The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-14


less curiosity which has led many Of 20 inquire into the
meaning Of the word Sam half dozen explana-
tons least have Of that word which spreads pail
Tor the face OF hsckneyed politicians but not as
yet which could in any degree satisfy the least exact
ing inquirer
cate that the learning Of knew-nohings has hnaliyand
with a pretty witsetted that the oabalisc word is
made up Of the initials Of three Latin expressions SAscr
AaEniclE MAeIsrsRSam, the master Of America Looking
the character and Of the deeds Of Sam here
tofore developed the necessity Of going to the Latin one OF
the foreign denominations might be avoided and the mean
ing Of the word found in the initials OF
yefnaculari Scoundres and murderersF But that
indeed departure from the precept which teaches
that the truth is not hs spoken at all times and there
fore abstain from its enforcement under that form
fer that the sequel Of these remarks should prove with
showing Of truth equal at least TO that assumed by the
X Ms that Sam destined back his rise and
identity to Latin origin though in form different from
that in which his friends have attempted TO cothe him.
Considering that America is long stretch Of domain
that there millions Of 'hloody foreigners its
surface which Sam has yet succeeded in asserting
his naastrhp there thousands Of miles OF its ex-
tent which Sam has not yet planted his invading foot
apprehend that this assumption unless II reveals spirit
retrospective libuserism is exhibition Of the
liar vanity which has given little relief to Sans char
acter have not however, to deal with the am'a6ie fol-
lies which, with other tants of darker dye trust the
of baptism washed away My object is merely
to transmit TO you an authority which may essentially
modify the aspect things and fifty vndicate the
truth in the meaning of this same shbboleth.
Three or four months ago | received from valued
friend abroad in the naval service of the country,
present of various antiques among which most
rious medal, which, he writes to me, dug from the
ruins of crypt Mount Sta Maria Mqggors, once the
Esqune Hill Of ancient Rome. After devoting several
hours to vain attempt at reading the intricate inscrp
ton tossed into drawer with the apprehension that
its meaning doomed to be forever lost The late pre-
tended explanation of the word which seemed hitherto
have puzzled every gave rise to train Of busy
thoughts Like streak Of light the recollection of my
medal strangely inscribed with this very word SAM
a word which had given pause in my first attempt
flashed across my mind To the old drawer went, drew
the rejected coin and with the patience and resolution
of a Benedictne set myself to work out lis import
With the datum of Samuel 1merice Magster before me-
was long got the heart of the mystery, which
had SO sorcly perplexed in my former attempt
stored the authorizations all but word for word to their
extended form and now claim to have made discovery
not only interesting the antiquarian world but also
concerning Councils that may be grat6ed by the
knowledge that theirs is mushroom origin. Let me-
however proceed with the exemplar Of my medal the in
scptons Of which will help any in framing judg
men q, to the vertable meaning Of Sam occurring less
than six times by connexions, the face OF the medal
ARpELIoYvM.
MERENTISsIao. ST. ARoANA MAcilNA-
CARTS. ADIvMENTvM ToRsM coLLEGIA Sane
MINfsrRANTI. sACRis. ADJ TAI LBERTATS ABRoGA-
GRrssIoSEM MINAkTi. rIoNEM. MoLIENTIA
nrERAToRE. DIyo cYDESpvM cy-
NERoNE RARVNT
1t was with little labor that laying out the abbrevia-
tons at length and expanding the contractions into FORM
succeeded decpherng both the diverse and of
this curious specimen of the numsmacs Of scoundrelism
My task however, but lamely performed did ! not
mt this Latin lingo into such form may be acceptable
fto our know-nothng friends Hence, | translate the
text with the most scrupulous fidelity, and with all
the CONCESSION which the striking difference between
the two languages will justify IT, after reading the
clear satisfactory inscriptions, any know
nothing--will say that the pretended Latin, Sam
ucl, the Of America is not mposture
then is there meaning in words and no authority in
medals which Bacon holds TO be the best muniments of
history Let the translation however, show that the
ing of the past strangely congruent with the facts
present day
TO SAMUEL, THE SECRET
scHEMYG
or scAMrs FOR GIVING VILLAINS, PLOTTING THE
couNrKSAScE AssAssISs suByERsIoN FREEDOM,
AND THREATENING UNDER THE REIGN OF THE
RELIGION WITH DIVINE NERO HAD THIS
VIOLENCE STRUCK.
This is truly wonderful medal bearing intrinsic evil
dences of fitness for him whom it intended to COM
meorae But there other considerationsand those
IL
there was Sam, ardeonam nrentissino the prince Of
scamps in the days of antiquity taying not homogeneous
y with contemporary SAM To be there existed
societies of agous knaves, atis aLro2atioaeHa
noca conspiring against the sacred rights of freedom
and those sehy concayes too not without proper rep
resenatives in country and age To sure they
held it meet to honor who is justly represented as
sicariis adumcntum mnsraat aiding and abctting bands
Of assassins in Rome just New Orleans St Louis
Cincinnati, Newark, and other places may prove that
I" SAM has been giving counenance such in
the United States To be sure there, in the Eternal City
the hand adrcssoaem inos directing attacks
against religion not unmatched by the hand which, in this
land of oleratiou enforcing the sances of conscience
lets loose the storms of popular fanaticism against unre
ssting and women, Sand bids them against the
churches
Still, could not help asking myself how Sam came to
be at Rome Could he really have been the SAVIOUR
Sam And If our SAM what could he have been doing
at Rome when the Divine Nero volunteering ditties
to the Roman pebe or 6ddling away in the Roman am,
phitheare In the midst of these unanswered doubts il
occurred TO that very learned profound and reverend
Mr.. 7. Brooke had some time ago informed that Sam
is historical character and taken him under his special
guardianship and care II occurred that-proying
Sam to be ubiquitous well hstorca-he had traced
his dongs from the garden of Eden somewhere about
Mesopotamia, ito the House of Burgesses in Virginia .
that he had made himself the chroner of his eas and
gess that independently of Sans hobnobbng with the
pariarc helping tmay be TO tamper with Noah sobrety
ne had shown himself no adept in ngustcs Babel