Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-13
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OF the country s benefited BY their physical labor
sun uhe benents are meagre compared with the evils
arising from their Introduction
The present Democratic party stoutly maintain
that no danger threatens the integrity or prosperity
of the Union, IN the face OF the e'ord showing that
the numerical vote OF the foreigner was one hundred
and fifty thousand more than the majority OF fres
dent Pierce also, that they the guardians OF the
foreigner, and will protect the country against all
dangers arising from their 10 fiux How long under
the annual tide of foreign importation and the facility
of the inyestnre Of the right Of the exercise of the
elective franchise before the ward shah gain maiori
ty, demand strict aceounub bty, and claim our
b'rthnght as his peculiar heritageg How long before
the conservative men of all parties will with the mn
mortal Jefferson, desire sea Of fire between s and
the Old Worldly 7TG
The necessity of the American organization Is
made more mperativefrom the political iuncture Of
affairs which arises from the undeniable fact that
the old Wing party is dismembered and poweress
70 apply the remedy OF the alteration of the natural
ization laws, and from the lamentabe and humilia-
ting truth that the present Democratic party for the
sake OF party aseendency, affiliated with the for
eign influence, which stagnates and corfpts every
pure stream of American governmental policy, and
stand ready, at the sacrifice of the interest Of the
people and the Union of the States to eanalize the
foreignborn subject and dignity him with all the
rights and immunties of the native-born citizen.
desire here not TO be understood arragnng at the
bar for condemnation the unadulterated principles
OF Democracy, which lie at the foundation of our
government and which marked in wisdom the ad.
ministrations of Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and
NIT by earnest teaching. But the Democracy hav-
ing lost its moorings Is engulfed in a sea Of ruin
under the guidance of administration the princi-
pies OF which, by proclamation are sound while they
are ignored IN practice eaF 8sH EA
In the Cincinnati Convention, the united Democ-
racy declare opposition to system Of Internal inn
proyements by the General Government, and nomi-
nate candidate for the Presidency, James Buch-
anan, who endorses Jefferson Days's great Pacific
Railway scheme which scheme was to constitute the
War Department coordinate Legislative branch Of
government for the purpose of constructing mighty
railroad to connect the two oceans which wod mort
gage the liberties of the people for century. The
resolution TO ingratt upon the Democratic creed this
eviathau railway scheme was only lost by vote of
l3S to 100 in the Democratic Convention To make
the party unit and satisfy powerful minority,
they adopted resolution recommending q military
and postal route to California Although The Cncin-
natl Platform so recently enunciated its steady oppo
ston to internal Improvements by the General Gov
ernuent the veto of the President against lavish
expenditure of the Eoney OF the Treasury under IN
ternal Improvement bills vetoed by both branch
es of Congress; thu Senate largely Democratic, and
the entire North Democracy in solid phalanx
voting against the expressed provision of their
vention and in opposition to the President This Is
the first instance record where the administration
in power, upon cardinal principle of party faith,
ever received party condemnation
The Democracy at Cincinnati re-endorse the reso-
luton of rigid economy in conducting public af-
fairs, and declare that no more revenue should be
raised than is required to defray the necessary ex-
penses OF the government overlooking the fact that
resolution mas renamed unannulied during the
waseful and exrayagant administration Of President
Pierce, except in practice, by Democratic Houses Of
Congress voting exhorbitant appropriations of doubt
ul constitutional application and at the same time
steadily adhering to the tariff of 1886 which uns-
qualy bears upon the Sonth and fills the national
treasury with surplus The history of the
administration proves that the expenditures Of the
government, in time of profound peace amount TO
over seventydve millions, nearly double that Of Pres
ident Polk with army Of one hundred thousand
men to subsist and pay in the war with Mexico.
0 The pledge of the Democracy to suppress the re-
newal of the slavery agitation under whatsoever col
or or shape the attempt might be made, musl con-
vince us of their want of ability or carry conviction
10 every mind Of the hypocrisy of their guarantees
This resolution IS rearmation Of their platform Of
principles of1S52. Since which time by the ador-
tion OF Democratic measures slavery agitation has
reached height which threatens to engulf the I'm on
ITSELF and Free-soilism from faction has been Dig
nited into great political party by administrative
succor. The tinaty of the Compromise measures Of
1885, acquiesccd in by the party, has been broken
down and clauses inserted into the Territorial bills
OF Kansas and Nebraska, which now array in hostile
attitude the two great sections Of the Union. New
party tests have been adopted in those bills and their
endorsement stutfes the entire Democracy Of ls45
and 1851.
The test or new principles endorsed by their late
convention is, that every inhabant of a Territory
shall be entitled to the elective franchise regardless
Standardization thus endorsing doctrine more dam
gerous than the Wilmot Proyiso and which counter
walls all the good arising to The South from the re-
peal OF the Missouri Compromise for virtually
renders all territory north or south of 36 deg 36mn
to the squatter, whether native or foreign and by
clear Interpretation Of the bill erecting Kansas and
Nebraska into Territories the people Of those Terri
tories possess the power determine their domestic
institutions for thenlselyes-a doctrine at war with
right and justice, and subYersiye Of the fundamental
principles OF our government The doctrine Of squat
ter sovereigntr was first enunciated by the Csss-
Nicholson letter, and firmly resisted by every Demo-
crat in lS4S now 1t is coyertly aled in the Kan
sas bill, endorsed byt Cincinnati Convention and
broadly proclaimed IN Mr.. Buchanans letter Of ac-
ceptance
A large portion ofthe Democratic party including
the entire Northern wing, hold the doctrine that the
people of Territory have the right while in terri
toria capacity frame their domestic institutions as
they choose and In the exercise of the right to abol-
sh or permit slavery This Prncple is held by Cas-,
Douglas and Buchanan to be equal in antiquity 10 the
right Of self-goyernment Not only have the North.
ern wing of the party expressed this doctrine but IL
has found able advocates at the South. doctrine
If sustained as d principle of governmental action
win in effect deprive the South Of every vestiee OF
hope IN equal participation in the Territories and
uproot Unconstitutional protection 10 the peculiar in
stitutions Of the South.
The American party hold the converse Of this
doctrine TO be true maintaining the principle, that
Territorial governments are but creatures of Con-
gressional enactment and cannot admit prohibit
slavery without power derived from Congress, and
no such power resides in Congress as The States
have not through the constitution delegated TO the
Federal Government such power Congress holds
the Territories in trust for all the States and by the
constitution, all species of property recognised by
that instrument is entitled 10 protection within the
Territories. Slavery requires local law to estab4
lish it. IL was an institution prior 10 the constitu-
tion which was by il adopted and through II reeoo-
pised and its rights guaranteed. Wheresoever the
egis OF our government il spread, not in conflict
with State sovereignty, the Institution exists indie
pendent Of municipal law. The people Of Terrific
ry possess no sovereignty, until, with q requisite
population, they IegiGmately assemble to form 4
state convention preparatory to admission into the
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