True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-04


ws mast fulfil it. Therefore, be vigi.
liant, be assiduous, and prove yourselves
faithful sentinels upon the watch tower of
this young Republic. 1t will require but
little exerlion on the part Of Americans TO
"snap the Lilliputian cords" Of rotten
Democracy, which has rolled in the spoils
Of Office for 10 these many years, until
the very atmosphere around them is filled
with miasma and pollution, and which
has made them an obsequious tool to
designing will; Which, through their
eternal grasp for power and selfish desire
to extend our territory, has inundated our
country with sectional strife. 1t is our
duty 10 put an end to this strife, which,
if not checked in its mad career, wiRdis-
sslve this glorious Union, an act from
which every loyal and true-hearted
American will shrink with loathing and
disgust,
This self-boasting Democracy arogates
to itself the exclusive right of guarding
the Institutions of our country it has the
hSdihood and impudence to pirate of its
Conservatism OF its nationality its con-
sistency ! its Union-loving spirit and of
its fidelity to the Constitution of our cOun-
try!. Where do we fnd it in the
North! We find it clinging with de-
voted tenacity to the principles of Free
Soilism and Squatter Sovereignty!-
Where do find il in The South! We find
it purely sectional, making the extension
of slavery and the acquisition Of territory
its paramount issues. Hence, we find
the Democracy of the North cOntending
for one thing, and the Democracy of the
South for another. And yet such party
has The eArontery 10 prate of its national
ity ! How is il in Congress at the present
time! President Pierce has removed
Judge Lecompte, a faithful devotee- 10 the
peculiar institution" from the Supreme
Judgeship of Kansas territory, and has
appointed Hon. James 0. Harrison of
this State as his successor. The Demo-
cratic Senate Of the United States has re-
fused to ratify that appointment The
Democratic Senators from the Southern
States openly denounce President Pierce,
not as a Free Soiier, but as an AbOE-
ZIONIST! They charge him with being
recreant to his duty because he has re-
moved from office one of the most cor
rupl of living men because he saw fit to
place at the head of Judicial affairs in
Kansas better man than Judge Le-
compte Toombs of Georgia, and But.
Ter of South Carolina, stand arrayed in
opposition against such National Demo-
Gratis as Douglas of Illinois, Bigler oI
Pennsylvania, and Cass of Michigan
What harmony in the harmonious ranks
of Democracy! 1t is impossible for such
party to preserve its nationality or re.
tain its organization. We here venture
the assertion that the close of the Admin.
istration of James Buchanan closes the
career of Democracy forever. Its pris
tine glory is on the wane," and soon mus.
it fall to the ground, and be onl y remem
bered as among the things that were.
Is this their boased nationality i
this their proclaimed conservatism? |;
this their fidelity to the Constitution! /
it is, what course is left for the honest ant
patriotic portion of the American people
Shall they gaze motiOnless and inactive
upon the vast scenes of vile destruction
by this wanton party which tramples upor
the virtues of integrity, while grovclin!
at their feet, gaspng in the last agone
of death? We ask again, shall we stant
motonless and inactive? No! but let III
rise like Cromwell, with pure and un
adultered American principles deeply
planted within our bosoms, and love 70
our country firmly rooted in our hearts
and arrest the destructive power whicl
has long aided the Democratic party il
lis wanton acts of injustice towards ou
country, and place Legislators of undoubt
ed integrity and boundless virtues in tn
halls of our national Legislature, in oide
that we may re-instate and re-initiate tn
virtues which honored and which market
the administration of George Washing
ton.
1t is our duty, then, as Americans, I
be constantly found at our posts Of duty
so that the enemy cannot steal upon u
in the night time and utterly demolish u
Mas an organizat ion of true patriots. An
in view of all these facts, let us orgar
: ize for the coming contest let us be pr'
pared for any and every emergency, an
when we are again called on to measul
our strength with Democracy, the flag
our country will wave Ger us in triumph