Daily American organ., 1856-08-21

the ground Of selfdefence, are arraigned before
the bar ofpublic opinion, and this trial, fairly
and legally had, under the forms of the laws
which govern us, is sought TO be made po-
titicat matter-a subject for investigation by
the people, in their decision upon the claims
of the Presidential candidates. As though the
Hon. 2. I. Herbert, member of Congress
from California, could, by any priUate act of
his, no matter how wrongful, inculpate the
party to which he belongsl As though the
killing of a citizen by Democrat could involve
the Democratic party in crimel
We desire to defeat this sham Democracy by
the use of every honorable weapon of political
warfare, but, we say, that the attempt to make
political Capital out of an occurrence Of this
character, on the part of our Irish citizens,
proUes them unfit to exercise the right Of free
suffrage in any civilized community 1t furn-
ishes convincing proof that such classes of
men ought not to be permitted to control the
elections of this country. Because Demo-
cratic member of Congress, who Gas sworn
jury have declaredD took the life of an Irish
man in self defence, toGs not hung to crafty
the vengeance of the Irish friends of the de-
ceased, therefore, the Irish voters ought to
unite and punish the party to which the ac-
cused belongsl
That is the UieW, which this class of the
foreign population entertain, of American laws
and institutions What say you gentlemen
Democrats of the South? Have these Irish.
men good reason for abandoning the Demo-
cratic party, and throwing themselves into hos
tile array against your rights, interests, and
institutionsP Are they qualified to become
law makers in this y0ur native land? Your
cG IS gored By the bull nOa0, and you may per-
haps open your eyes to his nature, disposition
and propensities! Aye, when the combined
forces of the Germans and Irish, shall have so
far swelled the ranks of Abolitionism as to
place John @. Fremont in the Presidency, you
may wake up from your sleep!
The pamphlet to which we refer, is filled
with the most inhammatory appeals to Irish
passion and prejudice, against the South and
its sinstitutions- calls upon Irishmen through
out the land, to unite and elevate Fremont to
the Presidency, and to punish Southern inso-
lence and oppression. Unfortunately for the
sham Democracy, these defections from its
ranks, constituting at least one-half of the for
mer vote of that party in the North, leave it
helpless, inefficient, and powerless. Fortu-
pately, however, for the country, the conserva-
tive Americansparty, the natural antagonist of
these foreign elements, stands now I" full form
ed and perfect" able, willing, and determined
to arrest the evils which surround and threat
en- our institutions.
To this party only can the country look, to
keep in check those malign influences which
are fast undermining the citadel of constitu-
ional freedom. The sham Democracy are
pledged in their present platform, a in their
past policy, to nourish and encourage indis-
criminate and unlimited immigration. Their
hands are tied Is it not, then, alike the in
terest and the duty of all conservative men-of
all who value the blessings bequeathed us-of
all who desire to hand those blessings down to
their posterity, to unite with US and sustain the
" American Reformation? ?"