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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
A Humiliating Spectacle.

1t was humiliating to see the Know
Nothings, those Americans who claim only
to be fit to rule America, play at bo-peep
round the corners to get into the den on
Tuesday without being detected. They
evidently felt ashamed of what they were
doing, and many of them looked more like
as if they were about to rob hen roost,
than to exercise one of the proudest priv
ileges of an American citizen. What a
libel it is to call such sneahs Americans.
American The word conveys to us the
idea of a n,an--they convert it into the
idea Of poltroon-a Greek-a crawling,
iawniDg hypocrite We trust that God
Almighty, in his good Providence, has
some higher destiny in store for this coun.
try, than to entrust it to the rule of such
Give us war, pestilence, faninc--anything
but that.-American Union.
Such is the language of the Editor Of
:llat chaste paper in relation to the Amer
lean party of this city. We doubt much
whether there can be found in any paper
Of the old line party, the same amount o.
malice displayed, in the same space, as i!
contained in theiaboye editorial against the
American party. 1--WE trust that Coo
Ahsghy has some higher destiny in Stor'
for this country than to entrust it to th'
rule Of such" Such what? What hat
YOU your heart to sayof the Americans
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
THE EPIDEMIC.
attest from Norfolk and Portsmouth


THE news from Norfolk and Portsmouth
is truly appalling. The epidemic, instead
Of decreasing, as it was hoped it would q
few days ago, is steadily becoming more
and moro malignant, and the daily list Of
victims swelling to most frightful extent.
Many, who have nobly braved the disease,
since its frst appearance, in attending up
on the sick and dying, have, since Satur.
day, fallen victims themselves, and others
who fastened from their distant homes,
but recently. to alleviate the sufcrings Of
their fellow-mortals, are now down with
the disease. The medical profession, VIC
are informed by letters received here, have
lost another of their number, DR.. George
HalSon, and several others are i'll. Wm.
E. Cunningham, Esq, one Of the editors
of the Beacon, we regret to say, is dead,
and his partner, Mr.. GatewOol, is ILL.,
The Norfolk Herald, Of Monday, says:
"The "a hours ending yesterday at 2
O'Clock P NJ, shows frightful mortality,
Twenty nine deaths are registered, and one
hundred moro have been ordered, which is
doubtless short Of the actual number. Be-
tween forty and fifty is said to have been
the number of burials; but some were Of
persons who died within the preceding "a
hours, and were kept over for want of cof-
fins to inter them. A startling fact -
Fifty cofhns were received from Baltimore
on Sunday"
One of our Baltimore physicians, Or.
G. H. Jones, came up yesterday morning,
in the steamer Louisiana from Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and reports the distress in
these places to be beyond all description
On Sunday, in Norfolk, there we're forty
dead bodies without cofins or any one to
bury them.
The number of deaths in Norfolk on
Saturday, he states, was 6fty.fve; on Sun
day sixty, and on Monday ifty-four. Col.
) Furguson, President Of the Howard Asso.
6 ciation, informed tho doctor that in Nor
' folk on Sunday there were 1000 cases Of
the fever, and in Portsmouth about AGO.
The doctor thinks the disease will contin-
ue as long as there is an individual in the
e place for it to attack. A committee of
fourteen from Hampton came up to this
;. city yesterday morning, en- route for Wash
ingtoD, to ascertain whether or not Old
. Point can be procured for the purpose Of
s removing the entire population Of Norfolk
n and Porhmouth
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
From the Carrolton Free Press
THE MASS MEETING.

