True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-12-12
The Beauties Of Petty Tyranny.

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count Of their political opinions, was bat
enough, but what was il compared 10 the
petty prescription pracliced daily by the
Forney administration at Washington
American mechanics are removed from
their situations on Government work,
not because of any incompelency, but be-
cause they dare think for themselves and
express The opinion that foreign influence
is dangerous 10 the welfare of The coun.
try. And to whom, pray, is the small
piltance with which they endeavored to
support respectfully their American born
children and American wives, transferred!
Why, in the majority Of cases TO foreign
workmen, whose only virtue and recon-
mendation is, that they vote the Locofo-
co ticket and give their aid and support
10 that tyrannical concern, the present -ad,
ministration. What if these mechanics
are over Jealous in their efforts TO MAIN
tain the institutions of their country in
their original purity, and are over jealous
of ',he insidious wilcs Of foreign inhu-
ence.' They at least are on virtues side,
and though Pierce and Forney may differ
with them, it is petty tyranny of the most
contemplate cast, to take the bread out
Of their mouths on that account. Gould
you have convinced the patriots who lived
in days gone by, that the occupant Of the
chair once filed by Washington, jeff
erson and a Jackson, would stoop TO
means so despicable, to sustain its sink
ing fortunes, ard perpetuaie a dynasty cor
rupt beyond precedent. But we mistake
the American people if they can be thus
whipped into his support. The American
mechanic, proud because of his indepen-
dence, will resent at the ballot box this
effort 10 muzzle lis brethren, and SUPER
cede them by men of foreign importation
They have never yet, like the whipped
spaniel, licked the fee, of him who held
Tie lash, and when they do, we will
blush for our fellow countrymen. Where
is the matter TO stop, if the people of
this free republic allow such palpable
usurrations to 20 unrebuked, and sacri-
flee merely for the shadow, the very es-
scnce and spirit OF real democracy For
Democracy in lis legitimate sense, con-
templates an untrammeled expression Of
opinion on the part of the people, with
out regard 10 the dctum Of party die
taor, be he Governor, President, or what
not. lis basis principle is that the exec
uive is the servant of the peoTle and not
their master and yet we see all this re-
versed by the prcsen, administration, and
lis acts approved and endorsed by men
protesting 10 be Democrats. In view Of
all this, have not the Americans cause 10
mourn over the degeneracy Of the times,
and is there>not a pressing necessity for
them to inaugurate asystem Of things on
a purer and more republican basis! But
the proscrip,ive tyranny does not confne
itself to a crusade against American me-
chanics. In the eyes of the Jesuit men,
Der OF the firm, it is crime Of the worst
grade, for a clelk in his department 10
have on his desk all American paper, and
he has alcady threatened Ole with the
guillotine, in case This offence is repeated.
Ii would have made no difference if the
paper referred TO, had been printed in
German and had advocated Free love,
or Free drinking, but it proclams the un-
welcome truth, that Americans ought 10
rule America, and on this account was
not REGARDED in lis proper place, when
found in the department, over which
Jesuit presides. Perhaps, after all, there
is a little consistency in This, and its edi-
tor should regard in the light Of COM
pliment than otherwise. II. Gazette.
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