Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-03
The Sentinel W.. Amsricanism.


FIR vEIrcH, Esq, Of Maryland, is general agent
to get subscribers on any route be may travel
The Sentinel We. Americanism.
We always endeavor to make ourselves un-
derstood in what we write or speak, and we
also aim TO make distinct and explicit answers
10 all proper enquiries, which we feel authoriz-
ed or bound to answer. But 1t seems, that IN
our article, written upon the question pro-
pounded by the Sentinel, "Uhere are the lost
tribes Of a6olitionism ~ we failed to respond
satisfactorily, or even to make that press un-
derstand what we meant In saying that, I'd
ct is undeniably true, that there are hundreds
and thousands of men at the North and Northwest
whose feelings are anti-savery, and who honestly
consider the institution of slavery evil, and who
are members Of the American party, but such
men are not political Abotonists, alias disuaioa
ists and higher law' advocates who would scat
ter the Union into fragments sooner then fail to
extirpate saverys"
we did not say, nor intimate, nor admit,
even by implication, that the main body Of the
abolitionists were members of our party.
We said what we now repeat, that there are
hundreds and thousands Of men in our order
at the North, who honestly consider the insti-
tuition Of slavery an evil, but we said also, that
e,ch men soho are IN our RANKS, are not dis
unionists No disunionist, whether of the
North or the South, can with any propriety or
consistency be In full membership with our
order But says the Sentinel, $50 much fer
the conJcssiont" A confession Of whatp Why,
the North who think slavery an evil, but who
nevertheless, are mot disunionists or higher
law advocates" The Sentinel will greatly
oblige us, If it will publish this confession" of
ours daily on is inside form.
Does not tho Sentinel know, that there is
no man who resides at the North, that thinks
slavery good' Does it not know that every
citizen Of the North regards slavery as an evil !
If not, he at least does not know that any pro-
mincnt man of the North .tarors the institution
ofslarery. The Wing party and the Democratic
party at the North then, are both composed of
mon who think slavery an evil Our confession"
then amounts to this that portions of the late
Wing and Democratic parties at the North,
have joined our order And this confession
is qualified by the remark, that such Of those
northern men as have joined our order, are not
disunionists and higher law advocates
Whilst we do not recognise the right OF this.
political priest to bring us to the confession
al" we viii cheerfully repeat this confession"
"a often as we may be Intercepted on this
condition. that he shall charge no "fee for
our dissolution, nor require US to do "pcn
anceln
But says the Sentinel, the " apoidaneo" of
the Organ is not satisfactory full--in other
words, We do not give the Sentinet the proofs,
the evidence, tho authority, for our declare
ton, that the northern members Of our order
are not disunionists, and that they have resolr
cd to sink the question Of slaverg Joreper.
Appoint of order" may be raised here,
which the Sentinel win not easily get over.
Has the Sentinel any authority" to call for
the proof, &c, Cor our authority in the prem
isesf We think not Those who unite with
MS win DO satisfied Of the truth OF all we have
stated, on tho question Of sinking The question
of slacery Those who do not unite with us,
but who, on the contrary, abuse our party and
our platform Of principles, may in vain seek
disclosure Of what they have no right to know.
But we viii put our contemporary In the way of
procuring some outside information, which will
at least convince his mind, II It does not change
his course, for the poet says:
Convince man against his viii
Hes Of the same opinion still"
We fear Il viii be thus with our contemporary.
We refer the Sentinel on this point 10 the
statement made and repeated by the New York
Tribune, that tho Grand Council Of Know
Nothings of tho United States, recently held at
Cincinnati, had resolved TO sink the question
OF slavery" and put an end TO discussion on
this subjecti The statement Of the Tribune on
this point, has never yet been denied by any
man or any press, so far as we know, and we
shall not deny II We hare no reason 10 doubt
the truth Of the statement The Tribune pub
lished and rcpublished this statement as bav-
ing boon obtained from high authority, and Il
did so for the purpose Of srousing the agitators
at the North, and inducing them to wage war
upon our order.
As the Tribune is cosdjutor Of tho Senti-
acl, In its crusade against Americanism, II will
no doubt on application, furnish the Sentinel
with the procH. We shall not do IL until he
can give us the gripi
The Sentinel frankly admits that the Organ"
favors the doctrine OF non-intervention, and
in this it simply does us justice (for which,
nevertheless, we are thankful, as justice is so
seldom done US by our opponents,) but II says
that il does mot believe that Massachusetts,
Know-Nothing who has been an abolitionist
does favor that doctrine, and il adds
when the same journal tells US that the
proof consist In their being Know othngs then
We ask for the solemn covenant and the binding
question: Of s'avery'