True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-02-11
Public Opinion Abroad in Reference to
Cameron's Election.

Cameron's Election.
We are permitted to make the follow
ing extract of letter from resident Of
Lancaster, Ohio, 10 friend in this city.
The writer is himself ana,ive Of Penn
sylvania
The election OF Cameron to the United
STATES Senate, by the Legislature Of your
State, makes quite talk in the political
circle here. Every Democratic Pennsyl'
vanian by birth, denies his native Stale,
and swears that he was never born in
Pennsylvania. If / recollect Alright. you
told me you were fearful that Cameron
would find Judases among the Democrat
ic members, who would belray their par
ty for god and there is no doubt gold
was freely used to bribe them.- Pennsyl-
udnian.
The GOODNESS of the Ohionized Penn
sylvanian is refreshing. Why did they
ever leave Pennsylvania! They have
big hogs enough in Ohio. Did they go
there to "save their bacon 7" What
earnest locos they are. But how can we
credit what is said of their being Penn
sylvanians They admit that they are
Pennsylvanians by birth, and then Swear
that they were never born in Pennsylva-
MIA. Is this moral perjury! If not, then
we can explain the difficulty in only two
ways-they must have been ha'ched, or
came to light by the Cesarean operation.
We hope for the credit of Pennsylvania,
that these men that came without birth.
place will continue 10 swear they are moi
Pennsylyanians. Stick to it, ye birthless
ones, for the credit of the Old keystone,
and when ye die, if die men can who
were never born, it shall be truly said Of
you, ye ~ did the State some good "--in
leaving it.-.american Herald.
Mr.. Herald, your insinua!ion is both
too general and too special. You have
no right TO take for granted that all the
z" Ohionized F" Pennsylvanians are deny
ing their native State, because Of the de-
feat Of Forney. This is too serious a
matter to be permitted 10 pass without
notice. We therefore take occasion 10
say, that we were born, xii born at ALL"
in good old Pennsylvania, and in West.
moleland county at that, the;very county
in which the Herald is published, and
we are none the less proud of the State
Of our nativity, because Of the election
Of General Cameron to the Senate of the
United States. 1t is,quite an easy matter
10 account for the state Of affairs related
BY the le,ter-wrter from Lancaster, Ohio,
published in the Penhsyludnian. The
Democrats in Lancaster county are prin-
cipally Roman Catholics, and therefore,
with mental reservation, can, with per-
feet impunity, swear on Protestant BIZ
BILE that they we're never born in Pennsyl.
vania, It would have been merciful
dispensation Of Providence, both to them.
selves and to the State, il they had never
been born in this or any other country,
TRAGEDY iNiARKAEsAs We take the
following account Of a terrible tragedy in
Independence county, from the Iudepen.
dant balance, Of 9th inst, published
at Balesville gF c%i
The circumstances indicated that q
man by ,he name Of Dean, under the
influence Of some brutal passion, bad as.
saulted his wife with the intention Of Kill
! ling her, and she resisted and fed, bu
the poor fend followed her some sixty
yards from the house, stabbed her sever.
al times, and finally cut her throat. ant
she was found lying dead, having appsr.
/ emily fallen on her face while in the acI
oil running. Dean himself was found ly.
ing dead in his house. with bis knit
an razor lying bloody beside him. Re
morse. for killing his wife, no doubt in
stigaied him to take his own life. Thi
4 unfortunate couple had been married bu
a few months. Dean was reputed TO b,
sober. steady. man, and his wife YER
kind, inofcnsiye woman, I s f'