Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-01
Political InteIlixence.


! SrAfE CoUscn or ARkANsAs.-The American
party of Arkansas appear to be decidedly in favor
Of abolishing the secrecy Of the Order, as the
following, adopted at the latc meeting, fully tes
| tRes, .ts1.e..e
Resolved, That our delegates to the National
| Council to assemble at Philadelphia in February
next be instructed to use all proper exertions to
! dispense with all the non-essentiais of the Order
to the extent Of removal of all secrecy anS the
abolishment of all rituals and oaths
| That In the adoption of this resolution, we re-
terate our full concurrence In, and adherence to-
the doctrines of the American party, as set forth In
| the Philadelphia platform. -
| That we recommends strict adherence to our or
ganization, by keeping an enrolled record of our
| members in every Council of the State, by holding
regular meetings. and by requiring, in all cases,
majority nominations for officers.
| Resolved That our delegates to the National
Council be instructed to their influence to post
pone the nomination of candidates for President
and Vice President
| Resotved, That the American party hold the
honor of the State dear as their own, and are in
favor of TINT system of policy which will insure the
payment fthe State debt, and re-establshment of
her credit and honor. 4s
| The American members of the two houses of
| the General Assembly Of Tennessee met at Nash
vile on the 18th instant, and passed the following
preamble and resolution endorsing the stand taken
| by the American members Of Congress:
Whereas, we, the members of the American
party in the Senate and House of Representatives
Of the State of Tennessee, now in session, have
observed with pride and satisfaction the course
pursued by the American portion Of our delcga-
ton in the House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States in the exciting and protracted struggle
shat has been, and up to the date Of our latest ad
vices, was still going on in that body, in its at
tempt to elect presiding officer, exhibiting on
their part determined purpose to secure, if pos
sible, the triumph of conservative and truly ma
tional principles in the organization Of the House,
| upon grounds free from the radcalism of the abo.
itionists and the fre-eater, and the sectionalism
of that class Of small and ilberal politicians bot
at the North and South, who are incapable Of er-
tending their views beyond the limits Of their own
portion Of the Union, and who, to .subserve party
purposes, seem willing to leopard the dearest in
terests aud brightest hopes of our beloved coun-
try; and whereas, we feel it to be our privilege
and duty to express our most hearty snd unquali-
1 fed appreciation of the conduct of our own Amer
lean Representatives, and of all those who, prompt.
ed by the same noble and patriotic considerations
have voted with them in more than one hundred
balotings, in said election for the Office of Speak
| er-therefore,
| Resolyed, That we, the American members of
| the two houses of the General Assembly of the
Stale of Tennessee this evening" in convention
assembled, do unanimously and most cordially ap-
prove the conduct Of our own Representatives and
those who, with them, have cast their votes for
| Hon. ii. M. Fuller, of Pennsylvania, for the posi-
ton Of Speaker OF the United States House of
/ Representatives.
A NEW PoLITIcAL ORGANIZATION ANs
TO RULE AMERIcA--A large meeting favorable to
the organization of new party on native Ameri-
can principles, slightly modified took place at
Rathbun's Hotel, Fulton street, Brooklyn, New
York, on Wednesday evening. Mayor Hall was
called to the chair, and in few brief remarks dis
closed the objects of the assemblage A commit
tee having been appointed reported constitution
and platform, which sets forth tho following III
which the nature and objects Of the association
are fully set forth: @
Sec. l. This body shall be known as the Young
Mems American National Club of Kings County. y
Q. The object of the club shall be to vindicate,
at the ballot box, the following platform Of princi
pies: l. Americans to rule America. g. The main.
tenance Of the Union, and the compromises of the
constitution faithfully fulfilled 3. The absolute
exclusion from the creed of the American party Of
all sectional doctrines that against the vested
rights of any portion of the American Union, ant
the disuse of the name, influence, or organization
OF the American party to advance any measure
against the constitutional rights of the States OF
the intentions effect of which shall be to endan
ger the perpetuity Of the Union
i A. No sectional interference in our Legislature
and no prescription of persons OH account of reli
gious opinions. g. Hostility to assumptions Of SUI
preme control over its members on the part of any
and all ecclesiastical bodes in political matters, as
anti-republican in principle, and dangerous to the
liberties of the people. 8. Thorough reform in
the naturalization laws of the Federal Government
T. The enactment of laws for the protection Of the
purity of the baliot-box bv the State. 8. Regard
ing the institution Of involuntary servitude as 10
cal, and not national in its character it must now
as in the time of Washington and his compatriots
be subject for the liberation of difference o
opinion by the citizens ofthe Northern and South
ern States, and as such, has no rightful place IL
the platform OF the American party g. Free ant
reliable institutions for the education of all classes
of the people, with the Bible as the text book il
our common schools.
This constitutes the platform Of principles of the
new organization which is intended TO operate BY
the next Presidential election. large number
signed their names as members; tie permanent
officers were elected, and the meeting adjourned
The American members Of the Tennessee Legis
lature, prompted by a patriotic desire to have th
American party fully represented in the Philadel
phia Convention, and to rekindle the fires o
Americansm, have issued brief address to th,
party, calling State Convention on the eth o
February next, in Nashville, Tennessee.
The American PARTY OF TEXAS u.s. LoRxSz,
SHERWOOD, THE ABOLITION DEMOCRAT OF CALVES
roS.-The Galveston Confederate, of the 7th ulti
mo, gives description of an American meeting il
that city, called TO condemn the course of Sber
wood, the Abotonist who was elected to the
Legislature by those good friends Of the South, o.
the Sag Nicht Democrats. The Confederate say,
that this meeting was the largest asscmblage that
has been seen in Galveston since tho election. We
copy two Of the resolutions adopted by the meet