True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-08-01
A True Democrat.


Master W. N. Allen, at Weldon, North
Carolina, to the Roman Catholic Post
Master-General, James Campbell, which
should be read by every American and
every true Democrat in the Union Mr.
Allen is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and con-
tributed materially in bringing the present
Roman Catholic administration into power;
but like true patriot and American, when
its foreign Catholic proclivities and anti
Republican tendencies developed them
selves, he has promptly and manfully wash
ed his hands free from the responsibility
of its acts and doings; and taken his po-
sition with the true American party. In
iuries of serious character may result to
the public, and the public service, from
the withdrawal of such men, and leaving
their places to be filled, as they likely will
be, by foreign Catholics; but still they
are worthy of, and must receive all honor
from true Americans for their sclf-sacrl-
fcing and patriotic acts.
The following is the letter:
WELDON, N. c., Jnne %, '55.
To Hon. Postmaster General:
feel it is my duty as a member of the
American party, to tender you my reslg-
nation as postmaster at this place; and al
, so to express my disapproval of the man,
ner in which this government has been ad'
ministered, so as to give you an opportunl'
ty of appointing in my place some foreign
Catholic; which, it appears from your an
r tecedents, you think more justly entitled t.
it than those born upon our soil. | wist
e this resignation to be accepted withou
further cermony, as l no longer intend tt
be saddled with the disgrace of holding al
J Office under an administration which ha
y been so repugnant to the best interests am
n the prosperity of the Union. | not onl,
}. disapprove Of the administration becaus
=, it has abandoned the doctrines and teach
!, ings of the Jefferson and jackson schoC
l. of Democrats, but in many other instances
" which are too we'll known to the people
" the United States, for me here to enumel
W ate.
" The present administration has don
~ more, in my humble opinion, to create SCI
ne tional strife, and to retard the progress
er the American Union, than any other ac
IN ministration since the first days of our II
4 public. 1t has promoted the yelling crit
y of the demagogues and fanatics In tt
North, and the bowling secessionists Of I'll
ed South, and has suffered the quiet an
Sc gallant statesmen, who had the love
u country burning in their bosoms, to r
;, main at home without any commendatlt
to cheer them on for their meritorious act
and sent unscrupulous foreigners abro;
ay with diplomatic authority, to the diSgra
an of the country. -,
r,t The administration has deserted Il
Nv broad Union ground occupied by the u
a9y mocracy of 1852. Thank God par
3D. has sprung up, and that, the Americ'
;ay party, the principles Of which am prov
an to say to the world l have most enthusl'
d. tically espoused; a party composed
~ American born citizens, who say that t
institutions of our beloved country sh
no longer be the "BOtany Bay" for
9th criminals and outcasts of Europe; a
wv that the inalienable rights bequeathed
a' us by our forefathers must and shall
jo' preserved.
uly I subscribe myself,
let w. N. ALLEN, P. NJ
bo Weldon, North Carolina
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