Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-09
ron THE American ORGAN.
Anti A merican Party.

ron THE AMERICAN ORGAN.
Anti American Party.
The language and epithets employed by the an
t-American presses are as foul and vulgar a. they
are false and disgusting Let any decent man
compare the language Of the Richmond Enquirer
at this day aud what Il was during the time Of the
venerated Thomas Richie and II cannot fail to
sicken the heart Of the reader But we take pleas
in generating the senior editor Of being Justly
obnoxious to this censure, well knowing the gene
rous, frank, and liberal feelings and impulses Of
his noble heart. These little ebulltions Of temper
are " tempests In a teapot" and are intended to
alarm the timid and doubling, while, as q general
remark, they only tend to excite the scorn and
contempt Of every firm and patriotic citizen.
And has 1t come TO this, that freemen, in the
exercise of their legitimate rights, are TO be de-
nounced as traitors, assassins, and lousy fellows,
for peaceably assembling together TO express their
discomfort and to correct f they can) the corrupt
and selfish purposes ofpoltical intrguers and pot
~ demagogues?
From whence do these revilers derive their COM
mission BY what authority do they presume
thus to Willy their fellow men--men who areat
least their equal in point ofmoral honor character,
and patriotism-their superiors in numbers their
equals In virtue and intelligence
Who constituted these outsiders, censors of the
public moralsf Who made them judges to sit In
Judgment upon the great American partyg Who
are they, and what are theyY Are the American
party disturbers Of the public peacef Are not all
their proceedings quiet, decorous, and peacefully
Wherefore, then, this unprovoked Billingsgate,
these vulgar, coarse, and base epithetss Answer,
IL you can, traducers
While the American party sincerely desire that
the blessed fruits Of peace and charity may not per-
ish in the storms Of political controversy, yet is
there point beyond which forbearance and even
charity itself would cease to be virtue.
But In order to deceive and mislead the outside
Democrats, 1t has been repeatedly declared that
the American party Is Whiggery In disguise. AS
sumo, arguendo, that It is "Whiggery in disguise,
or Whiggery and Democracy in disguise, do either
the one or the other, both, affect the principles
laid down, published, and declared in the Ameri-
can platform? May not a compromise of their
former principles well consist when adopted by
mutual consent?
The American party stand and act upon their
avowed principles, and not upon mere names or
former party distinctions. They recognise no Dem
ocrats, no Wings. They know their duty--they
love their country and they will never barter away
its honor and glory be the consequences what they
may. 1t is the gem Of their hearts and of peerless
price.
But tits neither Whiggery, nor Democracy in dis
guise but open and avowed principles, for which
the American party will ever boldly contend, and,
fend with their lives, their fortunes and their
cred honors.o But Mr.. Niche, the 44-pounder Of
the Wing party, outdoors in his celebrated letter
to the anti-American party, Of the city Of Rich
mond makes the astounding revelation that he has
lifted the veil of the Know Nothings and 10, and
behold discovered that it was not Wing or
ganization in disguisei What say you to this, ye
sapient junior editor Of the Richmond Enquirer
When the great and the wise differ, whose lantern
olan d;ract cnnfatov,o IF tho hurnhla i0nnraut
and benighted peopep In mercy tell us, where
we /" shall 20" and what we shall do, to save the
country?
And pray, Mr.. Niche, when and where did you
lift the veil? Did you do it "openly, and above
board"-or, did you do it silly and secretly And
what did Sam say to you? Tell us all, If you
please. How many Democrats were present;
how many Whigss If you performed the service
secretly, then, like the Known othings, you were
clearly guilty of the objectionable offence, of act
ing secretly; but, If you did the act openly, and
above-board, with the knowledge and consent of
Sam, then you have betrayed confidence, and
played the traitor. Which horn Of the dilemma
will you choose?
But 1t is contended that the American party,
originated in the North, and, therefore, II Is anti
slavery here as well as there! Can such deduc-
ton be drawn from the premises? Is il according
to the experience of the world for communities to
Such an idea is supremacy ridiculous. It may be
safely affirmed that the people, in the exercise Of
their legitimate rights are omnipotent and conse-
quently cannever be put down by senseless clamor,
that revolutions never go back, but will go on,
despite the overbearing insolence, pride, and self
sufficiency of the interested and disafected--
These are well settled truths which can deny
To the few who have withdrawn we will only say
"0i We of little faith" Then let the American
party, one and all, vigorously press on for the at
tainment Of their high purpose let none falter,
but like band Of brothers, firmly maintain, defend
and assert their principles, and success must and
win crown the glorious effort.
Unfurl your banner to the breeze-inscribe upon
itn letters of pure gold "0ur Country always first
friends next "--and when we shall make along
pull strong pull, and pull all together, victory
win assuredly perch upon our glorious National
Standard. VALERrus.