Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-03
WASHINGTON D. G. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5, 1856


Our Principles.
First. We shall advocate repeal of the
laws of naturalization, or if that cannot be ac-
complished. then such q modification Of those
laws, as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short Of residence Of
twsnty-one years, after taking the oath Of allie
glance to the United States, and Of a6juratiOn
Of all other powers, potcntates, and princes.
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who arc either
pGupers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come, all slch 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, imme-
diGte and ample satiyaction for ssioh outrage,
and proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof eg
Third. We shall oppose tho election or ap-
pointment Of any Jorsign-6orn citizen to any
office of trust honor or emolument under the
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment Of such persons in the army
or navy in time of soar maintaining, a. we
do the opinion, that the natice-bos7, citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that all immigrants
from abroad should be csntent with tho enioy-
ment Of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions, without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution Of
our laws.
F6urth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended form Of an oath
20 support tho Constitution Of the United
States, and to be administered to all persons
elected or appointed to any Office Of trust, honor
or emolument, under the Federal or State gov
ernments, as win effectually exclude from such
Offices all persons, whe shall not directly and
srplicitly 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 suffrage 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.
Sirth We shall oppose, now and hereafter;
any "unioa of Church and Stats,p y no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek 10 bring
about such union.
Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the
uestod rights of all persons Of native or yorsign
BIRTH and shall at all times oppose tho slightest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against
all o6rids,nent Of religious lbsrey, holding
it as cardinal maxim, that religious faith ID .
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government or Other
human power, can rightfully 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
at nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
politicians, by religionists, or by the adheronts
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persona 81
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
oonstitution as II stands, tho Union as il cx-
lists, and the rights of the States, without d.
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposins at
all times, and to the extent Of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either of
them.
Elsventh. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
to, or his support Of, Democratic measures, or
Whig measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
7psIftA And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions TO build up an american party, /"
whose maxim shall be: '.aN
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR CoUSrRyi
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
In the Assembly of Virginia In the beginning of
the year 1886; +g
Wen aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts 10 influence II by tenn
poral punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only TO bcget habits of hypocrisy
and mesnness, and are a departure from the plan
Of the Holy Author of our religion who, being Lord
both Of body and Of mind, yet chose not 70 prop
agate Dy cocrclonb on elther ~ WAS IN ns aimfgnty
power TO do; that the impous presumption oflcg-
islatures and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but 6llible 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 infalble, and as such
endeavoring TO impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world and through al tirne ;
that to compel man to furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbeevcs, is sinful and tyrannicsl that even the
forcing him TO support this that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depriving him Of the
comfortable liberty of giving bis contributions
to the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers be feels most
persuasive tonghteousness, and Ia Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceeding from an appreciation Of their personal CON
duct, are an additional incitement TO earnest and
unremitting abors for the instruction Of mankind !;
that civil rights have no dependence on our re-
ligious 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 incapscity Of being called TO
the Offices Of trust and emolument unless he pro-