Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-01

For Governor-THOMAS s. FL0URN0Y.
For Lieut. Gov.--JAMES M. II. BEALE.
For Attorney Generai-J0HN M. PATTON.
Election, 4th Thursday In May.
E- The regular monthly meeting of the
American Organ Association" takes place at
halfpast seven, p. M. to-day.
Ii the American Party an Anti-slavery
Party
We shall conclude in this number, our quo
tations from anti-slavery presses, showing their
open and ayowed hostility to our party. Their
opposition to the American" organization is
natural, and harmonizes with their principles.
They live and thrive by agitating tho question
Of slavery, and would die, tho moment agita-
ton could be suppressed. Our party ignores
slavery rs q question Of discussion, and de-
precates and denounces the agitation Of it.
The American, and anti-slayery parties, main
tain opposite positions on this question, and
/, hence anti-slayery men are consistent in their
opposition to Americanism, If they consider it
more important to interfere with the rights Of
their Southern brethren, than to remedy the
evils resulting from Foreignism and Romanism.
The National Fra, published in Washing
ton, is the acknowledged organ Of the present
anti-slavery movement in the United States.
1t Is ably conducted, and yields most pow
e-ful influence in the North and Northwest
We have, in former numbers, made extracts
from the New York Tribune, the especial
organ Of Governor Seward. We shall now
present indubitable proofs, from the files Of
the National Era, of its hostility to our party.
Before doing this, we quote from the prospec-
tus Of the National Era the two first lines
thereof to prove, what all our Southern friends
may not know, to wit: that it is an out and
out undisguiscd, anti-slavery sheet The pros
pectus commences thus:
"THE NATIONAL ERA is AN UNcoMPRoMIsIse
OPPONENT OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE POWER"
In the National Era Of 18th December last,
win be found an editorial Of three columns,
under the head Of /" An Appeal to tho Oppo-
~snts Of Slsuery," devoted to an explanation
Of the hopes and prospects Of the anti-slavery
party, in the free States, growing out of the
proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise,
and of the final passage of the Nebraska and
Kansas bill, which effected this repeal.
In the editorial referred to, it is assumed,
that the anti-slavery party had revolutionized
six States, without the aid Of the American
party, which then had no existence, and that
in many other States the anti-slavery party
would have finally triumphed, but for the adj
rant Of tho american partyi
Towards the close of its editorial, the Era
says:
"A few months since the free States bid fair to
he united not only in the Congressional cleo
tons, but in the Presidential election of 1855,
In opposition to slavery and the slave power.
Now, they are disunited-divided by Know-No-
thingism, rendered helpless by Know-Nothing-
ism before the united slave interest. There
Is no dscord In the counsels Of this interest. II
has ahatsd nnthing nf its claims, changed none
of It's plans. Cuba, Dominica, Kansas, Utah, Cal
ifornia Central America, are still embraced In the
scheme Of its acquisitions. It has no fear Of Ca
tholics, for they do not flourish in the South. II
is not troubled by foreigners, for the immigrant
shuns the field Of slave labor. But 1t encourages
Known thingism, for 1t may succeed in check
ing that tide Of foreign immigration which has 80
rapidly enhanced the political power Of the free
States, and in reducing the political influence of
the nAtuaalzed citizens, whose votes, II appre-
bends, may yet be turned against Its ambitious
schemes. At all events, Il rejoices that new ele-
ment of excitement and dissension has been intro
duced In the free States, the inevitable effect of
which Is TO check and divide the anti-slavery feel
Ing"
We trust that the Richmond Enquirer, and
Examiner, and their Virginia adjuncts in their
present crusade against the American party"
win read and digest this editorial of the Ma
tional Era, their present colaborcr and coad-
jutor in denouncing our party. IL there no ar
gumsnt in the Fra's editorialg
In the same issue Of the Era (2sth Decem-
Der last) the editor copies from the Eatonton
(Geo) Independent Press, the following
aTbe New York Tribune and National Era.
the two leading papers of Abolitonisn, are deadly
hostile against the Know othings, and the only
reason they give for It is that this Order ignores
the slavery issue, and has tendency to divert the
minds Of the people from the Niger cause The
Knoso- Nofhings haze already accomplished hi,
good There can be no doubt about that"
Upon this extract from the Eatonton Geo.
Independent Press, the Era remarks:
"This Is what Know Nothingism has done for
u.s. Are the friends Of freedom satisfied What
Is our plain dutyi Let cvery anti-slavery man
come out from political order, bound by oath TO
secrecy, pledged 10 unjust policy towards for.
cigners and a portion OF our fellow-citizens, and
ignoring the slavery question. Let the work Of
nnti-slavery reorganization be begun In every free
State
We might here rest, without further quota
tons, and safely inquire, whether the leading
anti-slavery presses in the country are not
opposed, and opposed upon sound principles
Of party policy, to the American psrtys"
They oppose our party for the roasoa assign
cd in the above extract from the Eatonton In
dependent Press, 70 Wit, because We ignore
that issus on which alone the anti-slavery par
ty can exist They are obliged to oppose US,
or abandon their plans. But wc shaIlsadd a
few moro extracts from the National Era.
We find in that paper Of 14th December, as in
many others Of different dates numerous let
tiers from its correspondents, showing how the