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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

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Principles Of the American Council,
OF Steubenyille, Ohio,

We, whose names are hereunto subscribed,
do hereby adopt, and agree to be governed in
our political action, by the following princi-
ples,:-
lst None but Americans to rule America;
Cd. The Union must be preserved.
Sd. No Foreign interference in American
affairs.
4th No union of Church and State.
5th. Inviolabilty of National Treaties.
9Th. Personal morality indispensable Il
office.
7th. An open Bible, without note or COM
ment, in all our Public Schools.
sth. Thorough reform of the Naturalization
Laws.
9th. A capitation tax that will exclude
foreign paupers and convicts.
10th. No appointment Of foreigners on
diplomatic posts.
llth. Strict economy in the Administrative m
Of the Government.
10Th. No interference with the right of citi
zenshp already acquired by foreigners, and
the protection of law TO ali who immigrats
from love of liberty, but uncompromising
opposition to Political Catholicism, whether
in the person Of an American demagogue, or
foreign Ecclesiastical Despot.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24


The following principles are announ.
ced by the Editor of the St. ClairsviIle
Republican as the Platform for which he
intends TO battle. We are with him on
IL of his propositions, and upon the 18th
we are lille head OF him. When we
are called 10 an expression upon that
question, we will say no more Slave
States East, West, north, or South.
lst. Americans shall rule America.
2nd, The Union of these United
States as they are; one and inseperable.
3J. To silence the clamor of faction,
and 10 rebuke tie busyI!i6,rigues of sci.
fish politicians. -. ..7
4th. 10 see our internal resources i'm.
proved, our labor rewarded, our genius
loslered, and Onr manufactures, agrcul.
lure, commerce, and national dignity sus7
tanned by an inelligen. American states.
nanship
9Th. TO be educated in American sen.
liment and principle, and strengthened in
our work as our ancestors were in theirs,
by tha inspiration of that Sacred Book.
9th. That the sulfrages of the Ameri.
can people for political offices should not
be given to any other than those born on
our soil, or reared under the influence of
our institutions.
9TH. That we will welcome 10 our
shores the victim Of tyranny from foreign
lands, and offering them place by onr
side. we grant Them equal justice under
the protection Of the Constitution. I'D
9th. Opposition TO foreign military or.
ganizations. ..
9th. The doctrines Of the revered Wash,
ington, Jefferson, Adams, and the immor-
tai patriots Of the Revolution, The last
Sons of76 who are fast fading from our
view.
10Th. Phe good Of our country, rot
party, the success of ourprincipIes, not
men. '. ''r
ll.h. A radical change is our na,ural.
zation laws. "7
l2th. 10 spread abroad, and to main.
tain against all accidents Of time or Of de-.
feat, the waxing or the waning Of par
ties those three great charters Of Amer.
can Liberty: the Constitution of the
United States, the Declaration of Amer.
can Independence, and the Bible.
18th. No more Slave States North Of
thirty six degrees thirty minutes moth
latitude. Opposition 10 the repeal Of the
ath section Of the Missouri act, and tho
new tangled and absurd doctrines Of tile
sham Democracy, the ostend manifesto,
squa''er sovereignty &c. &c."
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

ONO EDITORIAL CoNvENTIoN.-The
fourth annual meeting of the Ohio Edi-
torial Association, will be held at Mans.
field, on the l5Olh anniversary of Frank.
Inns birth day, January l4Ih, 1857.
The Convention will meet at 10 O..
clock on the l4lh, and will hold its ses.
sion during two days.
Public exercises on the evening of the
18th. A poem by Meta Y. Victor, Of
Sandusky an oraiion by H, L. Hosmer
of Toledo a discourse on Cbas. Ham.
mond, by W. r. Coggeshall, of Colum.
bus; discourse on Moses Dawson, by
W. B. Tbrall, of Columbus.
Ample arrangements will be made By
the members Of the Press in Mansfield
and it is expected that the Editorial fra
ternity Of the State. will be fully repres
ented. S. MEDARY, Pres't.
J. H. BAKER, Sec'y.
Columbus. Dec. slh, 1856.
P.S. Editors of Ohio generolly, will
please notice or copy.
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OUR PAPER.

