Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-06
Laus,cntations.

II. The Washington Sentinel utters column
of lamentations this morning over the failure
Of itself and its allies, to induce tho Wings of
Virginia to run an independent ticket at the
next spring election in that State. Is it not
truly wonderful that the Wings Of the Old Do
minion win not take the united advice Of the
Washington Sentinel and Union, and Of the
Richmond Enquirers Why, surely, the con-
current Judgment of these three journals, all
Of which arc earnest and persevering, and even
eloquent and pathetic in the manifestations
Of their sympathy for that noble" and pat.
riotic' party, should be treated with the most
marked Difference
But, seriously, we beg To ask, il there was
ever before exhibited such brazenfaced impu-
dence, in political campaigning, as that Of these
prominent anti Wing as well as anti Ameri-
cam presses, calling upon party to which
they have been always violently opposed, and
which they have always violently abused, to
sacrifice thsmselrss in order to elect the candi-
date Of the administration paytya Is there
any man 90 utterly blind as not to see that the,
only posibls object these three papers can
have in view, in rendering their advice, Is to in
sure the election Of Mr.. Wiser
We admire 6oldness, but this movement has
not such merit
The motives which prompt it, and the dis
ingcnuousness Of tho arguments by which it is
sustained, stamp It with avery different i'm
press nh rs .7H
The Sentinel SAYS
at Is declared by the Know-cothings that they
prefer running Democratic 70 Wing candidates.
Do the old line Wings also prefer such candidatesf
IT 90, why do they not declare in favor Of tho can
didates Of the pure and not the spurious Democ.
racyr
Well, really tho Sentinel is most wonderfully
knooing, and has vast fund Of know-noth-
ingn information, il II DO able to assert that our
party "prefsrs running Democratic to Wing
candidates." 1t is passing strange that We
have never hoard Of any such preferences. So
far an we know anything, either Of the action
or Of the sentiments of the /" American party"
they prefer the best men that can be found,
without reference to the former party predilec-
tons Of the candidates AS matter of sound
policy. we suppose our friends would (aU other
Mings being equaD make such selections from
our ranks as would be most likely to insure
suecsss, by obtaining the support Of balance
Of popsr party af3 s1
wesuppossthat any sagacious political party
would adopt such policy. We presume that
If our friends in Virginia considered themselves
in 90 small minority, ~ to be simply balance
Of power party, they would forbear making
nominations, and say to the larger parties, zoe
shalt rots for such of your candidates az zoe
think most favorable to our opinions; and in
such case, We presume, the greater rival parties
would, in their selections, have an eye to this
declaration. s ytera&
What would be good policy for the Amer
lean party" II It were tho least of the three
parties in numbers, in the State, II seems to us,
would be the policy Of the Wing party, IL oc.
cupying this position, as We are sure at the
present time il does a., fe
If then, the American party does not pre-
sent candidates who are lss Objectionable than
those now before the people Of Virginia, IT win
have no right to expect the support of those
outside Of our councils; and IL on the other
hand, the candidates Of the American party"
should be less Objectionable than those Of the
foreign" party, we suppose the Sentinel viii
admit IL it has any candor LEFT, that our friends
may expect at least portion Of the outside
vote. t h4fl 81 eE N4f ns Bes
But the Sentinel asks " Why do not the old
line Wings declare in favor Of the. candidates
Of the pure Democracy" or course zoe can
not answer that question, but we may be per-
mittsd to inquire, respectfully, Of the Sentinel,
whether II claims that tho Pierce and Fornsy
party arc the "pnre Denocracy'" Itispos
sib1s that Democrats may differ on this ques-
ton.
3a8 Congress-- yesterday. M
The Senate was engaged in the. discussion Of
the Judiciary bin, but without coming to any
decision, adjourned over to Tuesday next
In the House, several unimportsnt private