Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-21
A Name is something.

MYDEAR Sir: think II would meet the wish
of the American party generally unyer-
saly-if all the papers in their interest would,
| when abiding TO the antics, or opposiuon, inVa-
riaby and uniformly designate them by some den
mite and appropriate name, instead OF denomi-
mating them, as some unwittngly do, " the Demo
cratic party" to which they lay claim with
| no more propriey than the tories OF the Revolu-
ton could to that of Wing Democratic party
Sir, If they could be ashamed of anything, should
wonder that they not ashamed Of their own
| arrogance, in assuming designation so inc0n-
gruous with their reasonable conspiracy against
the liberties Of the people. do wonder that, with
| their Popish superstitons they are not afraid
that Jefferson and Patrick Henry win start with
Indignation from their tombs, and with their fists
of bone smite their brazen faces.
Call them, sir, anything but Democrats" or
/" Wings" Nothing seems more appropriate than
"anti- American" !" The foreign party'-a term
by which they are often designated, isvery proper,
and do not know but the name of Tory"
would be best OF all. 1t has, with us, the same
Specification as anti.American," with the ad-
vantage of being shorter, and Of bringing at once
before the mind the characteristics OF their pro-
totypes of the Revolution. In principle and &C.
ton they are one and the same. The Tories OF
the Revolution were leagued with foreign force
hired by wicked administration, to prevent the
liberty and independence Of the people, and TO
subjugate them to an oppressive and tyranncal
government and church. The Tories now among
us are leagued with foreigners, hired by the ad-
ministration, with offices and other species Of en-
/ ployment for which payment is made from the
tiona treasury, to dissolve the Union, and subju-
j gate the people to a desp0tic government under
the Pope of Rome. Therefore think they ought
i to by called Tories.
coalition is forming between Wings and DEM
ocrats, as they call them, for the purpose of break
l ing down the American party. They have no
| -
name. Each retains his peculiar creed; but they
must have a name. Well, SO far the anti-Ameriean,
or Tory papers, call the alliance "the Democrat
| ic party" Are those Wings who have joined them
selves to their brother Tories content to bear the
name of party which has always treated them,
when 1t had the power, as interiors and aiensS
Has the name become SO pleasant to them all at
once; or have they, like spaniels, grown 80 afec-
tionate from being drubbed that they lick the hands
and fawn at the feet Of their masters? And sup
| posing the coalition should succeed and triumph
| over the Americana-have these 80 called Wings,
who are much weaker than their allies, made up
their minds to endure, with becoming resignation
and humility the various ndignities their masters
will not fail to heap upon them? If they have not
come to this conclusion, how long, at any rate, do
they expect to continue in harmony with their al
lies after their triumph shall have been perfectedS
But the chief object of the conspirators is, the
dissolution Of the Union They calculate to effect
this by bringing about cooperation of the Abo-
litionists of the North and the Nulifers and Sc
cessionis's of the South--all of whom have long
been laboring to the same end.
/ But these " ire.eaters" may learn if they will,
that, as conservative party, the great object and
fixed determination of the Americans is, the pre-
scrvation of the integrity of the Union, and this
without condition. Doubtless, should the time
ever come for this resolution to be put in requis
ton, there will be some boiling but there will
never be a smaller force than million of Ameri-
cans-good and true--ready to march to the North
or to the South, and TO lay down their lives to
maintain and to perpetuate, for the benefit Of their
posterity, this the greatest Of all the blessings
achieved by the toll and the blood Of, and trans.
mitted TO us, by our fathers.
What would be this country without the Union!
Anarchy, distraction, and civil wars would be the
speedy result combinations OF certain parts would
be formed to trample down others; commerce
the arts, and agriculture would be neglected, and
the descent to desolation and run would be far
more rapid than the ascent has been to wealth and
power and glory. And what is the Union worth
If il Is held together only the will of any one of
the memberss Not moments consideration. 1t
would be perfectly worthless, and would prove its
trainers to have been-instead Of men Of the pro-
foundest wisdom, rs we have always regarded
them--a set of poor, miserable nincompoops, who
| had no foresight beyond the ends of their own
noses. 1t was the consequences proceeding from
weakness defect of this nature in the articles
Of the old confederation-as we ascertain from the
writings Of Washington and Franklin, of Madison
and Hamilton, and other distinguished lumnaries
Of their day, which demonstrated the necessity for
more perfect Union.
That confederation never having been ratified
by the people, and only being sustained by legisla-
! tive enactment, was nothing more than treaty of
alliance, which might be terminated at the plea
sure of any one of the parties; and, being desti-
tute Of power to enforce its requirements in the
States which as yet retained all their sovereignty
it was fouLd-the excitement and stimulus OF the
war for independence having given place TO the
calmness of peace-to be totally inadequate. IL
would have been strange, indeed, if the coDgrega-
ted wisdom of the country, sadly impressed with
4 these defects, and the correction Of which the
object Of their convention, had not substituted a
stronger bond Of union.
The parties to this Union have set their seals to
| ii for mutual benefits. Not much for the pres
ent az for the future. They were equally sensible
of the perous nature of the journey they have
undertaken to perform, and of the importance, for
mutual safety, of adherng to the agreement 10 the
end. Having entered into the compact voluntar
! ly, and commenced the journey, is il not prepos.
ferrous to argue that each has a right to aban-
don his companions when he pleascsp
II will not he denied that State may leave the
Union nth the consent ofh other States But
i even IoT tTF, Sft IO pIuNlSlOu III tue tOHtHIu-
ton. In the United States" however, says Mr.
Madison, q the people, not the government, pos.
sess the absolute sovereignty" The people, then,
may do that which they have not authorized their
! government to perform,
Without the consent Of the people, then, State
can only leave the Union by a successful forcible
resistance Of the execution Of law Of the General
Government; for the President is obliged TO see
that the laws executed; but If State should
resist the Federal officers and the Chief Magistrate
should be unable to sustain them, and be obliged
to yield the contest such State might declare it.
self independent but IL would not be 30 in reality
till so acknowledged by the United States.
II would be scarcely possible for single State
to leave the Union combination Of States could
not, without bloody and destructive war, either
during or after the attempt. Their own simple
declaration would not put them out of the Union
The President Is bound to pay no regard TO such
declarations. lie Is bound TO execute the laws
IT. however, the people should refuse to sustain
| him. and the Federal officers were forced to leave