
charge duty 10 The American party Shall not
tegtet the service fthen II Is not enough for the
Gazette to iIerate and re.iterats that the Ameti-
can party ate not responsible tOr lie opinions and
principles ofs Editor, then suffice II 10 say that
the order OF Native Americans holds no man te.
sponsbe for what lie may wife OF speak, provided
he citcumsctbes his remarks by the Constitution
of The United StStes, auh those conventional laws
by Which all good Americans ate governed.
caonot Understand why It Is that The lntelli.
gencet assumes 10 know 50 little about The Amer.
lean party. Cehuinly candor would AMI does
speak 10 every intelligent man In this community,
and say that such assumption IS but subtetfugc,
tot dou't know that its Elliot has ever denied
thnttl wasan American patIyi aud indeed OF
one time he wrote respectfully II no. fsyoEaby OIL
IL. According 10 llIe lHteligenceE there is an
American party. On III 10th day Of June last we
find contained in the daily paper Of that office,
certain principles as having been entertained BY q
majority Of Individual members Of The alncricaIl
patty at convention Just previously held In tie
city Of Philadelphia, which by many has received
The old political cosnomen OF Platform. The
conclusions from lie premises ate that The Amet
lean party Is. 'rha, accoIdiug 10 tho lntelligen'
Get VI the 10th ulI., the platform Of Ite party,
among olhet things, ploclaims;-
"Xti.-T'he American party having arisen upon
The ruins and In spite Of lie opposition OF The
Wing and DemOctalio parties, cannot be held in
any manner responsible fot the obnoxious acts Of
violated pledges Of either AMI tie systematic
agitation Of the slavery question by those Palties
having elevated sectional hostility into positive
element IN political power, AMI brought our illSIl'
tutiOls into peril; Il has therefore become The i'm
pelAtiVe duty VI tie American party 10 inetpOSe
fot The purpose Of gying peace 10 The county and
lpeFpetuity 10 the Union. Andas experience has
shown Il impossible 10 reconcile opinions so e1.
treIne rs those which Sepatale the diSpulants, and
Us there can 10 10 dstOnot.i in submitting 10 The
laws, The National Convention has declined Il tlIt
DeSt guarantee OF common justice and uf future
peace, 10 abide by and tnainlain The existing laws
upon The subject VI Slavery, Us final and con.
elusive settlement Ul that subject IN spirit and IN
substance.
And regarding Il the highest defy TO ayow their
opinions upon a subject 50 important, In listlnc!
The sense OF this National Council, thst ConeteSs
possesses no power, under the Constitution to IL
Iislaio upon The subject OF slavery IN The Stats
where II dots or may exist, OF 10 exclude any State
from admission into the Union, because The Con.
Stitulion does OF does not recognise the instilu.
ton OF Slavery as part Of lis social SyStenj and
expressly rteienni iips any expression VI opinlou
upon The power OF CongteSs 10 establish OF pro.
hbi slavery In any Territory, Il Is the SENSE ftts
National Convention that Congress ought not 10
leslslate upon lie subject oil slavery within The
Territory q lie United States, anh that sny inter.
ference by Congress with Slavery as Il II esEsts In
,fs District Of Columbia, would b. violation oil
the spirit and intention VI The compact by which
The Stale Of Maryland ceded The District 10 the
United States, and breach OF lie National lailh.'
Mt. Wharton Is not responsible fot The opinions
oftho,e who made The platform, nor are the par.
" responsible TO Nj, Wharton tor his views And
further, thai you have yet 10 understand how Il Is
that men belonging 10 The K, MS, ore Americans
tot Americas sake. aud not fot patty's sake.
More perhaps.