The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-01
oRGANIzATION.

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Fourth districts w. Varnon.
Fifth district-A. w. Hynes.
Sixth distrct-Chas. L. Fox.
Seventh district-John Hew.
Eighth district-John R. Thornton.
Tenth district-John w. Menzies.
Secretaries.
Col L. A. Whiteley, of Louisville.
S. L. Kenyon, of Henderson.
A. B. Stark
a. H. Sanders, of Evansville.
Col. A. G. Hodges, of Frankfort
John g. Zimmerman.
A. n. Brown.
Committee on Resolutions.
| First district-Sanford Connolly.
Second district-H. G. Bard.
Third district---Col. s. D. Burks
Fourth district-Dr. w. +. Scott.
Fifth district. H. Draffin.
Sixth district-J. S. L. Burdett.
| Seventh district-Joshua Tevis.
Eighth district-Judg Geo. Robertson.
! Ninth dstrict-Geo. w. Gist.
Tenth district-V. T. Chambers.
State at large-W. S. Pitcher and George 3.
KinSead
While the committee on resolutions were
out Maj. w. Il. Ward addressed the meeting
with great eloquence and force.
| Mai. Bartlett, in taking the chair addressed
the meeting in neat and elegant speech.
After Maj. Ward had concluded, the Com
mittee on Resolutions reported the following,
which were unanimously adopted:
LIST. The union of the States, founded or
Iiginal, on political and commercial necessities,
affords the best assurance if not the only
guarantee for the future preservation of the
liberty and promotion of the prosperity of the
American people. 1t must and shall be main
tanned.
3D. The General Government should be
administered under strict observance OF
the limitations upon its powers imposed by
the Constitution, and yet by sufficient use OF
the powers granted it should achieve and pro-
mote the objects for which it was insti-
tuted.
3d. Cherishing our own right of private
same right in others. AS Americans, we are
opposed to the union of Chuch and State. We
are opposed to Ecclesiastical combinations OF
whatever sect or denomination to produce po-
litical effect in our country. Advocates Of
civil liberty we are staunch advocates also OF
free church. ANY attempt by foreign pow
er to assume political government within the
limits of these States under the pretence oil
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, cannot be recog-
nized in any other light than as an assault up
on the institutions of America, and we will
not sustain any one who advocates, assists
in, or willingly submits to such interior
ence. |
4th. Every government possesses the right
to prescribe the terms upon which foreigner
may be admitted to the privileges of citi-
zenship within its jurisdiction. Such privi-
lege to the foreigner is boon conferred, and is
lrn iOht iOh In f.ado
where the sovereign powerdepends for healthy
exercise upon the virtue and intelligence o.
the voter and his acquaintance with American
institutions, the privilege of citizenship should
be granted only upon such tests as certainly
, insure qualifications in the person equal to the
proper discharge of the civic responsibilities tc
; be assumed. Experience has proved the exist
ing laws touching naturalization to be unsatis-
! factory and unsafe. To increase the guards
around the right of suffrage and to insure fidel.
Iity to the Constitution, founded on thorough
knowledge of and attachment to American
institutions, additional legislation is necessary
by Congress.
; 5th. No State of this Union ought to con-
fer the right of suffrage upon any but citizen:
of the United States.
9th. The people of Kentucky having ir
! primary assemblies and at the polls ratified
party adopted at Philadelphia in June last
this meeting reafirms those principles, anc
calls upon every lover of the country and tht
Union to assist in maintaining them as the
basis of political action. $50
I 7th. The American party of Louisville
while they deplore the events of the 9th o
; August, do not feel in the slightest degree re-
sponsible for them, because they know anc
make this publ; declaration of the fact, tina
no scheme of violence had been concerted, no.
was any meditated by them. They know ana
. declare that the rioting originated from tn,
, wanton assaults made by foreigners upon un
offending citizens who were not meddiing with
the election. They are not to be drawn int
further con roversy, upon this subject than tt
express generally that whenever a like occa
= sion shall exhibit similar recklessness anC
s wickedness upon the part Of their adversaries
: the Americans of Louisville will firmly main
e tain their rights at every hazard
: After the adoption of the resolution, Col
# Humphrey Marshall was loudly called for Blu
promised to address the meeting this afternoon
:, and asked to be permitted to make way 70
: distinguished strangers who were present
:, The meeting was addressed by Gen. VIII
n hanson, of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Sheets, of Indi
: ana, and Mr.. Prescott, of Massachusetts,, ant
S at two O'Clock took a recess until four P NJ
n THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
c THE COURT House MEETING.-Amoug tn
n eloquent speakers at the American meeting