New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-19

at the "Amerlcan Sfa.e Convention which was
held the other day IN Syracuse, there was prodi-
eious amount Of cheering, and gasconadiDg and
Ing to keep up the courage and sanguine e1,
pecta'iOns expressed of future victories in udlcrous
contrast with the present condition of the party. 1t
is all very fine to talk about remaining in vrtuous
minority, and waiting upon Providence; butthen to
be certain of ultimate triumph men must have evil
dence of steady increase of forces however small,
whereas have here steady decrease of strength,
and very large one into the bargain. These
"Americans if we may put faith in their raptures,
are Ike consumptive patient, who, the thinner he
gets, is the more certain Of recovery. No. Mr..
Duganne showed more sense than all his colleagues
put together, when be said in the Convention:
"He believed that no party could stand like drum
and be beaten at every election, aud 60 out time
"aftcr time, with the American flag raised over
chem, only to see it trailed in the dust. He
"wanted to k.:ow if the Americans were school
"boys, to be satisfied with Bunc ombe speeches ;"
The answer to that question depends very much
upon what kind Of Americans" they are. Anum-
Der Of very coed Americans became dissatisfied With
the poor prOyender Of the Buncombe elOquence long
ago. and have soughtn other organizations for better
diet. Then there are other "AmeIicans," the pro-
life authors of these very speeches, who are per-
fectly well satisfied with them, and with themselves
Then there are still others like Mr.. Duganne, who
want victory now and then just by way of change,
and cannot, for the life Of them, see why the
poor Dark Lanterns should be all the time toing
for the honor and profit Of the Sham Democracy.
Mr. d. will pardon the suggest that he is to a
limited extent verdant Why bless his simple
soul! does he suppose that the Walks. Ravens,
Whitneys, Broob SEES really desire American victories,
unless they eId to the election of hard aud hesress
Pro. Slavery men1 Doesn't he know that as bet Heen
the success of pseudo Democrat and an honest
Anti Slavery American, these leaders would give
their sympathies and services to the Buchansnite
Want this manifest enough last year, when these
leaders sold out the party to the Democracy, its
avOwtd and bitter opponent. and defeated Fremont,
whe was understood to have some respect for its
prDciplesi Wasn't it evident enough when they
cooked up that miserable Platform at Philadelphia,
of which Mr.. Gibberson, in the Convention, said:
"The Fillmore Platform was no Platform at all.
"It had beaten the Americans before, and no one
wanted to stand on it again We'll, they had
their own way. They held the balance of power,
and they gave it to James Buchanan, and in favor Of
foreign suffrage. They jockeyed US out Of Penn
sylvana, New Jersey and Indiana, and then went
back to their speech.making about quitting none
"but Americans on guard" and permitting "Only
Americans to rule America" No wonder that
Mr. Duganne chafes at this supreme impudence or
consummate folly.
Now, who can be surprised that party thus
controlled should be growing smaller and smaller
As the jugsley of ts management becomes day
by day more apparent, honest men will leave it,
and earnest men will cease to join it. Voters do
not all relish the idea of being made catspaws.
They are not great while in finding out that the
battle is between Slavery and Freedom, and that he
who is not warmly and devotedly upon the side of
the latter is thoroughly committed to the former.
The American movement even in those places
in which its manifestations were purest, never
meant what it professed to mean, or sought what
it professed to seek 1t was ga tsdee" intended
to destroy, in some States the Why, and q oedss
the Democratic party. For Fins q wassaccess.
full but the game is low played 81 HeNassS,
the action Of the party can only be suicidal. EssU
time it helps the Democracy to victory, it put
small handful of nails into its own coffin. Every
time it assists in the defeat of the Republicans it
STRENGTHENS the logged determination Of the Demo.
crat. to adhere to the tenth plank Of their Cincin
natl Platform, which denounces "every attempt to
" abridse facilities for becoming citizens How
long can the American party last at that rate Per.
haps the next election will help US to an answer.
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