True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-24
Look Ahead.

We are upon the eve Of a crisis of all
Others the most important to the Ameri.
can and Republican party in this county
and throughout the State. Will we per-
init foreign pauperlsm and the See of
Rome, as auxiliaries of the Democratic
party, to triumph over the privileges and
immunities so dearly purchased by the
blood of our fathers, and remain insensi-
BILE of the obligations we are under to
our country!
Who can depict in glowing language
sufficiently strong, the emotions of that
band of noble patriots who freed our
country from the mnions sway, and from
the tyrants grasp! Not the eloquence
Of the greatest orator. nor the graphic pen
OF the most gifted poet could approach a
simile. They regarded freedom as Hea-
ven's best gift to man. and it is for US
who have lived to enjoy this precious
boon, to emulate their ennobling virtues
and keep watchful eye upon the horri.
bic monster looming up before US, and
threatening the destruction Of our free
institutions. But we hear it sometimes
said, that, inasmuch as the Republicans
and Americans have by general consent
resolved to unite together in opposing the
misrule Of the administration party, that
the Americans must cease their hostility
to Catholicism. This is no part nor par
Gel OF the terms of union; no more than
that the Republicans should cease their
opposition to the extension Of Slavery
We have just as great cause to apprehend
danger from that quarter as we have ever
had. We are well aware of the fact
that popery has undergone no change for
the better; and that all who will no, bow
before lis stern mandate-wherever in
power-must expect 10 expiate the crime
of infdelity on the rack, just as in the
days of Charles TX.
Again, it has been said that the Ameri-
can party follows up the same system Of
persecution that the Catholics do. This
assertion stamps a lie upon its own face,
for il is well known that we have never
persecuied them on account Of their re-
ligion. TO all sects are conceded the
privilege Of worshipping God "under
their own vine and fig tree - but when
any sect desires, Qike the Church Of
Rome, to connect political with religious
government, then i, has passed the pre-
scribed limits Of our belief. 1t has often
been said. and with much truth, that the
name Of Democracy, as applied to the
Democratic party, was nothing less than
Q clap-trap, ty which the honest, gno-
rant are gulled, to the no little satisfac-
lion Of numerous demagogues and wire
pnllers, who have glutted themselves
with the treasury pap, and laughed at the
serfs Of the party who elevated them. -
By such device they have managed tt
sustain their party, and SO it will be
again, unless we WORK, for the opposi
siiion will not leave stone unturned, moi
sLrategem untried, to succeed in the
election Of their candidates. In this
emergency it will be necessary to, for u;
70 work with untiriug zeal, and remember
that we have no honest foe to contend
with, but one that will seek every aVaila.
bic ambuscade to fire their venemoui
shot in upon our ranks. But il may b.
said that we have a preponderatIDg vOt'
in our favor in this State, and consequent
Iy need not exert ourselves. Let US b
careful That we do not awaken from tha
lelhergy 10 find our brightest hopes antici
paiod BY ,be success Of our avOwed chi
mics.