Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-03

There exists in this country aperpetual ten
dsncy in political power to glide from the
hands OF the masses into the grasp Of an aris-
tocracy--a species of self-constituted nobility,
which arrogates to itself, unjustly, the power
to dictate to the people and to direct their des-
tiny. The soil Of a republic is prolific Of such
monstrosities, and they spring up, at all sea
Sons and in every section, like the tabled
dragons teeth, only to reproduce an army Of
petty sycophants, whose lives depend upon
the folly of others, and who would not flourish
for an hour if the free sons Of the land should
resolve to strike them from existence. All
political parties, to greater or less extent,
have suffered from their presence in their
midst and to them may be chiefly attributed
the distracting broils and disorganizing fac
tons now weakening the bonds of the Ameri-
can organizations.
A large portion of that party seem to have
fallen into an unaccountable delirium respect
ing these men, and viii probably remain thus
infatuated, until, by the saddest experience Of
the most disastrous results, they learn the folly
of dependence upon such ignoble supports.
Having been taught submission by various
modes of political legerdemain, they find it
quite difficult to throw off this abnormal de-
fusion, and hence remain the plant tools Of
unprincipled demagogues, ready to shape their
course wherever and however they may dictate,
without forethought or after reflection. Many
seem to lose sight of what constitutes an Amer
lean freeman, and forget that the dignity of an
independent citizen cannot be compromised by
following the dictation of the artful dema-
gogue, without degrading and demolishing
every national virtue for the support Of which
our patriot fathers poured out their very life
blood.
To accomplish such. degradation Of freemen,
efforts peculiar in themselves must be resorted
to in order that the cheat may not be too easily
detected or the articles of the trickster ex-
posed. There must be blending of loud and
boisterous patriotism with the subtle and al
ways sweet assurances of self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1.-The one to mislead the unwary, and the other
any deed, however unworthy. Such COM
pound of sagacity and deceit of apparent hon
esty and real duphcity, is often found in the
characters Of these leaders of particularly fac
tional sections, that the truly honest and we'll
meaning are frequently deferred from active
exertions in the party, or, il they act at all, it
is too often in contradiction to the dictates Of
their better judgment, through fear of the
counterbalancing influences Of these very men.
What worthy and patriotic lover of his coun-
try-what free and independent citizen who
has been invited to the political arena by the
voice of his fellows--has not shrunk back from
the scathing ordeal, feeling that he did not pos
scss qualifications Of SO mean character AS to
enable him to compete with these unprincipled
scramblerss Hence these men must be court
ed, and fattered, and consulted, and one who
wishes to be successful must submit to every
change and transformation, in character and
conduct, in order to correspond and faternize
with these political chameleons. One need but
oppose them in any darling measure, or ques-
ton the orthodoxy of their sentiments, in order
to discover their real weakness, or see through
their transparent articles. They shrink from
no responsibility, however great, but, with
reckless hardihood, rush on to ground whore
angels would fear to tread.
They bring their stock, such as it is, into the
political market, and dispose oft to the highest
bidder. The weak and foolish buy, while the
wise look on and mourn. The simple are not
unfrequently drawn into the snare through the
hope of some fancied advantage to be derived
from their association. They promise infu-
ences from the great and noble, and claim that
they can move the dignitaries Of Church and
State in ones behalf while, in truth, the infiu-
entail and high-minded in high places will
smile upon them, if at all, as we smile at the
antics of q trained monkey, or the dancing
puppets at a carnival. We have only to look
back to the old Native American party Of 1874
for proof in pointa party 30 absolutely
down-trodden and crushed out by the machi-
nation Of such men as to retain scarcely vest
ige Of its original greatness.
Sad and gloomy as is the retrospect Of that
noble band Of true hearts who then battled for
those principles, which have made this coun-
try immortal, yet, sadder still will be the con-
dition of the American party to which the old
line natives fled for safety, as to a city Of re-
fuge, unless with one voice they denounce these
false friends as open foes, and stand forth re-
deemed from the effect OF their pernicious in
fluences There is little or no difference be-
tween an American enemy who secretly defeats
the noble intentions of American policy by sub
tie stratagem, in order to secure money, power,
or position, and the foreign selfcrested vicegc-
rent of God, seated upon the throne Of the
Papal See, and directing the movements Of his
myrmidons against the success of our most