Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-17
The American Democrat.

lM Inc Baltimore Democrat OF yesterday Cupiob
an extract from our editorial of Monday, in
which we gave the substance of the Georgia
platform, as we found il in the Richmond
American and that press thereupon declares
that il was difficult to preserve the moderation
of tone which 10 holds to be the duty of every
journalist to assume, in the discussion of grave
questions, in view Of such paragraph" as it
then had before it in the extract mentioned
We have to state, that it is matter Of no mo-
ment to us in what tone or language that press
comments upon whatever we may say. We
are alike Indifferent to its praise and censure,
and we neither ask nor desire il to be naoder-
ate in its tone towards us That press has as
sailed the organ on more than one occasion,
without the slightest justification or excuse
II commenced war upon us, without even a
decent pretcxt and if it ever ceases that war,
it win be unsolicited by us.
In its article Of yesterday, in commenting
upon our views of the Georgia resolution, it
says:
"The editor of the Organ had had before him
the full evidence that this resolution which no in
ssts on calling resolution of the combined coun-
ellis of Richmond was shamefully gar
bled at least four days before it was written"
Our response is in plain language, that this
is not true. We had no such evidence. 1t
says, speaking of the Richmond resolution,
that the organ
"Knows it was passed by vote of forty to if
teen in city where there were cast 2,300 Ameri-
can votes last spring"
Our response is that this is not true We
knew no such thing. We had seen it so init
mated but we had seen statements published
in the Richmond American that there were
200 persons present in the combined councils.
the Richmond Whig the Georgia resolution
itself, &C., &C., and that we "could not fail to
see that the Georgia resolution was shameful
ly garbled," &c.
Our response to this statement is that IL is
not true We had not seen the Georgia reso
luton in the Richmond Wing or elsewhere.
The Democrat, in the same article, speaks of
the "known disingenuousness of the Organ
Its charge of disngenuousness against the
Organ is utterly unfounded; it is gratuitous
and groundless. AT the close Of an article in
the Democrat, next following its leader, under
the head of " WiJI Misrepresentation"
it speaks Of the Organ thus: "The Organ
follows in the track of these boilers, and stands
on the same platform with Wilson" There
is not word of truth in this sentence--not
one uord, and we hurl back upon the Demo
crat its imputations, with scorn and contempt
And now, having said all we deem it proper to
say to the Democrat, we viii put ourselves
right as to the Georgia resolution.
Since the publication in our paper Of the
resolution from the Richmond American, as
that which was adopted by the combined
Councils of Richmond and which we stated,
upon the authority of the American, was copied
from the Georgia American resolutions, we have
SEEN in the Democrat, (but not elsewhere the
Georgia resolution, which we now publish in
parallel lines with the resolution of the "com-
bined Councils of Richmond, so that our read
ers, one and all, may see the difference between
them, which is, that the Georgia resolution
does not oppose the introduction of the ques
ton of slavery into the National American
IlaJIOTtll, do VIC Hdu suppoStu dlu Hdu repre-
scented that it did, upon the authority refer
red to:
The Richmond Resoltt- The Georgia ReSol,s-
ton. item.
Resolved, As the opin. I. The agitation of the
ion of this Council, that subject of slavery should
the agitation of slavery cease. The rights Of the
should cease. The rights South are plain, palpa
of the South are plain BILE, well defined and un
and palpable well de6n- derstood, and we believe
ed and understood and they should not longer
we believe they should be treated as open ques-
not longer be treated as tons. We will maintain
open questions. We will our guaranteed constitu-
maintain our guaranteed tional rights, and our
constitutional rights, and right of property III
our right Of property in slaves Georgia has sol
slaves. We believe the EMMY declared what she
continuous agitation Of will regard as future
this subject is made by grievances on this sub
selfish politicians for per- ject, and what her rene
sonal and party promo dy viii be when these
ton and is hurtful to the grievances shall be in
South the institution of hicted. We will stand
slavery, and the perma- by the Georgia platform
nency of the Union and We believe the contin-
therefore we opposed uous agitation ofthis sub
to the introduction into ject is made by selfish
the National American politicians for personal
Platform of this or any and party promotion,
other agitating question and is hurtful to the
calculated to distract the South the institution OF
harmony of our party, or slavery, and the perma-
endanger the success of nency Of the Union.
our principles.
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