Washington telegraph., 1855-10-10
From Texas.

those who may be disposed, however to ~
joice over the result, as Democratic a..
tory. and favorable to Southern iu,sres, ."'
we commend the perusal of the folow;.''
letter from the Hon. JOHN A. WY
formerly Democratic member from M;A'
sisippi, and now citizen of Texas. FroS
that and other sources, to which We ba-
heretofore alluded, it is seen that it Wa
victory obtained over matire Amer;~oa
citizens Of q Southern State, by the ~
fuence and votes of foreign anfdels oL
htaoniSts, and Roman Catholics led ~
by Romish Priests, combining their forcsa
and acting together as "a unit" If fsr
more such victories be obtained bv snor
votes and under such influences. what M
the institutions, and interests of the Sou,L
ern States be worth T.!
[Little Rock GaS. T. Dem
From the Jackson iMiss.) Mcrc,sru.
Letter from Hon. Jps. A, wilco~
The following letter from John A wa
cox, formerly member of Congress f,on
this State, now resident of San Anton;a
Texas, (Which we find in that able psns,
the Conservative, ') presents some hcts
truly startling, and which should be copsd'
cred well by the people of Mississippi bs.
fore casting their votes at the coming eloc.
ton. We give the letter entire:
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,
August 80, 1855
My DEAR SIR l have thought it wOud
be interesting to you to speak somewhat Of
the elections of this State which csma "A
on the first Thursday in this month.
There are about ten thousand foreiOn W
ters in this State, and as far as has been
heard from, they have been unit con.
scientiously believe that the American parv
did not receive fifty foreign votes. | eapno,
at present give you the result in this State
We will however, be beaten, I think sOms
two or three thousand votes
You will thus discover that Texas iscom
pletely under the control of foreigners nins
out of ten of whom are bitter abolitioniSt.
In this place there is published German
Abolition paper, and Northern Abolition
societies have established agencies here IA
whom they send by mail the N. Y. Tribune
and other abolition sheets, for pratum,
circulation. have been Informed that one
agency receives 500 copies. Now. sure Il
is to me. that if the people of the extreme
Southern States would think for moment
they must conclude that this is an art1l
strike Of the Abolitionists to make free
State in Western Texas and thereby hem
into compass as narrow as possible the
slave power. Since my arrival here the
Germans held large convention in which
they declared in favor of the Abolition Of
Juries, of oaths in Courts of Justice-of
the Sabbath, and of Slavery.
On the day of the election here, the Ger.
mans paraded their Flag {instead of the
NationaD through the streets They march
ed in procession through the city chanting
German national airs The French sing.
ing the Marseilles hymn. | never fel; %
mortified and chacrined in the whole course
of my life. Yet it is said we have nothing
to fear from German influence, The Cath
olic Priests took the field openly against the
American party, and threatened temporal
eternal and spiritual damnation to him who
voted the American ticket; 50 we did no.
receive one Catholic vote.
Heretofore | have objected to the Gallo
lie charge in our platform their bitter an.
athemas, their bigotrv and heartless intoler.
aDce, displayed here, have constrained ne
not only to adopt it, but to dedicate myself
to eternal opposition to their encroachmenta
The poor and contemplate cry Of pro
script:on which they and the country dem
agogues have set up, comes with an III grace
Last summer in this place a member cf
their Church, who was also an ODD Fellow,
upon bis death-bed sent for the Priest to
confess and absolve him from bis sins. The
Priest informed him unless he recanted bis
Odd Fellowship, that he would not confess
and absolve him. neither should he be in
TERED in the Catholic cemetery
The poor dying soul lifted up bis eyes
and exclaimed, that be had been an Odd
Fellow for years, before he identified him
self with the church-that the mission Of
Odd Fellowship had been one of charity
and benevolence to the general brotherhood
of man, and that he would not renouncs il.
The Priest turned indignantly on bis
heels and left him. In a short time the
man died
Is there Christian or an Odd Fellow ID
the United States who would not prefer the
chance for Heaven of this poor fellow to
that of the bigoted Priest
4 gain, an old Mexican Mason died here
and the Priest refused him burial.
Could the people of Mississippi have wit
messed the disgusting scenes that were cd
acted here and elsewhere in this State wheFe
foreigners have the ascendancy, they Vonl'
elect the American ticket by twenty thou
sand majority.
The American party here, has grown s''
cry day in strength since the election
! Some of the bitterest assailants of 1t nave
identified themselves with it, and grealy
regret they voted the socailed DemOcFal'
ticket
Yours sincerely.
JOHN A. WILCOX.