True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-02-08
But still keep something to yourself
Ye scarcely tell to ont.

"Conceal yourser as weefsye can
Frae critical dissection;
But keek thro' every other man
WI sharpen'd, sly inspection, - -,
Lord Bacon tells us that "secresy is the
helmet of Pluto, which maketh the polite
man go invisible" Now, upon these wise
saws I say, that as a matter of political
sagacity, it is not only their right, buttheir
duty, if they want to be successful, topre-
serve in their halls the most inviolable
secresy,
Again, sir, as a matter of party tactics,
this new party has right to keep its own
secrets. It has the examples Of the two
old parties True, political conventions
are usually held with open doors; speeches
are made, and resolutions adopted. But
this is a mere publication of the acts of
secret committees; the moving cause and
reason for the resolves being unknown and
unseen. When the great elections are
pending, does not each party have its Sc
cret agents in Washington-meeting in
dark conclave-fooding the country with
sealed packages? And does not the party
in power keep the key of the post office in
his pocket? Is not then the finger pressed
on the lips? "Say nothing Keep dark"
These and other dabalistic words, with all
the mysterious inuendoes of conspiracy,
are uttered with low tones and smothered
breath; and all justified, commended, prac-
tised, and applauded. Why then, sir,
may not the American party keep its own
secrets?
But, sir, the great justification of the
secresy of this order is yet to be stated
The American party is not warning with
Americans. It is warning with an enemy
sworn to secresy, Jesuits and Priests
Are not the Roman Catholic Priests the
keepers of the secrets Of their congrega-
tions? Is not the Jesuit sworn to secresy!
Does he not go prowling about the coun-
try with his tablet and pencil culling all
information: looking into eycrybody's bu'
siness, pceping over every mans shoulder;
winding himself into every mans conf
dcnce; lifting the curtain of every mans
window; and with his meek, mysterious
eyes smiling like saint, does he not hurry
away to reveal this information whenever
it is of sufficient Importance? This, sir, il
: the fearful and disguised enemy, an enemy
] whose name is legion, with which the
h American party is at war. Here is th'
i Jesuit's oath:
9 Having inserted this oath few week
since, we omit it here.
. Sir, the American party, with all its al
!. legged secresy, avows to the world that on
T. of its great objects is, as connected witt
the growth of foreign power in this coun
d try, to prescribe, as party rule, Romal
p Catholics from office. With this object il
o view, and looking upon this oath of tn
q Jcsuits, I ask if the American party ha
not right to hold its meetings in secret
,. to make its resolves in secret, and to kecI
4 its proceedings secret? There is an ol
Y saying, and never more appropriately use'
$ than now: "Whcn you fight the devil, yo
&c have q right to fight him with fire."
r. HISTORY OF THE JEsUITs.
~ But who are these Jesuits? wherein al
s they dangerouc? Let us inquire. TIL
~ order was founded after the Reformatio
ct by thwarted military aspirant The
y were called the "Society of Jesus" L
II name indicates purely "religious" orgol
;, ization, but its main end was "political.
a. Pope Paul Ill, confirmed the order upc
NJ condition that, in addition to the thrC
H. usual VOWS, of poverty, chastity, and M
:. nastic obedience, the order should take
- fourth VOW: to be obcdicnt to the Pop
nd binding themselves to 60 wheresoever
- should command for the service of re
N. gion. They bound themselves to implic
~, and blind obedience to the Court of Rom
and also to an implicit and unlimited all
glance to the General of their society; I'll
,ot general, of course, being subordinate to t
Pope, and knowing no allegiance except
the Pope.
,co The number of this order was cOnfn
tv, to sixty; but this restriction was remov
no year after year, so that, in less than hal
century after its foundation, the order h
~, established itself in every country viii
~ adhered to the Roman Catholic churc
a., and in the year 100, the number of j
nd suits was twenty thousand. by this til
.. they had the charge of all the schools
the Catholic countries. They had bccol
rc the confessors of nearly all the monarcl
ess they were the spiritual guides of nca
md every person of cmincncc and rank; tn
90. possessed the highest confidence and int
est with the Pope, and We're regarded
al the most jealous and able advocates Of