Daily American organ., 1856-04-07

But there exists an influence above and be- |
yond that of Presidents, which controls the ac-
tions Of nine-tenths of the foreign voters, |
whenever and wherever that influence may be |
brought to bear. In this connexion, it might
be well for those members Of the administration
party, who confde now in the protestations of
the Romish Church, 10 read the writings Of
Daniel o'Connell, and to keep in mind the his
tory and policy of the Jesuitsl We can readily
discover that the result Of the passage of the
District suffrage bill, in the shape which the
committee gave to il, and without Marshall's
amendment, might be the overthrow of the in
stitution OF slavery here. We do not suppose
such was the purpose Of the committee--fa
from it-but that such is the view which the
National Era took of it, is now apparent
That press noso advocates the erasure of the
word "white" so as to allow free colored men
to votel
In fact, it is one of the cuuses of assault upon
the Republicans in Congress, that an effort was
not made by them to erase that word. The
Era says.
again: There is discrimination in the bill
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| champion of equality did not move as an amend
| ment to Marshalls amendment the erasure of that
word. The section would then have secured the
right of voting to every citizen of the United
States
But all considerations were swallowed up in
the one idea of conciliating the Know Nothings"
So then out of Difference to the views of the
American party, no motion was made by any
champion of equality" to erase the word
"whitel" We thank the Era for this admis-
sion, as also for the disclosure of the general
fact of its great anxiety for the passage of this
bill, and more especially for this exhortation,
viz: Let those who are in JaUor of oar bill
uote for it ~ Ali then it is the bill of the
National Era, is it' Gas for the pretence" "
| (says the Era) " that it is an administration
measure-we know better" Here is truly
rich development--this bill, then, the Ma
tional Era openly says is sour 6ill" and it is
not an administration measure" zoe kno,o
better" than this--and thus this National
Era-abolition movement has been palmed off
upon the southern Democracy as an admins
tration measure!
This new development made by the Ma
tional Era, whilst administering its reproofs
to those Republicans who dared to exhibit
symptoms Of Americanism, will somewhat sur
prise and dum6tound the Southern Pierce De-
mocracy, who so zealously supported this Ma
tional Era movement, and they will thank the
Americans in the House, for saving the South
from the probable effects of the passage Of that
measure, If they are not devoid of gratitude al
together.
1t is not our purpose to make any comment
now upon the merits of this measure--we have
done this on former occasion, and we may
do it again hereafter, if the bill shall be again
reported to the House. We have only desired
at this time to exhibit the attempt of the Ma
tional Era to Ohip the Republicans into the
| traces and to make them obey ats dictatioB;
to suggest some points of inquiry as to the ul-
timate effect of the measure proposed, to
show the paternity of movement, in which
the Pierce Democracy of the South had joined
| the Aboltionists, and to make it manifest, that
the defeat of this movement is due to the
| American members of the House.
Why the Abolitionists Oppose Mr.. Fill
more.
Clay, and gave his support to the Compromise
measures of 1860. ,....a-r-s
Second. Because, after referring the question of
its constitutionality, of which we presume he had
no doubt, to the Attorney General, Mr. Critten-
den, who gave an opinion in favor of its constitu-
tionalty, he signed the Fugitive Slave law.
Third Because, as President of the United
States, sworn to support the constitution and exc
cute the laws, he enforced the law which Congress
had passed and he had signed
Fourth. Because, in writing to Mr.. Clay in No
vember, 1874, he said, The abolitionists and
foreign Catholics have defeated us in this State.
will not trust myself to speak of the vile hypoc-
risy of the leading abolitionists now. Doubtless
many acted honestly but ignorantly in what they
did. But it is clear that Brney and his associates
sold themselves to Locofocoism, and will doubtless
receive their reward
For these four the abolitonists oppose Mr
Fillmore to the bitter end. And yet some of them
profess to desire the election of Judge Mclean.
who has repeatedly decided that the Fugitive Slave
law is constitutional, and has, as it was his duty to
do enforced it as one of the laws of the land Had
be been nominated by the Americans, the aboli-
tionists would have opposed him.
VINO IS ISAAC NEWTON P--The Albany Register
doubts the existence of Isaac Newton, the Phila-
delphia Quaker. We are astonished at the gno-
rance of the Register Isaac Newton is as we'll
known in Philadelphis as Dr. Bay is in Albany |
He is moreover well-known in this city--haying
recently purchased 5000 acres of land in Prince
William county, Virginia, for the purpose of sup
plying the Washington Market with fruit. He is a