Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-27

th0rity OF the National Council, acquiesce rs
well BY silence as by rssotos, In those laws
which emsnate from Tho National Council.
The platform, therefore, did not require the
endorsement q the State Council, much less
that of the State Convention Of Virginia. The
nsira6ilo dactw'vf the Enquirer was so much
breath thrown awayi 1t is not SO very won
derful that the State Convention of Virginia
did not do that which was wholly unnecessary !
The Stanton Convention met for the legiti-
mate purpose of responding to the nomina-
tons made by the National Convention, and
to make the proper arrangements for the cam
paign. 1t performed the duties for which it
assembled, and it did more. It presented dis
tinctly TO the people of Virginia the distin-
gushing features Of the 7th section of the
American platform, and thus challenged their
discussion, through the press and upon the
hustings
The Sd resolution adopted by the Staunton
Convention presents to the people of Virginia
the distinct issue made by the 7th section of
the platform, with the advocates of sguatter
posoer and alien Influence in the Territories
which were inauguratcd by the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill. Everything valuable in the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill is contained in the 7th Sec
ton of the platform, whilst the obnoxious fea-
lures of that BILL to wit: squattcr and alien
poper, are excluded from it.
We areyet to find, either in the Richmond
Enquirer, the Washington Union, or in any
other administration press, discussion Of the
points Of difference between the Kansas Ne
braska act and this 7th section. Then dare
not attempt to discuss those points. They
shrink from that discussion. They are both
ashamed aadqtr0id to meet the issue thus
presented to them by the american party.
We assert, and challenge contradiction, that
there is no press, North or South, East or
West--no matter how much it may have re-
ceived from the public crib for its defence of
this corrupt and rotten dynasty-that has yet
had the unblushing impudence to write one
sentence against those features of the 7th Sec
ton of the American platform which disti,-
guish it from the Kansas Nebraska bill! Will
the Enquirer venture to do itg viii the Union
do itp viii even that degraded sheet, "the
phantom Of a Star" the colleague of
the Enquirer and Of the Union, in its advocacy
of Forneyism that press do 1t? Who is
the man and where is the press that is shame
less enough, reckless enough, to defend that
portion Of the Kansas Nebr aska act which ad-
mits alien p0upers and conuicts--the outpour-
ings Of toreign asylums, prisons, and pcniten-
tiaries-to mould the domestic institutions of
the Territoriess Ifsuch there be, stand forth
we demagogues, and show yourselves g soorthy
Of your hire ~ Speak out if We have the
courage to defend the political rottenness of
this overture to Popery and priestcraft Hold
up your heads and proclaim that the " cargoes
Of crime, folly, and recklessness, yearly
shipped off to America" from Europe are
made zap Of the proper materials to shape the
institutions and WELD the destinies of the en-
bryo States Of the American Union II,
We do not mean to underrate the courage
and the chivalry of the politicians generally Of
the South---far from il. We know that they
dare do anything that honor or duty re-
quires, but we know of mo man who will have
the efrontery to stand before the people of the
South, and controvert the positions taken in
the Sd resolution Of the Staunton Convention,
which reiterate the principles of the 7th sec
ton of the American platform And in order
that there may be no misunderstanding as to
the issue rendered to the administration party
on this point we here repeat the provisions of
the Kansas N braska bill, and the provisions
Of the 7th section in contrast Herewith. The
Kansas Nebraska bill permits aliens who have
simply declared their intention to become
citizens" and who have "taken an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States,
soitsout naturalization, or any term of resi-
dence in the country, or any other gualifca-
tson, to vote and to hold office in tho Terrific
ries, and the bill also leaves the "people" of
the Territories free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in the Territories In their
own mode, subject only to the Constitution Of
of the United States.
On the other hand, the 7th section of the
American Platform limits the right Of suffrage
in the Territories to the native-born and nat
uralized citizens of the United States perma.
nently residing in the Territories" and it gives
such citizens the right " to frame their consti-
tuition and laws and to regulate their domestic
and social affairs in their own mode" in thus
framing their constitution and laws, subject
only to the Constitution of the United States.
Under the KANSAS Nebraska bill, therefore,
aliens, even though they be paupers or con-
victs, fresh from the prisons of Europe, and
brought hither .Jsttered and HANDICAPPED, are
at once put upon aperfect equality with Amer
ican-born citizens in the Territories. The 7th
section excludes such classes of men from suf-