Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-09
FOR THE AMERICAN ORGAN.

Since the Baltimore Wing Convention, the Demo
cratic and Republican press have united in charac-
terizing its action as "Know-Nothing trick" and
The result OF q foregone conclusion. Tricks and
tricksters are words which, emanating from journals
Of high standing, and applied TO the members and
the action Of the Baltimore Convention, show how
lanentably the ancient lofty tone Of the press has
degenerated. Words that are familiar oniyin the
lowest class gaming houses are applied to q body
embracing many of the purest and best men Of the
nation as fppantly as gang Of thieves apply their
Hash words to each other. Nothing but q contest
between Democracy and Abolition, could have
Drought such words into newspaper employment
The Democratic press have for months been try
ing to coax the Wings into the support Of Mr.. Bll-
chananj and when Wing declares his intention to
vote LOT that gentleman, " Another Patriotic Wing"
heads the announcement of the fact; but when hun
dreds OF Wings equally as respectable as any that
have gone over to Buchanan, declare their intention
to vote for another candidate, they denounced as
trickstersl With the Democratic press, to be
patriot lt is necessary to support the Democratic
nominees. Men who have been Democrats for
quarter OF century, who have been considered the
pillars OF the party and lauded thousand times as
parrots OF the puTest stamp, the moment they be-
come dissatisfied with the course of that party and
declare their intention to vote against IT. are de-
nounced as traitors and renegades And Wings
VINO have stood the fire of Democratic abuse for
equal length OF time are praised for their singular
virtue the moment they signify intention To vote
for the Democracy.
The determination of the Baltimore Convention
was not the result of a foregone conclusion The
members OF that convention assembled in Baltimore
for free consultation, with the view of concentra,
ting the scattered elements of the Wing party, and
cooperating with that which would, in their judg
ment, II successful restore quiet to the country, and
promote its interests. They consulted fully and tree
y, and the result of their consultations was that in
tue present crisis the Cny course the Wings could
pursue, consistent with their long-cherished prnci-
pies, was to support Fillmore in preference to Bucha
nan or Fremont. Ass@ .t7tS
For Fremont they could not VOTE for these reasons:
lie has no qualifications for the Presidency yet made
known to the country-he is presented solely as an
anti slavery canddate-the great interests of the
country not connected with that subject being deem
ed OF minor Importance by his friends and if elected
must be elected by one section of the Union which
would be cause for just discomfort by those portions
voting against him. And lastly, because they did
not approve the general principles of those who
running him. tt. nH
For Buchanan they could not vote for these r "a
sons: a3 .ta A.lE
He is the candidate Of what they deem the worst
materials of the old Democratic party in opposition
to which the Wing party originated; and because lie
comes before the country not as man but as a Dem
ocratic platform, into which he is voluntarily merged;
and because that platform contains these two resol
tiors, being first and second: {t 5E3
Resolged, Thatthe American Democracy place their
trust in the intelligence the patriotism and the dis
criminatng justice Of the American people
Res0Ige1 That we regard this as a distinctive fea-
ture of our political creed which we are proud to
maintain before the world the great moral element
in form OF government springng from and upheld
by the popular will and we contrast with the creed
and practice of Federai m, under whatever name or
form, which seeks TO palsy the will Of the constituent
and which coneeves no impostnre too monstrous for
the popular eredulty.
Can the Wings, without wilful degradation sup
port party that goes into the contest with this libel
upon the Wing party ii their platforms Thy place
their confidence in the Intelligence and virtue OF the
American people, and they contrast this, the distinc-
tive feature of their creed with the Wings W is meant
for them and originated in the contest with the old
Whig party, who believe fmpoStvye too monstrOus
for tEs popular cTtduiay. gEa aM
Their attention was next turned to Millard Fill
more and in him they found man to their liking
man who had always cherished Whig principles a
man hitherto tried and found true; man not con-
nected with the contest which produces the present
disturbance in the country man who they believed
would, elected, quiet that disturbance when neither
of the other candidates probably could account OF
their connection with the cause Of IT, Therefore they
determined TO vote for Fl lmore .t
A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION