Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-01
WASHINGTON. D. c, TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY l. 1855.



Our Principles.
First. We shall advocate repeal of the
laws Of naturalization, OF If that cannot be ac-
complished, then such modification Of those
laws, as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short Of residence Of
twsnty-one years, after taking the oath Of ale
glance to the United States, and of ALTERATION
Of all other powers, potentates and princes
Sscond We shall advocate the passage Of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are sithsr
paupers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which thsy come, all such 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, imms-
diats and ample satiSfaotion for SlcA outrage,
and proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof aiD9g t4ua
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment Of any .Jorsign-born citizen to any
Office Of trust honor or esnolument, under the
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment Of such persons in the army
or navy IN time Of oar; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natips-5orn citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that al immigrants
from abroad should be csntent with tho enjoy
ment Of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions, without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution Of
our laws Ei
Fburth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended form ef an oath
to support tho Constitution az the United
States, and to be administered to al persons
elected or appointed to any Office Of trust honor,
or emolument under the Federal or Stste gov
ernments, as win effectually exclude from such
offices all persons, whs shall not directly and
explicitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force Of the Constitution Of the United
States, as paramount to all obheations Of sdhe-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentate, or authority whatsvr, under any and
all circumstances.
FVth. We shall maintain tho doctzine that
no one Of the States Of this Union has the right
to admit TO tho enjoyment Of .frss ss0rags any
person Of. foreign birth, who has not been .Jsrst
made citizen of the United States, according
to the uniform rule" Of naturalization pro
scribcd By Congress, under the provisions Of
the constitution
SirtA. We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any union Of CAurcA and Stots," no matter
what ciass Of religionists shall sssk to bring
about such union. &Ek4 II
SspentA We shan vigorously maintain the
sested rights Of Ill persons of native or foreign
birth, and shall At all times oppose the slghtest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth We shall oppose and protest aeainst
all s6ridgnsnt Of reJigious liberty, holding
It as cardinal maxim, that rslieioss faith is
question between each individual and his God.
and over which no political government or Other
human power, can rightfuily exsrsiss any su-
pervision or control, at any time in any placa
or in any form 81 sa ~ isol
NintA We shall opposs AD higher lswr
doctrines, by which the constitution i 10 be sst
at nought violated, or disrsgardsd, Whistler BY
politicians, BY religionists, or BY the adherents
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persona r.t.EE
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
constitution ~ 1t stands, the Union n II ex-
istS and the rigAts Of the States, without di.
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposin0 At
all times and TO the extent of our ability md
influence all who may assail them, or either Of
them. fNgsf - HW.'r4tre errW
Eleventh We shah oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man. on the. eyvxnd Of his opposition
TO, or bis support Of, Democratic measures. or
Wig measures; but We shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines and sustain thoss who
sustain our doctrines
7betfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
excrtions TO build up an american party y
whose maxim shall be:
AxKRIcAss sHALL RULE THEIR Courrnrl
In the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning Of
the year l7ss. 6I
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts to influence Il BY tenn
pord punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only TO beget habits Of hypocrisy
and mcanness, 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 10 prop
agate by coercions either a. was IN his almighty
power 10 do; that the impious presumption Of leg
slatures and rulers civil a wen a. ecclesiastical,
who, being themselves but hlIibe and uninspircd
men, have assumed dominion over the hith Of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking az the only true and infalible and a. such
endeavoring 70 impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part of the world, and through all tiroe
that 10 compel man to furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
dsbeeves, IL sinful and tyrannicsi; that even the
forcing him 70 support this or that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depnving him Of the
comfortable liberty Of giving bis combinations
TO the particulrr pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive tonghteousness and IL Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceeding from appreciation Of their personal con-
duet are additional incitement TO earnest and
unremitting abors for the instruction Of mankind;
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
ligious opinions more than opinions in physics
or geometry; that, therefore, the prescribing Of
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by