Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-28

Clerks are yOu Slaves Z

WASHINGTON Cry, ID. o., May 10Th, 1855.
Clerksl are yOu Slaves2
There is miserably reckless and most con-
temptible sheet published in this city by a man
sch0 holds office under the direct appointment
of Frank Pierce, the nominal President Of the
United States, and which sheet we have never
before alluded to, and would not at this time
speak Of, were it not that it is semi-obicial
organ, and marvellously fit representative of
all that is left of Forneyism. We have never
read single sentence in the sheet referred to,
and never shall, but friend who saw it has
given us an extract from its issue of Saturday
last in the following words, viz:
"We have been furnished with list Of persons
who, while they are receiving their daily bread
from the present administration, intend, serpent
like to sting the bosom from which they derive
nourshment We shall hand the list to our clerk
at the polls to watch these ingates. Send us along
some more"
Could the baseness and cillainy Of this ad-
ministration be more fully demonstrated, by
any act, deed, or declaration, done, committed,
or made, in any form, shape, or manncrs
This infamous and unblushing threat, pro-
ceeding from the pen Of one Of the foreign pets
of the Executive--0ne Of the tools of n petty
despot, is uttered upon the eve of our munich
pal election, to frighten the clerks in the vari-
GUS Departments into the support of the nom
inees of the foreign party! The contemplate
tool of tyrant lies he has no such list-and
if he had he would not dare exhibit it at the
pollsl swatch the ingrates !" will you? And
thus, this wretch denominates the free Ameri-
can employees Of the government, as in
CRATES" if they design to exercise the rights
of frcemen And thps men, who render their
services to their country, for stipulated sala-
ries, are forbidden the enjoyment of free suf-
frage, because, forsooth, this administration
pays them out of the peoples treasury And
they are to be matched at the polls by the
instruments of power, and made to surrender
Judgment and conscience at the bidding of the
hired spies Of Foreignisml We tell this for
eign miscreant, that although he is basking in
the smiles Of Frank Pierce" and although he
is dressed in q little brief authority" that if
he dare attempt to execute his nefarious pur-
pose-if he dare attempt to "play such fantas-
tic tricks, " he will be much safer in the peni-
Tertiary on the day of election, than at the
polls Let him heed what we say, and not
venture to insult free American citizens by
any more insolent and cowardly threats
We are for peace, for order, for quiet, and
for law; but if the time has come that foreign
born tool of President of the United States
shall be upheld and sustained in his attempt to
overawe the citizens of our national metropolis
into submission to his will, we are openly and
avowedly for rebellion and revolution III that
be treason, make the most o,eSt'' But no, We
miserable tools of a tyrant your day of tri-
umph Is not get The forms Of law are yet
left to us, and whilst these forms remain, you
cannot crush out Americanisml Nay, its
spirit is already aroused to action--it is gush-
ing forth from every quarter, like the noise
of many waters Pit will soon pervadc the
whole land--it will sweep from the high places
of power and authority, as with the bosom Of
destruction, all the elements of foreignism,
Romanism and demagoguism, and Liberty,
the Constitution and the Union shall survive
Your day of triumph shall neper come. The
days of your reign are numbered, and the Sd
day of the coming March will terminate It'll
Come to the polls, men of the Departments
and come as men, not as slaeesl This wretch
ed administration draws to a close Its lamp
of life is dim already. Its condemnation viii
be pronounced in the house of its friends in
the next week; sickly and exhausted, it will
sink into oblivion on the Sd Of March. 1t
will have no motive to strike you down but
recenge, and no courage for the exercise of
that sentiment Act like. freemen, and scorn
the threats which the minions Of disgraccd
Executive have utteredi
Americans Of the whole country behold in
this threat Of one of the recently appointed
officeholders under Frank Pierce, man NOM
mated by himself to the Senate, and confirmed
by that body during the present session--be-
hold the policy Of this administration A for
eigner by birth, an oficeholder, representa-
tive of Frank Pierce; a man who has been con-
demned to the work-house in this city, and who
escaped from il; this man, as the mouthpiece
Of the Federal Executive, aoarns the clerks in
the Departments, at the peril of their offices,
to vote the administration ticket for Corpora
ton oficersi This is modern Democracyi
Ihts IS dnti-Americanism This is the pol
acy Of the present dynasty If the spirit Of
freedom has not fed from the country, the
freemen of the United States will inter their
rebukes in tones Of thunderi
Richard @. WORKMAN, one Of the Oldest and most |
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