Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-13

and the pTospect 10 fAuluB anu DcConAinB A1ins "
degrees and beautifully no where,
"The present administration was not put In by
Know-Nothings nor BY Wings, and their shorts Do
ing directed TO the overthrow Of Il by All tho Appl
ances of secret humbuggery they cannot rcAsona-
bly, expect anything from Il, and should not ae'
mand Il.
A few victories at municipal elections have
flushed this new bantling OF native Americanism
with an Ger confidence, and braggart kind OF ef-
frontery; but they mistake when they think they
can produce any impression upon the general cleo
tions.
"Be assured, Mr.. Editor, speak by the card
and can, without vanity, 30 far as this govern
ment is concerned, pretend to
"KKow SOMETHING"
This was, to use homely phrase, going
II strong" in the way Of threats, inducements,
and warnings; but the editor Of the Globe,
being in duty bound, as political friend Of the
administration, to raise his warning voice also,
to induce the mechanics to look upon the al
mighty dollar" as Of more Importance than the
preservation Of their country's liberty, and
their children's political inheritance, thus pre-
faces the publication Of the aforesaid mani
festo
eve give the contribution below place in the
editorial column, because the source from which 1t
comes entities II TO some precedence of position.
The author Kno,os Something about the feeling
of the administration in regard to the Know
Nothings
ave will only add that the Know Nothings arc
opposed to the genius of the Government--as
they are down on one set Of relgionists, they are
ntoerant; as they are opposed to all foreigners,
they are opposed to that liberal principle of our
forefathers who declared this country the home
and asylum Of the oppressed of all countries"
And thus the services, first, of the Baltimore
correspondent, second, Of the advertiser in the
star, third, of Mr. KNOW Something, and
lastly Of the editor of the Portsmouth Globe,
were procured for the single purpose Of aoarn-
ing and frightening the mechanics at these
two navy yards, into an ahjuration of Ameri-
canism-a surrender Of their right as Ameri-
can .freemen!
During the present year, tho administration
has not, SO far as we know, advertised its pur-
poses in the Star, but they have been made
manifest in other modes, equally public, and
hundreds of faithful men have been thrown
out of position and employ, for giving Ameri
can !" votes, and warnings have been thus given
to all, that the administration expects every
employee of the government to surrender his
conscience to Forneyism.
Has it so soon come to this, that an Ameri-
can-born citizen is not only denied Office, posi-
ton, and honor, but that he must also be de-
MED the privilege of laboring in the workshops
of the general government If no dares to say
that his soul is his oson Look at the above
warnings and threatenings euanating from an
American administration, and directed to Amer
lean citizens upon the eve of an electionl Did
Napoleon Bonaparte more distinctly convey his
mishss to the soldiers Of the French army, upon
the eve concentrating his ambition, than
Franklin Pierce has conveyed his orders, to his
employees, hoo to cast their suffragcsf Here,
we admit, the parallel between these Generals
begins and ends. General Bonaparte was a
warrior, hero, conqueror, and an emperor
General Pierce has not yet earned all these
titles but the age Of miracles may return, and
the man who has repulsed and overthrown an
army of friends, may yet live (though perhaps
mott to place yoke upon the necks of Ameri-
can mechanicsl
The omens are not favorable to this result.
The Washington mechanics did not do his bid
ding-those Of Portsmouth and Gosport have
rebelled against his authority,--an he can
hardly count with certainty that those of Har
per's Ferry, viii ALL prove recreant to their
duty as freemen, and their obligations, as
!" Americans" Tyranny is an exotic plant, and
thriyes not in the country Of Washington
The spirit Of '76 is abroad in the land. Be
ware, ye men in present poweri Ye are the
servants Of the people, and not their masters.
The Constitution, and not ysur ambition, de-
fines the boundaries of your authority. Tram
pie not Upon the right Of ss6ragsi
METRoPoLrrAs RAILwAY.-Ground win be bro
ken on this work, we are informed in few days
and preparations made for vigorous prosecution
Of the enterprise or its Importance to the inte-
rests Of the citizens Of this District there be no
doubt. The only doubt seems to be- whether II
constructed, it viii be dividend-paying stock
This question cannot be satisfactorily answered
now but, on another important point, there can
hardly be two opnions-its construction viii in
crease materially the business Of the District and
thereby enhance the value Of It's real estate. The
Erie Canal paid no dividends to the State Of New
York for many years after it's completion, but II
added 5000 900, 600 TO the valuation Of the prop.
erty Of the people Of that State, in ten years. A
similar effect win DO produced by tile construction
Of the Metropolitan Railway. 1t win place the
District Of Columbia in immediate connexion with
the richest portions of Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and with the wide and fertile West. On its com
pledon, Washington will be forty-two miles nearer
Hagerstown, Chambcrsburg, Pittsburg, Cleveland,
&c, than Baltimore win be. This, alone, Ia an
important consideration, and one that should
exert It's due influence upon the minds Of citi-
Iens To the proprietors and landlords Of our
hotels Il Ia a very important consideration mas.