Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-18
Falsehood and Forrsry.

american Orgon, and comments thereon with
much grandioquence-to wit
"In every instance where Know Nothingism has
triumphed, the result has been an emphatic YER
diet against the Nebraska swindle.
AT the South, as well MS at the North, We find
KnOw-Nothingism arrayed against the Nebraska
bill.
"lsam is just as sound on tho anti-slavery
question Horace Greeley.
He (Sam) sets his face like flint against the
extension Of slavery to territory now belonging to,
or hereafter 10 come into the Union"
Now, in response to this charge, we have to
say simply this, that no such language was
ever used in the American Organ The whole
pretended extract, from beginning to end, Is a
base forgery. Who concocted il, We know
not and care not, but we pronounce the author
Of the libel, base calumniator. The Standard
can avow the paternity, or not, as it peases.
It is at least the publisher Of villanous for
gerry.
In contradiction to the Standard, the Yer
mont Republican Of June lst, published at
Brattleboro, quotes from the organ as fol-
lows
"Whether Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Utah, any other Territory, shall, in the future
formation of'a constitution, admit slavery or ex-
clude it, zoe care not farthng so that the citi-
zens of such Territory be permitted to frame their
constitution to please themselves. These are our
opinions, and II they be not such as all conser-
vative, Union-loving men entertain, we can only
regret it,"
This is what we said, and what we now re-
peat, as conveying our opinions on the ques-
ton offuture States. The Republican, after
copying the above extract proceeds to lecture
us upon our opinions, and even charges us
with being a "servile apoogist for all the re-
cent outrages Of slavery" So then at the
South we are anti-slavery, and at the North we
are the apologists ofthe outrages of slavery!l
We publish the above simply to add, TINT
we would recommend the advocates Of Foreign
ism and Romanism at the South, to compare
notes with their Northern abolition allies, be-
fore they attempt to misrepresent our doc
trines. Southern presses lie about US, and &C
cuse us of abolition tendencies, whilst the
Northern allies Of such presses denounce us,
because we do not oppose slavery
Independent of any considerations of policy,
we hold that the citizens Of each State and
Territory, have the right to decide for them
selves whether they will tolerate slavery or
not, and from their decision there is no ap-
peal it is final.
In the present condition of the contest be-
tween the North and the South, and with a
view to restore harmony between the two sec
tons, we would have no hesitation in agreeing
to the following basis of settlement to wit
that without any further legislation on the
subject of the Territories by Congress, and
without any further agitation thereof the
American party should resolve not to ask for,
urge, or require the admission of any terri
tory north Of SO IL degrees as slape State,
and not to oppose the admission of any Terri
tory south Of that line as a slave State Kan
sas in our opinion never will be a slave State,
and hence the South would surrender nothing
but an abstraction by agreeing to this basis
whilst the conservative portion of the North
would DO content with this virtual restoration
of tho Missouri Compromise, the repeal of
which has reopencd the discussion and agita
ton Of slavery. i.
If our advice were Of any value, we would
urge our Southern friends not TO resort to any
hot bod process, to force the growth Of slavery
in Kansas where il never can be profitable,
and where the climate and productions do not
require it; and we would, at the same time,
urge our Northern friends to forbear agitation,
and permit time to restore practically that
compromise, which the folly and rccklcssnsss
Of this administration destroyed without ne
cossity-without demand from any quarter,
and at the sacrifice Of the peace and harmony
Of the Union. This would be our advice and
on this basis, the country could have peace.
But forbesrance on each side is all that can
now be Of any practical benefit to either party.
The American platform has been adopted and
promulgated, and II must stand, until by COM
mon consent or by the lapse Of time, the Kan
sas issue shall cease to present any ground OF
opposition 10 the ultimate harmony and union
Of the American party We stand, therefore,
upon the platform Of the American party,
adopted last week at Philadelphia, and whilst
We shall maintain and defend it to the utmost
extent Of our feeble powers, we are not with
out hope, that the differences OF opinion be-
tween the North and the South may be healed,
by the observance Of that forbearing spirit
which we have recommended.
It's, however, due to candor that we should
here say, we have not even wish, that whilst
such men as Senator Wilson, Of Massachusetts,,
control the political action Of that State, any
efforts should be made to barmonize with its
people The open and undisguised ultraism
OF that Senator--his professed purposes to
agitate the questions adjusted by the Compro-
mise measures Of 1S50-leave no ground for
the belief, that under his counsels, any har-
mony can exist between the North and the
South, and even were he TO profess to be will
ing to stand on the basis Of adjustment above
indicated in connexion with the Missouri line,
We should have no confidence in his profess
sions
Senator Wilson Is far moro ultra on the
slavery questions than Senator Seward, with
a