True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-22
From the Baltimore Clipper
A PARTY of Wheedling Jesuits.

On the day of the last Mayors election
the foreign party counted on getting five
thousand Wing votes in this city, and were
therefore very sure of beating the Ameri-
can party out of our boots. Consequent
ly, their organ, (then called the Republican
and Argus) called for the eternal marking
and spotting of those true Democrats who
sustained American printiples, in the fol-
owing paragraph:
'Mark the Traitors. Democrats you
cannot do society greater service than by
taking a careful note of all who carry the
reasonable ticket to the polls to-day. One.
of the princical reasons why we have not
heretofore exposed the nameGof many Of
our party who had become mombers of the
Know Nothing conspiracy, was that we
believed many had been unwittingly Sc
duced into that order. We therefore de-
sired to give them time aud opportunity to
save themselves from the imputation, which
will forever blast them in the eyes, not
only of the Democratic party, but also in
the esteem of every lover Of his country
and her institutions. To-day's work will
decide their sincerity. Let them be mark
ed well at the polls. We pledge ourselves
to expose all who play the traitor to-day"
Bitter as this was from the organ, it
bears no comparison to what the foreign
democracy say of us when talking to each
other in private, or even to what they have
had the hardihood to say to former Wings
Or members of the American party who
formerly fought with the sham democracy
There are hundreds of Wings who car
bear witness that the small potato regula
tors, of the sham democracy, have sworr
in the most violent and vituperative Ian
guage, to "gun for, hunt down, and pro
scribe to the day of our Deaths" ever.
true democrat that gives aid to the glori
GUS American cause, and that they intenc
to try and wheedle us back to their ranks
so as to have an opportunity Of dealing
with us in this merciless manner. Thes
real bigots, intolerants and proscriptionists
=, have sense enough to know that Amerl
canism is amply capable Of shielding al
o its supporters from injury, and that whliS
we all remain in the American ranks, the
), can never harm hair Of our heads. There
= fore, they are exceedingly anxious to g
:, us back again, and will leave no coaxinl
% begging, or Jesuitical wheedling undone
= effect their object. Hence we find the
, organ pleading with us to "come out
=. =, the deus," and their City Convention tel
- dering us the "olive branch" and saylr
:. they will welcome us back to their filtl
.. temple again,
:. But what do they want US back fOi
Friends it is but to insult and degrade
10 by setting Irishmcn and Germans over u
II the minute they have any favors to d
tribute, as they have been doing all the
70 lives. 1t is only to have u fair chance
n. "markipg and spotting" us to their hear
70 content, and making us oficiate as the st
III wants Of foreigners the balance of our day
10 Then, have the, wisdom to treat with t
bo contempt it deserves, the Jesuitical hyI
M crisy of their organs and conventions,
ro BE proud that you have been "seduce'
.. (evcu unwillingly) into tho American {
P. der by the teaching and warning Of Wa
N. ingtOu, Jefferson, Madison and Jacks'