Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-16
New York state Council Of Americans.

Election, Atm Thursday IN may.
New York state Council Of Americans.
We have received this morning, three COM
munications from New York, from prominen.
members Of the State Council Of New York,
giving us the substance Of the proceedings Of
TINT body, and we rejoice to say, that our
party In New York, ~ in New Jersey, is tho
roughly national and conservative, as we had
assured our friends ut the South that 1t would
prove TO be-and we have the strongest rea-
SONS for asserting that our friends in Pennsyl-
vania stand on the same platform Of nationality
One Of our correspondents in New York
closes his communication thus We are ma
tioaal, conservative, and faithful to tho con-
stitution."
Another correspondent sends Us copy Of
the address Of the President Of the State Coun-
eli to the order, in which he lays down the
principles of the State Council Of New York,
thus:
LIST. Americans shall rule America.
"2d. The union Of the States.
"3d. No North, no South, no East, no West
"4th. The United States of America as they are,
one and inseparabe.
Oth NO 6ect0flan interference III OF.
the administration of American laws
seth. Hostility to the assumptions Of the Pope,
through the bishops, priests, and prelates Of the
Roman Catholic Church, here in a republic sancti-
fed by Protestant blood.
nth. Free and liberal educational institutions
for all sects and classes, with the Bible, Gods Holy
Word, as q universal textbook"
This platform is broad enough for all sec
tons Of the country, and the several planks in
it present principles to which all Union men
will assent
The following sentence from the Presidents
address, contains mild, but direct and proper
r,proof Of the proceedings of the Massachusetts,
State Council. He says:
at will be necessary to oppose the Introduction
of external issues in your deliberations. We meet
in council for ahigher and nobler purpose than the
settlement Of domestic feuds. We are but an in
tegra part of mighty confederation, and should
permit nothing to impede its progress
From observation and experience, am con-
vuced that the safety Of our confederation depends
upon the fraternal confidence of its members. Our
State Council must not swerve from the steady and
consistent course that has hitherto characterized
Its deliberations Innovations upon the conceded
authority Of your body have been attempted at
various times but have been invariably frustrated
by tho influence Of calm and wholesome delibera-
ton on the part Of those whose devotion to the
great principles Of the Order were paramount to
individual ,sggrandizement, or hackneyed party
preiudices."
The entiro address of President Barker is
marked by pure nationality Of sentiment,
alike creditable to himself and just to our party.
Another correspondent gives us his views Of
tho proceedings, as follow, to wit:
"The proceedings were cminently harmonious.
II was made evident that the American party In
the great State Of New York 10 moving forward In
sheir purpose with Arm, determined, and equal
step. They show that far as they are concerned,
all minor considerations shall yield 10 the three
great fundamental principles Of the order, Ameri-
canism, Protestaatisni, and the Union Of these
States"
"a new constitution was adopted which most
emphatically re sfirms the Union degree Every
member Of the order viii appreciate the deep sig
6canoe Of this action. No State Council which
HIS taken the Union degree could, without gross
violation Of honor entertain such resolutions as the
Massachusetts and New Hampshire councils have
recently been betrayed into adopting The action
of these States met rih decided re6uke. The
State Council Of New York did not adopt plat
form for the simplest reason In the world It Is not
their province That Is the appropriate duty Of
the National Council, and any council which pre-
sumes to attempt TO commit the whole party 10 its
peculiar views steps out Of its legitimate sphere
These are the views of the State Council Of
New York. They are conservative In the highest
sense Of the term. They wish the order TO be
tional. They desire no platform which cannot hold
all the States Of this Union. They therefore, with
perfect consistency resolved to ignore everything
but the three cardinal principles Of the order.
With extraordinary unanmity they determined not
even to discuss slavery antslavery. Our friends
throughout the nation may feel sure that the party
In New York is sound to the core. They occupy
none but high national conservative ground"
These are the sentiments Of the New York
Americans" and wc assure our readers that
the sources from which We have derived them,
warrant US in declaring that they are honestly
and truly expressed, and win be maintained in
the future political course Of the American
party " Of New York.
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