Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-14
George Law: Van Buren,: The American
Party: The Nominees.

WASHINGTON CRY, ID. G., May 10Th, 1855.
George Law: Van Buren,: The American
Party: The Nominees.
We learn rom the New York Express, that
on Monday last George Law was expelled from
the American Council of the Twenty-first
Ward of New York city. 1t is misfortune
that he was ever allowed to enter that, or any
other American Council The admission of
such selfish and unprincipled demagogues into
the Councils Of the party has done much to
disparage the American movement, in the
minds of many honorable and patriotic men.
Several months ago, when that prince of
hypocrites who controls the New York Herald
brought forward the name of George Law, un-
der the silly soubriquet Of " LiUe-oak George =
as candidate for the Presidency, we unhesita-
tingly denounced the man and the movement,
and for this, many of our friends thought
proper to censure US, whilst others, with bet
ter knowledge of the man, sanctioned and APP
proved the course we had adopted.
We make no war upon private individuals,
but when men are put forward as candidates
for the highest political offices under our con-
stitution, who ought to be narrowly watched
10 every subordinate, or even in private stations,
we hold it to be the duty of the american
press to speak out its opinions boldly. With
Mr.. Laws private affairs, whilst he was con-
tent to remain private citizen, we had no
right to intermeddle, but when he, or any
ether man asks the American party for its
sufffages then, as one of those who have labor
ed for fifteen years to build up and increase
the American party, and to bring it into power,
we mean to say what we think Of his claims
Those who censured us at the time we refer
to, for assailing Mr.. Law as candidate of the
American party, will doubtless now admit,
that we were right in our opposition to him.
Indeed, if we had not known him as we did
know him,-ifhe had been an entire stranger
to us, the simple fact, that he was the protege
ofthe New York Herald, and was first brought
to the notice of the country by that meretri-
cious press, would have been sufficient to
damn him in the estimation Of every man, who
loves his country and hates her enemies. The
political character of George Law is now fixed
and well understood. His friends went into
the American National Convention in Februa-
ry last, with the friends of Fillmore, Stockton,
and others, and his claims were duly presented
and canvassed
Upon every principle which should govern
honorable men, Mr.. Law was bound by the
action of that Convention to which his claims
were presented, and by which they were deci-
died. He then prQfessed to be national man,
and the only circumstance which threw doubt
upon this pretension, was the fact, that the New
York Herald had always represented him as
q purely national politician. The American
Convention wisely pretermitted his claims, and
as wisely selected man for its Presidential
candidate whose record renders newspaper en-
dorsements superluous. Instead of acquies-
cling in the nomination of that branch of the
American party to which Laws name had
been thus submitted, and to which he had pro-
fessed to belong, he united with another Con-
vention, which assumed the character of same
rican, and bolted the National American NOM
ination.
That convention presented the name of Jno.
O. Fremont who IS, always Was, and we hope
always toiU be opposed to the American party.
Mr.. Fremont was reared a Catholic, baptized
Catholic, married as a Catholic, has wor-
shipped as a Catholic, and is now considered
a Catholic by those in whose midst he has
lived for years. Mr.. Fremont, too, is . Re
publican in all his sentiments, and stands
pledged, if elected, to carry out the sectional
notions ofSeward, Greeley, and Bishop Hughes.
Mr.. Fremont is, also, the candidate Of the for
eipners, and will receive the votes of the inf
del portion of the German population, and of
the Catholic Irish, under the lead Of Bisbop
Hughes, who has recently announced that he
is "as much opposed to slavery as Daniel |
0'Connell Das, or as the New York Tribune
is" To the support of such a man, George
Law now stands committed Was it not Just
in itself, and necessary to the vindication of
the character Of tho Twenty First Wsrd Coun.
ell of New York, that this man should be ex-
PEELED therefromi We think so.
We have thus devoted portion Of our edi-