Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-05

and w est reau the statement OF MI. Petty OF
the Assembly, openly made in the presence
and hearing Of the members as follows, TO wit
"A colleague of his having several bills here,
was told that unless he voted for the prominent
candidate Seward his bills could not pass
he notified his constituents of the condition Of
affairs--a meeting was held by his constitu-
ents, who Instructed him to let his bills go to
the Tomb of the Capulets, but not vote for SEN
ator Seward (buD that man, however, was at
the caucus last night" (Which caucus nomi-
mated Seward and ratified his nomination unan-
imously,) is IT possible that any honorable man
would censure the constituency Of that man,
and hold them responsible for the Sewardism
Of such representative? Neper.
When il is demonstrated that the "Ameri-
can party" in New York, elected large ma
jority of the members Of the Assembly as anti
Sesoard men, and that fifty of these men thus
elected, and thus pledged, turned out to be the
tools of Seward, in the guise OF proiessed
"Know- N othings," and had deceived and be-
trayed the American party" % 20 possible
that any portion of the American people would
denounce that constituency, and visit them with
the punishment due to their mis-representd-
tires9 Not at all. For three months past,
our friends in New York have made every effort
in their power to purge their party of these
bogus Know Nothings, and they have succeed
cd in purifying their councils, but unfortunately
the members Of the Assembly were elected De-
fore the purgation was effected, and hence the
cunning Vaccinations and movements of Sew
ard and his allies were not frustrated.
There would therefore be neither wisdom
nor justice, in holding the " American party !"
in New York, responsible, were VIM II. Sew
ard to be reelected He will not owe his election
to the /" American party ION the contrary, if
elected, his election will have been brought
about by the grossest fraud and tredchery
practised to,eards our party.
We speak advisedly when we say, that we
have the highest evidence-the best grounds
on which to assert, and we do assert-that
| there are now in our Councils in the State Of
New York, within fraction of too hundred
| thousand uote,s who are national and con-
sentative in their principles, and that the bogus
alias Clark tribe Of assumed "Know-Noth-
ings" do not exceed forty thousand, and yet,
by the means above adverted to, and before
the purgation Of our order from this element,
! that scheme Of villany was concocted and prac-
tised, whose results may transpire tomorrow.
Let not our friends therefore, in any portion
Of these States charge the reelection of Seward
to the american party" Let them not for a
moment credit the Forney and Pierce organs,
or orators when they assert that our New York
friends are not national and conservative in
their opinions. Let them not halt nor falter
in their onward march to the contamination Of
the american Reformation" We reassure
our friends ereryphere that the American
party will be national not sectional, conser-
vative and not destructive, in its policy to-
wards all the States of this Union; and we as
sure them further, that, as one of the sentinels
upon thewatchtower Of the Union and of State
rights, we shall sound the alarm whenever
danger shall menace the one or the other
Wewarn you, therefore now, that our enemies
are seeking to arouse sectional jealousy, and to
create geographical differences of sentiment and
4 interest in the minds of our countrymen. There
/ is, in our judgment, no caure for such appeals,
no danger of sectional aggression. Such APP
peals must be counteracted, or they win result
in mischief, perhaps in disunion. The Union
must be preserred."
Let us entreat you, fellow-countrymen, in
the language Of Washington:
That you cherish cordial, habitual, and inn
movable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves
to think and speak Of it, as the palladium of your
political safety and prosperity watching for its
preservation with jealous anxiety discountenanc-
ing whatever may suggest even suspicion that 1t
can, in any event, be abandoned and indignant
| " fropning upon the first da,cning Of every at
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of country from,
the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties, which
| link together the various parts"