Daily American organ., 1856-04-11
The Washington Union.

The above-named press publishes the follow
ing card in this mornings issue, prefacing it
with congratulations to Mr.. Ha1leck "upon his
escape from the darkness and bondage of
KNOWN -Nothingism |"
WASHINGTON, April 9, 1856.
TO the Editor of the Union:
DEAR SIR | wish to inform the public and no
tify the world that have Withdrawn from the
Know-Nothings, and shall henceforth act with the
Democratic party. was in by-gone days mem
Der of the Wing party but when that party was
disbanded left and joined the selfstyled Ameri-
can party. Satisfied that they are acting against
the constitution of our country / have taken this
manner to notify them that hereafter intend to
redeem myself and support the laws of our country
as they are. JNO. T. HALLECK.
We are authorized by Mr.. Halleck to state,
that he knows of no other person of his name
in this city, and that the above card is a base
forgery, it having been neither written by him
nor at his instance. If for any cause Mr.. Hal
leck had thought fit to withdraw from the
American party, he would have done so, with
out condescending to afford the present admin
istration an opportunity of parading his with
drawal before the public, and thus to p1eiudice
the cause of Americanism. Mr. Halleck is not
the man to do this, as the Union will soon
have learned, though too late to avoid the
shame of having published forged letter,
and having chuckled over it as an evidence of
the diminished popularity of American princi-
pies.
We have no advice to offer the Washington
Union on the subject of publishing real or
pretended Withdrawals from the American
Councils; but this we may be permitted in
general terms to state, that we doubt not there
are many persons who joined the American
party with the view of withdrawing therefrom,
and having their names paraded before the
country as men whose consciences had SO op-
Grated upon them, they could no longer be
Americans Now it occurs to us that in
such cases generally, the seceders have been
influenced by the wel-known fact, that under
the present dynasty, traitors are more surely
and promptly rewarded for their treachery to
the American party, than old-line Democrats
are rewarded for faithful adherence to their
party obligations. Men who could procure
Office and position in no other mode, have first
Joined the American Councils, and then with
drawn therefrom, protesting to have discovered
very suddenly, that there is something horri-
BILE in the American principles, and having SO
declared in the public papers, they have been
forthwith rewarded for their discoveries and
recantations.
We ought perhaps to add, that there is moth
ing in this which is at all inconsistent with the
general policy of this administration for, in
fact, the President himself was elected as a
Union man, and Compromise man of 1850,
and yet he discarded every Union man in the
nation, and took to his embrace the very men
who were the most violent and ultra opponents
of the Union and Compromise measures of
1850l We shall not on this occasion, advert
to the evils which have resulted from this mis-
taken policy-we simply allude to the fact, 10
illustration of the obstinate and unfortunate
consistency of the President in rewarding rem
egades and traitors from the American ranks,
and in thus making up spoils party Mr..
Halleck declines the honor proffered him in this
connection. a ~
Glnrioua Vicforv In, onsSr;lIo