Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-24
The yyashington Union.

an almost incomprehensible phraseology, and
which. when ascertained, failed to repay the
trouble of the investigation, but we are free to
cav. that the following lucubrations Of that
most remarkable print, surpass anything we
have seen of late, in the way Of obfuscated
logic:
"The creed Of the secret party Is either imprac-
ticable or absurd-either incapable OF realization
or incapable of adhesion and tenacity. If all the
millions of our population were to enact this creed
into laws those laws would either dissolve in their
own incongruties or else they would be repealed or
rspudated by reclamation. Such is Know Nothing
ism. Such Is the Offering which abolitionism pre-
s,nts to the South. If the latter Is caught by this
transparent fraud, the former gains for abolition
IA not fiction, like the creed Of the new party II
1, fact--a reality--a gigantic peril. The obsta-
cl,s In the way Of abolitionism heretofore have
bsen the suspicious and the fears Of the southern
people. These, however, are now lulled TO sleep
by patriotic promises and speeches, by American
enthusiasms and before the dream is over, Know
Nothingism will have sent to the new Congress
enough southern Wings to make It's war upon the
constitution holiday pastime."
Was the writer of the above Bedlamite !?
Was he tipsys What was the sapient con-
coctor of such nonsense driving att
We will be much obliged to whoever will
point out to US the argument intended to be
advanced in the above. Let our readers scan
the article, and find, if they can, anything In
it but simple assumptions, without reasoning
argument, or demonstration. The purpose
which the writer had in view, may be found
in the latter portion Of the extract, which was,
to say to the South, that Americanism is abo-
litionism. But the process Of reasoning, by
which this result is reached, bsggers all de-
scription, and sets all argument, all truth, all
logic at defiance We shall not attempt to an
alyze the propositions and conclusions, it con-
tains, for 1t is tissue Of assumptions, from
beginning to end, unfounded in truth, and
wholly unsustained by logic or evidence
But such is the mode the anti-American party
are Obliged to adopt to impose upon the credu-
lily Of tho South, for want of facts, proofs or
argument They deal in bald assumptions
in reckless assertions--in unfounded state
ments, though seldom In such stupid form as
that adopted by the Union. They point to
the elections at the North, and cry out, "see
therel" IAN anti-slavery man has been elect
ed to Congress by the Know-Nothingsl !"
Well, what other sort Of man can any party
now elect from the Northf The whole North
is anti-slavery in sentiment, precisely as the
whole South is pro-slayery in sentiment The
Hiles, Summers, Stewards, Wades, Kings,
Caasee, Wilmots, and Giddingses, were elected
to Congress long before our party had an ex.
istence, and majority of them were elected by
Democratic votcsY
Is It supposed that any party at the North,
since the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
can elect pro-slavery men to Congrcsss No
man believes it-no man looks for II. All that
can be done will be, to elect men who will re-
spect the constitution, and the rights guaran-
teed by II to the several States. Why, even in
New Hampshire, at the late Congressional
election, the administration party nominated
Mcssrs. Kittridge and Morrison, both of whom
voted against tho Nebraska bill, and were
pledged to its repeal if they had been reelected
II is not the fault of the American party that
the anti-Nebraska fever RACES throughout the
North. That fever was excited by the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, and not by any
thing done through the influence Of the Ameri-
can party, for this party at the time Of this re-
peal, had no existence
Until this fever shall abate, and until some
thing shall be done to cure the disease, gen.
Grated by this act, no man can be elected to
Congress from the North, who entertains pro-
slavery opinions. Hence, party which has
been created, to remedy the evils Of foreign
ism, demagoguism, and Romanism, must alb
stain, and ought to abstain, from any inter-
ference with tho sectional issues between the
North and South, ercept 80 far AZ 1t may be
able to pour oil upon the waves Of discord.
The North and South may disagree on the
slave question, and yet harmonic on the mea-
sures Of the American party; and this harmo-
nv, on these measures, may, and doubtless will
result In diminishing that aocrbity Of feeling,
which the slave question has created, between
these rival sections.
In the present state Of excitement between
the North and South, the North might AZ Justly
complain, that the American party Of the South
elects pro-slayery men to Congress, as the
South complain that the North elects anti
slavery men. Neither should complain, for
the simple rcasons-..frst, that the American
party does not regard the question Of slavery
as one which, as a party, they propose TO
touch; and, second, that no man could now be
elected, eithor at the North or Mt the South,
whose opinions on slavery do not accord with
the sentiment of his particular section. We
repeat neither should complain on this point.
The issues connected with the slavery question,
must be discussed and decided, as though the
American party had no existence; for, IL now
had no existence the North would still send
anti-slsvery men, and the South pro-slavery
men, to Congress
Suppose that, instead Of the question, In
reference TO naturalization and in kindred
matters, the great issue of "Americanism
were oor Nth Spainf would this question
influence the elections at the North or the
South, as between anti.slavery and pro-slavery
meni Would not the american or ,oar party
nj the North elect anti lsve,v man and The