True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-04-16
The North American.

the edition. an extract from wnicn Is gwen
below, we can with great pleasure well
come him 10 his. position, and travel with
him hand in hand through the coming pc.
lilical contest:
lin pniilics, we intend that our journal
shall be liberal, progressive and reforms
tory--free from fanalicism as wclla as Stub
born fogyism. We pledge It to no fac
lion, to no man; bu, to principles immu-
table and eternal, measures just and ex-
pedieni. Having recently boiled from
The support of sham Democratic men and
measures, we shall not Q likely 10 eu-
Iogize much The PIERCE dynasty. Being
a new .cumeou,er' from what is called
the Democracy we cannot be expected
to write. many elaborate editorials in de-
fense Of pseudo popular sovereignty;
or Missouri ruffianism. 'The NoRTh
American is and viii be an'i-Nebraska,
anti-slavery and aati-Pope. l. shall be
what its name purports, Northern in It's
principles, '.4msrican'in its feelings. II
will wage no war upon the South, yet it
will resist all encroachmen,s upon the
rights of The North. In every issue be-
tween Freedom and Slavery, it will he
found on The side of the former, and OPP
posed to the latter. Slavery in every
shape, oppression in every form, we re-
gard with strong and growing haIred.-
They are repulsive to every noble soul,
to every true Christian, no matter what
may be his politics or wheresoever his
geographical location. Above all, men
tai and moral servilude is To be deprecated
al, d ahhorrqd. Chains, crushing in their
| weight, corroding 10 the flesh, may be
placed upon the form of man and yet,
if his mind be free, his intellect unclond-
ed by ignorance and superstition, they
cannot keep him down for he will rise up
far above his physical condition. and can
even hold communion with angels and his
God. There is that in the human soul :.
which makes it thirst for knowledge,
which impels it "upVard and onword,:
innate ard heaven endowed. Wo be to
them who would crush out this spirit, and
substitute that IF despondrncy and des.
pair. The NrRrH AMERICAN shall be
made The champion of every unfortunate
victim of oppression, whether his color
be light or cloudy, his race African, Sax
on or European.
'Ahoitinnism' forms no part OF our
creed, though welo k forward to the time
with earnest longings, when it may be-
come practicable and ohrlI appear To The
South necessary, to emancipate every ne
pro in their midst. But t. bring aboN
this result we would not dissolve The
UniOn' or burn the Constitution The
former is as dear to us, highly prizet
and as properly appreciated. as by any
other person.. The latter we veneraie as
the security bond of the former and as
the result of much wisdom, patriotism
. and justice. ,.
We simply plan! ourself upon the plat,
r,rm Of mo further extension Of slavery.
With slavery where i. already exists. we
seek not to meddle or interfere. Unde
, The protection of local laws it shall re
: main secure from our moles,alion, ant
: however much we may even there regre
it, vet the rights which are guaranteed b,
The Constitution to owners uf slave prop
er,y shall be held sacred and inviolaIe.
We demand freedom for Kansas, be
\ cause we believe the majority of her bon
> fde settler. desire her 10 be free. And ,
O shall be rnly when the South seeks b
:. fraud or violence to superrede free insti
y ,utions by slave, or push slavery aggre'
}. sions into frte territory. that our mout
s shall be opened in condemnation. Mar
); The dislinclon-we demand non.eXteI
sion, not abolilicn. ....
~ .Americanism,' if we rightly unde
~ stand its character aud designs in OH
|, we heartily concur in. Il is to CORE
III whatever abuses may have grown out
MS our presen, system Of naturalization,
he oppose the Union Of church and State
in purify the elective franchise and prese''
he the sanc,ity Of The balIo, box from i"reII
he influences and The power of any ch0rc
NJ We are Protestant in all our feelings a
!" impulses, believe in free schools, free
y bles and free religion. But although
believe Catholicism to be wrong, yet
would condemn no man because he Thin
nj, differently. Freedom to worship G
'ss according 10 the dictates of theirown &C
vi, SCIENCE we accord 10 all men.
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mo Signal American Victory!
,he The election for charter officers tc
,ed place in Schenectady, N. Y, on the
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