Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-08
EXTRACT FROM
GEN. HOUSTON LETTER.

with any association OF order not purely Am
ercan7 Would either have entered into any
political league when secrecy was enjoined, il
he had not approved of the principle of secrc-
cv in political associations' From my knowi /
edge of the character of Washington, the sac
rilices he made for his country, united with,
his fcrved patriotism, and his preference for I
everything American, cannot doubt for one
moment if he were now living he would cheer
fully sanction the principles Of the American
Order. From my personal and fam ilar knowl-
edg.. of the principles of Gen. Jackson, ] am :
confident that were he living to counterfeit the
policy of European potentatcs and statesmen, /
to throw upon our shores their refuse popula-
tion of convicts and paupers, to peryert our
ballot-boxcs and populate our poor houses, he
would most cordially sanction and inculcste /,
the principles of the American Ordcr.-Are !
not secret caucusses continually held by the !
political leaders OF both parties in Congress-
20, yes it will be answered, every true but
there is necessity for this. We have to take
care of our parties, to form plans for the peo-
pie to carry out. And if we did not make
platforms orthem they would not know how /
to vote upon important subjects" This ex-
plains much of the opposition to the present
movement OF the people The action OF the
American Order is only the pulsation Of the
Am .rcan heart, which forces liberty thro' the
veins OF the masses and will cause them to re-
claim that power and influence which the arts
of dennagogues and assumptions Of .Party lead
ers' have appropriated to thcnisclvhs, aud gen i
| orally allowed the people TO cast their votesin
| accordance with their caucns decisions. wheth-
| er secret or open. Should the American move
ment succeed, as it must if our liberties are to
be preserved many good easy souls who feel
seated in power, viii have to yield that power,
which has been used in directing tine people to
| carry out their edicts, prepared in caucus and
! proclaimed by conventions. The cry OF q ottioa
/ has been raised by tho anti-American party in
| the South, for other purpose than to alarm
their fears, and strangle the American feeling Z
| Have not the two parties for years past char
! ged each other with being idendified with Alb
olitionists, il suited party interests? The
/ American Order have given their platform to
| the world. perceive, by the intelligence of
| the day that one of the oldest Democratic
statesmen, the standard bearer of the party,
| SIencfat LASS HaS approved 'tHt plxticTiu oi
/ the American Order, proclaimed to the
world by the Convention at Philadelphia.
UNITE AND CoSoUER.-The movement made
at Harrisburg last week, by which it was
agreed to withdraw the several candidates
placed in nomination by the Whig, the Repub-
lican and the American parties, has met with
very general response of approval and it is
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vern in the action of the people at the polls,
to secure the signal defeat and overthrow of
Locofocoi.m at the coming election. cor
respondent of the Daily Neu,. writing from
| West Chester, under date of the 18th nit.
! gives utterance to the following sound and
sensible suggestions:
81 perceive that the Old Line Wings, in
patriotic spirit, have agreed to support the
Assembly ticket formed by the American par
ty. That is right. In union there is strength
As long as the North is divided into factions,
the Slave-holding Democracy North will tri-
umph. Let MS have Union-a Union of all
! opposed TO the Infamous repeal of the Missou-
| ri Compromise. ,.z. .-.f.- l.
We here hops to see the Republicans Of tho
City drop their ticket and fall into the support
| of the American. 1t is Anti-N cbraska, and
that is enough for the times. II honest coun-
ellis prevail, the Republicans of your city will
not run their ticket. If they do, and thereby
elect the Locofoco ticket a load Of odium will
rest upon the selfish leaders, which will spot
them forever. .s1 .frf fl-t ~. f-f-gFs,cg f--
! A spirit of sef-sacrfce and magnanimous
| fusion against the Slave-breeding and Union
saving Democracy is what is needed and ne
cessary. The Pierce Democracy can be over
thrown trunphahtly if its opponents viii only
unite. Policy and prime pie demand it,
ANOTHER RoMAs CATHOLIC PRoxoTED.-An
! Irishman named Connolly "A bigoted, axindc-
tive, proscIiptiv, Roman Catholic,-who was
| had long held in the Daupihn County Prison
has been appointed by His Holiness JAMES
| CAMPBELL. to Cierk-ship in the Post Office
/ Department at Washington. CoNSELLYs vio-
and indecent abnse of Amercons and Protes-
t4nts rendered him odious in this community,
1 and hence his discharge. 1t is just such worth
/ les foreigners as this fellow Connolly who re-
1 gard the Pope as superior to the Constitution,
/ that Campbell is crowding into the Post
! Office Department TO the exclusion of native
born American citizens. He will make first
rate JESUIT SPY,-and We presume that
Camphell designs to employ him in that capa-
| city, Americans If yoa would overthrow
the prescn. Roman Catholic dynasty, you
must commence the work at once. Let every
man who loves his country vote the American
Hctet IN Tre.4sv. saF gA