The true Democrat., 1856-06-17
Tells Speech in Claylxsv;,la

well as we may, eN NPeCtiiS tue evening sun tO go down upon the spot we occupied with noth- ing left of us thereon, but e little greece At length he a'rived-passed swiftly through our streets, and a7ghted at the mansion prepared to receive him. In short time he made his ap- pearance among the benighte1 people who, as he said, knew nothing about the important sub iects he condescended to enlghten them upon What an environment! His digni6ed walk the rearing of his head-the swelling of his chest-his stern pale countenance--and the im- perious solemnity of his teachings inspired his tractable hearers with awe and reverence whilst we "small politicians, little demagogues Con- way Johnson collar men, sag-nichts, and small fry" generally-kept at respectful distance waiting anxiously the outpourng of the wrath to come. But, sir, will put an end to your surprise by bringing you at once to the upshot of the whole business; the truth is, as we got nearer the animal his horns diminished in size astonishingzy and grew exceedingly small The Gullver-the statesman-the big politician the Armageddon seer, dwinded in stature, in intellect, in politics and in holiness to--Jeems YeN We listened patiently and charitably for three dull hours to an egotistical harrangue of many exploded nursery tales and ancient political scare crows that he assured us we knew nothing about, but most of us had seoal2oaoed Fox's Book of Martyrs-Armageddon and a considerable quantity of the old no-popery po- litics, therefore we felt disappointed because we got so aceak diluton of these commodities But after all, we breathed freer and deeper when we saw nothing left behind him but long Know Nothing faces and democrats consider ately laughing in their sleeves.
 As a short review of the sayings and doings of this Sam son while here last Friday may not be entirely unacceptable to you, will ven- ture to give 1t. It seemed to be necessary to the success of his mission that the people should come unto him as " little children" and receive "the word" with meekness-he freuuentlv re- minded them how little Mey hneV and how much he knew, of what big man he was, and what small folks they were. After having these facts, in variety of ways, impressed
 
 think, the immense distance there was between themselves and he. In the early part of the day he came upon the street to skirmish little or to give us foretaste of the entertainment he was going to invite us to in the afternoon. 1 Upon one occasion he observed, with severe so- lemnity, to few persons who had gathered around him, that for 200 years there has been an established rub with the Pope of Rome, from which there is no departue; it is this, in any country where Roman Catholic has power to appoint officers of the government he is requir- ed to appoint Catholics if he can get them-if he cannot get them he must appoint the most corrupt and unprincipled man he can find. The reason for this iS that next to Catholic such an unprnciped man can be induced, with less diff fculty to do any wicked act that may be need- ed to advance the power of the Pope. That Mr. Campbell, our Post Master General, is a Ca tholic, and is governed by this rule in mak ing his appointments You know nothing about these things, said he, but know them to be true" The revelation will doubtless open the eyes of the elea to the long concealed niquities of our late7y Catholic appointed post master Father Powers, who was formerly removed tc give room for that Protestant appointed iucor- rurtible individual Wm. s. Swigart, who is now one of Sam's Jealous disciples, and is no doubt favorably spoken of with ecmes Yell in Arma. geddon. We should think upon the authority oi this saint Jeemes and Armageddon, Fathe Powers might be turned out of the church.
 The great monster, next to the Pope him self, which the people of Arkansas should most dread is Gov. Conway. In fact, from the large share of Accommodations the Governor came in for, the manner in which Jeemes as sured us considerable portion of the people of Arkansas were bound to obey the Governo to carry out his machnations just like the Catholics were bound to obey the Pope-be was rather the greatest monster of the two and we should think is, at least, one of the horns named in Amageddon.
 He told us the Catholics in the United States were bound to obey the Pope. He knew, he said, that they declared they were not-but they did not know the power that was over them. He said he had some very intelligent Catholic neighbors in his county, who felt, he had no doubt, that they could not be so controll. ed, but they were mistaken. He declared tc us that the strongest holls of Catholicism, a. Spain, Sardinia and even Mexico the Catholic. were rising against the Pope's commands confscating the church property, etc. Strang, said he, that these things are foretold in Armag eddon. But the small fry did not exactly understad how it happened that the Catholics in priest-rdden Sardinia and Spain could sue. cessfully kick up against the Pope and hi tithes there, while the Catholics in free Amer ca, where every man is in the habit of goins in for himself-are so hopelessly bound to tn, will of the Pope. Wouldn't it be good ides to encourage the immigration of these independ ent Catholics of Sardinia and Spain to teacl our Taneys and our Carols how to be freemen' Wouldn't these Catholic foreigners make grea United States citizens?-" better than natives think of it. Another swap many be made with the lights now before us--advantageou to both countries-a great saving of military expense to one, and of State character to tn, other; since the anti- G1l2ican Catholics of Ital, will not obey the Pope-rght under his nos, without the presence, to coerce them, 0 Austrian and Pallicom troops-and since thu subjects of our Arkansas Pope, Gov. Conway ,oiN obey without any troops--don't dare t. move muscle contrary to orders-let Conwa and his Arkansian subjects take the place o the Pope and his Italians, and the Austrian and French troops may go home--and let tn Pope and his rebelious American-like Italian come here-by this more complete fitness o thinus will be esfahlishad all rnnnd Du4 n,,