True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-04

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pRFNdPLlsSIs0RTHE AMERICAN
sdt 'CsPARlT ORO0Af0. gsioE ob u
I.sThsluAIsated' frebd0n o6ReligiOnldists
connected with politics-hostili.y TO ssGlssisas0
tical Influence, ,qPop thesafpirs Of ,gevernpsnt Y
equality Of rights to all naluraljzed Emit
grants ,wh6 are are thoroughly Americahized, and
owe 1aAOI1te NJ 1teSpofA hikgSRce, Hy 'feasOa oftbeiF'
religion higher thah4hxStoths Constitution.
IIsNd fntalntenssJwish the rights Of cite
zcnship already acquired Ay FOysigpSefrrs and and
the pptestion Of law te al who honestly enI
CRATE rom a'tlsf 1--we Of liberty b6tthg exclusion Of
foreign paupers and SsioHs, sshd rarefhssiotb
cxtea the rigkts of suffrage tosal llyha come
her@ftRoittil ahsS shall haze residsdSl years
in Esss and md qQmRlAssa5 sg mR2As5 with sf% fhs
H. 0ISsi 0ppISossiJSf Sfi % jslr hi bJhtaaa bht sdnYsO
combdASf TxciasfSeiy u Foreigners, ,aod' til
ForNsa aaitMFOonfpahies, ,andioaB attemPtai
to CdhaisAl& Bible from heolsSgPpqlsl ".
the governments 70 baad ID, Voc bos 7.d
". Slavery is loeal-not national I'VE 9p;
pose sySt is extension sa Il any 6f odr territories, and
the 4iicreasg n IFS political 'po#ersbs lthsoad-
missiohsHtdthe Union Of angU Slave State or,
OthcFwiseSiand 1--we demand Of lhe General Soy
eramept a immediate redress Of Of the great
wrongs which have been inflicted upon the
cause of freedom Fe aRfd tie American character
by 4iie repeal u ahe Missouri eompFO,hlsd, and
thdihtt0d utsiaihof Slavery Into Kansas IN cyQ,
lation Oflswsby The feFqepf arms ,apd the beds de-
slrsslioaelfr sts slcsiYe fTanchtisee,a O., 1890
1f'tlErSG Is any one principle which may
be SAID t6 81 Hmidrc tmphatitalIy Anierican,
it ythat 8" hf5s7ya Prom ishe very first
scttlsalcditts a0a this ttntineht, opposition
to igavttAya was as Strong Sentiment, diuau.
cnshig' 'fifc .pGVplS, until the fna afuptarc
wifi fGErcat 11hitaih' freed the thi+tacni colo.
nies from tine granny Of England ana
baptiyedI!thc new eonfaderacy with the
bljOt the 'sirssss Z Of f. "f6 -iaauguratfhg
thS great prrihhRcaiple that '+all ameh are born
freq ana 1eqr1lg" and are 9cna0*edwith iii.
alididblt rfgltts Of Life, Liberty alai the
pdtssdhitti pdtssdhiittiSOf If happiness. 'oah Bib rI'seiis2r
Hence IN framing the ordinance Of ST,
vrgshszihs ytiSc North West territory; in
whigR We now 81 happily live; the same
nRs' 'AiHatricad who drafted The Deelara-
ti5n Of Independence, reiterated The fore
going sentiment in the memorable and
now Cherished words, that, in this terhtos
ry,a ,a'"there should De neither slavery or
invJiuinitsfy serTitude except for the pun
ishiientof sri4ie ."I'gs p haoi icD, ri
'ffatihg tFias 'been taught bysJeHersun,
wez ezArntiGatA, THE 'trde pAi6cal sons Of
thai fafHcE@o AAierieaar rpthocfacs con.
tlAaetd dslaaerya eAensioniu1any
os4U}uFF 'tsFfritories,I mdIthe 'ihsreasesob ii,
political poverty tie admission into ytht
UHioifBoi VI any Slave State, eriOtherwisesi,
iflfe"ih4hdtioh Of 7shversJa although
couHtenheed andtoicfatcd bytheOnatom
administrations; which are, anlshaferb6eI
b51na toprcslaTery ihtefesB,I Iisnot ad'ba
&;Ih6 statatsslcg gdlizes tkisiedrs6 and es
taBliSMSeh tasanatt0ndh' Our shati6na
''onstitdi0n admits hdsueh powelSaon tn
dmitdhS9h foTbidsit. II a'en s'I@ tai.
'SAs our national Consultation not oul
docs not 'aufhorisc the estabHshmentrlc
Slavery, ana therefore cannot be nation
Ab eseiblishtdJaitis imperative upona
.fiiefieans, who w0ald maintain the integ
Nty y'of oarC Constitution, to'oppose and pr
Seat TIE introduction or 1e&isteneesof 81,
sepyi1 one particle Sf tlie national posse
a3ns,y kno@ingdtatev be- aoeEse luponqa
rhc1shtes witch haterlocalyr adopted j
Besides being tfogrJss Violation rofe Il
st&er{eaheDemociStic principlc,Iso clear
sttafOfAfby Jefofsotf IN the iDeelaratic
" independence! slsyeg therefore wou
t6hahe sIstdrystofa y0ea1habitatioa ,i$be
I'VE, ,ipthe constitutional exercise Of Sta
sights enhn0t interfere. vsf 1870 sesG 81
70i But, The exercise Of national iaatha
,ity wherc Se'can and umust,#"Bei demal
s5fH th6I6ehe4af a6tcrHMtnt an iinhedia
raafess of the Z great wrongs whiehalia
'beet inflicted upoG Tic cause of 'FFeedc
and thtAmcricaf character 7By'ths rept
ofathe Missouri '9ompfoRiiselb bqihd the i
StrDddctf0nn& BhTefy hNj0 KANSAS ms
nsf0foflsw, By1A8s E#seiof LSrSis5,a at
SeheNddsttueeiOG dathe4eARei franchise
Sifff6ihis Sifff6iis ptacticaE6Tes6oay yhFOlMngstkGgfe
principle of GlfDehetS,9 aAiyt be @fhofc Vi
,mesU agitated; untihthO American peoT
,,scCOnw manitiheits favOnU Ghe,pnOslai
sy, Democratic administration beingoeo
isfottabs seated, iufiW aahingtOn Iiity,oha
sdsinlScd ats if not instigated,the 'grossdpl
ceduros.in kansas, headed byytbe] pros
very democratic leader Atchison, for st