One more issue will bring US to the
close Of the second volume Of the True
.dmerican. We are not disposed to dis
guise the fact, that, we have for the last
two years, met with many obstacles in
the way Of establishing our paper, Not
the least of these has been the backward.
ness Of our subscribers paying for the pa.
per- To those who have been prompt
in payment, we are under lasting obliga.
tions. Those who know themselves 10
be delinquents are again reminded that
we stand greatly in need of the money
they owe us, in order to enable us to pay
the debts contracted for their accommo.
dation. Will they think of this ! Al.
though onr paper has now circulation,
probably, beyond any other paper in the
county. yet it has not half the -subscrip-
it should have. There are but three pa.
pers in this county, and each Of them
ought to have 1000 paying subscribers
at least the True american ought to have
that number. Others can speak for
themselves.
This County has never been canvassed
for this paper-but FIVE or six of the
Townships have been visited-the editor
has had no time 10 90 abroad. Would il
not be an easy matter for the friends OIL
the paper to double the subscription in
each Township in the County! We
mean with paying subscribers. Will you
do it! What say you! We would just
as leave have the money of Democrat
as Of Republican, or an American. In
this particular we have no preference. Ii
is our determination to spare no pains in
order 10 make the True .Americsn a pa
per worthy of its name. The character
of the paper, and the principles of its
Editor, are so we'll known, that il is IN.
necessary for us 10 say anything upon
these points. In the heat of controversy
we may have sometimes written in a
style Objectionable for its severity, but
where either fact or principle have been
involved, we have nothing to retract.
The True american is Anti, Catholic,
Anti-Slavery, and Anti.Rnm. 1t will
therefore continue to be the unAinching
advocate of Americanism, Freedom, and
Temperance. A reasonable portion ol
tie columns of our paper will be appro.
pria,ed to Literature, Agri culture, For.
eign and Local news. In word, we in.
teud, if possible, to make it the best, and
most interesting paper in the land. With
these confessions and promises, we mos
respectfully ask those who heretofore ia.
vored US with their patronage-and have
paid us-lo continue their subscription
Those who have no! paid us anything,
and do not intend to pay, without due
course of law, are requested to send in
their declinations as quick as possible
We should think-consdering our cir.
cumstances-that two years subscription
is as much as they ought to desire tc
cheat us ont Of.
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[For the True American
BLoomingdale.
Teachers Lyceum.


Pursuant TO previous notice, tho friends
Of education assembled in Knoxville, on
Saturday the 9th inst, for the purposes
Of forming Lyceum, for the Northern
part of Jefferson, and the Southern part
of Columbana Counties {; to be compos-
ed Of Teachers, School Directors. and all
persons actively engaged in promoting
the GAUGES Of education, .....7
The meeting was organized, hy cal.
ling Rev. Il. A. Blindley to the chair,
and, appointing s. e. Kerr, Secretary,
An address, appropriate to the occasion,
was then delivered by Rev. Parkson
which was heard with marked attention,
after which, q Constitution was adopted,
and, officers chosen, to serve for the en-
suing six months. ,'"
The Lyceun then adjourned, to NEE,
again at Newburgh on Saturday Jan. Sd
1857, at 10 A. NJ, when the exercises
will open with an address, from Rev. E
A. Brindley, subject, The advantages
and pleasures arising from education Mr.
Alexander Clark will. also, deliver al
address at the same place on the evening
previous to the opening Of the Lyceum
Subject : "'The true mission Of Teach
eIs.
The friends Of education are invited ic
attend. ''t ''"
Knoxville, Dec. 9Th 1856,
3, A. BRlNDLEY, Chairman.
! s. G. KERR, Sec'y. ,-.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

BD We have received the January
number Of Graham's illustrated Maga.
zine." The contents are unusually var.
led in character, and of great interest
The articles are not all +" written express.
ly for Graham" but those selected are
better worthy Of place in this favorite
Magazine. than the Glove lorn ditties,'
" baby poetry" and sentimental " trash ~
that forms so large portion of our mod
ern literature, We are fond of a goot
"S'ory," and do not object to its con
tanning modicum Of the trials and eros,
ses ofiaiF danes and adventurous youths
but occasionally we desire something
little more substantial. This, we can al
ways find in Graham, as well as the bes
ofromances, sketches Of travel, criticisms
gems Of poetry, humorous extracts, item
for the ladies &c. 1t is published 70
the million, and every person will fin,
something in it that will please.
Terms one copy one year $500 tw'
Copies one year $500. Address, Wat
son y Co., so South Third ST., Philadel
phia. ,..
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24
Editorial COURTESY,