Last Thursday, ut the appointed time;
Messrs. Chase and Mcdill; with their res
pective friends, Hon. John A. Bingham
and Attorney General, George W. M'Cook,
confronted each other upon the stand erec-
ted for the occasion. In pursuance of a
previously written arrangement entered
into by the respective committees, Cover
nor Medill led off in speech Of one hour,
at the opening of which he complained
bitterly of the arrangement his friends had
made by which he should open the discus.
sion, and the Republican committee con.
sented, because they had given the chall'
enge to the Democracy.
The Governor dwelt but brief period
upon the affairs of his administration
and then struck off in real Don QuixotiC
style after the Know Nothings, occasion
ally imagining that he had found wine
mill and the way he puffcd and smote tht
air, very lily became the easy position .
the covering for his Uranium. Notwith
standing his pathetic appeal to all foreigl
born citizens, and his bitter denunciatiol
of Know Nothings; he made most admir-
able failure in his attempt to bolster u
bis present slavery rotten administration
by begging the question. Asked why h
and his administration should be held res
ponsible, for the acts of Pierce and his CT
adjutors, over whom he had no control
And whined most pitiously that the Aboli
tioniSts and Know Nothings wanted t
remove him from the Gubernatorial sea
for no good reason whatever. And the
after general desecration of the Kno
Nothings he took his seat, not however III
til be averred most positively that Atch
son and Stringfellow were Know Nothing
| and that by them and their followers Il
7 ballot boxes Of Kansas had been take
possession of by force of arms, and that q
: the murders Of Louisville; Cincinnati ar
Columbus had been committed by the
0 merican party, and that the country VI
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Useless Work.

The Editor of the Union appears great
ly distressed lest some members of the
the American party should be badly dealt
with by their party. This scheme of the
hunkers to try and foment disSensions in
the American Republican ranks wont work.
There has been nothing doue to cause dis
satisfaction; therefore perfect harmony
prevails among the friends of freedom
Our party fights for America and Liberty
1t is enough that the miscalled Democrat
ic party should quarrel with itself fol
Office. There is plain old proverb whicl
advises people to mind their own business
and attend to their own troubles. Yol
had better save your strength and hea
your own dissenSiOns, which, report says
brew thicker daily, twaddle will have Ii
effect upon American Republicans.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12

D0~ It is great misfortune for old
Rome that she has to accommodate herself
and her doctrines to so many different lat
itudes. If all nations were as abject as
the Italian or Spanish, then it would be
very easy for her to talk despotism every
where--but here is Republican America,
who wont subscribe or submit to the Ian
guage and the treatment which befit those
people from whose hearts every sentiment
Of liberty has been eradicated The diff.
ficulty iu holding language which at once
makes Italy and Spain tremblo and lulls
America into a eenss Of security, il plain
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12

STEUBENvILLE FOUNDRY & MACHINE
WoRKs.-This old and well known estab-
lishmcnt-since the death of Mr.. James
Means-is carried on by three of his sons.
The high reputation this establishment
has had for many years-for superior work
we feel sure will be fully sustained in
the new firm. Their machinery now COM
bines almost every variety, and none need
60 from home to have their work done,
aud wel done. Employing large num-
Der of hands they are prepared to do work
of any description in their line on short
notice and upon reasonable terms. More
gentlemanly and honorable dealers cannot
be found in any city in the United States
Our mechanical and manufacturing in
terests are justly regarded as amongst the
principle sources of our prosperity. Lei
us then in view Of self.preservation go in fol
homo protection. See advertisement il
this days paper.
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We proclaim to The world the following
PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN
pARTV or OHIO

