Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-13

IL may be true, for aught we know, that Mr..
Durkee is an abolitionist We know not his
opinions, but 30 have some reason 10 believe
he . not a member Of our order, and we have
stun stronger reason to believe that the Wis
consin Legislature which elected him was not
under the control of our party. The resolu-
tons passed by them settle this question, if no
other.
But thus 1t is, the South is flooded with mis-
representations and false statements, by the
Forney and Pierce presses, with the sole view
to prevent their people from adopting Amer
lean" sentiments, and aiding in the Amer
lean Reformation" They are falsely told that
our party desired and procured the election of
William II. Seward.
They keep out Of view the fact that in filing
the vacancy in the New York Senate, occa-
stoned by the resignation of Myron H. Clark,
who was elected Governor of New York, the
Seward Wings and administration Democrats
united their forces, in opposition to the cand-
date of the American party This coalition
was defeated by twenty five hundred votes. II
is admitted, and not anywhere denied, that
every Seward man, and every administration
man, in that district, cast his vote for the same
individual, ian administration Democrat whilst
the national American party cast their votes
for Hard Democrat, who was also Know
Nothing, and elected him!
VIII tho Forney and Pierce presses deny
this statementS
1t is also true and undeniable that three ad-
ministrdtion Democrats in the Legislature,
voted for William II. Sewardl Will these
presses deny this statements 1t is also true
that eustom-Aouse influence was used at AL
bany to promote Stewards election, and that
some of those administration Democrats Who
failed to rote, declared their purpose to vote
for Mr.. Seward, if their votes were necessary
to secure bis electionl Will these presses deny
this statement 1t is also true that Demo
cratic Senators congratulated Seward on the
arrival here Of the telegraphic news announc-
ing his election; and that distinguished Demo-
Gratis thronged his lodgings on the same night!
Will these presses deny this statement
1t is also true that not single Democratic
paper in this region of the country has uttered
ono aoord Of regret at the result VIII these
presses deny this statement 1t is also true
that the leading administration paper in the
State of Ohio, to wit: the Daily Enquirer, print
| cd at Cincinnati, in its issue Of the 7th instant
used the following language in reference to MIR.
| Stewards election: GAS A DEMOCRAT CANNOT
BE CHOSEN, WE HAD MUCH RATHER HE SHOULD BE
REFLECTED THAN THAT HIS KNow.NoTHMG Or
PoNENr SHOULD SUCCEED !"
Will the Forney and Pierce presses any
where deny that such also was their prefer
enceY Let them, then, henceforward hold their
tongues about slavery agitationl
1t may not be out Of place here to show, that
the characterization sympathized fully and en-
tirely in the above sentiment expressed by
the Cincinnati Enquirer, for, since the publica-
ton Of the above sentiment, the editor Of that
press, Hiram II. Robinson, Esq, has been
nominated to the Senate as marshal of the
new judicial district in Ohio
| Here we desire to ask, what confidence can
be placed in the sincerity of the professions
made by the administration, of their desire to
maintain peace, quietness, and order, on the
slavery question, when they coalesced with the
Sewardites to procure his election, and now re-
joice over it?
| Mr.. Stewards purposes, touching the agita-
ton of slavery are universally known; his
"higher-law" doctrines are universally secuted
by all national men, and yet the administration
preferred his reelection, to the success of a
party, who stand pledged to sink tho question
Of SLAVERY, and to maintain, at all times, and
under all circumstances, the constitutional
rights of each of the States, and the integrity
Of our Federal Unioni