Demoine courier., 1856-04-03
The American Nomination Rcpudi-

The Albany State Register, The lea
ding American pape: OF the State Of
New York, repudiates the nomination
OF Fillmore and Donelson fol the follow
very good reasons:
w ben the American Party, 80 far a
least as this State is concerned, sprung
into existence, it was said by its oppo.
nen,s. tina, it was but the National OIL
"Silver Gray" faction of the Wing party
seeking a resurrection under a new name
and, ulder a new guise 10 go forth re
cruited and strengthened by levies drawn
from the American and Protestant SEM
timent OF The country. Ii was said by
its opponents that its claim 10 National
iiy rested upon its procliviles towards
the support and exieDs,on of the pecu.
liar institutions of the South. That the
same pro slavery sentiments held by the
Silver Grey portion OF the Wing party
pervaded the American organization,
and that, il successful, the end would be
the elevation of the same old leaders
surrounded by the same cliques, and
lha, its movements would be guided by
the same HANDS which gave direction 10
the course of tina. parly. We, in COM
mon with hundreds of others. occupy
ing responsible positions in the Ameri.
lean party, denied this. The great
mass of the party protested against and
Iepudialed it.. But that which was a
libel upon the American movement. has
come TO be prophecy. The first Presi-
dennal Convention has been held. and
what is the result! We see placed in
nomination, and that almos, exclusively
BY Southern votes how done we will
show hereafter the head and front. The
great leader of the Silver Grey faction.
We see clustering around him aad re.
joicirg in his elevation. the same old
cliques clamorous for his success, and
eseer TO gather the spoils ofhis triumphs,
BY this nomination, we have not only
been harnessed as a party into the SER
vice of a faction, but we have been com.
mii,ed to the proPagandism of Slavery.
We have got to figh, The battle of Slave
ry-Goy embodied in the candidate, is
whatever of The pro-slavery sentiment
there i, of the North. He is commit
ted to it by his anteceden,s, by The
great leading features of his Admins
tration. We have got to fight for the
Fugitive Slave Law. We have got to
sustain the abroga,ion of The Missouri
COMPROMISE. and the Kansas aud Ne.
braska bill. We are compelled to stand
in defence OF Squatter Sovereignty, and
uphold the long catalogue of wrong and
outrage which have followed the break
ing down the barriers against the exien
sion Of human Slavery. We have 20,
to stand from the beginning to the end
of the campaign, side by side with Slave
ry Propagandism-for we tell the A.
merican people that il was that power,
and that alone, which placed the nomi.
nee of the American Convention in his
present condition. 1t was because it
saw in the man himself, and in his an
~,ecedeE,s, a platform which answered
its purpose, that i. gave him its support.
The first step TO be taken. is to be-
stay the fifty thousand Free Soil Wings
and the Free Soil Democrats who en-
listed under our banner. We have got
TO falsify our pledges 10 them that the
American movement was not a Silver
Grey or a pro-slavery movement. We
have cot to falsify our pledges to them
that we would ignore the Slavery issue,
and stand upon our American principles,
leaving the ullraisis, North and South. 10
settle ,ha, question among themselves.
We have got 10 do all this, because in
the man himself, Al the North as well
as at the South, we present the Slavery
issue. Having thus BETRAYED our friends,
and falsifed our pledges, we have got 10
swing from our American moorings in.
to the service of the Slavery Propagan-
da and fight its baules-ior our candi-
d late. by his an~tecedents compels us TO
do 60.
In this position of matters. the ques.
ton arises-Vhat is to be done? Others
may do as they please. We will keep
our faith. We will not ialsify our past
pledges. W. will not betray a grea.
cause, nor the friends who have conf
ded in US. As an Editor will not take
back our assertions that the American
in the State Of New York
was not Silver Grey movement. We
will not take back what we said in at
dressing, during The last campaign, more
than forty assemblies of American men,
that the American party was not a Pro-
Slavery party. We. have no stomach
for the battles of the Silver rey fac
tion-we have had enough OF expert.
ence in tina, way. We have no stom-
ach for the battles OF Slavery-AkD WE
VILE got EIGHT HEN.
We were content and anxious 10 ig-
more the subject Of Slavery; we did
what we could to Danish from discussion
the whole question. and leave il, where
i, belongs-to Congress and the Fede-
nal Courts; bu, driven from this position
of neutrality, and forced to choose be.
tween the. betrayal Of tbe:American par
~ in tho service Of Slavery. or the. a
abandonment. of a nomination in which
The Free States had no voice, we chose
The latter. We 60 with tbs entire A.
merican party OF the North, save d frag .
ment of Nav Work and Nav .Tersey A..