Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-23
Tricks of the Enemy.


Tricks Of the Enemy.
One of the most artful and ingenious devices
Of the enemies of American principles, that has
been developed during the present contest be-
tween the American and foreign parties, is that
which we now see paraded, in glaring capitals,
daily and weekly, in their presses, thus |" More
withdrawals Of Democrats from tho Rnow-
Nothing eouncils" If these presses noaO speak
the truth, what did they speak three or four
months ago, when they declared, in emphatic
language, that there were "no Democrats in
the ORDER" that it was "a Wing concern" an
old party, under new name!" They tell us
noW that thousands and thousands of Demo-
crts are leaving our councils, and that we are
disorganized!
We arc unable to understand how the
presses Of the anti American party, can recon-
Gle those conflicting statements, and we are
forcibly reminded of an old maxim, that L-r-s
should have good memories" Now, without
meaning to say or to intimate, that any body
has told .,f6s in tho matter referred to, we may
at least DO permitted to suggest that the
memories" Of the editors Of the anti-Amcri-
can presses, ss ii seems to us, are sadly ut
fault. If there were no Democrats In the
ORDER" it would appear passing strange that
so many alleged Withdrawals Of Democrats,
counted by scores and hundreds, should now
take place We arc very much inclined to
the opinion that tits only al big black stump"
these gentlemen editors have discovered.
They are like the extravagant storytelling
boy, who returned from pretended search for
his mothers cows, and alleged he had seen
fifty bears!" This tale was considered rather
improbable by his incredulous mother, who
stood rod in hand, whist he gradually reduced
the number of horrible beasts, from fifty" to
"one big black bear!" This being his minimum,
tho rod was applied, when he imploringly as
sured his mother that, he thought it soas a
bear, but if it ,oas not, it aoas "a big black
stump" The alarming accounts given by the
anti-American press, of the Withdrawals from
our order, must be taken at about the same rate
Of depreciation Yet the press teens with
them, and the stale charges, hitherto so freely
and pertinaciously made against the principles
Of our party, seem to have been forgotten, in
a desperate attempt to show the probable disso-
luton of our organization.
We repeat that it is most ingenious de-
vice, and we are daily becoming more and more
inclined to the belief, that even the few with
drawals that have occurred, were originally
designed by the Withdrawing parties, when
they joined the order, and that they both Joined
and LETT the order, in accordance with previous
arrangements, made between them and our
avowed enemies 1t has been already demon
strated that those who withdrew from our
councils at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, did SO
for the plain and only reason, that their espe-
cial favorite, Hon. Charles ]. Faulkner, was
not nominated by the American party for Con-
gress. Their Americanism was confined to
their tongues, and had no abiding-place in
their hearts. Personal considerations united
them to the councils, and personal considera-
tons dissolved the connexion.
In some individual instances, persons have
Joined the coupcils, and subsequently with
drawn, to enter upon the duties Of positions
given them by this administration, as reward
for such conduct We are not then going too
far, in expressing the belief that the withdraw
al of such persons was pre-arranged. But the
Withdrawals in Virginia during the last three
months, are not in the ratio Of one for every
twenty, or perhaps fifty, who have been initial
cd during that time in that State. The initia-
tons take place silently and continually, whilst
the Withdrawals are few and scattered, but
trunpeted forth to the country, as proof of the
prospective downfall Of the American party.
Each withdrawal serves as a tert for an elabo-
rate commentary by the administration presses
throughout the country
Before the New Hampshire election, II was
repeatedly declared by the administration press
es, that the American party was literally dis
solved In that State,-that all those Democrats
who had gone into the councils had withdrawn,
and that the administration party was sure Of
success But how stood the hctf Why, New
Hampshire, which had given General Pierce
more than seuen thousand majority, elected
full set Of Americans TO the State Offices and
to Congress Thus wero the assertions Of our
enemies contrsdicted by the results. And SO
will it be in Virginia There are forty or fifty
limitations into our councils in Virginia, for
every single Withdrawal, and tho result in May
viii provo it.
Let not our friends heed tho representations
made, about the Withdrawals Of Democrats y
from our order, In Virginia, or elsewhere.
They are made for effect; made to encourage
the efforts Of the ant-Americans, and to dispirit
and discourage the Americans" Our party
labors, 1t is true, under serious disadvantages
in Virginia, but it viii nevertheless triumph.
The American candidates for Governor and
Attorney General, arc confined at home by
pressing professional engagements, whilst the
candidates and orators Of the anti-American"
party, are visiting every nook and corner of