Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-27
AMERICAN ORGAN.

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The following preamble and resolutions,
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adopted at mass meeting OF the citizens oi
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"Amcrican party" in this city, and will doubt
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American principles throughout the country,
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Whsrcas public meeting Of citizens of Washing
upon a call unade in and approved by the Executive
orrsn. ths proceedings Of which, in the resolutions
sad o have been adopted at that meeting and In the
sneechea of certain selected orators at subscquent
adourned meeting are now spread before the public
eve in The columns of said organ, and its kindred
presses with appreciation; and whereas said rcsolu
tons however dressed up in abstract professions Of
heart and necessary to the safety of the constitution
and to the peace and prosperity Of our country and
whereas the Executive Is invoked therein to remove
from public employment such ofiiceholders rs enter
tain tose principles thereby to perpetrate ruthless
prescription OF both Wings and Democrats for an
honest difference Of opinion : therefore
ResoI0sd That mere professions Of love to the
n0fOf1nn freedom.
contradicted by actions cannot deceive the sensible
and yieilant guardians Of American liberty, whose
apprehensions have been excited at behoiding the
strides that have been made toward complete con-
troll Of our royernment by the subjects Of foreign
potentste welknown as the avowed enemy of our
whole American system to whose overthrow they
are soleinnly devoted
Rssolss1, That, as vigant custodans Of that bene-
ed to us by the fathers Of the republic 1t is our duty
to meet and repe all insidious attacks upon our lib
critics as well as all open assaults and that we view
with indiruntion and alarm the assertion of princi-
ples and nurposes on the mart Of the recognised ex-
poncits cf tie Roman Catholic Church in the United
States. subyersive of our republican institutions,
which constitute aggressions of such character
that not now resisted, will lead at no distantday,
10 the overthrow Of the American Constitution and
the con1plete establishment Of despotsm
Resolved That while in the past political divisions
struexled IN honest conflict over contested principles
and nsnsures all of which are now settled, yet in
the prouut crisis Of danger to all that both parties
hold dsar We will bury every remembrance Of past
f5rtunea ana our sacred honor not to cease our er
crtious until our country shall be freed from the
danr.ry that new menace IT,
HssoSssd That we proclaim, as the cardinal princ-
Tor ths constitution in all its provisions, upon which
are based our glorious American principles freedom
of speech freedom OF opinion freedom Of conscience
freedom Of the press together with school system
for the diffusion of intelligence sanctiied by an open
Bible Is the rule Of faith and practice, holding
established principle that intelligence and virtue
essential TO the snccess Of a free government
Rs:e.s Ths. while we welcome 70 our s country as,
them place by our side under the shield Of con-
stitutios we claim for Americans the right 70 govern
their own country and those who do not ike
government have our hearty consent 10 20 elsewhere
Il the pursuit Of happiness
kssolvAd That the fourth resolution of the meeting
at Caruss Saloon, recommending to the President OF
the United States prescription Of all officers Of the
federal government who may have thought fit 70 be-
come members Of the association of Know Knoth-
ings-a recommendation which, before its adoption,
had been recognised and acted upon by the Execu-
dangerous infrsction Of the principles of scgovern
ment and calls for the prompt and decisive rebuke
of al the free citizens Of thcsc United States without
distinction Of party, sect, or creed
Resolced That every Protestant denomination In
the United States maintains the constitutional prin
Gple Of . separation Of Church and State--in which
principle many American Catholics sincerely concur,
while on the other hand the Papal Church abroad
openly, and always, and everywhere maintains the
docine of obedience Of the civil TO the ecclesiastical
authority both in Europe and America; the sad and
rninous effects of which, in the one are seen in
countless emigrants flying from its tyranny and
misery to our own happy land and in the other In
the ignorance and poverty Of the masses, in the
wealth and vices Of the clergy and in the ceaseless
insurrcctions massacres and proverbial instability
Of our Southern sister Republics.
Resolpsd, That upon these principles we appeal
from the opinions whose proclamation has caused
this meeting, to the people Of the United States; |;
and although we might infer they are an exponent
of executive feelings from the official positions Of
those who controlled the proceedings yetwe will still
hope that the President who alone has the power,
will arrest the prescription already begun Of faithful
ofceholders, both Democrats and Wings, for daring
10 entertain American and Protestant sentiments,
and will reject the mercenary suggestion urged upon
him by the fourth resolution Of the meeting last week.
as covert scheme 10 crafty the appetite of Office
seekers at the expense Of many who zealously and
efficiently aided in bis elevation TO power, and whose
deble stain upon him as man and as the President
Of tho United States.
fesoiped, That having seen the denunciatons that
rnsionis~ o. tne Nortn, VINO are esnouneed as no.
scroec ln ne r.s uIo.ous .acuons Mn'cn a's.'ss' nc