Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-20
The Virginia Ticket, of the American
Party.

en- on the bounty OF government, we almost
laily see published against the American
,arty," epithets without sense; charges with
,ut proof; and abuse without decency or mod
grafton.
In the Washington Union OF the 18th inst,
not even the Sabbath could restrain the editor
from wanton defamation of honorable men.
Bargain, treachery, corruption, and plumber,
all figure in the circle of epithets, which that
modest gentleman applies to tho nominees OF
the I" American party in Virginia Gentle
men ofhigh and honorable standing, hitherto
and truly unimpeachable, either
MS public men, or private citizens, are now viii
lifted and maligned by bipartisan press, and
that press the Washington Union!
But this outburst of rant is stale device,
intended to mislcad the ignorant, and to divert
the people from rcbuking the real authors of
public abuses, political blundcrs, and govern
mental Encouragement
The American party" has never been in
power and cannot be responsible for the con-
duct of those, who, unfortunately for the coun-
try, are now in power, nor does it require a
mantle to conceal its aims. In our daily and
weekly sheet, our creed stands out in fearless
majesty, before the world, proclaiming to all,
the principles by which we are guided. To
the people we appeal for encouragement and
support. We cannot rise without their assist
ance and applause nor fall without their sig
nal and decisive condemnation. How different
is the posture of those who revile US! They
have nothing to direct them, but shifting de-
vices, feeble expedients, and selfish purposes.
They have broken down--annihiIated great
party, which gave them in advance generous
support and in their present impotent efforts, to
recover what they recklessly threw away, they
blunder SO miscrably and stupidity, that even
their calamity becomes fit subject of ridicrns,
In their reckless career, crafty impudence,
and sinister deceit, have pushed all merit and
modesty aside. Behold the worthless who en-
.~oss the sunshine Of Executive favor,-who
live upon it,-who would die without it, and
who have pushed into the background, the
worth and wisdom of the land! The atmos-
phere is murky and foul where the buzzard
thrives. Where the eagle scars, nothing that
tain the patronage of power, but the corrupt
ing millionaire, who can purchase his way, or
the crafty sycophant who crooks the preg-
nant hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow
Awning" Virtue, patriotism, and wisdom, can
no longer compete with corruption, selfshness
and intrigue, and hence blockheads parasites
and tipplers, do not despair of the highest pre-
ferment, at the present day.
Aar,m on,aes, victa jam pietate col,int Auro
ptisa fdes aaro venalia juraj Aarwn iez seq,1itur
NOR sine lege pudor."
Piety being now vanquished, all worship gold.
Good faith being repulsed, justice has become We
nal Gold purchases law, and shame has no exist
cnce.n
So spake the poet in olden time, and like
age is now upon us.
Whoever holds a position which enables him
to advance or retard the schemes Of power, or
the power Of schemes, can obtain from the
government whatever he may desire. Were
the pure and matohioss washington now alive,
and aloof from the projects and selfshness of
power, he would receive no more consideration
and respect from the present dynasty, than
carcass would from shoal Of sharks.
Intent only on taking care of themselves,
they often run into extremes, and produce the
consequences which they aimed to avert Like
shallow and conceitcd chemists, who, in the
heat and madness Of empyricism, empty their
dangerous fluids from one bottle into another,
corking down unknown quantities Of infam-
matory stuff until some fatal accident ignites
the contents, and blows up the laboratory and
the chemists too
But why marvel at this wretched spectacle
Of national demoralization-thi awful degcn-
cracy Of national wisdom, when we see the
sompanionship Of the Chief Magistrate9 Or
why marvel at such billingsgatc in the Sunday
morning columns of the Washington Union,
when the boon companion Of the President,
and the presiding genius Of his press, was dis
ciplined for this double duty, in the service Of
an actor of .tarees, where the highest need Of
praise belongs TO him who counterfeits with
he greatest skill
We know not whether in secret re-
cesses Of debauch, the highest functonary Of
The government swallows the intoxicating
iraught, which would be readily prepared for
him, but il the solace In pino compesce dole
rel" be the one afforded to the chief by the
Of his daily and nightly melancholy,
we can only say, that that flowing bowl must
be ample in its Dimensions, which would drown
III the present sorrows of this matchless pair |
In their efforts to put the boldest face upon
their disappointment and defeat, these gentle
men remind us Of tale Of two sailors, who
had been shipwrecked, and thrown upon an
Island, over which the angry sea was about
to rise in its food. The jolly tars swilled
lagoon of the ardent and then fastened to
record their fate.
No tablet was near,-a floating single was
he only means Of recording their fates. One
If the sailors wrote upon it the following SEN
ence, to wit:
"Here ie, as snug as bug, an a rug"
The other, not willing at the termination Of