Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-12-15

that the South either does or 0ughI 10 uoih"hu
that the question of slavery should be incor-
porated in the American platform, and we deny
that the South approves of the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise. Politicians who assume
to speak for the people have, it is true, many OF
them, taken these ultra positions.
The people Of the South know full well that
If they permit the question Of slavery to be the
football of political parties, their rights and in
terests would be at hazard, and that the ascen-
dency Of an anti-slavery element, in any
national party of which the South were mem
bers, would be slmost certain, sooner or later,
to sacrifice the South, and that the abolition Of
slavery, therefore, would only be question of
time. Hence the true interests and safety Of
the South demand that the question Of slavery
should never become aparty question; and we
the Southern people do not, ere long, rebuke
those politicians who consent to allow this
question to be considered, at ALL in the formation
Of political platforms The rights Of the slave
holding States are secured by platform higher
and stronger than that of parties-by the plat
form Of the Federal Constitution and that day
will be dark onc for the South when they
consent to transfer the protection Of slavery
from this platform, to that ofany political party
whateverl
If the South consent that any party, en-
bracing Northern and Southern men, shall, in
convention, frame platforms, embracing the
question Of slavery, tho South becomes bound
By the action of such convention, and though
today, such convention may, for prudential
reasons, resolve to protect this Institution, it
may tomorrow, in imitation Of the Ohio Dem
ocratic State Convention of January last, re-
solve that /" slavery shall Be eradicatsdr The
trio friends of the South, of the North, and Of
the Union, will therefore exclude this question
from their political platforms, leaving slavery
where the Constitution leaves it, in the charge
and under the exclusive control Of those, who,
as political communities, have chosen to toler-
ate it, and who alone are responsible for it.
The Richmond Wing, seems to us, wholly
to misunderstood the objects and purposes Of
the American party. 1t supposes this party
was formed for no other purpose than to pro-
tect and extend the institution of slavery. The
Wing thinks Of nothing else, and talks of no
thing else than slavery, in connection with the
American party. We tell the Wing again
that the american party soas not formed to
ontranchise or to ensLaue tho african race
It's aims are national and not sectional its &C
ton will be national and not sectional 1t win
leave slavery where it finds il, and we here say,
that if the Federal Constitution is not broad
enough, and the Federal Government is not
strong enough, to protect the several States in
the enjoyment of their reserved rights, they
viii in vain call upon political parties to pro-
tect them Slavery is sectional and not ma
tional in its existence-it is local and not gen.
eral as domestic institution,-it is the SUBJ
ject Of State and not Of Federal legislation, and
should not therefore, be embraced in any ma
tional platform, by any national party.
The Wing says:
Eve should like for the Organ to tell us, at its
leisure, how it is possible for the American to be
considered national party upon the slavery ques-
ton, If its Northern members should vote for the
repeal Of the Nebraska bill, and the Southern
members should vote against I'll"
If the American party had been formed for
the protection Of slavery, the inquiry Of the
Wing would be appropriate. 1t was not form
ed for this purpose and its members therefore
have the same right to vote for or against the
repeal of the Nebraska bill, as have the members
Of the Wing or Democratic parties. The Wings
Of the North separate from the Wings Of the
South on this question--and so also do the
Democrats The Van Burens, Cochranes,
Blairs, Bentons, and all who belong to the
Freesoil wing Of the Democracy are opposed
to the Nebraska bill, whilst the pro-slavery
wing Of that party arc in its favor,--if they
ever unite upon this question, they win only
unite for the sake Of power and plumber, and
separate again when the spoils have been divi-
ded.
The Wing desires to know what those
Northern Americans mean to do, who can
not stand upon the Philadelphia platform, ~
and whether they do not mean to "agitate p"
We are not their custodians--t must an
swer for themselves. They are in no way re-
sponsible for us, nor are we responsible for
them. II they would take our advice, they
would not agitate-the would amend the Ter
ritorial laws upon the question Of suffrage, and
let time and the people work out a remedy, for
the evils of that legislation, which has divided
and distracted the country. a,s.
What Sort of a Party3
The Louisville Journal very properly asks
the following question:
"Pny what sort Of party must that be- which,