Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-10
The Washington UniOn-The Democracy
re-. of Maine.

WASHINGTON CRY, D. c., May 10Th, 1856.
The Washington Union-The Democracy
of Maine.
We have shown, on several different occa-
sions, the reckless mendacity of the Washing
ton Union, and its base attempts to gull the
South into the idea that "Fillmore has no
chance" and that Buchanan would carry al
most the entire North. We have sought to
convince the South of the total unreliabilty of
all such representations, and that the Wash
ington Union and its kindred y Dresses were
knowingly and pmposely leading the South
astray as 10 Tue .lae issue before the people.
ne @"0", yashington Union knops, and
sns, man of common information knoaos, that
/ the contest in the North will be between Fill
more and Fremont and that Buchanan Gf he
remains in the field) will be the third candi-
date as to the popular vote. In Vermont and
in Maine, the American party" has no Or
ganization, and we rejoice that, for the present,
it has none
It may not be deemed wise for the "Ameri-
can party" to run an electoral ticket in either
of these States, or in New hampshire they
are regarded as being hopelessly sectional at
| p .esent-and it may be as well to wait for the
return of reason and common sense to the peo-
pie of those States, before attempting to form
National American party there. The absence
of an "American" organization in these States
where there is as yet scarcely any nationality
of sentiment, has had this one good effect, to
wit to show to the country that in single
handed contest there, the sham Democracy,
alias the "squatter sovereign -Ostend-man-
ifesto- world defying- party has no show-that
it has been and will be routed "horse, foot,
and dragoons"-in a contest with Republican
ism. The demonstration of this .tact mag open
the eyes of the people of the South to the utter
impracticablity of forcing upon the North
such candidate as James Buchanan, with such
miserable platform of principles as he now
stands upon, and with the associations by
which he is surrounded.
The two sectional parties, ranged under Blu
chanan on one side and under Fremont on the
other, have united in the effort TO create the
impression, that the conservative party, under
Fillmore, has no chance Of success they have
united in decryiag Fillmore, in maligning, SIAN
dering, and UiIifyiaag him, at each end of the
Union, the shamD Democrats have even publish
ed and scattered documents over the whole coun-
try, disappearing as well his political princi
Piles as his official acts, and we are not quite
sure that the American party is under any obi
CATION to stand between this sham Democracy,
and that sound thrashing it is likely to get at
the hands of its sectional antagonist, in the
States to which VIC have referred, and in a few
others, where the Republicans have decided
majority in q single-handed contest with this
sham Democracy. 1t may be well enough,
perhaps to let this sham Democracy be wh6p-
pei into the possession of a little common
sense and common honesty.
The American party" has duty to per-
form to ITSELF as well as to the country--it can
discharge both these obligations, by first allow
ing the sham Democracy to be smashed into
pieces by their sectional rivals, and then by
snatching the institutions of the country from
the possession of those rivals. Such is the
strength of the American party in New York,
and in several other States of the North and also
in several of the Southern States, that it has the
power to say to one of those sectional factions,
stand back! and to the other, come no further
This power, we trust it will exercise--but we
would fain hope it will not put forth its arm to
aid or assist either Of these rival sectional par
ties, bit treat both as its antagonists. Such
Mey haze made themselves, and as such they
should be regarded.
In each Of the States where the American
party has fair prospect of success, it should
present an electoral ticket, and an unbroken
front--in those States where it has no such
prospect, let It stand aloof and behold the Rit-
kenny cat fight, with perfect indifference
In such fight, no matter which sectional
party gets whipped in any one or more Of
those States where national Americanism has
no present power, it will rebound to the ulti-
mate advantage of our party and of the country.
Thus the defeat--the total rout Of the sham
Democracy in Maine, in tho election on Monday
last, viii open the eyes Of the whole country