Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-28
The American Democrat.

The above-named press, one Of the ablest i'm
The ranks of our party, dissents from the views
which we presented very briefly on Monday
last touching the "Plan for orgaaising tie
House Of Representatives, which was pub
lished in the New York Herald Of last Monday
week, and which the American Democrat re-
publishes in its issue Of to-day with an expires
sion Of "entire concurrence" In said plan.
II is painful to lis when we are oblig ed to
differ from those in whose ability and patriot
ism we have confidence, but whilst We concede
to all such, the benefit Of their cwn judgment
on all questions, we may be permitted to cx-
press the convictions Of our Judgment without
subecting ourselves to the charge of disloyalty
to our party j is simpl'y a difference Of opin-
ion on, question Of pc icy, which is always to
be tolerated.
Inc Dcnocrat regards our views express
90 on donday upon this "pldn' as the
mo- Objectionable they have ever seen in any
paper devoted to the interest Of the American
party" NH ~
We regard them, on the contrary, as being
altogether understandable. Wedid not oppose
the Twelfth Section in those views, on the
contrary, we said :
3" We should rejoice If our friends Of the North
could stand upon the Twelfth plank of the Phila-
delphia Platform, and be sustained by their con-
stituents. We are satisfied they cannot do it, and
that any attempt to force them to take that posi-
ton, would result in destroying the American party
and in continuing in power the present dynasty
| for another term
1 M +act he xl,at
| the "plan" which meets its !" entire concur
renee if carried out would produce the very
| result which we indicated?
We do not understand the Democrat to deny
that this result would follow; but it says our
party "will be effectually abolitionized IL it
pursues the plan Of the Orgaei 1t says:
1t win become sectional party. The era of
slavery agitation will be revived, and it will rage
with rancor of which we have heretofore had
not the faintest conception. The moment the
| American party goes into caucus with the Seward
men, that moment it Is denationaized and de-
| stroyed."
| We differ wholly from the Democrat on this
point We maintain that this very result
would be inevitable, if the plan endorsed
| by the Democrat should be adopted. Who
recommended "a caucus9" Not we. The
"plan +" referred to recommends the /" caucus"
or conference" Our views embrace no
caucus. ,e.
The Democrat after stating the difference
between the North and South asks thus
g And how does the Organ propose to reconcile
| the difference? By abandoning our ground and
| going over to the camp of the enemy By giving
| up our nationality and becoming SECTIONAL BY
| surrendering everything we have been contending
for. We have no doubt the Organ is right in
/ thinking that the eeceders would receive us with
| open arms such terms. They would be unrea-
sonable if they did not"
We proposed nothing Of the kind. The
Democrat misreads or misinterprets our pro-
position. We propose to abandon nothing
but sectionalism We propose to eschew sec
| tionalism in favor of naionalism. We made
no allusion to the "seseders receiving US with
open arms" Here is our proposition in all its
length and breadth:
| eff all sectional ssues are laid aside by those
| members who sustain all the cardinal doctrines of
i the American party, see no difficulty In the
way of an American organization of the House, by
the election Of sound conservative officers. Nor
can we doubt that such will be the result. We
shall not willingly believe that when this admins
tration has distinctly made an issue with the Amer
lean party upon our doctrines, and when we have
now the power 10 organize the House upon the Is
i sues rendered us, and 10 secure the success OF
an American Executive in 1855, there can be
found an american Representative who win not
readily yield all sectional and local views TO ac
copplish the American Reformation"
III the Democrat had read another article in
our paper Of Monday in connection with the
one on which it comments, It would have fully
comprehended our views as TO what we regard
necessary to constitute q National party. 1t
would have seen, too, that we deprecate and
oppose all agitation on the slavery question.
But the Democrat says:
ave have no fear that the Democrats viii carry
the House. The Conservative Democracy cannot
unite with the Free-soil Democracy for that pur-
pose. If any Democracy does carry II, 1t can only
be the Conservative Democracy. IL Is far better
infinitely better-for the National Americans to
unite with them, than.with the Sewsrdized wilson
ties Of the North. There Is scarcely any difference
now between our party and the Hard Shells Of
New York. But to imagine that the Pierce De-
mocracy can triumph, 10 to imagine what we, at
least, are unable 70 conceive" 1851 tttt
Will the Democrat point out who are the
Conservative Democracy" in the House of
Representatives. VIII Il inform us how many
lizard Shells" are elected to the Houses Are
there forty Conservative Democrats and Hard
Shells in the Housef Could the Southern
members Of our party, by uniting with the
" Conservative Democrats and Hard Shells
number seventy-fve in the aggregatef And
suppose they could number one hundred and
eighteen, and carry all the officers, Doud that
/ be more desirable than that all americans in