The American patriot., 1855-05-19
PROSPECTUS OF TIE
..AmERICAN Or GAN"
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LAME Il TCAN OA 0AN'
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/ Washsngtom Cits, D. O., W 7
..soc,Ar,oN OF NATIVE AMERICANS
20 h,ro -osched an important crisis in our po-
u.;csi history The two leading parties in L
W .,ntrv n hitherto separated by broad lines, Z
%, If n,inciple or Of policy, differ now scarce
/, ia any thing but In names
National Bank, formerly IN essential I
a. of difference between rival parties, has
Pon' M advocates. A Protectivs Tariff for
70" ss .ale Of protection, which once divided
~e s.;as and distracted our National Councils,
Y. P.' become obsolete, as question of party
p.,;cv p.v simply because q "reuenue tariff" af-
E~ E."d: incidental protection to American manu-
ts.tmres. A modification Of the details Of our
nrsscnt tariff system is all that is demanded by
the most strenuous advocates Of protection to
American Industry.
The distribution Of the proceeds Of the pub
| lie lands among the several States, as former
. " claimed by one party, and the application
II those proceeds solely in aid Of the National
treasury, as claimed by the other party, have
10th welded to q compromise of these con-
Aicting opinions, so far, at least, as to sink
these questions as issues between Wings and
Democrats. A plan formed Of a compound of
/ 0squatter sovereignty" of graduation" and
| Of Surrender to the States" in which they
4 lie, seems likely to withdraw the public lands
/ from the arena of future party c0ntests
The Improvement of the harbors and rivers
bv congressional aid, on which political parties
| have hitherto differed at different times, has
now become less question Of principle than
of local and sectional cnntoot; and It will
doubtless be adjusted by the next Congress,
upon that basis Of iberality and justice de-
handed by the spirit Of the age and true in
terests of the country.
But new issues have arisen, having no ref
erence to the party organizations Of Wings
and Democrats-issues which are vastly inn
portant in their bearing upon the future well
| ARE Of the country-and which issues must,
| in their discussion, progress and termination,
| snnihilate these two parties, which, for years
past, have battled, with alternate success, for
| political supremacy.
We now come forward to present to our
| fellow citizens the mode and means of concen-
! rating the opinions and Of harmonizing the
| action of those who are disposed to unite in
the formation Of an "Americon party, whose
purposes shall be to find = remedy for the
manifold evils which have come upon US, and
| which are yearly increasing under the disas
| trous operation of our laws of naturalization!
We propose to establish, in conformity with
the wishes Of thousands of the citizens of this
District, and of large number of our friends
in the different States, a daily and weekly pa
per, to be called
f' THE AMERICAN ORGAN.
The publication will commence on the 18th
day of November daily, and on the Goth
weekly.
Our position at the seat of the federal 60
vernment, the centre of our political system,
where all the representatives of the States, and
nc tho oil nd vrho
prominent men Of all parties periodically So
journ for many months, is considered by US
and by our friends, as the most favorable one
for the publication of the ORGAN OF THE AMERI-
CAN PARTY and if the most untiring devotion
to the advocacy of the doctrines and policy of
this party shall give us a claim to its support !;
we know we shall deserve, and we trust we
shall receive it,
We cannot perhaps more distinctly and con-
cisely define the basis on which the American
Organ Is established than by presenting the
following extract, which we copy and adopt
from an address of a former President of the
Missouri Native American Association, and
published at St. Louis in February, 184l, to-
wit
"THE PERrETUA1IoN OF AMERICAN FREEDOM
IS OUR OBJECT, AMERICAN RIGHTS OUR MorTo,
AND THE AMERICAN PARTY OUR CoGNoMEN."
Our position is thus defined. We shall ad-
vocate such measures as will in our judgment,
If carried out, perpetuste our freedom and
protect our native rights; nor shall we at any
time deviate from the path Of duty as the or
gan of the American party, and the advocate
Of American rights.
We shail neither sustain nor oppose any po.
ltical measure on the ground that they ema'
nate from a Democratic or from Wing ad
ministration; but we shall discuss all politica
questions with the mos. perfect freedom from
favor or prejudice, toward the present or any
future administration. Keeping always il
view the principles and purposes Of the Ameri
can party, we shall battle for those principle!
and purposes, while, as an independent jour
nal, we shall approve what we think is righ
and condemn what we think is wrong in tn
principles of all public men and of all politica
parties. The editor of the American Organ
will be Democrat of the school Of jefferson
and Madison, progressive in his notions of pub
lie policy, vet consistent in his advocacy Q
the rights Of the States.
No essay or editorial shall ever appear il
the American Organ, the tendency of whicl
would be to prejudice the rights or wound tn
feelings of the citizens Of any Of the States
50 far as the influence Of this paper shall ex
all the States, shall be maintained. We hot
that the institution Of slavery belongs erclu
sirely to those States in achich 1t terists. Fac
Of the States, for itself, has the sole and e1
clusire right to determine sohether or not sla
cerg shall EXISTS cithin ats borders. We shall
therefore oppose all agitation Of the questio
Of slaUery, either in Congrsss or out Of 1t.
The American Organ will advocate the fire.
and untrammelled exercise of the rights {
conscience, on all questions connected wit
religious faith; but it will, by all fair and re
spec full arguments, oppose foreign dominatio
over American citizens, from whatever quartz