True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-09-05
andar lhe eon,roI Of Roman Oa.hOlie

under the control of Roman Catholic
Priests.
1t is lamentnble that the evil spirit o
conquest by which Texas was first wrench
Cd from the Mexican cOnfederacy, to b,
afterwards added to our Union, as a Slave
State, should now be settled down as on,
Of the peculiar institutions Of the South
whereby the area and mahgu influence o.
Slavery is to be extended. But thus is it
that the national curse brought upon u
BY the conquest and annexation Of Texas
(all done iu fraud should, like individual
sins, grow upon us. 1t is therefore 6t
that Texas, born Of evil parentage, should
now be sending forth her vicious sons Il
additional deeds Of violence aud rapacity
In that Texas fraud, from the time o.
the first Southern volunteer, until the 6na
contamination of annexation, the Slave
owners of the South learned, to them, the
important lesson, how they might effectu-
ally enlist the money and blood of the ma
tiOn, to aid them in extending their area
and political power, The same game, by
which the men and money of the North
were go freely and ahundantly sent forth
to secure the permanent fixture of the sin,
gle State of Texas, rs a land for slave
breeding and slave using, is now again to
be played upon US, not to add one State
only, but three or four. How fast grows
the rapacity Of our Southern Slave-own-
ers
This fllibustering scheme to add sever
al more Mexican States to our confederacy,
will find sympathy, not only with Slave
breeders and drivers, but also with the
Roman Catholic Church. The bringing
into our government of those miserable
Mexicans, poor in pocket and poor in in
telect; led BY their Romish priests as
puppets upon wires; will naturally be a
favorite scheme Of that plotting Church,
to add to its power in this country.
To all this outrage upon right, proprie-
ty, and our country, We find the admins
tration and its party, whose special prov
ince appears to be to encourage Slavery
and Romanism, looking on we'll satisfied.
Fillibustering for Slavery, whether in Kan
sas or Mexico, finds great favor with Mr..
Pierce, whose sworn duties are to suppress
such outrages. In the hands of Presi-
dent Pierce, neither our freemen in Kan
sas, nor our solemn Stipulations with Mex
leo, find favor, when the great question of
extending Slavery is at issue. "What,"
says Mr.. Pierce, his party and allied slave
breeders and drivers, "What is the use of
our government if it is not to increase and
spread slavery?'
Such being the case, whittier shall our
country look in this hour of its dishonor ?
Most certainly it devolves upon the AMER
1CAN party now to be true to America and
its principles. While we do not oppose
peaceable annexation whereby both coun-
tries will be mutually advantaged, true
Americaulsm will oppose uurighteous fill
clustering. As present constituted, the
Mexican States could not be advantage
ously annexed to US. We want no more
Slave States--we want none Of their Ro-
nish lazaroni. A proposition even, to an
mex and bring those States into our Union
would only be an additional fire brand
thrown among the hot disputes North and
South. For thus allowing trouble to TO-
ment, the President and his Democratic
party must be held to strict account, The
American Republican party, which will be
true to America, must see to it. Bya
clear sweeping Of Ohio in October, Presi-
dent Pierce must be taught that Gllibus-
teriug and slavery will not be tolerated.