Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-29
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The following preamble and resolutions,
adopted at mass meeting of the citizens Of
Washington, on the 27th day Of September
last present the general sentiments Of the
american party" in this city, and win doubt
less be read with interest by the friends Of
American principles throughout the country,
to wit:
Whereas, public meeting Of citizens Of Washing
ton was held st Carusis Saloon, the 18th instant
organ, the proceedings Of which, in the resolutions
ssd e have been sdcpsed g that meeting and in the
adjourned meeting, are now spread before the public
eye in the columns Of said organ, and Its kindred
presses, with anprobaton; and whereas said Eesolu.
Patriotism i ] ssssii psiscpIes dear 70 ao American
heart and necessary % the safety Of the constitution
and TO The peaCe and prosperity of country and
whersas the Executive u invoked therein TO remove
from public employment such oficeholders enter
tain those princpl thereby to perpetrate ruthless
proscription Of both Wings and Democrats for an
honest di6erenps of opinion; therefore
sttuticn and g ciyii and religious freedom, when
c0ntradicted by actions, cannot deceive the sensible
and vigilant guardians OF American liberty, whose
apprchensions have been excited at beholding the
strides that hayo been made toward complete con-
troll Of our government by the subjects Of foreign
potsntats we!lmown ~ the avowed enemy Of our
whole American system, to whose overthrow they
are solemnly devoted.
fcent system Of civil and religious freedom bequeath
ed to us by the fathers of the republic ii is our duty
to meet and repel Ill insidious attacks upon our lib
with indignation and alarm the assertion of prnci-
pies and purposes, the part of the recognised
ponents Of the Roman Catholic Church in the United
States, subversive of our republican institutions,
that If not now resisted, will lead at distant day,
to the overthrow Of the American Constitution and
the complete establishment Of despotism-
Rsso0ed That while, in the past political divisions
of the country, as Wings and Democrats we have
struggled in honest conflict contested principles
and measures all of which are now settled, yet in
the present crisis Of danger to all that both parties
% snd M auedcs to each other our lives
fortunes and sacred honor not to cease our ex-
ertions until our country shall be freed from the
dangers that now menace it.
Resoloed, That we proclaim as the cardinal princi-
Piles Of our political and moral creed sacred regard
for the constitution In all its provisions, upon which
are based our glorious American princples-freedom
of speech, freedom of opinion, freedom Of conscience,
freedom of the press, together with school system
for the diffusion of intelligence, sancted by open
Bible as the rule Of faith and practice holding
established principle that intelligence and virtue
essential TO the success Of a free government
Resolped, That while we welcome TO our country
the victims of tyranny from foreign lands, and offer
them place by side under the shield Of our con-
stituton, claim for Americans the right TO govern
their own country; and those who do not like our
government have hearty consent to go elsewhere
IN the pursuit of happiness.
Resotped, That the fourth resolution Of the meeting
at Carusis Saloon recommending to the President OF
the United States prescription OF all officers of the
federal government who may have thought fit to 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 infracton Of the principles Of selgoyern-
ment and calls for the prompt and decisive rebuke
Of all the fce citizens OF these United States without
distinction Of party, sect or creed.
ResoLued, That every Protestant denomination In
the United States maintains the constitutional prn-
ciple 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
doctrine Of obedience Of the civil TO the ecclesiastical
authority, both in Europe and America; the sad and
ruinous effects Of which, in the one, are seen in
countless emgrants 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 ccaseess
insurrectons massacrcs, and proverbia instability
of our Southern sister Republics.
Rssotued, 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 viii still
hope that the President who alone has the power,
win arrest the prescription already begun Of faithful
oHice-hoders both Democrats and Wings, for daring
to entertain American and Protestant sentiments,
and will reject the mercenary suggestion urged upon
him by the fourth resolution Of the meeting last week.
covert scheme TO crafty the appetite OF Office.
seekers at the expense Of many who zeaously and
efficiently aided In his elevation 10 power and whose
removal under existing circumstances will fix an in
delible stain upon him as a man and as the President
of the United States.
almost daily issue from certain presses against the
"fiisonistsn of the North who denounced as abb
sorbed in "the traitorous factions" which distract
those States, by which they one after another be-
ing placed in opposition to the administration, we
were astonsbed TO hear the pressing invition in the
second resolution of opponents TO men OF all po-
litical opinions, without regard to their political
anteccdents" to form 'fusion, with them IN Their
future action-an invitation broad enough TO include
Garrison, Abby Kelly, and Fred. Douglas, besides
their coadjutors in the two houses Of Congress.
ResOloed That we, too, appeal 70 all Americans an
who love the Union, which must be preseryedg and
the constitution, which. established and maintains it.
and the rights Of the States which compose H. and
especially TO the religious, the moral and the order
loving classes, 10 unite with us in eectng the re-
ferns necessary TO the safety and prosperity of our
country, believing, we do, that il is high time the
career of Interested and INSCRIPTIONS demagogues
should be checked, and the government be placed in
the hands Of men acquainted with its character and
spirit and who duly value its countless blessings
And Whereas we believe in the competency, ability,
and right of American-born citizens 10 govern their
own country therefore
Resoloed, That we will not vote for nor assist in
eevatng foreigners by birth to offices Of trust emol
ument or honor under our government; nor will we
vote for assist In elevating to such offices any
American-born citizens who recognise or bold them
selves under any allegiance whatever TO any foreign
prince, potentate, power, or authority
Resolved That the naturalization laws ought 10 be
totally repealed materially altered and the term Of
residence before admission TO the rights of citizen
ship be extended TO the period Of twenyone years.
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