The weekly American banner., 1855-09-28
Letter ffom non. . John 4. Wilcox.,

AH0s1QVQWug ielkers iroNtdcnu a. Wtcoq,j
formerly <nembea q consfess from this State
new. resident oi San .Antenio. Texas. (which
we find .tn the Aberdeen Conservatiye presents
some lls truly startling, and which should be
considered well BY the people of Mississippibs-
fore casting their votes .: the coming election.
Men who are honest sincere in their opposition
to the American cause, will find in in this letter
ample pIoof Of the absolute necessity Of such
q party. He who reads It must be convinced
of the dangers of foreign in1nence:
San AsTosIo, r xas Aug. 30. 1856.
NY Dear Sir:
interesting to you y speak ssmething of 1 Q
elections from this state, which came off on the.
Thursday in his month.
'here are about ten thsnsand foreign voters
10 this State, and as far as heard from they have
bees unit; I conscientigusIy lie that the
American party did not receive ffty foreign
votes cannct at present give you resnlt Ia
this State. We will, however, be beatea, 1
think, some two or three thousand votes.
You will thus discover that Texas il COM
Pletely under the control of foreigners, nine out
of ten of whom are bitter abolitionsts, In t.s
place there is published German abolition pa !
per, and Northern abolition societies havs&stab-
lishcd agencies here, 70 whom hey send by mail
New York Tribune. and ether abolition sheets
for gratuitus circulation. | have boen informed
that one agency receives five hundred copies.
Now, \ a 70 me- that i de pnople 81 the
exsxsnl lhsrn Ssats would think for mo.
ment they must conclude that this is an artful
strike of the abolitionists so make free State
in We tern Texas, and th reby hem into eom-
pass as narrow us possible the slave power
Since my arrival here the Germans held large
convention, in which they declared in favor of
the Aboldion Of Juries--Of Oa,hs nthe Cosus
Of Justice of the Sabbath and Of S,auiry.
On the day Of the election here, the Germans
paraded their Flag (nstead Of the Nationally in
the streets. They marched in proceesion through
the city chanting German national airs. The
French singing the Marseilles hymn never
felt 50 mortified and chagrined in the whole
lcoufse o. my me. .s--4e.;a -. ha,. ,,.h
TO fear from German influence! The ainun,
priests took the seld opealy againstxhe Amer
Iican party, and threatened temporal, eternal sne
spiritual dam alton 20 him who voted the Amer
ican ticket 80 we did no. receive one Catholi,
vote.
Heretofore Thave bjected to the Cathol
charge in our platform: their bitter anathemas
heir bgotry ard heartless int lsrsnce, displays.
here. havg constrained ne not ny to adopt il
ibut to dedicate myself to sterna' opposition i
their sncroachD nts.
j The po and contemplate cry of proscrip
tion which they and the country demagseue
have set up comes with an i'll grace.
Last snmmer in this place, a member Of thei
chpreh, who WIS also an 0 a Fellow, upon hi
ds1th bed seat for tae Pri st to confess and alb
solve hianflplp his SINS. TIE pries' inforlne
81 be r-cansed his Odd Feiowship, tina
he l51'a net confess and abaG1ra him, neithe
: shoud he s. kerred i the lsholic cemete
Try.
!, The sl0o ing p pphs e. and ea
claimed that he. had been on Odd Fellow e
{ years aefors ilenikd hjSeep viii j
: Church ethas the miszIbn Of Cd Fello1fl
had heealsne Of charity andebenevoIenes q
: gen fal bro her ODD Of fmsh and 1kat he y !
:. !. not = !! |. T. E. =. y !. -
time the maadis d.
E Is there ! shristian Or IN Odd Fellow u Il
=. United States who would not prefer the chan
8. for Heavs Il Of this psor fellow TO that Il Il
$ oigoted priest.
9. Again, an old Mexican Mason died here d
Y iii Prizes rsfssea him a burial
Could the rcople Of Mssissip9i have win,
" sed the disgusting scenes that were enacted h,
is Land elsewhere ii this State where Foreign
ut have the asoI oI1iency hey would ele 4 the Am
'n- lean ticket BY twenty II sand majority.
~ The American sfty here he grown ev,
'ns day since the election Some Of the bitter
i've sssailanIs Of d h1ve idsntlfed themselves y
fs- il ang atty regret {hey voted the so-caI
~ Democ craticaparty
re- Yours sincerely,
e2| 16Ilr G 67HPENTER -.
C)ur esteemed 16xnsman reached The vicil
81 saturday. ard b Sin quarantine, We
$ In thal he was a. ~ conn d
'eeA 'ese Ib Nisiss|pr = - ~ G I!
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