Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-03
PROSPECTUS
"AM ORGAN
A Daily and Wsskly Pape, pu5Jiahsd IN WasAing-
ton Osy, D. C., By i''la
AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
PROSPECTUS

ton Osty ID. C., By 8lEaa
AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
!" e have reached an important crisis n our ps-
w ltical history. The two leading parties in our
oouAtty hitherto separated BY broad lines either Of
principle Of Of policy, diner w scarcely in any thing
National Bank formerly an essential point Of diE
ference between rival parties has no advocates.
PYotetsvs Tariff for the sake of protection which
once divided parties and distracted National Coun
oils pes bseoms obsolete, az question Of party policy,
profession TO American Manufactures. modifca-
ton Of tho details of present tariff system is oil
that demanded by the most strenuous advocates Of
protection to American Industry. M M
The disk55usioN al the proceeds Of the pablio ais
amcnS the 6Svera States formerly claimed by one
party, and the aPpason Of those proceeds solely in
aid Of the national Treasury, as claimed by the other
hicting opinons far st lcast a. to srk these ques
hons az tsstaes betwsen WhiHB and Democrats plan
formed Of compound of "squatter sovereignty" Of
graduation" " and Of 9 surrender to the States" in
which they lia seems likely to withdraw the public
| lands from the arena Of future party contests
The SnfvvOSsnsnt of h0rbors and rSsNs By conRrcs
siona aid on which political parties have hitherto
differed at different times has now become less que 3
ton Of principle than Of local and sectional contest
and it viii doubtless be adjusted by the next Con-
gress upon that basis Of iberality and Justice de-
anded by the spirit Of the age and ths tue inierests
Other questions, of minor Importance, on which, at
different times the two prominent parties Of the coun
try disagreed have now, by change of circumstance
become obsolete. What then, remain issues Of
and Demscrats, We know Of none and il these
hitherto rival parties shall maintain their respective
they will Do - for the nsre sake Of the
But new issues have arisen. having no rsfarenc 10
the party organizations of Wings and Democratic
issues which are vastly important in their bearinr
upon the fnture welfare OF the ceuntry-and which
issues must in their discussion, progress and term
nation, annhate these two parties, which, for years
past have batled, with alternate success for political
supremacy.
| new era Is at hand--An era which win be char
IRA cr rAssaofisa I Throughout the length , and
breadth Of this great and glorious Union the masses Of
the American people have spontaneously and simult
neously started the inquiry" ARz NOT AMIsIcArs
quiry 10 universal 40 II is natural and pertinent
The response s being given in the thousands of asso-
Citations springing mp in all portions Of the United
States and resting on the single basis that tie nSsip
bon citscsns of tss Union haze hs oapdcy and Hs
toiU 70 Gdgssni siv osea Gov~rsnepa to protect the
ss sssss sss IA ssss ss ss & fss'''s ss ~
Shall We trace the causes Of this spontaneous and
evils ndsn g tie %disss
OF Foreigners into our countryside consequences Of
permitting such immigrants 10 enjoy the right of
suffage and the degrsding e6ect Of slsvsting for
Ngners 70 pOsH OF hunut and trust uhdHf otf eov-
eminent; az t1ss have been sesn and known 70 our
peope for years past, and yet until nou. with few
exceptions, the American people have seemed 70 be
no ses on PssSscsss sss y ~ b .nd We
espesas 70 the country, assign the esusss for this
sudden snd general manifestation of the purpose Of
the American people to take the rcins Of govern
nsot %sns INTO their own hands y y sufficient for the
| and obvious not that sstrA rssposs erists
We now come 0rVard - present to our fellow
citsens the mode and n1eans Of concentrating the
opinions and Of fharmonxng ths action Of those who
are disposed TO unitsin the formation Of an " Aere
scdM Pdrtv whose ptwposs shall be to find q resneIv
FOR tie manifold svils W1icA AuOs come upon as and
soAscA ays tarry sacsasisg under ts DISASTROUS ops-
establish in conformity with the wishes Of thousands
OF the citizens of this District and Of sree nunbeY
Of our friends in the di6srsns States, daily and
weekly paper. 10 b oslled tsi n
THE AMERICAN ORGAN.
The publication win oommsnes on tho 18th day OF
xsaS sap 1a spl9 saoisn. s 8 cgmeno. and
70 continue the entsrpeisA has been subscribed and
secured TO DO advanced BY number of wealthy and
influential gentlemen; and We ars insured daily
.hsd in wssRnson city city rss number RiS5 p0M y puD our
weekly Subscribers WIN depend upon the enthusiasm
Of our ieuds in the several Statss but We have such
with wsey Aousands and that year will not trans
than ons hssadrsd MsAsand ss17 -
Our position At the seat Of ths fderal government,
q the sssss hs 1rss people I nS
assemble, and where proinHSnA men Of all parties
periodically soourn for many nea1hs, is considered
by us and BY our friends - the most favorable one
| for the publication of the ORGAN or TnB AnmxcAN
PARrr; and if the most untiring devotion to the ad-
vocacy Of the doctrines and policy Of this party shall
give us claim to its supToE, we know We shall de-
We cannot perhaps more Distinctly and oonoisely
define the basis on which the Amsvionm Oyvon il e.
tablished than by presenting the following extnct
which we copy and adopt from an address Of aformcr
president Of The Aissouri Antivs A,nsricnm Assocsa-
tson, and published at St. Louis in February 1s4l 70
"Tm rnRrsruArIsN or AxEaIcAN rRsHpon n oua
osJscr, AMHRIcAH RIGHTS OUR MOTTO. AND rHs AxnR-
IcAN PARTY QUE CoGron1N"
Our position is TINS defined We shall adyocate
such measures will in our Judgment il carried out
perpctuate freedom and protect our native rights
nor shall We at any time deviate from the path oi
duty as the organ Of the ADseo~ party, and the ad-
We shall1 neither susain oppose a ny political
measures on the ground that they ems, iate from a
Democratic or from Wing administrati on but we
shall discuss al political questions with the most
perfect freedom from favor or prejudice toward the
present or any future administration Keeping al
ways in view the principles and purpe,ses OF the
A'.ssosn party, We shall battle for thOss principles
and purposes, while as an independent journal, we
shall approve what we think is right and condemn
what We think is wrong in the principles Of all public
men and Of all political parties. The editor Of the
American Organ win be Democrat Of the school of
Jefferson and Madison progressive in his notions Of
public policy, yet consistent in his advocacy Of the
rights Of the States tts& s9lges.sa -gstInv98
No essay editorial shall ever appear in TIA
Arss-iodn Organ, the tendency Of which would be 10
prejudice the rights wound the feelings Of the ct-
Eens Of y Of the States. So far - the influence OF
this paper shall extend, the constitutional rights Of
eaoh and Of all the States shall be maintained W.
Aold Aot khs ssstiton Of sl0emy 6eLonSs srclpsScv
TO tAess States IN toAiok y ~riss Each of DE Stdtes ~
seA>aer not slor~Y shau Ar scik1sss IL 6ordsrs