Daily American organ., 1856-04-21
PLAYING out the came.

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Playing out the Game. ftgFp.
The Washington Union continues its efforts,
in connection with the New York Times and
New York Tribune to create the impression
that Mr.. Fillmore has no strength in the North,
whilst the Richmond Enquirer and other South
ern presses seek to produce the same impress
sion as to the South. These anti-American
presses play into each others hands, in strict
conformity with their programme, TO wage
unitsdlya war upon the American candidates..
The Union thus quotes from its cheek by
jowl Companion Of the Times; ...,.
"The NortherG members of the American party
win probably endeavor to find candidate who will
also be adopted by the Republicans; and II they
succeed in this, they will enter upon the canvass
with reasonable prospects of victory" 4. 3.
The New York Tribune also asserts (says
the Union) that /" Americanism is dying out,
and on the nth of June it will be finally ab-
sorbed by its stronger ally, the Republicans" "
Here, then, is the testimony relied upon by
the Washington Union to show that the Amer
lean nominations have no. strength, and that
the contest for the Presidency win be solely
between the Republicans and the anti-Ameri-
cans! These presses have made a fusion in
the work of falsehood and misrepresentation
There are no two presses at the North, that
have been, from first to last more violently
and bitterly opposed to the American move
ment, than the Tribune and the Times. They
are the leading Republican presses of the
North, and sing the same song with the Na-
tional Era of this city which has endeavored
to force those Republicans in Congress, who
have American feelings and sympathies, to
abandon every issue but that which is involved
in the double notices Of the pseudo Democra-
cy, to wit: /" Kansas Nebraska and slavery
extension" and Nebraska Kansas and no
more slave States. In other words, both the
Republican and the pseudo Democratic parties
are striving to bring about an exclusively sec
tionGs issue in el.coming contest, pretermit-
ting all questions Of apurely national charac-
ter, and both agreeing to wage war upon
american doctrines, In carrying out this
joint purpose, the first thing that each of
these parties seeks to accomplish, as a prelim-
nary movement to their great battle upon Sec
tionalism, is, to show that the American party
has no strength. s En- ssas
And how do they attempt to show thisp Why,
the Times, the Tribune, the National Era,
and other Republican presses declare, that
Americanism has no strength at the North,
and the Union, the Richmond Enquirer, and
other presses of the pseudo Democracy copy
these declarations as proofs against the Ameri-
can party, and then in turn these latter presses
declare, that Americanism has no advocates at
the South, and the above-named Republican
presses copy the statements of their Southern
allies, and the fact stands thus proceed that
there is no American party anywhere in the
countryl Now is i possible these .fusionists
in the work Of Misrepresentation, can suppose
they viii, in this manner deceive the people Of
the United States into any such absurd and
ridiculous belief, contrary to the universal
Knowledge of the people of every State in this
UnionP Can so transparent fraud be perpe-
trated upon thecountry? Nay more, Uiu the
Union-loOing people Of the United States
consent to purely sectional contest for the
Presidencys -,., .-...
We may grant that the questions involved
In the issues, and sought to be made the sole
Issues in the Presidential campaign, are ques-
tions of importance time is rapidly set
Ting these questions, and agitation only pro-
longs contest whose result cannot be changed
by procrastination. The American doctrine in
relation to the territories, as developed in the
7th section of the platform, as the true doc
trine, and it will prevail, sooner or later, and
thus put an end to sectional agitation. 1t is
the doctrine of all the conservative men Of the
North, 5ecause it contains the very essence Of
Americanism, and of selfgouernment combin
ed. Itis the doctriue for which the whole South
contend, shorn Of the " Squatter Sovereign
ty principle contained in the Kansas -Nebras-
ka act, The 9TH section of the American plat
form embraces substantially the provisions OF
the Kansas Nebraska bill, as IL passed the Sen
ate 6y the the uotes Of the Democratic mem
bsrs Of that body, and it would aoao command
the assent Of every Southern man in Congress,
but for, tho fact, that the assent of Southern
Democratic members, to this section, would be
surrender to the American party ,s..a
If the pseudo Democracy in Congress de-
sired to put an end to sectional agitation, they
would adopt the principles Of the 7th section
Of the American platform, 6ut they desire no
such thing-their existence as party depends
upon their maintaining the principles of the
Kansas Nebraska act, "squatter sovereignty"
alienism, pauperism, and all together So on
the other hand, if the Republican party in
Congress desired to put an end to sectional
agitation, they would promptly cease those eff
forts which endanger the peace Of the country