Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-09
WASHINGTON. d. G. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAY O. 1856.


Our Principles.
First. We shall advocate repeal of the
laws Of naturalization, or If that cannot be ac-
compished. then such modification of those
laws, as win prevent future immigrznts from
becoming citizens, short Of residence Of
twenty one years, after taking the oath Of ale
glance TO the United States, and Of a5juratios
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either
paupers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come, all suoA for
eigners Of these classes as may, in violation of
such law, hereafter reach our ports; and to
require the President Of the United States to
demand from any government, which may
send hither such classes Of its subjects, imne-
.diats and ample sGtivaction for sucA outrage,
and . proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment of any Joreign-6ora citizen to any
Office Of trust honor or enolument under the
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment Of such persons in the army
or navy IN time Of Uar; !; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natiue-born citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that al immigrants
from abroad should be content with the enjoy
ment Of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions, without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution of
our lawa
F5urth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption of such an amended form of an cath
TO support the Consultation Of tho United
States, and to be administered to al persons
elected or appointed to any Office Of trust honor,
or emolument, under the Federal or State gov
ernments, as win efectually exclude from such
Offices all persons, who shall net directly and
explicitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force Of the Constitution of the United
States, as paramount to all obligations Of adhe-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentate, or authority whatever, under any and
all circumstances.
Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that
no one Of the States Of this Union has the right
to admit to the enjoyment Of free su6rags any
person Of foreign birth, who has not been first
made citizen Of the United States, according
to the "uniform rule" of naturalization pre-
scribed by Congress, under the provisions Of
the constitution
SiDth We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any "union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union.
SsOenth We shall vigorously maintain the
sestsd rights Of all persons, Of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth We shall oppose and protest against
all o6ridsment Of religious liberty, holding
Il rs cardinal maxim, that Religious faith is .
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government, or other
human power, can rightfuIly exercise any su-
pervision or control, at any time, in any place,
or in any form.
Ninth, We shall oppose al "higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution Is to be set
st nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
politjcians, by rsligionists, or by the adherents
o. followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persona
7sntA. We shall maintain and dofsnd the
ccnstitution as II stands, the Union q It ex-
istA and the rights Of the States, without d.
minution as guaranteed thereby !, opposing At
al times, and to the extent of our ability and
influence al who may assail thsm, or either Of
them.
Eleventh. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on tho ground of his opposition
10, or his support OF, Democratic measures, or
RAig measures; but we shsll oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
Noelfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
sxertions to build up an American party" !"
whsse maxim shall be:
AnEnIcAss SHALL RULE THEIR CoUsrRYi
AN ACr for establishing religious freedom, passed
In the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning Of
the year 1855:
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts TO influence 1t by tenn
poral punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy
and meanness, and are departure from the plan
Of the Holy Author Of our religion Who being Lord
both of body and of mind, yet chose not TO prop
agate by cocrcions on either, was In his almighty
power to do; that the impious presumption Of leg
ioihsufco SFu as Weu ~ ccciehlRSLiC0l,
who, being themselves but hllible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking as the only true and infable and ss such
endeavoring to impose them upon others, hath es-
tablshcd and maintained false. religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through all time
that TO compel a man TO furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbeleves, Is sinful and tyrannica that even the
forcing him TO support this or that teacher Of bis
own religious persuasion is depriving him of the
comfortable liberty Of giving his contributions
TO the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasivc to oghteousness and Is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceeding from appreciation Of their personal con-
Duct are an additional Indictment to earnest and
unrcmittng hbors for the instruction Of mankind !;
that our civil rights have dependence on our re-
igious opinions more than our opinions In physics
or geometry; that, therefore, the prescribing Of
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by
laying upon him an incapacity Of being called TO