Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-17

bcrptlons anu advertisements IN the city Of New
York.
Administration Piety.- Sermon Of the Rt.
Rev. J. w. FoIney, ID. D., Delivered
mt Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
We envy the government organ its combina.
ton of resources. When the Sentinel alarmed
public by the statement that the Union, in the
known absence of its conductors went on with
out any perceptible variation in the average
quality Of its contents, people were inclined to
think there was some supernatural agency In
the matter, until we stated the hypothesis that
it was carried on by a requisition of para
graph n day upon each clerk, upon the two
theses of praising the President and abusing
the American Order. These paragraphs,
kneaded and rolled out into editorials, fur
nished an administration litany, duly respond
cd to by all the laity and lesser organs through
out the land.
The government organ is a double-engine
boat, and can 60 ahead either on the oratorical
or editorial wheel 1t has two conductors,
and, like tho split dog Of MunchauseD, can
run over the South upon the pro-slayery set Of
legs, whilst it makes just as good time in the
North upon the nnti-American supporters.
The editorial campaign in the South was
brilliant and conclusive Tho editor, detailed
to supcrintcnd the military division, had, like
Caesar, the advantage of publishing his own
commentaries upon his own conquests. Ac-
cording to his bulletins, victory did not merely
perch upon his banner, she roasted there all
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ofTennessco in an incredibly short period. He
overthrow General Doneson, and other revolt
ing subjects of the Democratic party, and i'm
mediately upon the election Of Governor
johnson, he raised flag, buried bottle con-
tanning the Ncbraka law, and took formal pos
session of the whole State in the name Of
President Pierce, just,as Columbus did of the
Continent in the namc Of Ferdinand or as Dr.
Kane the other day, seized upon the North
pole in the name of Mr., Peabody. So that it
is now to be known rs Peabody's survey, and
no one must trespass upon it on pain of being
snow-balled.
Tho career Of the Southern editor terminated
at Philadelphia, when the peroration-or tail
Of an highly infammatory Grafton against the
Know Nothings came in contact with some
other Democratic fireworks, and came near
burning up the orator and his associates on
the platform. This was brilliant termination
of that campaign.
But,
Soon as the sun began to fail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale.
The ether, or Northern editor, took the field
la the same peni-pidi-cici-tactics. b L he
assumed new character. Concealing his re-
gimentals, under a flowing surplice, shcathing
his sword in walking cane, Col. Forney goes
forth in a CLERICAL character as Doctor Forney
ID. D. He preached a sermon upon :" eli
gious intolerance, and political prescription"
which had such an effect that, when the mere
iormality Of the election had been complied
with, he baptized the whole Pennsylvania
public into the Pierce rarty, with as little de-
lay as Brigham Young would require to make
Mormons Of tribe Of Shoshonec Indians.
He claimed the Union and Compromise
victory over the Abolitionists, as an ovation to
the power and policy of President Pierce
Having planted the usual Gag, buried tho bot
Ii or its contents, and taken possession by
right of discovery, this editor departed for
Ohio; but, unfortunately, did not arrive in
time to affect the result So, here, that cam
paign pauses
But we have said that previous to the Penn
sylvania election the Rev. Dr. Forney made
i, demonstration of administration piety, by
delivering lecture upon religious intolerance
and political prescription. We have heard
from time to time great ridicule Ct the Ameri-
can Order about the piety plank in its plat
form. 1t was considered very ridiculous that
il should have acknowledged the existence of a
God and his influence over all human actions
hut President Pierce could without imputa-
ton Of impropriety say in his annual message
ave still have the most abundant cause Of
reyerent thankfulness to God for an accumula-
ton Of signal mercies showered upon us rs a
natiop.n and Sustained by national in
tegrity, resting upon the great truths af-
firmed and illustrated by divine revelation, y
and we suppose, that Dr. Forney, expect
cd with impunity to denounce the Ameri-
can Order and the Christian ministry in the
following foul and false manner, without ex'
posing himself to the censurc Of either imper.
thence or hypocrisy. We give an extract from
his sermon, copied from the Union, with the
following unqualified endorsement of its doc
trinc and its assertions by that journal:
"CoL. FoRSEY's ADDRESS AT LAscAsrKR.--We
have received, and read with high qualification,
the eloquent address delivered by Col. Forney al
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the Gath ult, on RE
liUous intolerance and Political Prescription" The
whole subject of Know Nothngism is dssected
with a master hand by the speaker. Our limits at
present only allow to extract few pages on the
fr ghiful oaths by which allegiance to this despo
lio organization is secured As opportunity affords