We have, for some time past, been
noting, with no little amount Of amuse-
ment, the tenacily evinced by some of the
Editors with whom we have the honor
Of an exchange, for their literary rights.
Charge after charge they bring against
their contemporaries for stealing their edi-
torials. Now we don't pretend to be the
advocate of those who appropriate to their
own use the labors Of other men, but we
do say, that some Of the very weakest
Editors of the nation are lhoss who make
the greatest complaints upon this subject.
For our own part, we are not aware of
having at any time rendered ourselves
liable 10 the charge. and therefore have
no personal feeling in the matter. II is
true, some eighteen months ago. the Ed
itor of the Olive Branch did make the
charge against us. but when we respect
fully asked him Cor The proof, it was no:
forthcoming, and that for The obvious rea-
son that the charge was untrue. When
we come to the conclusion 10 use the pro-
duclions of borrowed brains we shall
make very different selection from that
of the Olive Branch. We hope we will
be excused for saying in this connection,
that, in a number of instances, we have
seen our editorials copied into our ex-
changes, without due credit, and we have
fell! rather hattered by it, as these papers
are Of the first class, and as it clearly
evinced that the Editors regarded them
as equal to anything they was able to pro-
duce, upon the subject to which they re.
lated.
Ii is due TO the Editors Of the .Ameri-
can Magazine that we should say, that
a short article appeared in our paper
some weeks ago-taken from that journal,
which, by oversight was not credited
We have not heard of any complaints
from that quarter, and presume that the
conductors of that popular paper have q
more substantial method Of building up
their reputation than by publishing, broad
cast, the charge Of plagiarism against theil
brethren, thereby trying to make the i'm
preston that their wonderful productions
furnish matter for all the papers Of the
country.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

CHAPLAlNs TO CoNaREss. The Nation
al MteRgencer states thaia memorable
on foot among some of the clergyInen Of
Washington to profier their services In
rotation in the place of The chapIains US.
ually appointed by Congress. They did
this last year for the month or two that
elapsed befnre the choice Of Speaker. Ii
adds that Clergymen Of seven different
denominations have already given their
names 10 the proposition, ,,'c. qidll
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

~ Who will make us q New Years
present of New subscribers I We are
not particular about the number; one
from each Of you viii answer, y
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

TgLEeRAPn TO CUBA.-It is stated
that parties haye been for some time in
correspondence with the Cuban and
Spanish authorities for the privilege Of
laying telegraph line between Cuba
aud the United States, 1t is proposed
to lay cable from the point Of Cape
Sable, the extreme southern point of Flori-
da to Bavonna, the distance being little
over 70 miIes--abont the same stretch as
that across the Gulf of 81. Lawrence.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

LOOK OUT FOR YOUR THRoATs !-This
is just the weather for getting a sore
throat, hoarseness, cold in the lungs, &C.,
and one Box Of Bryan's PulmoniO Wa.
fers, sold for 25 cents by HENNINo &
MELVIN, will not only prevent such ills,
but cure those already upon You, s1
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24
GO naEmd the noo,

Defend the poor
and the fatherless /;
do justice to the aE-
hicted and needy,
Deliver the poor and
the needy ;rid them
out of the hand Of
the wicked
lxxxii, 4.
" For he shall de-
liver the needy when
he crieth, the poor
also, and him that
hath no helper"
" He shall spare
the poor and the
needy, and shall
save the souls of the
needy"
" He shall redeem
their souls from de-
ceit and violence ;
and precious shall
their blood be in
his sight.-Psalm
lxxii, ID.
" Is not this the
fast that I have
chosen ! to loose the
bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy
burdens, and to let
the oppressed go
free, and that ye
break every yoke 2"
4" 1t is not to deal
thy bread to the hun
cry, and that thou
bring the door that
are cast out to thy
house! When thou
seest the naked, that
thou cover him |; and
that thou hide not
thyself from thine
own flesh !"-gIsaiah
lviii, Z.
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THE TRUE AMERICAN.

The True AMERICAN is published every
Wednesday, in Steubenville, Jefferson county,
Ohio, and edited byz. RAeAN, on the following
terms:
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Two dollars within six months.
Two dollars and fifty cents at the close of
the year.
No paper discontinued until all arearages
are paid, except at the option Of the Editor.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
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When there is no contract made and the num-
Der of insertions is not marked on the cards or
advertisements at the time they are handed in
for publication, they will be continued in until
they are ordered out. and charged by the square,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

H Was light made for the eye ?
Is the atmosphere suited 10 the lungs
No less cerlain and no less apparent.
slt that the Bible is adapted to the soul;
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der. or pravent such


