Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-24
the Position o. the American Party.


the Position OF the American Party.
The present position of the American party
is one, Of which itsinembers and sympathisers,
may be Justly proud. 1t has presented a plat
form Of political principles, which no press or
politician can successfully assail. Sound, con-
servativc and national it commands the assent
Of every enlightened patriot. Free from sec
tionalism, men Of the North, and men Of the
South can stand upon it, side 10y side, and de-
fand its positions Free from ultraism, con-
servatives Of all parties win yield to it ready
acquiescenoe.
The American party has presented as its
candidates, men of experience, wisdom, patriot
ism, and conservatism. The one, an original
Wig, of the school If Henry Clay, and the
other an original Democrat, of the school of
Andrew jackson, both battled for the Compro-
mise measures Of 1S5o--both opposed alike the
altraism Of the North in the shape of Adolf
ton, and the ulraism Of tn. South in the form
of secession or nullifcation-a both stand
alike pledged to the protection and preserva-
ton Of the Constitution and the Union.
Such are the principles and the candidates
Of the American party, the primary purpose
of this party being Union at home and peace
abroad, and its ultimate purpose that Ameri
cans shall govern the land of their birth, and
hand down to posterity the priceless heritage
Of "liberty and union!" The contest now on
hand involves the principles and purposes of
this party, its aims and ends. Other issues
have been forced upon the consideration of the
country by the two parties who stand in direct
antagonism, not only TO each other but to this
party. The Republican and the misnamed
Ds,nocratic party represent discordant section
afyiews, agreeing in nothing but in their OPP
position to the American party. To arouse
the sectional feelings Of the free States, the
Republicans havc assumed that liberty itself
was threatened with destruction, when, in
truth, the only liberty that has been endan-
gered or threatened is the liberty of the people
Of the Territory of Kansas to decide upon their
own domestic institutions
To arouse the sectional feelings Of the South,
the sham Democrats have assumed that their
own local and peculiar institutions are about
to be destroyed IL is mere pretext Oh
either side, to excite that geographical contro
yersy which, if carried to the extent Of gen
srAl sectional war, could only terminate il
ssbssiasion by one or the ther party, or by
dissolution of the Union, and series Of fratri
cidal wars, in which liberty would in the end
b swai2ewed up in despotism. This geograph
ical contest must be terminated, by some
11eaqefdl solution of the difficulties on which il
No. or ADMINISTRATIONS which we now
enjoyswM E3 sacrificed, and local despotisms
he Sinaugnfnkd Were the North to succeed
in this present pcli<isal contest, would not the
South be agitated, ftoA Delaware to Texas p?
Would il not insure ) permapent sectional
hatred and continued sectional contests p
Were the South to win this political battle
now, would not the same permanent sectional
hatred and the same sectional contests con-
Time? .g 80 t;Fstt,s VII
The snccess Of either one Of the present
sectional parties, would be alike disastrous to
the peace, hsppiness, and prosperity of tbs
whole country Leading politicians of th'
two rival sectional parties hno@ this, yet they
!. neither Of them viii yield to the other, willis
both would acquiesce IN the success OF thu
conservative American party, and sectiona
controversies would TINS be terminated.
The American party have now disentangled
themselves from all alliances they decline oil
fusions- they stand alike Indifferent towards
the two sectional parties, leaving those par
ties, or then members, separately or in the
aggregate, 70 cast their sufrages ~ 10 them il
shall seem fit and proper. EntangIements
there have been in the past with both these
sectional parties --in some localities with one,
and other localities with the other of them
These entsnglements have been local---they
have arisen from local causes and have not
been the result of any general or preconcerted
purpose or movemt mt
The American party, as such, are in nc
sense responsible for these local fnsions, nlli
ancesy or entanglemcnts, by whatever nam,