Daily American organ., 1856-03-27

the muImur OF discomfort and allayed tne queeuoii,
as IL was yanly supposed, forever. But " was Ie-
served for the peculiar shame Of inc Democ'auu
party, in its struggle, to tear away with violent
hand. the restriction TO further agitation, and to
omen the loodgates of discomfort and sectional
usrife In this il has been most signaily success
fuI and to what purposeS The national Fillmore
will certainly rally the patriotism OF the North,
and that of the South, aud OF the East and OF the
West and whole nation, through his triumphant
election, will proclaim the agitation settled ana
ended
Il may be that the clause of the act Of 1920, es-
tablishing the Compromise line, was not authorized
by the Federal Constitution. ! do not pretend
that il was but when established by the unani-
nous act OF the three coordinate branches OF gov
eminent, with view to supply casus orrfssils in
the constitution, and alter having had the effect
for thirtyhvc years of preserving peace among the
people, ], for one, was willing that, with such
happy effect, It should be permitted to stand UNI
molcsted. The Democratic party, through its rep
rssentatyes and the quiescence OF its members,
was party to the contract and in It's disturbance
violated its soemnly -pghted faith to the nation.
For this act of bad iaith, ! move Mr., President,
that il be dismissed rom high places, and that the
reins Of government be taken into the hands OF
Americans.
But there "a, on the other hand, small portion
Of the Northern people who are pertinacious in
their demands for a restoration OF the Missouri
Compromise, or for the establishment Of some other
agreement whereby slavery shall be prevented, by
express terms from existing in any territory north
Of the old line. Surely their own best judgment
must conclude that in the present excited state Of
sectional feeling, no such agreement can be rea-
sonably expected. The Emigrant Aid Societies in
the fee Sta es, and the counter movement in the
Others, have tendency to break the American
people into sections and most emphaticaly forbid
the exercise of Judgment and national patriotism
on the part Of those engaged in them.
But true Americans, sir, have aroused to sense
of their duty, and they will most assuredy restore
that peace and happiness which prevailed in the
days Of our patriotic forefathers. In tie nomla-
ton of Mlard Fillmore and Andrew j. Donelson
they have taken the first step towards the accom-
pishment of that end, and by their triumphant,
election in November next it viii be established
1t has been alleged agains. them that they
are the candidates Of secret organization, and
that therefore they ought not to be elected. This
allegation comes, sir, with bad grace on the part
Of those who utter it, for they must certainly know
that the secret society of Jesuits in the city of
New York, 30 far back as ls43, exacted secret
pledges from candidates for school directors, for
the removal of the Bible from the public schools
before they would consent to support them. They
must ALSO certainly know, sir that they have a
further powerful auxiliary in the famous !" Sag
-Nichts," against which have never heard one
word of complaint from the lips of any of their
orators nor have seen one word of condemna-
ton against them ms secret organization in any
Of their organs. And yet they know that that is
foreign including the red republicanism which
threatened at one time to convulse the nations of
Europe, while they admit that the one against
which they complain is American even too much
American for them
But where, sir, is the secret? The distinguish
cd gentleman Hon. II. M. Fuler) who preceded
a ;pG hat 10 thar
n dark cellar garret, nor that this is secret
meeting. Nor do |, nor you, fellow-citizens; nor
could they, If they could be prevailed upon for
once to speak the truth concerning the American
movement. But If they will have it So let them
persist in it, that this is secret meeting and
it really is as open and broad the light Of day. if
they really choose to know nothing about it, then
the order Of things must be reversed, and they
become the "Knoac Nothings" of the day. But,
be that "a it may, it is certainly secret that
intend triumphantly to elect our candidates Fill.
more and Donelson, or, If it is, here openly di-
vulge it.
Mr. President, ii must be selfevident to the re.
fective mind, that the only true course of public
policy at this time must be eminently national
and American. To our position belongs peculiarly
the duty TO stay the spirit of internal dissension
and to heal the evil effects Of sectional agitation.
We have neither party nor sectonalism to ad-
vance--nothing but the honor, the glory, the
peace and prosperity of our country-to uphold
the Union of these States, and TO fulfil the expec-
tarion Of its founders. The American heart is not
insensible to national pride and attachment.
r The abuses Of the elective franchise, the arts of
politicians to cherish foreign prejudices for the
sake Of party BY the appointment OF large num-
bars to Offices and even sending them abroad to
rspresent ou nation At foreign Courts and the
prescription of Americans who dare to exercise
their preroga,ive of thought or speech concerning
lit are matters at variance with the patriotic
sderations by which the American government
should be administered. They are calculated to
humble wholesome national pride and to prevent
that exalted national sentiment to which Repub-
lie must owe it's existence. 1t is therefore time
that the people should effect change in political
action, and once more "AMERICANIzE AMERICA ~
/ have confidence in the intelligence and patriot
ism of the American people They have seen the
abuses which characterize the old parties, and have
nobly abandoned them. This is no Whig meet.
ing Ii even suspected that it was intended BY
this movement to resuscitate the fallen fortunes of
Whiggery, or to galvanize it into a new existence
should as soon turn the breadth of my back upon
It and be swiftly of, as | would from Locofoco
design. Mol Its object is to cherish and promote
American sentiment and American measures, and
to secure peace and tranquility to our agitated
country. Philadelphia, the city of the Declaration,
has ever proved faithful to the Union and she can
not now afford to lose her character in that respect
Like Pennsylvania, she will ever prove national
and conservative. Standing as the old keystone
of the federal arch, our State viii, through the
patriotic action of her sons, proudly maintain her
position She clamps this Union, and holds to-
gether the North and the South. Her strength
will not fail her in the hour of trial and danger,
and, from her well known character, predict con-
fdently her signal rebuke of that party which per-
petrated the Nebraska act and sells the offices of
government for foreign aid and, at the same time,
she win obsTuct the approach of sectional usurp-
alton of the powers Of the Federal Government by
caatng her electoral vote for FILLMORE DON