Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22
A Veterans Opinion,

ington, or Henry, or Madison, or Leigh, If they
should rise from their graves.
| A Veterans Opinion.
The venerable John Lewis of Kentucky, by
birth a Virginian, and well known in both
States as Democrat Of the Jeffersonian school,
as scholar Of high rank, and one Of the ablest
contributors to the columns Of the Richmond
Enquirer in its most influential days has
written letter to the Frankfort Yeoman on the
subject Of the American party. From this
letter we make the following pertinent extract:
The fourth party is accused of holding higher
! law principles. Those who bring this accusation
against it are ignorant or misled by party motives
to do SO. Ignorant, as ] was, induced BY party
predictions, as was, many true men Of the two
old parties--nfuenced by articles in their respec-
tive periodicals, written by persons utterly gnor-
ant Of the truth, or by party hacks, or by office
seekers or popularity hunters--are prejudiced
| against this fourth party, whose grand and only
| objects are the preservation and perpetuati0n of
| the Union, and the blessings of representative
Democracy, securing to every man, civil and reli-
gious liberty, the eternal separation of Church and
| State and the nonnterference of foreign govern
ments with our institutions by enemies abroad or
traitors at home.
Mark my words. hope that President Pierce,
and every servant Of the people, the able and in
dependent editor of the Richmond Examiner and
the worthy descendant Of my old and lamented
friend, Thomas Richie, the present editor of the
Enquirer, the staunch and true-hearted editor Of
the Kentucky Yeoman, will mark them, and all
men in these United States, who wish to be ser
wants of the people, and all who are speaking or
| writing to influence and form public opinion
The American people are patriots, and devoted to
American principles. They love the Union, and
are sufficiently enlightened to discover the objects
and tendencies Of any party organization.
They may be misled, they may be in the dark
for time, and 60 wrong for the blind lead the
blinded into ditch. But the light viii arise, and
dissipate the darkness. The sober Second thought
win come, and vast majority Of them win Join
the party, whose watch cry is not :" the union of
the Wings for the sake Of the Union" but the
union of Wings and Democrats for the sake Of the
Union. Objections founded on the secrecy of the
fourth party are simply silly. Politicians well
know this. Secrecy How many living men know
how James X. Polk came to be nominated for
PresidentS How many know anything of the true
origin of the Independent treasury SYSTEM How
many know the secret Of the preference of Gene
raj Taylor to Mr.. Clay, the nominee of the Wing
party for the Presidency Object to secrecy
BAH c'ea 50 moquer de que quunj It's TO hum
bug somebody. Sustained by the consciousness of
integrity and patriotism, those who have already
joined the fourth party organization, know what
they are about what they are working for, and
how to work. They are working and win continue
to work North, South, East and West.
SALE OF IMPoRTED AND NATIVE JAcKs--A sale
of jacks and jennets, imported from Spain by
Messrs. Matthews & Forman, for the Mayslick Inn
porting Company took place at Mayslick on satur-
day last The prices ranged from $S70 to 1904 for
jacks and the two jennets brought 1927 and $325.
, The prices were not remunerative--the stockhold
ers losing about 80 per cent on investments.
"Young America" native jack, the property of
Mr.. Lyter Of Bourbon sold at the same time and
: place for s9oo.-Kentucky Yeoman
NEw woRxs.-The Boston correspondent Of
the New York Evening Post gives the annexed in
telligence:
Phillips, Sampson q Co., who have done more
business than any Of our publishing houses Of late,
have in press a number of very valuable works.
, Among them Is "Tales for the Marines by the
! author of Los Grngos," which Is full of nautical
adventures, told in the lively of its clever
| author. There is a great deal of wit and fun in
the work. and there. also many descriptions Of
I South American scenery, &c, DC.
Another work is by Richard Hildreth, entitled,
Japan as It was and isl characterized by the
usual vigor Of its author.
A third Is medical work by Dr. George Hay
ward, President Of the Massachusetts, Medical So
ciety, Of our first physicians and distinguished
also for literary ability.
AMERICAN MusKErs FOR FoRK1aN UsE.-There
is great activity at present among some Of our
American gun manufacturers, induced in part by
the war in Europe. The Windsor (vt.) journal
says that the Robbins and Lawrence Company, Of
Windsor, have just contracted for the manufacture
Of muskets 10 the amount Of some four or five hun
dred thousand dollars The contract Is made for
company in London, and the arm to be manu-
facturedis the Minnie rife with some notifications
The ful6lment of the contract will require an add
tional force Of two or three hundred men.
The Boston Chronicle has the following
Aside from the extensive contract from the
English government for gun machinery, now near
~ completed at the Massachusetts, Arms Compa-
nys works at Chicopee Falls, we learn that another
OF our enterpnsing gun manufactures has lately
received contract from the same source, for
about twenty thousand riHed muskets The mus
kets are to DO rided with three grooves, and TO
carry hollow conical ball--which makes them, in
similar musket, or perhaps the old pattern altered
will be introduced into our service
.
We observe that Congress has passed an act au-
| thorizing the purchase Of Arabian CameIs for the
use Of the army in the western department
Query; Would II not be well 10 place one Of
those sure-paced carriers In the mail service the
Campbell at present employed moi, having proved
as reliable as his foreign namesake IL supposed 10
bef We think even the Know-N othings would
favor the proposition.
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