Daily American organ., 1856-03-21
Are They Not Mistaken Z

cratic papers in Missouri, fatter themselves
with the idea that because the Hon. Samuel
Caruthers and the Hon. Mordecai Oliver, Of
Missouri, voted, during the contest for Speak
or of the House of Representatives, for the
Democratic nominee for that position, they
have gone over, "bag and baggage" to the
administration. We have misread the letters
OF these gentlemen, if any such inference can
be drawn from their explanations recently
given to their constituents, touching the course
they deemed it their duty to pursue on the
occasion aforementioned.
In the letter Of Mr. Oliver, addressed to the
editor Of the Liberty Tribune, published in
Missouri, he says:
"Now, surely it Is violent accusation to charge
Wing with apostacy because he does not unite
him self and act with party which boasts that it
has arisen on the ruins of the Wing party; ac-
cusing IL, in the same connexion, Of obnoxious
acts and violated pledges. Ii is difficult to con-
oeive how any man who had ever been true
Whig, could subscribe to the statement that the
party which was led by the chivalric, the noble
Clay, was guilty of obnoxious acts and violated
pledges"
In the above extract Mr.. Oliver contends
that, as Whig and the Jollo,ocr Of the chip-
aIrous Clay, he could not join the American
party, because that party had in its June plat
form assumed that it had "arisen upon the
ruins Of the Whig and Democratic parties"
and had declared it was not responsible for the
obnoxious acts and violated pledges" of
either Of them. Can the pseudo Democrats Of
Missouri find anything in the above sentiment
to Justify the hope that Mr.. Oliver intends to
indissolubly unite himself with that party p
We think not But Mr.. Oliver, not being dis
posed to join the American party because it
had put forth the above views in its June
platform, and after looking about to see where
he should locate himself for the time being,
gives the reason for his temporary cooperation
with the administration as follows.
"I detepmined to enlist under the banner Of
that party which had the greatest claims to nation
atty, and which was willing and able to contend
successfully with Black Repubicansm and, be.
lieving that the National Democratic party was
party, fell into its line, with the firm resolve
to do battle in its ranks; at all eps,ats until Black
Ropublicanism ,oas routed and driven from the
field; and, in obedience to that resolve, have
acted with that party hitherto"
And in the next paragraph he adds:
sin cooperating, however, with the National
Democracy hitherto, and in declaring my purpose
to continue that cooperation, through the present
storm, anyhow, have not, nor shall /, yield up
any of the principles upon which was elected and
reelected to Congress, but shall adhere to them. f"
Now, five understand anything of the Eng
lish language, the above extracts. mean simply
and only this to wit: Mr.. Oliver being deter
mined to break down the Republican party,
enlisted under the banner of (what he calls
the National Democracy, to serve Gas he
declares) until Black Republication Wa,
routed and driuen from the field, " and in ODE
dience to that resolve he says, 81 have acted
with that party hitherto"
But Mr. Oliver furnishes further proof that
in acting temporarily with the administration,
he is none the less Whig than before, In
the letter before us he says to the editor of the
Liberty (Mo.) Tribune thus
"You taunt me with publishing my letters il
the Missouri Republican, strange taunt, coming
from a professed Southern Whig indeed The
Missouri Republican has been for many years re
cognised as the principal Whig organ Of Missouri
nv course in relation to the Speakership has re
ceived its endorsement; it circulates Throughout
the district which represent the local journals
among them that which you so ably edit, which SC
long worshpped at Whig affairs, had bowed before
strange gods therefore considered that the Re
publican was the most appropriate vehicle for the
communication which made to Col. Doniphann .
Most unquestionably the Missouri Republi
can, the leading Whig paper in Missouri, was
the proper medium, for Mr.. Oliver, (himself
still, as ever, Whig,) to select, through which
to defend before the Wings Of Missouri, hi,
action and votes as Whig. Do the pseudo
Democrats Of Missouri find anything consola
tory or cheering in this2 anything which jus
ti6es them in claiming staunch, firm, old
Henry Clay Whig, as convert to their faith
If so they are certainly trying hard to look upor
the bright side of the picture. SO much for tn,
position of Mr. Oliver, as zoe understand it.
The position of Mr.. Caruthers, il we com.
prehend his letter to his constituents, is al
most, If not entirely, identical with that of Mr.
Oliver. Mr. Caruthers says:
1--WE have h ID a most exciting and protracted
struggle in the organization OF the House. have
voted uniformly for the Democratic nominees fol
the Speakership. For this / am charged with the
betrayal Of the Wing party, and with an abandon
ment of the principles upon which was elected
And who is it that makes these chargess Is il
the old line Whigss / have not heard of an old
line Wing, either in my district or elsewhere, who
does not endorse my course"
1t is thus he repels the charge of having be-
trayed the Whig party Mr.. Caruthers then
defends his votes for the Democratic nominee
for Speaker, taking the same grounds as those
urged by his colleague, Mr.. Oliver He endea-
vors to prove that Mr.. Fuller was Free-soiler,
and justifes his votes against him on this
ground He then makes an effort to show land