Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-26
The washington Sentinel.

dry statements affecting the American party,
which are 30 glaringly unjust and unfair that
we are constrained to notice them.
In commenting upon an article in the Lon
don Times, the Sentinel says:
"That the Democratic party has ever been the
true American party no one at all acquainted with
public affairs viii deny. 1t has always been the
party to proclaim and enforce an American policy,
and TO present a stern and stubborn resistance TO
al attempts offoreign governments to subject this
new country to an alien influence"
That the Democratic party of 1912 was the
true American party, we shall not question +;
that on some occasions since that period,
1t has stood upon the American platform, as to
our foreign relations, and some points Of do
mestie policy, Is also In our Judgment undenia-
bic, but that the present Democratic or ad-
ministration party, Is properly described in
the above extract, we do most eInphatically
deny.
The present administration came into power
by means Of foreign votes and foreign In
1uence. But for the combination of all the
elements of Foreignism and Romansm, with
tho Democratic party proper, as 1t existed in
1913, General Pierce would not have been elect
cd Presidentin 1852. Itisanotorious fact, which
it were in vain to deny, that under this admin
istration, our country has been disgraced by
the appointment of foreigners by birth to
hisa and honorable stations, abroad and at
hone. 1t is equally notorious that native born
Americans, Of undoubted qualifications, have
been dismissed from office, both in Washington
city and elsewhere, by the administration, and
their places filled by foreign born Catholics
At this very day, Bishop Hughes Of New
York, has more influence with this admins
traion, than any other living man, and yet
the Sentinel, which has recently rendered its
services to the administration rs its organ,
proclaims, that this is the true American partyi
that this is the party which enforces an Amer
lean policy" and resists all "alien" inHuen-
oes Really, the Sentinel is in earnest in
seeking the organising of this administration,
or it would not utter such opinions.
lift be an +" American policy" to send for
eign.born Catholics abroad az national repre-
sentatives at foreign courts-if it be an "Amer-
lean policy" to turn out native-born citizens
from public Office, and fill their positions with
foreigners, it be an American policy" to
lend willing ear to the counsels of a foreign
Catholic Archbishop, we confess we have mis-
conceived or misconstrued Americanism.
But the Sentinel proceeds thus: '
cies of the Wing or Known othng party. II
makes no distinction between Foreigners who come
here to reside and rear their families and foreigners
who live abroad, except this--a very important
distincton-that they altogether ostracise the for
mer, while they acknowledge the control Of the
latter. They damn, exclude, and vIfy the resident
foreigners while they tamely submit themselves to
the government of the nonresident, especially the
English foreigners. Is a war on foot, the Wings
always oppose il! The Know, Nothings, their sue
oessors, do the same thing"
The Sentinel revives the stale and ridiculous
charge, that the Wing and American parties
sre identical. II forgets the assertion of one
Of its Wing coadjutors of Virginia, Mr.. Niche,
who went into the order, hoping to find it a
"Whig concern" and came out Of it because
It was not, and now advocates, (though Wing
still,) the election of the anti-American ticket
in virginia. The Sentinel denounces the
American party as "the Wing party in dis
Cuise," and Mr.. Niche denounces because. it is
not They had better compare notes
But the Sentinel makes us damn, exclude,
end vilify the resident foreigners, whilst Git
says) we tamely submit to the government Of
English foreigners !" Here Is certainly m
important piece of news. Our party neither
"damns, excludes or Whites resident foreign
ers," nor does it submit to any foreign DOM
nation. The 7th plank in our platform reads !:
Two shall vigorously maintain the vested
rights Of all persons, of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slight
eat interference with such vested rights" We
do not, in the chaste language Of the Sentinel,
damn anybody. We exclude" nobody
from their legal rights, and we "vilify" no one.
II we refuse to vote for foreigners, do we
therefore damn, exclude and vilify" themi
If we do, then the Sentinel and its party
"damns, excludes and Whites native-born
Americans in refusing to vote for themi Is
this what the Sentinel meanss Then the
Wings and Democrats have mutually damn
ed, excluded and yillifiedn each other ever
since tho organization of those partiesl But
the last branch Of the Sentiners charge must
DO inquired into. The Sentinel says, as a
war on foot, the Wings always oppose It The
Know-Nothings, their successors do the same
thing" With tho opposition OF the Wings to
whatever wars may be ION foot" we have no
concern. But pray Uhdt uar have the Know
Nothings opposeds We have had but one great
war, since the American party had an exist
snce, and that war was waged, carried on, and
contaminated, and its victories and glories ap-
propriated, by the administration, before any
body had chance to say yea or nay.
The potent arm Of the administration demol
ished, with single blow, the sbanties Of the
powerful nation Of San Juan, --laid waste its
plains and Its valleys, caused rivers Of human
blood to aow from its mountains, land aston
ished the world, by the magnitude Of its
achievements We are not aware that any
other war has been "set on foot" which the
- Arnerican marty could aithor e,,ata;r or IN,