The true Democrat., 1855-07-17
NO. 40.
"fut Noue tu. Americans on Guard,'-
 Know Nothing Forpery ExnoscJ,


 The know nothing presses for some time past nave kept standing at the head of the editorial column as an excuse for the proscriptive senti- ihehts advocated therein, this "order," said to nave been issued by WASHINGTON during the IeVolutlonary War, viz: {" Put none but Ameri- cans on guard" At first they gave no histori- Cal authority or reference whatever for the "or- oef' put as JARED SPARKS, the well-known compiler and editor of WAsHINGToN's writings, declared he had never ill his researches. seen it. and did not believe it was ever issued. it was found necessary to cite some proof of the au thentlcty of the "order" This "proof" they declared consisted of manuscript in possession ot General DEARBORN, and was to the follow ing effect:
 Cans6yadge Headquarters, May ', 1775.
 General Order--The General has great req son to be diSpleased with the negligence and lnattention of the guard who have been placed as sentlnelS on the outpostt--men whose char acters he isnot acquainted with. He, therefore, orders that for the future none 6, natUes of th,. country be placed on guard as sentinels on the outposts. This order to be considered stand ing one, and the officers to pay obedience to 1t on their part.
 (Signed,] FOX, Adjutant of the day.
 Countersgned, Exeter,
 Pay Roll, Dorchester.
 It will be seen that the above does not em- body the words "put none but Americans on guard" and IS virtual admission that they at least are .forgery. The truth is, however, that the 'order'' cited is such base talsifica- tion and pervision of WAsRINGToN's language as to amount to an entire Jabricotioa. It's date, May 7, 1775, stamps it as bogus, for WASHINGTON, instead of being at Dorchester, Mass, as protended, did not leave Mount Yer non until July 2d, of that year. The true "order' of WASHINGTON is dated Cambridge Headquarters, July :, 1775; porol, Dorchester; couatersign Exerter;" and printed ill Force's Anae17c17n Arr]SdeUeS volume two, page 1,634, as follows:
 The General nas great reason, and Is highly dspleaSed with the negligence and inattention cf those Qficers ach0 haye plore1 as seltJes ct tue oWpostS men aclh lgbose characters they ,re not acQuainted. He therefore orders that, pr the future, TO man shoN be appointed to tue ,napor- tant StalohS chD ts not "atiUe of htis country or h@s we or Janjy 70 4, to ,nlt0m he is 6,loogn tn De attached, The order is to be considered as standing one, and the officers are to pay obedi- ence to it, at their peril"
 The circumstances of the moment fully ez plain the purpose of the order. WAsHINGToG had arrived at headquarters, in Cambridge. only three days before, and finding want of care Ill the military arrangements, and having reason to fear that there were in camp persons favora- bly, disposed to the British, then holding pos session of Boston, and watching their opportu- nlty to communicate information to the enemy, directed certain precautions to be taken Ill the FelecfloD of Sentnels, not against torelr2ers, as such, but against traitors and s95eS in disguise The words omitted or altered by the know nothing forser which we have italicized, place the intention of the General in the clearest light, and prove beyond question the dishones. ty of the purposes for which this mutiIated do- cument has been put into circulation. It is altogether very curious instance of the base resorts to which fanaticism and party spirit will not hesitate to stoop.- Cincinnati Enquirer.