The true Democrat., 1856-06-17
The American Organ. "


 The following card which we find going the rounds of the Know Nothing press, will ex- plain itself. In connection with other facts, which We shall give below, our readers will find it an important and interesting item:
 Circular.
 The undersigned, members of the National Erecutave Committee cf the American party, have pleasure in announcing to the people, that sa- tistactory arrangements for the future mainte- nance of the American Organ, as an authorta- tive exponent and advocate of the principles of the American party, have been completed.
 Recommending its labors, under these new auspices, the undersigned cheerfuly commend the American Organ to the generous confidence confederacy, and they hope its columns may command the widest circulation.
 HUMPHREY MARSHALL, of Ky.
 SOLOMON G. HAVEN, of N. Y.
 J. MORRISON HARRIS of Md.
 JACOB BROOM, of Penn.
 Washington City, D. C., May l5, 1856.
 Thus we have it o6iciaAy announced by the national executive committee of the Ameri- can party" that the American Organ at Wash ington is the AUTHORITATIVE exponent and ad-
  rican Iarty Very we'll Let us see, then, what this party through it's authorized Organ, under its present editor, Mir. ELLIS, has said. Sometime before the meeting of the Philadel- pha convention, that paper in urging it's party to ignore the slavery question, used the follow ing expressive language:
 "There are men who are inconsiderate enough to require that aU the members of the American party shall agree upon the slavery question, aohen that question forms no part of the platform of the American party. The require ment Is unreasonable, and compliance ,oiM it imp,acticoble. Men must Je olloaoed to sou and think aofaat they please upon questions outside of our purpose"
 Again:
 " If the union hating fire eaters of the south would enlist Amea1conasna in their crusade against those whom they denominate fanatics or negro stealers' at the north they will find themselves mistaken, and if they cannot see any good in the order unless it will become their sectional ally, in efectng sectional objects, we say of them that the order has just as lit. tie use for them, as they have for the or der"
 This paper went farther and denounced in most violent terms the repeal of the Missouri compromise, and afterwards argued strenuousy in favor of its restoration. This was during the last summer. What has been its course of more recent date?
 Atter the nominations at Philadelphia of FILLMORE and DoNELsoN, a grand ratification meeting was held by the Know Nothings in Washington, and among tine speakers who of- hcmted on that occasion was the Hon: LEWIS D. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, dirty and filthy abo- htIonlst, well known to the country. The de- mocratlc press very naturally criticised his po- sition. Thjs sanae AUTHORISED exponent of hnot0 -N0tj,lngism undertook his deieAce
 Read the following:
 From the American Organ, March Is. l556
 EonsLe D. Campbell.
 A portion of the northwestern press. pursu ing the crushing out' policy which Giddincs, Wade, Greeley, and others, commenced at the opening of the present session of Congress. have pursued Mr. Campbell of Ohio, and mis- represented his course, with bitterness of feeling unbecomng civilized men. JVe hno,o of no otefce ~htch ttis gentleman has committed, unless be Mat, tn tie House Of Representatives, he dared to assert, tn voice aOJtich ran Mrouqh- out he remo'est parts of Mat HaU and its ample galleries, AM AN AMERICAN :"
 Ihls trio of interruptions editors have most violently assaed Mir. Cam pbel on the strength of an imperfect, nasty, and in several respects erroneous sketch of speech which he made at the American ratification meeting, on the 18th ultimo, and which sketch appeared in the Organ, given us by our local reporter without Mir. Campbell's corrections, or any supervision. which only purported to be a rough sketch of his remarks.
 As one cf de committee to procure speakers, we know that Mir. Campbell only came to the meeting, after repeated solicitations, and without preparaton-yet hs sDeech ,oas one ot' 1ohich no American need be ashaaaea *
 Such is the opinion which the Organ "au- | thorlsedn to speak for the Know Nothing party. | entertans of Mr. CAMPBELL It is scarcely | necessary to inform the public that this gen- tleman Is redmouthed abotionist Since thus complimented and defended bv the Organ he has detied his position in Congress as fol- lows:
 "I have uniformly, since I have been con- nected with politics, taken the position that power is confe'aed upon Congress by Me constitu. tion to erclAe siarery from the territories, and hdae cOnteaded that d is erpetiiem to exercise that poWer l have fought the battle before the people upon that principle, and I appeal to gentlemen from every section of this country to say whether have or not, in my poor feeble way fought the battle here; and / chaHeuoe aN he T,ibunes, and al the newspapers, and az Me letter aoriters and aU the outsiders and tue rest of naankind, to prove that / have uttered either ia acrtting or orally publicly or p,1vately, heye or else'ehere, onyth'ng inconsistent 0ith that position
 Again: 1 have supported that distinguished gentleman Mir. Banks under the full belief that he is, as am -am ana proud to declare it--an AMERICAN applause in the galleries, and in favor of the leading characteristic principles of that organi- zatlon. He openly declared such to be his principles when interrogated in the last Con- gress, and know the fact from other sources And recently, his colleague, Mr. Damrell1 when the question was before this body. de. cared the fact that he still belonged to that or ganizaton.''
 Such is the national Organ at Washington the AUTHORIZED EXPONENT of the PRINCIPLES of the Know Nothing party. We must do that paper the justice to say that it discharges its mission with wonderful success
 word in conclusion concerning the gentle men who compose this "National Executive Committed" Messrs Marshall and Harris are from slave States and reflect the sentiment of their party south. Messrs. Haven and Brown are from the north and reflect the anti-slavery sentiment of their party in that section They were elected in opposition to the Kansas bill, and in favor of restoring the Missouri Compro mise line. Upon the last vote betweon Akin and Banks, in the election of Speaker of the House, they refused to vote for Akin, and gloated over the triumph of abolitionism.
 Have we not here fair reflex of the "Na- tonal'ty" of the Know Nothing organization? Is comment necessary to expose it's rottenness and ception?-NashmUee Union and Ameri-
 The Biglers.
 An interesting incident occurred at the Mer chants Hotel, Philadelphia. on Monday. Ex-