Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-27

vi REPRESENTATIVES, VINO Voteu lOr ana against
the motion Of Mr.. Elliot, of Massachusetts, to
suspend the rules, in order to enable him to
introduce bill to repeal the Fugitive Slave
law, aud Ii does this under the head of More
prooH against tho Raoic- Nothing"
Starting out with the assumption, that it
had proof to exhibit showing that the Know
Nothings " sustained the motion Of Mr.. Elliot, !.
which had for It's object the repeal Of the "Fu-
gitive Slave law, !" the Sentinel gravely comes
to the end Of his proofs, by declaring thus:
"Nearly, If not all, who voted for Mr. Elliot's
motion were Whigs-a motion In effect to abolish
the Fugitive Slave law The Democratic party
voted on niasse against It. Those Wings who voted
for it were Northern Wings"
Can anybody, even the veriest simpleton, be
deceived in this fashion,
Amongst those who voted for Mr.. Elliot's
motion were such men rs Joshua r. Giddings,
Gerritt Smith, and Charles w. Upham, the
two former of whom are rank anti-slavery OPP
Poncnts Of our party, whilst Mr.. Upham is a
foreigner by birth, and was beaten for Con-
gress at the late election in Massachusetts, by
the regular nominee Of the Know-Nothings II
OF the forty-five members Of Congress who
voted for Mr.. Elliot's proposition, there are not
.fpo Of them who were members Of the Know
Nothing party But look at the names Of
those who opposed Mr.. Elliot's motion, and we
find amongst them, such men rs Haven Of
New York, Smith Of Alabama, Sellers Of Mary
land, Taylor Of Tennessee, and Wheeler Of New
York, all of whom are at least charged with
being members of the American party We
do not say that any Of these gentlemen are
Know Nothings--we " don't know"
But this we do say, that 200 hnoao the fact,
that many more of those who voted against
Mr.. Elliot's motion, belong to the " American
party" than Of those who voted for that mo-
ton. We suppose it will not be forgotten,
that both Mr.. Sellers and Mr.. Smith made
speeches in Congress in defence Of " Ameri-
can principles" and that Mr.. Taylor intro
duced bin into the House. to change the natu-
ralization laws, in accordance with our avowed
purposes. In view of these facts, what may
be said of the attempt of the Sentinel, to
represent the Know-N othings" as an anti
slavery party, and the Democratic party as the
only reliable friends of the Southr But the
closing paragraph of the SentinePs assault
upon our party, is quite interesting and still
more amusing.
The Sentinel triumphantly propounds an
inquiry, thus:
"where, meanwhile, is the great, honest Ma
tional Democratic partyf II 10 in It's old place. Il
Is everywhere, as it Is in Virginia-opposed to
Northern Known othingism and opposed to North
ern abotonism 1t viii die in It's tracks before it
win surrender to either"
The "honest National Democratic partym
Ave, ,ohsre Is it' Ask Daniel S. Dickinson,
who stood firmly by the South, and was man
fully battling for the nationality Of the Demo
cratic party, till the surges of Democratic free
soilism overwhelmed himi Aye, where is it
Ask Greene G., Bronson, who was removed
from Office by this free-soil administration, for
daring to refuse appointments TO anti-national
Democrats Aye, where is it : Ask David
R. Atchison, who is struggling to overcome
the efforts Of Free-soilism and Forneyism in
the Territory Of Kansas
Aye, where is itf 1t prevailed did IT'D
In the Ohio Democratic Convention on the
9Th Of January last, when the Forney and
Pierce Democrats unanimously passed the fol-
lowing resolution, to wit
Resolved, That the people of Ohio, NOW, AS
ruxr HAVE ALWAYS DONE, look upon slavery as an
evil and unfayorable TO the development OF the
spirit and practical benefit Of free institutions, and
that entertaining these sentiments, they viii AT
ALL rixrs feel Il 70 be their duty, TO Use ALL row
m CLEARLY OWEN nj THE TERMS or THE NATIONAL
Ira furre n m ipaiQ
yIxALLr TO ERADICATE ITS EvILs"
And so, Mr.. Sentinel, the present Forney
and Pierce party, you say, is "a great honest
national, Democratic party" with national
aimsl As to its "honssty," Messrs. Dickin-
son, Bronson, and Atchison, may be summon
ed 70 the witness stand, and give in their " ex-
perience," and we win agree to note their evil
dence in our columns, and endorse its truth.
The time has been, when the Sentinel too,
would believe their testimony, and endorse
their veracity. As to the nationality" Of the
Forney and Pierce party, ii is no otherwise ma
tionsl, in the public eye, than this that the
whole nation denounce it
We opine that II stranger were to inquire
Of any impartial man, touching the honesty"
or the nationality" Of the Forncy and Pierce
party, he would receive q similar answer to
that given in relation to one Mr.. Brown, who
had referred stranger to Mr.. Smith for his
Brown's) character. The stranger approached
Mr.. Smith thus; Sir, do you knoU Mr..
Bropnfn Mr. Smith answered, II de-" Wei,
Mr.. Smith, Gays the strangely chat Is Mr..
Bropns character 2" HIS character :" re-
piled Mr.. Smith, "Insoer kneS that he had
org"
If the Forney and Pierce party have any
/" honesty or nationality" we are quite sure
that nobody can be found, who ever heard Of
I'll
"The Democratic party Of the Old Dominion
harinr bean aaccrtnined 10 be In 4 worry bad way