True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-06-27
For the True American.
DR.. Caldwsll,s Rsplv.

bear with me while | proceed to reply to
the attack made upon me in the American
Union of which Andrew Stuart is Editor.
I shall in the first place pay my respects
to ]. R. Naylor. The certificate which
falsefes me bearing the official signature
of the Clerk of Brooke County Court, as
if by virtue Of his Office greater degree
of credit would attach to his word, has its
iniquity concealed to citizens of another
State under cover of an official signature.
This j. II. Naylor, who, l am told, is
an enemy of mine, and has not spoken to
me for some time, because, at the meeting
to which he alludes in his note, I called
him political weathercOck, (Which am
prepared to prove, and which many of the
citizens of Jefferson County know has
prostituted aud trespassed upon the honor
and credibility of his Office by afixing his
extra judicial (quasi judiciaD signature to
falsehood in order to give himself, and
his certificate, reputation for yeracity,
which large majority of the respectable
citizens of Wellsburg would scorn to award
him. Had j. r. Naylor, ClcrS, affixed
his signature to an order Of Court COM
n,dnding the Sheriff to summon all the
Justices Of the County to attend The Aoy
term to ldy the Levy, instead of afixing it
to poisonous cud for this lOng-eared pois-
onous radiator, he would have been faith
full to himself, his office, his country, and
his commonwealth. And now to the ques-
ton, Is Mr.Naylor a responsible man? one
entitled to the credit of belief? After
enumerating his metamorphoses l leave
the reader to decide whether or not he is
worthy of belief. The first knowledge we
have of this remarka BILE parsonage, he was
a Buckeye School Teacher-master of
mathematics to 'the rule of three, then
a Wing, afterwards pro-slavery Virgin
ian, then a Son Of Temperance, afterwards
buys ten gallons to rccant with-then a
Democrat, then the ucalogon of the Wells
burg Sebastopol-and finally that he is a
great grand son of James Naylor whose
tongue the Protestants bored through (ac-
cording to his own statements). My opin-
ion is that it was bored with a big anger,
otherwise the hole would not have been
descendible, to such an extent, as to make
a visible flaw in the tongue of the fourth
generation. And lastly as to Mr.. Naylor,
is what he certified with his clerkship's
signature true? To this end we introduce
the following certificates signed by men
whose veracity cannot be questioned;
To all whom it may concern
This is to certify that we were present
at the meeting to which j. r. Naylor
Clerk, refers in his certificate, signed will
his official signature, published in the A
: mcrican Union of the 5th inst, and dC
hereby certify the charge he makes con
cerning G. W. Caldwell is untrue.
THOMAS BOND.
GEORGE FOUTS.
DAN. +. JACOB.
was present at the meeting to which
j. R. Naylor alluded in his certificate o
the 23d of May, and have no recollection
of G.. W. Caldwell having used the Ian
guage that he there represents.
: w. D. TOREYSON.
The meeting, at which this converse
ton should have occurred, was one ap
pointed by D. 4. Smith for the purpose o
exposing the American Party. Dr. Smitl
led off in a speech denouncing the part.
in the strongest terms and charging upol
3 them actions which never had being
+ he was followed by j. r. Naylor, who eli
minated the contents of his little calibe
with great vim, (conSimilis culicem in cor
nu BoUS.') In my reply to those mon
t strositics of error, in the presence of tn
gentlemen and their audience, | assured
: them that all they said was void of truth
: and l was there prepared to prove it, 0
r at any other time they might indicate, t
which they did not nor dare not reply
Having failed in their effeminate assau
upon the American principles, captured i
a net Of their own plating, phantasmag'
. rial prisoners with the NEUROLOGICAL Tant'
lus,* they seek revenge on me, and send
, certificate to Mr.. Bambrick, Of Hancoc
- county, a Roman Catholic, who haviu
served their trcacherous purpose with j
y in secret, to my injury communicates
% to the editor Of tho American UnioI
= (soith its official signaiure) to give cre'
," ence to lie he had formerly published
This Editor, whose ink is the dark di
en- tillations of a frigid heart enveloped
w the treacherous clouds of boreal SIX
Is, has attempted to represent ME in We
of odious light, personally, politically al
he professionally-like starving serpent