Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-08


First. We shall advocate repeal Of the
laws Of naturalization, or if that cannot be ac-
complished. then such modification of those
laws, as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short of residence Of
twenty zone years, after taking the oath Of ale
glance to the United States, and Of a6juration
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the Inn
migration hithsr Of foreigners, who are either
paupeys or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come, all suoh 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, imane-
aiats and ample satistaction for such outrage,
and a proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment Of any .torsign-born 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 sOor;; maintaining, as we
do tho opinion, that the natiOe-6orn citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that all immigrants
from abroad should be centent with the enjoy
ment Of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions, without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution Of
our laws
Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended form Of an oath
to support tho Constitution Of tho 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, whs shall not directly and
srp1icitly 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 fret
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 "uaion Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union.
Seoenth. We shall vigorously maintain the
ossted 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 abssdsment Of religious liberty, holding
it as cardinal maxim, that Religious faith is
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.
NintA We shall oppose al higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution is TO be set
at nought violated, or disregarded, whether by
politioidns, by rsligionists or by the adherents
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persons.
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
o0nstitution as II stands, the Union a II ex-
lists, and the rights of the States, without di-
minution as guaranteed thersby: opposinp at
ell umes, and to the extent Of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either Of
them.
EsvsnM. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
to, or his support Of, Democratic measures, or
Wig measures; but we shah oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
7ioeLfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
excrtions to build up an american party"
whose maxim shall be:
AHERrcASs SHALL RULE THEIR CoUNTRrl
AN ACT 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 IL by tenn
porl punishments or burdens or by civil ncapa-
citations, tend only 10 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 either, as was in his almighty
power 70 do; that the impious presumption ofleg-
islatures and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical
who being themselves but hlble 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 nallible and as such
endcavoring TO impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through all time
that TO compel man to furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation of opinions which he
disbeleves, is sinful and tyrannical that even the
forcing him to support this or that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is deprving 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
persuasive toighteousness, and s withdrawingfrom
the ministry those temporal rewards which, pro-
ceeding from an appreciation of their personal con-
duct, are an additional incitement to earnest and
unremtting labors for the instruction Of mankind;
that our civil rights have dependence on our re-
ligous 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
the Offices Of trust and emolument, unless he pro-
fess renounce this or that religious opinion, 10
depriving him injurously Of those privileges and
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