Daily American organ., 1856-02-19
Philadelphia Convention.

We have had the pleasure Of meeting a num-
Der Of the delegates to the convention to be
held on the 22d instant, and we are glad to
say they are imbued with the right spirit All
give cheering accounts Of the American cause
in their respective localities, and manifest a
determination to harmonic the party.
We have seen men from the extreme South
and the extreme Northwest and there seems
to be no diversity Of sentiment as to the pro-
per course to pursue in the coming contest.
They all seek success upon the basis Of Ameri-
canism, leaving all extraneousissue to the sound
Judgment and sobor consideration Of the Amer
lean people, All have personal preferences as
to the chosen standard-bearer, but agree that
the man selected is the first choice of all.
These gentlemen are fresh from the people,
and we rejoice to learn through them that the
people are in no manner disposed to follow the
dictates of interested partsans, nor of dema-
gogues who seek their own political advance
mcnt, even at the sacrifice Of principle and Of
the party which they have professed to love
aud honor.
The time for the people to rule has come
and we are much mistaken if they are not de-
termined to rid the country of the rule of dem
agogues and corrupt politicians, which are
curses equal in extent to .toreignism And we
rejoice to learn through these chosen repre-
sentatiyes to the Philadelphia Convention, that
while politicians are dissolving and saving the
Union, and erecting platforms to bolster them
selves into notoriety and political importance,
the people are prepared to assert their right to
rule, regardless of the dictates or behests of
mere partisans and political loafers Platforms
are but for the moment, and are intended
merely as sriders--poitical hobbies, with which
politicians have cursed the country for the last
twenty years, and violated the first opportuni-
ty after riding into power, even though SOL
emnly pledged to support and stand by them.
Shall we succeed, and how shall we succeed?
are the questions The American people de-
sire the success Of the great principle that
Americans shall rule America" and not the
reconstruction Of any particular individuals
political sentiments or fortunes. They seek to
rid the country of the curse Of foreignism and
the rule of demagogues, and not the promotion
Of any aspirant They seek to restore the
country to-its pristine purity, and not the sue
cess of mere party, or mere party platforms.
Platforms have proven to bo mere schemes of
politicians, mere tricks to entrap the people.
The political log-rollers and wire-pullers
build platforms and destroy the same, and the
people who have hitherto been deceived and
led into the support of mere party candidates
and party men, have become sick and weary of
such sources of corruption and deception, and
have resolved to throw off the shackles of par
ty, andto make one bold and fearless effort to
secure their own supremacy.
They are preparing for the contest, and anx-
ious to array themselves against all these old,
corrupting usages of party and demagogues.
The time is propitious for the American party.
They are first in the field; let them obtain the
vantage ground and hold fast fortify every
avenue of approach, and bid defiance to their
opponents ~ nn s su.r