Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-03
PROSPECTUS
f3lt& or THE
"AMERICAN ORGAN.n
A Daily and Weekly Paper, published IN Washing
ton Oity, ID. G, By
AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.

" = tges i
AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
wv e have reached an important crisis in our po-
w htical history The two leading parties in our
country hitherto separated by broad lines either Of
principle or Of policy differ now scarcely in any thing
Nasional Bam5, formerly an essential point Of diff
ference between rival parties has no,O no advocates
Proseesavs 1a,w for the sa1s q protection which
oils has become obsolete question Of party policy
simply because "reosaus ts'if" affords incidental
protection TO American Manufactured. A modfca-
ton of the details Of present tariff system Is all
that Is demanded by the most strenuous advocates Of
protection 70 American Industry
The dist,tbutio Of the proceeds Of the public lands
among the several States, formerly claimed by one
aid Of the national Treasury as claimed by the otAsr
party, have both yielded to compromise Of these
hictng opinions far atleast to sik these ques
tons az issues between Wings and Democrats. plan
graduation" and Of surrender to the States in
which they lie, seems likely to withdraw the public
lands from the arena Of future party contests.
X The szaprsuennt Of har6ors and riuus by congress
s0naI aid, on which political parties have hitherto
differed at different times has become less ques
ton Of principle than Of local and sectional contest
and it win doubtless be adjusted by the next Con-
gress, upon that basis Of lberality and Justice de-
mandsd BY the spirit Of the age and the true interests
Other questions Of minor Importance, on which. al
different times the two prominent parties Of the coun
try disagreed have now, by change
become obsolete. What, then, remain as issues Of
any theoretical or practical importance between Wings
and DemecratsS We know of none !; and IL these
hitherto rival parties shall maintain their respective
organizations they will do 20 for the mere sake Of the
But new issues have arisen having no referenc to
the party organizations of Wings and Democratsr--
issues which vastly important In their bearing
upon the future welfare of the ceuntry--and which
nation annihate these two parties, which, for years
past have battled, with alternate success for political
supremacy. aT
acsrzed In the future history OF these States the
ERA or pAImoTIsnl Throughout the length and
breadth Of this great and glorious Unon the masses Of
the American people have spontaneously and simulta
neously started the inquiry" Am NOT AxKnIcANs
CAPABLE OF GOVERNING THEIR CoUTrRYw This in
quiry Is universal as it is natural and pertinent
The response s being given in the thousands Of asso
Citations springpg up in oil portions Of the United
States, and resting on the single basis, that s natip
born citisans of this Union hare The capacity and the
t to adlnister their oaon Gopernucnf 30 protect te
rights lcAish Esy haDe ihs,ited and 10 yerpetuass TIE
freedom and Independence Of their aGtiss landi
Shall we trace the cruses of this spontaneous and
universal uprising OF the Of our countrymenf
The evils incident 10 the indiscrminate immigration
of foreigners into our countrythe consequences Of
permitting such immigrants to enjoy the right Of
suifrage-and the degrading effect Of elevaiing for
elgners 70 poBlS OF nOnOr and trust under our
ernment; al nese have been seen and known 10 our
people for years past, and yet until ruo, with few
exceptions, the American people have seemed To be
blind to the progress Of foregni1a in the land We
need not, on the occasion Of presenting this cvclv
prospectus 70 the country, assign tho osusss for this
sudden aud general manifestation of the purpose Of
the American people to take the rens Of govern
ment into their own hands; II is sufficient for the
object we have now in view 70 state the undeniable
and obvious fact thar sach pvposs crists.
We now come forward to present 30 our fellow.
citizens the mode and means Of concentrating the
opinions and Of harmonzing the action Of those who
disposed 10 unite In The formation of an Amer
can party whose purpose shall be 70 find remedy
for G6 neoHifod sois gesch havs come upon as, and
licA gedylg tnoreasing under the disdstroas ops
ration of oar Lrcs OF aofsyal3sationi We propose 70
establish, in conformity with tbs wishes Of thousands
Of the citizens ofthis District, and Of large number
Of our friends in the diferent States, daily and
weekly paper, 70 be called ai u a
oF - THE AMERICAN ORGAN.
The publication will commence on the 18th day Of
November daily, and on the Goth weekly.
cash cqpitdL, amply sufficient TO commenoo and
TO continue the enterprise has been subscribed and
secured 70 be advanced by number Of wealthy and
influential gentlemen; and we insured daily
circulation surpassing that of any paper now pub
lished ip Washington city. The number OF our
Of our friends in fhe several Stes but we have such
assurances that VIC cannot doubt we shall commence
with radHg aotadtds and that year will not trans
pire before onr weekly list viii be swelled TO
than one hundred Asslsand. s4 sH 6 III.
Our position at tho seat Of the federal government
the centre Of our political aysten, where all Che rep
reseniatyes Of the States and Of the people annually
assemble, and where prominent men OF all parties
periodically sojourn for many months, is considered
by u.s. and by our friends as the most favorable one
for tho publication Of the oRekS or THE AsrRIoAx
Party; and ID the most untirng devotion TO the adj
vocaoy Of tho doctrines and policy Of this party shall
Q1ve claim 10 its snppo,E we know we shall de-
serve, and We trust wc shall receive IL =
We cannot perhaps more distinctly and concisoly
define the basis which the Anetiedn Organ Ia es-
tahlished than by presenting the following extract
which we copy and adopt from an address OF former
Prssidcnt ofb bie Missouri Mathis dn1icdn dssooit-
biou and published at st. Louis in February, ls4i 70
wit:
i"Txr pERrsfyAnsx or AnxnrcAx szErDox "a OUR
osJrcr, AMERICAN nIours Our xoTro AND rnx AxrR-
IcAx PARTY oua coexoHkS." ta9 fa 81 ase5a
Our position Ia thus defined We shall advocate
such nleosmes as win in our Judgment II carried out,
porpetunte our freedom and protect our native rights;
nor shall We at any time dsviate from the path Of
duty as the organ Of the Eserioan party and the adj
vvcate OF 4,nsg7c1a rtgtts
We shall neither sustain nor cppsse any political
measures on the ground that they emanate from
Democratic or from whig administration; bat wo
shall dscnss all political questions with the most
perfect freedom frOrn favor OF prejudice, toward the
present or any future administration. Keeping al
ways in view the principles and purposes OF the
american p1rfy we shall battle Cor those principles
and purposes, while as on Independents Journal we
ssall approve what we think is right and condemn
what we think is wrong in the principles Of all public
men end Of el political parties. The editor Of the
American Organ win DO Democrat of the school of
Jefferson and Madison, progressive IN his notions Of
public policy, yet consistent In his advocacy Of the
rights Of the Statss aea @a
No essay or editorial shall ever appear In the
ADaeican Organ, the tendency Of which would be 10
prejudice the rights wound the feelings Of the cti
Hsns Of any Of the States SO Ear az the influence Of
this paper shall extend the constitutional rights Of
each, and OF oil the States shall be maintained Ws
AoLR hat he iSstiiioa Of slavery bclon9s erclusiuev
p Noss stes u esists Each Of s Stes for.
itse has the scLs md erctusies right % dteyn,ins
soAser o. mt sJdcey sda erist fctlin its bordsrs
We shaU therefore opfese MI d1itaton Of TIE question
9f slaooy, either IN C5ngvess Or out ofa H.
The "A,neicaa o,Gaa'' will advocate the free ard