Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-14
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The following preamble and resolutions
adopted at mass meeting OF the citizens OF
WASHINGTON on the 27th day of Sc. te,nber
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last present the general sentiments VI the
oAmeroan partyn in this city and will doubt
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ioee pe rcau Win ihteres' ny the irienus oi
American princples throughout the country
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70 VII.
Whereas n,,blo mect;nu of citizens Of Washing
.on ,,na hs1d - Cars;'s Safoon m tbc iat ;nstan3
nnon call 1nade in and annroyed hy the EYecmt;ye
oI,onn tbe nrocerdings of Which IN tbe resolutions
MIL 10 nave been adoned at that meeting and in the
sneechaa az CERTAIN selected orators al snhsenuent
aa;nnrnad naet;n are now snread before the nnhiic
eve in the columns of said organ and its Kindred
presses with annrobation and Whereas said resolu
ons however dressed up in abstract professions Of
natriotsm assail principles dear to the American
heart and to tie safety of the constitutions
and II the neace ond nrosnerity Of our country and
whereas the Executive il invoked therein I'd remove
from nnbl;c emnlovment such ofceholders a. enter
tain those nrincynles tberehv Ia nernetrate ahlesg
,srnscr;unn ns hosb Wh;gs ~ and namocrats r an
honest difference Of opinion: tberefore- I
Resolped That mere professions of love to the con-
stituton and to civil and religious freedom, when
contraicted bv actions cannot deceive the sensible
and yioilant euardians Of American liberty. whose
annre5snsnrs have been excited at beholdng the
stRsdes that have been made toward a complete con-
troI &c nnr ,,orarnmapt hv tho subjects ~ foreign
\ rnteotote M wsII-Lnown "a he ayowed enemy of onr
Pwhoia a Arar;can svatam IN ubosa overthrow thev
st ara so,emnlv devoted
Rs.lped That as ypilant custodians of that bcne-
Fant rsto,r, af civil ana rel;osons fraeiom hemeatb
~ y. Z, y p tha f,har nf tha ranhr n "a orr Jntv
~ aa. ~ IA srai M ns;do,s attacls nnon onr liz
eties a well ~ oil omen assanlts and that we view
. "a 49, @ ~ aS les tt ,ssart;o of nrnc
lonsnt ~ tbe Roman Catholic Church in t6e limited
Statas snhTersya of onr rennblican institnt;ons
which constitute aegressions Of such a character
that 70 ~. , rosgstaS will Iaad nj M distant day
to he overtbrow Of tbe American CONSTITUTION and
the cop,nlate establishment of despotism
RssoIned That while in the mast political divisions
IF the country. as Wings and Democrats we have
rgoed in honest conflict over contested principles
and Measures ali of which are now settled vet in
the nresent crss IF dancer to all that both parties
hold dear we will hurry every remembrance of past
f6rtnnes and our Sacred honor not to cease our ex
ertions until our country shall be freed from the
dancers that nsp menace II
Rssoirsd That we proclaim. as the cardinal princi-
for the Constitution in ali its provisions. upon which
are based our glorious American princples-f
of sneeab freedom of opinion freedom Of conscience
f,aadom &c the nress tagetber with school system
for fhe diffnson of intelIioence sanced by mn omen
B;ble as the rule Of faith and practice holding as an
established principle that ntepepce and virtue are
essential to the success Of a free government.
Rssolred That while we welcome TO our country
the victims Of trrannv from foreign lands and offer
them place by our side under the shield of our con.
sttuon we claim for Americans the right TO govern
their own country: and those who do not like our
have our hearty consent to 20 elsewhere
II the pursuit of happiness
RAsolrsd That the fourth resolution of the meeting
at Carusis Saloon recommending 10 the President oi
the United States prescription Of all officers Of the
federal government who NAV have thought t 10 be-
come mcmbcrs OF the association of Know Knoth.
inrs-a recommendation which, before its adoption,
bad been recopniscd and acted upon by the Execr.
tive of the United Sates-proposes an alarming and
dangerous nfraction Of the principles of selgoyern-
ment and calls for the prompt and decisive rebuke
of ali the free ctizens OF these United States without
distinction of party, sect or creed
Rssolps1 That every Protestant denomination In
The United states maintains the constitutional prin.
eiple of a 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 everywhero maintains the
doctrine of obedience OF the civil 10 the
authority, both in Europe and America; the sad and
ruinous effects Of which, in the one, are seen in
countless emiprants hyinp from its tyranny and
misery 10 our own happy land. and in The other. in
tbe ignoranoe and poverty Of the masses. In The
wealth and vices Of the clergy and in the ceaseess
nsurrections massacrcs, and proverbial instability
of our Southern sister Republics.
RS.oiped That upon these principles we ANIMAL
from tbe opinions whose proc'amation las oansed
This meeting. 10 the people of the United States
.nd aIho,gh VIC might infr thov arc m e,y,onent
az executiye feelings from the official positions Of
tbose who CONTROLLED the nrocecdin0s vet we will st
hone that tbe pres;dent who alone has the mower
viii arrest The nroscripton already begun Of faithful
ofSce.holders 10th Damocrats and Whigs for DARING
10 entertain American and Protestant sentiments
and will reject the mercenary suggestion urged upop
him by the fourth resolution Of the meeting ast week
as a covert scheme 10 crafty the appetite of Office
. seekers al the expense sf many who zealously and
eficentlv aided IN his elevation to power and whose
removal under eristinU crcumstances will fx an in
delible stain upon him as man and as the President
Of the United States
fesolSsd That having seen the denunciations that
"fusionists" OF the North, who denounced as abb