Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-14

the WhtciS VI Idiclhdi icSinB DctWocu tio
North and the South, when, perhaps, like filth
upon the running stream, they may float upon
tho surfaced
We are 9 SILENT" says the Sentinel, "about
that great question which overshadows all
other questions Yes, and well
would it be for the South, and for the Union,
if the Sentinel and its kindred prints would
follow our example, and keep silent on this
question:
"Not one word dhe Sentinel says Of the
Organ does it say about the Territories" In
deedl Pray Mr.. Sentinel what would it suit
yourpuyposes to have us say about Territories
We pleased you SO wellin the article on which
you have, this morning, made your comments,
it is a little surprising you did not more criti-
cally examine its details We said, "the un-
called for repeal of the Missouri Compromise
opened the food-gates of contention and strife.
The principle Of territorial and State sovereign
ty, on which the Kansas and Nebraska bill
was based, is just one, but the direct repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, was an unpardon-
able blunder because no necessity called for it,
and the quiet Of the country forbade it."
our views on Territorial questions now. When
the occasion demands it, we shall meet the re-
sponsibility.
The Sentinel says:
"But the Organ claims that it published letter
from General Wilson, in which he declares that he
maintains the nationality and unity of our re-
public and the Democratic doctrine Of States
rights"
"Admit that the Organ did 80. It amounts to
nothing, for General Wilson has distinctly declared
that he is for the repeal of the fugitive slave law
the repeal of the Nebraska bill, the exclusion of
slavery from the Territories, and the abolition Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia"
We have seen no such distinct declaration !"
by General Wilson, in favor Of the repeal Of
these laws-none whatever. We have seen
newspaper representations Of his opinions, in
conflict with his deliberate declaration Of State
rights.
Whatever may be our opinions of the policy
or impolicy of the repeal of the above-named
laws, it will be time enough to express them
when the occasion demands it. All wo need
to say now, is, that in our prospectus we have
said: !" We shall therefore oppose tho agita-
ton of the question of slavery, either in Con-
gress or out of it," We should rejoice, greatly
rejoice, if the Sentinel and its coadjutors would
thus pledge themselves as we have done, and
use their efforts to suppress this agitation in
stead Of promoting it.
The Sentinel says, in reference to General
Wilson's reported speech at the Burlingame
lecture:
"The Organ knops as well as we do that Sen
ator Wilson did make the remarks imputed to him.
They have been published in all the Abolition and
Know Nothing newspapers Of the North. They
were expressed openly and in the face of large
assemblage"
Yes, it is true, we know just as peU as the
Sentinel, for neither Of us knon that he made
the remarks imputed to him on that occasion.
1t is probable he made them--be it so-his
published letter defines his State-rights opin-
ions, and until we see a deliberate retruction
Of that letter, we shall believe that, though de-
cidedly opposed to slavery, General Wilson
will adhere in his votes to his deliberately ex-
pressed opinions.
Nor are we quite sure that the reported
speech of Gen. Wilson will bear the construc-
ton which southern agitators seem bent upon
giving it. That is point upon which it is not
improbable we may yet have a more authentic
construction.
WISCONSIN SENAroR-The Hon. Charles Dur
kee, formerly Representative in Congress, has
been elected United States Senator from Wis
consin, for six years from the 4th of March next,
when the term of Mr.. Walker will expire. When
Mr.. Durkee was Representative in Congress he
was Freesoi Democrat and still remains, we be-
lieve, of the same politics. He has been elected
to the Senate by the Fusion party in the Legislature
of his State.-National Inteliigener.
We invite the attention of the Richmond
Enquirer, to the above paragraph. That press
said on Monday last, that the Know-Nothings
controlled the Legislature Of Wisconsin, and
left the inference to be drawn, that the Senator
elect is Know-Nothing. That press, also,
charges him with being an Abolitionist This
may be so-he was a Freesoil Democrat, when
in the lower house, and was elected by the
Democratic party.
We have no reason to suppose, that Mr..
Durkee has changed his opinions The anti
american resolutions, passed by the same
Legislature which elected Mr. Durkee, prorc
that our party did not control his election.
A correspondent of the New York Crusader says
that Sam Houston talks of resigning his seat and
retiring from public life on account of religious
change, that leads him to loathe politicians; that
his mind is continually troubled too, by the idea
of predestination. Probably Sam would feel bet
ter, II he could come to a firm belief that he was
predestned to be the next President Of the United
States-Ncv6urypor Herald
The above choice extract from the Crusader,
church paper, published in New York, and
edited by foreigner, who was Scott man in
the last campaign, proves how distrustful
"Sam" is becoming to that class of foreigners
The editor Of the Crusader, it seems, from the
disclosures made by the New York Tribune, is
not fit parsonage to assail, or to attempt to
ridicule the honorcd ex-Prcsident Of repub-
liza man who for many years has been
Senator in Congress, and who has also been
distinguished as champion of liberty on the