I. The unlimited freedom of Religion dis
connected with politics-hostility TO ecceSias.
tcal influences upon the affairs Of government
equality of rights to all naluraized Emil
grants who are thoroughly Americanized, and
owe no temporal allegiance, by reason of their
religion higher than that 10 the Constitution.
II No Interference with the rights OF citi-
zenshp aleady acquired by Foreigners, and
the protection of law to all who honestly emf
CRATE from love of liberty but the exclusion of
foreign paupers and felous, and a refusal to
extend the right Of suffrage to all who come
hereafter until they shall have resided 2l years
in the United States and complied with the
naturalization Laws.
III. Opposition to all political organizations
composed exclusively Of Foreigners, and to
Purtign Military Companies, and to all attempts
to exclude the Bible from Schools supported by
the government"
". Slavery is local-not national we op
pose its extension in any of our territories, and
the increase of its political power By the ad.
mission into the Union Of any Slave Stale or
otherwise; and We demand Of the General Gov
ernment an immediate redress of the great
wrongs which have been inflicted upon the
cause of Freedom and the American character
by the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and
the introduction Of Slavery into Kansas in VIC.
lation Of law, by the force Of arms, and the de.
struction of the elective franchise.
V. In humble imitation of the wisdom oi
Washington we oppose all intervention in the
affairs OF Foreign States yet on all proper cc
cason, We will not withhold our SYM pathy
from any people aspiring to be free.
VI. We support American Industry and &C.
MUS against the adverse policy of Foreign ma
tions and facilities TO internal and external
commerce by the improvement of rivers and
harbors and the construction of national roads
uriting the various sections of the Union
VII. The Union of these States should b.
made perpetual by faithful allegiance to thu
Constitution.
VIII In State policy We zealously advocat,
Retrenchment and Reform--a modification o
the present oppressive system of Taxation ant
a liberal system Of Public Schools.
THOS. SPOONER, President
Jouy E REEs Secretary
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12

D1~At Wellsville the other day, the
Democratic Senatorial Convention went
through the formula Of nominating Eli 7.
Tappan, as a candidate for the State SEN
ate to fill up their ticket, and to be sacri-
fscd for the good Of the cause, en- the I'd
Tuesday of October. 1t is generally un-
derstood in this region, that friend Eli has
always been a ready and willing sacrifice
for the good of almost any political party
that might need him for victim.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12

