Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-15
AMERICAN ORGAN.
Fillmore American Convention In Con.

necticut. Nt
The National American State Convention as
sembled at Hartford the 9Th instant, and elect
ed the following officers;
President--Henry Sherman OF Hartford. VT
Vice Presidents--J. N. L. Scoville, Waterbury
w. X. Hitchcock, Waterbury; Philip Pond, New
Haven; Wales French, Westville; j. Dean Alden,
Hartford; Mason Smith, Hartford: A. A. Hickox.
Naugatuck Selah Strong, Milford; E. A. Smith,
Stamford; ID. N. Mead, Greenwich; G. G. Camp,
winchester; Silas B. Terry, Plymouth; 0. L.
Botsford, Planville.
Secretaries-Stiles d. Sperry, Hartford; George
A. Cowles, Hartford; John Kendrick, Waterbury
Henry Sherman, on taking the chair, said he
knew not how TO express his feelings for the mark
OF honor extended 20 him. Ii was entirely unex-
pected to him; but he nevertheless felt proud OF
the confidence which had elevated him to the
position he now occupied before the convention
He thought the delegates from this State had
most hagrantIy misrepresented the wishes of the
American party at the New York Convention, and
desired to know by what authority the President
of the American State Council Is. b. Sperry) went
there and said that John G. Fremont was the
candidate OF the American party of Connecticut?
NO one gave him any such authority. He co.isid-
cred that convention sectional one Has the
American party come to this that il has to truckle
and huxter with sectional party to promote It's
patf1ouc views lie hoped not. ss
The Committee on Platforms and Resolutions
reported the following, which were unanimo asly
adopted, amid the greatest enthusiasm:
Whereas, The great and paramount object aimed
at in the organization of the American party In
the United States, and the only one which could
secure perfect guarantee as to our future, was
the preservation of this Confederacy In perma-
nent, enduring, fraternal union; and
Whereas, Those who were initiated into it's de-
grees bound themselves, by the most solemn obli.
cations, not to vote for any one to fill any office Of
honor, profit, or trust, of political character,
whom they knew or believed to be in favor of a
dissolution of the Union of these States. or who
were endeavoring to produce such result; and 4
Whereas, The (so called) leaders of the Ameri-
can party in the State of Connecticut have been
faithess to their aims and obligations, by uniting
with party which is organized upon the basis Of
geographical lines, which seeks to array in opposi
ton to each other the free and the siavebolding
States; which appeals to sectional interests AID
sectional preJudices to promote its interruptions
ends, and which, in its very organization and ele-
ments, is revolutionary and disorganizing, thus
tending inevitably to the overthrow Of the freedom
achieved, and the government and institutions
planted, reared, and defended by the tolls and the
blood of our forefathers, and bequeathed by them
to US as sacred inheritance, the preservation Of
which is the only hope Of religion, freedom, and
humanity throughout the world
We, therefore, members Of the American party
OF the State OF Connecticut, conservatives, Wings
and Democrats, the friends of freedom, the Union.
and the constitution, in convention here assem-.
bled, do @
Resolve, That we will stand up manfllIy, and
to the last, against this sectional disorpanizing
spirit, whether in the North or the South. In the
free or the slaveholdng States until we have per-
suaded Its originators and abettors to abandon
course so sure to bring about a dissolution of
the Union of these United States and we here
by pledge ourselves, severaly and unitedly, to do
all In our power to promote raternal feeling be.
tween the different sections of our common coun.
try; to secure the defence and support of the
Union OF these States; and that we will not har.
monize or unite with any party or political lines
which arrays the North against the South or the
South against the North, which engenders and
promotes spirit of prejudice or hostility on the
part of either against the other-but that we will
devote ourselves, with one untiring aim, to pre-
vent calamity SO disastrous to America and man
kind as the dissolution of the Union Of these Uni
ted States; and, therefore,
ResoIved That, laying aside all past differences
and party preferences we hereby declare ourselves
members of the National American party, in the
State OF Connecticut an open organization, which
holds no secret meetings, declares no political
principles, recognises no platform, advocates no
State or National policy in secret, or Inconsistent
with the perpetual and harmonious Union OF these
United States OF America, as one great people, one
In origin, one in history, one in language, one in
inheritance, one in independence, one in interest
one in sympathy, one in destiny
Resotued, That We believe with the Father of
our Country, the great and good WashiE gton and
therefore address ourselves to our fellow-freemen
of Connecticut, in the words Of his Farewell Ad-
dress to his countrymen, that
,..sA- Il --ls -
you one people is justly dear to you for 1t is the
main pillar in the edifce of your real independ-
ence-the support of your tranquility at home, Of
your peace abroad, Of your safety, your prosperity
even that liberty you justly prize 1t is of in
finite moment that you should properly estimate
the immense value Of your national Union to your
collective and individual happiness You should
cherish cordial, habitual and immovable attach
ment to 1t, accustoming yourselves to think and
speak of II as the palladium of your political safety
and prosperity, watching for its preservation with
,eslous anxiety, discountenancing whatever may
suggest a suspicion that IL can in any event,
be abandoned, and Indignantly frowning upon the
first dawnng of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any por-
ton Of our country from the rest or to enfeeble
the sacred ties which now bind together the vari-
Gus parts" n SIS
To this we add a few words Of exhortaton, the
paternity OF which will be recognised by all the
members of the American organization, as it exist
ed in its original integrity ia this State, viz:
Let these words of paternal advice and warn
ing, from the greatest man that ever lived, sink
deep into your hearts. Cherish them, and teach
your children to reverence them, as you cherish
and reverence the memory Of Washington himself
The UNION OF THESE STATES is the great conserve
tor Of that liberty so dear to the American heart.
Without it, oar greatness as nation would dissp-
pear, and our boasted selfgovernment prove sig
nal failure. The very name Of Liberty, and the
hopes OF struggling freedom throughout the world
must perish in the wreck Of this Unioni Devote