or attorney, or any
person or persons
lawfully assisting
him, her, or them,
from arresting such
a fugitive from ser
vice or labor, either
with or without
process as aforesaid;
or shall rescue, or
attempt to rescue,
such fugitive from
service or labor from
the custody of such
claimant, his or her
agent, or attorney,
or other person or
persons lawfully as
sisting as aforesaid,
when so arrested,
pursuant to the au-
thority herein given
and declared, or
shall aid, abet, or
assist such person
so owing service or
labor as aforesaid,
directly or Indirect
ly, to escape from
such claimant, his
agent or attorney,
or other person or
persons legally au-
thorized as aforesaid
or shall harbor or
conceal such fugi-
tive, so as to pre-
vent the discovery
and arrest of such
person, after notice
or knowledge of the
fact that such per-
son was a fugitive
| from service or la
hor as aforesaid,
shall, for either Of
said offenses, be
subjected to a fine
not exceeding one
thousand dollars, &
imprisonment not
exceeding 6 months,
by indictment and
conviction before the
district court of the
United States for
the district in which
such ofense may
have been commit
ted, or before the
proper cou rt ofcrim-
inal jurisdiction, if
committed with any
one of the organi-
zed Territories Of
the United States ;
and shall moreover
fofeit and pay, by
way of civil DANA
ges, to the party
injured by such al
legal conduct, the
sum ofone thousand
dollars for each fu-
gitive so lost as
aforesaid, to be re-
covered by action of
debt, in any of the
district or territor-
ial courts aforesaid,
within whose juris-
diction the said Of
fense may have been
committed.
EXTRACT FROM KAN
sAs CODE.
" If any person
shall 4 =
aid ony slave in es-
Gaping = he
shall be imprisoned
at hard labor for
not less than FIVE
years.
Sec. 8. Ifany per-
son in this territory
shall aid or harbor
any escaped slave
from another State
Z such
person shall be pun
ished in like manner
as if such slave had
escaped from his
master in the terri
tory.
Now we pu, the
two enactments be l
Can we fulfill bo,h
a direct and positive
a man withhold relit
gitive from oppresSi'
no crime, has never
erty, and fulfill at Il
ly law Of God an
again the foregoing
yinely does our reli
suffering humanity
liver the needy whe
also. and him tha
Blessed God, can
this divine princiF
government, and rel
to him lha; of all OF
&" hath no helper
from which we quo
charge to Solomon,
Piles Of his administ
lively and graphic !
Messiah's reign. !
truth meet togeiheI
peace kiss each 9th
| ONO EDITORIAL
fourth annual meet
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

1g In 1861. the transit Of Venus
takes place,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24
BIBLE.

BIBLE.
" God hath made
Of one blood all ma
tions of men, for to
dwell on all the
face ofthe EARTH"
" Have we not all
one Father =! Hath
not our God created
us 7"
L" As l live, saith
the Lord, every knee
shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall
confess to God. Sc
then every one ofus
shall give an account
of himself to God.''
" So God created
man in his own i'm
age t; in the image
Of God created HI
him : male and fe
male created HI
them"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

I" Thou shalt not
deliver unto his mas
ter the servant that
is escaped from his
master unto thee"
|" lie shall dwell
with thee, even
among you in that
place which he shall
choose in one of thy
gates which itliketh
him best ; thou shalt
not oppress him."
Deut. xiii, IS
10.
: /" Defend the poor
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RUG'T'vE sLAvELAw.
Sec. 5. y n
n y and
nil good citizens are
hereby commanded
to aid and assist in
the prompt and eff
cient execution ol
this law, whenever
their services may
be required, as afore-
said, X
Sec. Z. And U it
further enacted, That
any person who shall
knowingly and will
hbgly ObStruct, him
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NJ MAN LA WOs
" Slave shall be
deemed, sold, taken,
reputed, and adjudg-
ed in law to be chat
tells personal, in the
hands Of their owner
amp possessors, and
their executors, ad-
ministrators, and as
signs, to all intents,
constructions, and
purposes whatever"
-lSonth Carolina
Laws.
4" A slave is one
who is in the power
of the master to
whom he belongs.
The master may sell
him, dispose of his
person, his industry,
and his labor. He
can do nothing, pos
sess nothing, nor ac-
quire anything but
what must belong to
his master.-[Lou.
st N..sI IalA
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-24

The principle Of chattelism lies at the
bottom of all slave legislation and insIitu-
tiOns. This principle is at war with The
spirit and import Of the scriptures above
quoted. The divine law recognizes the
+" image of God" in man, the unity and
universal brotherhood of the human race,
and their consequent natural liberty and
equality, and their strict, personal accoun-
liability to God.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-01
PERSONAL.

-. Professor Maury, has accepted an invi-
tation to deliver course of lectures before
the Lowell Institute, next winter.
49,. james Strong, the Mormon prophet,
who was shot at Beaver Island, was alive on
Saturday last.
49, There is Chinese In San Francisco, who
was stewart to Napoleon On the Island of St.
Helena in the year 1915. He is engaged in
importing from China, and in general mer.
chandizing
80. At the late session of Gilmore County
Court, Va, the Grand Jury of that county
presented the Editor Of the Cincinnati West.
ern Christian Advocate for publishing aboli-
tlon doctrines, and also Rev. Levi Psrke, 70,
circulating the paper.
-. We are informed says the Newark
Eagle, that young lady, Is years of age,
daughter of widowed mother, named Eaton
residing at East Bloomfield, N j on Tuesday
evening last, eloped with her Uncle, who
leaves wife and child in New York They
are supposed to have gone to California.