-SeAoe--------
We have looked with great interest to
the action of the New York State Council
of the American party, held at Bing-
hampton on the 2Sth ult, believing that
the political destiny of New York and
perhaps that of the nation might be sus-
pended upon that action for good or for
evil. We rejoice to be able to give the fol-
lowing from the Syracuse American Organ,
as the result of the deliberations Of that
body:
"OuR PLATFORM, PRINCIPLES AND
PoLIeY.-The first meeting of the Amer
lean Party of this State since the Philadcl-
phia Platform was promulgated, was held
at Binghampton on the 2Sth inst. 1t was
one of the best attended and harmonious
meetings yet held, and was looked to with
the greatest interest, if not with anxiety
and alarm. In this feeling our opponents
and the Papal party as fully participated
and as painfully felt as any of our brcth.
rem. They had seen Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts dividing and rejecting the
18th section of that Platform, and hoped
for division here. They had charged the
American party with the adoption of a pro-
slavery Platform-with being opposed to
the deep and prevailing sentiment of Free
dom so justly and highly appreciated at
the North-and they encouraged and mag
nifed divisions as the only certain hope in
their case.
This Council, representing every portion
of the State, and composed of individuals
from all the old parties in it, has delib-
erately declared in relation to slavery and
the 18th section that it has no rightful
place in the Platform of the National A.
merican Party-that the repeal of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise and the encouragement
OF agressions by the present National Ad.
ministration upon the sovereignty of the
territorial inhabitants of Kansas deserves
and should receive the merited condemns
tion of the American people-and that the
institution of slavery should derive no ex
tension from such repeal.
With this Platform and these principles,
the American Party, with over two hun
dred thousand members united as one man,
by an honest conviction Of the merits, JUS
ticc and necessity of his position, can car.
ry in this campaign, every battle in the
Empire State, aud lead her compeers to
the same victory in the Presidential can
vass of 1856. Then, once more "Ameri
cans may rule America" Let her ofdcel
her own troops-nominate her own men
those who are not afraid to meet the cue
my in open day, undisguised; and th'
residue of the patriotic and thinking por
ton of the masses, will be with us hear
and hand.
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- ? = n1,aP
and is very great. 1t Is difficulty which
that old deceiver cannot get over. Hence,
with the braEen brow of a shameless vii
lain, she says one thing publicly for Italy,
and quite another thing publicly for Amer
ica' In Europe, she publicly enunciates
sentiments and enforces measures of the
most tyranical nature. In America, she
speaks with the smooth, oily tongue Of
decciper. There she is a tyraut-here she
claims to be the best friend Of Reuubli-
canisn.
Now which is shea lover Of tyranny
or lover of freedom ? What is her char
acter? 1t is an old maxim, factions speak
louder than words" In Earope We have
actions--here we have words. The 40
tiOns are infamously tyrannical. They ig-
more every sentiment of freedom. They
make Rome monster who lives on hu-
man gore, and sports with every noble sen.
timent Of the heart, and strikes down eve
ry opposing sentiment, no matter how just.
The words which we hear here are excuses
explaining away the real meaning of acts
and dogmas. The say peace, peace, when
they are laying their plans for general
war--a war to the death. ~"
The Pope puts forth to his subjects what
is called an allocution, once in ever so long.
This is public Grafton to his chief officers
upon some question which involves the in
terests of the Church and his Holiness.
We filled our paper at one time with
extracts from the writings of Romanista,
in which they set forth and maintained
that the Pope had, or claimed to havo,
temporal power over the rulers and nations
Of the earth, and we gave great many in
stances Of the exercise Of such power
Here in our own times, in this day Of re-
ligiouo freedom, We find the Pope of Romo
communicating those who have, in Sar-
dinia, dared to break up those dcns Of
crime and infamy, the nunneries and mo-
nasteries. The Legislature Of Sardinia
have dared to pass CIVIL act which con-
flicts with the views of this supreme ruler,
and he pronounces major excommunica-
ton upon them, and by referring to tho
atrocities of his predecessors, sanctions
those acts which make Rome to-day and
forever rcek with the blood of the Saints.
We can now confidently ask every Amer
ican if the same thing may not be done
here? Suppose, as may be the case, that
the Roman priesthood, by their insidious
wiles, possess themselves Of 30 large indu-
ence in our country that they can plot
treason unmolested, and the national gov
ernment take measures to thwart their de-
signs-think you, then, the Roman Pom
tiff will not excommunicate our Congress
and President? Think you he will not
absolve Catholics from their allegiance to
the Government? Think you he will not
say-Irish Catholics, obey not those laws?
Of course he will and then the law will
be resisted, aud then will come anarchy,
in which freedom cannot breathe one
breath of life. Who knows but his secret
commands have come here commanding
his subjects to oppose our Common School
system, upon which, with one heart, Ro.
man Catholics have wared most bitterly.
We ask Americans to look to this before
it is too late. e.--Erctange.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12

LETrERs.-With remittanceS from MesSrs
Mcintosh and Rankin, have been received.
What fine opportunity an Editor has to
ascertain the honesty Of men in general,
and Of subscribers in particular. Thank
you gentlemen,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR
SALMON P. CHASE, of Hamilton.
FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR:
THOMAS II. FORD, of Richland.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE:
FRANK NJ. WRIGHT, Of Champaign
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
JAMES II. BAKER, of Ross
FOR TREASURER OF STATE:
WILLIAM II. GIBSON, of Seneca.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
(For The Full Te,ws,)
JACOB BRTNKERHOFF, of Richland,
(F5r tie Vucanry.)
CHAS. C. CONVERS, of Muskingum,
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
r. D. KIMBALL, of Medina.
roR MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
ALEXl G.. CONOVER, of Miami.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-12
THE AMERICAN PARTY OF OHIO

at the Annual Session of the State Council,
held in Cleveland, June 5th, 1858, the follow
ing Platform of Principles as expressive Of the
sentiment Of the Order in this State, was adopt.
cd and ordered to be published to the world
over the signatures Of its officers:
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AMERICAN COUNTY TICKET.

FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
j. McCURDY, Of Salem tp,
c. MENDENHALL, Mt. Pleasant,
For Sheriff,
JAMES H. BLINN, Steubenville.
For Treasurer.
JOHN McADAMS, of Warren.
For County Recorder.
GEORGE BEATTY, Stcubcnvillc,
For Prosecuting Attorney.
JAMES M. SHANE, Steubenville.
For County Commissioner.
JOSEPH B. McGREW, of Smith6eld.
For Smvgor.
WILLIAM SIMERAL, of Wayne.
FOR CORONER.
ROBERT MCINTYRE, Cross Greek.
FOR DIRECTOR OF INFIRMARY:
JOHN HARTFORD, of Island Creek
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published to the world, but from the re-
ports Of seceeding or expelled members,
and as thousands of good citizens from all
political parties constitute the order, 1 for
one am incredulOus about their corruptions.
He said nothing against the Sag NIGHTS.
Probably he expects as many of them as
have been naturalized to vote for him.
Both he and Senator Pugh were lavish
aud sycOphantie in their praise of foreign
ers and citizens Of foreign birth and more
especially those of the Catholic religion,
so much so as to disgust the thinking por-
tion Of those they tried to conciliate. The
demagogue stood out too plain. Even the
poor Wings, honest, virtuous, but over
slaughed people, came in for share of
their sympathy and coincidence. There was
no doubt just as much sincerity in their
pretence of kindness to the Wings as to
the Catholics, Germans and Irish.
From the way they drew comparisons
and contrasts between the native and the
foreign-born citizen the impression was
forced upon the mind that they regarded
it calamity that they were not born sub
jects of the Pope or some other absolute
sovereign, and had they been so there is
little doubt they would have been his SUBJ
jects still. A LOCKER ON.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IL, lS5
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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-16

We extract from the Kansas Herald the fol-
lowing remarks of Mr.. j. II. Howe, the leader
OF aRem igrant aid band that left Cleveland for
kansas on the 23d Of October last. Although
his exploration Of the country was made at an
unpropitious season of the year, his observa-
tons have extorted from him the following
testimony as to the peculiar adaptation Of the
territory to slave labor. Such a confession is
not without its significance. 1t should induce
q free emigration Of shareholders from the
Southern States, for not only are their princi-
pies, as Southern men, involved in the settle
ment Of this question, but their interests, as
Individuals as sgriculturists, as capitalists are
also dependent upon the introduction of slavery
into Kansas. Let us hope that these views Of
an opponent Of slavery, and Of an agent of the
system OF. forced emigration, will not be with
out their effect in producing such consumma.
ton. The letter from which the following ex-
tract is taken, bears date Steamer on Mis-
souri, River, (down,) November 10th, 1854"
81 made q very thorough exploration of the
country. 1t is one of vast and almost I'M
broken prairie, almost destitute of timber-but
the soil is of the richest character. Water
abundant and plenty Of stone, with some evil
dence Of COAL
Time and money sciH enable ne,, Of the
right stamp to possess these lands, subdue and
cultirate them, and cqnue7s the country into a
rery gardena farming paradise. Men Nth.
out means can do nothing there at present.
The COUNTRY IS EMINENTLY ADAPTED TO
SLAVE LABOR. WEALTHY SHAREHOLDERS CAN
GO THERE wITH''pLENTY OF HELP AND MEANS,
AND MAKE MONEY, sUBDUING AND cULTIvATING
THESE LANDS.
They will do so-and despite all efforts
yet making or means yet adopted by the free
States to prevent it, KANSAS IS SURE TO Be
CONE SLAVE STATE!
Emigrant AID Companies las they are
termed) are doing very little indeed to accom-
plish their object. They have encouraged hum
dreds of poor well-meaning and honest people
to leave their homes and rush into the Terri
tory without means to sustain themselves
there, who must suffer everything but death,
and many of them that, if they remain-or
leave the country, and go where they can pro-
vide for their families.