The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-21
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me Amer1cam E0xty 81 A10Uum1ez
A STATE Council. was hald onthe Isth Instant
10 the city Of Montgomery, By which al Ihe pass
words, secrets, sionS aud teremoniall kich may
have heretofore been Observed, were s0olished.
Dscarding these things Us non essentials the
0ouncil declared its still more steadfast adhcre6<
10 an organization, and fle holding and main.
aiming Of the following fully expressed cordial
principles Of the great American party - Nat
ochist. 4 strict construction 81 the Constitution
Z the United States
I'd. SterE and unswerving devotion to the
Union under the Constitution rs above construed;
and unceas'pg resistance to all factious and sec
! tional attempts, emanate whence they may, to
! weaken its bonds. 80
Sd. Congress has no power to legislate upon
the question of slavery in the States where II ex-
lists. or to exclude any States from admission into
! the Union because its constitution does, or does
mot recognize the institution Of slaveryor to abo-
!, ish slavery in the District OF Columbia. The
Fugitive Slave Law should be maintained and
vigorously enforced. No law, or regulation,
shall ,i be attempted BY Congress, touching the
shall cease to agitate the question of slavery in
any form. We regard strict adherence to the
principles and views Of this section absolutely
essential to The peace and perpetuiy of the Union
and we do pledge ourselves, one to the other that
we will affiliate with no party, nor support any
man for Office, under the government Of the State
or Of the United States, who does not publicly
aud unequivocaIly avow the principles otsthis
section without change or abatement.
+ Attn. ALI foreigners who have come to this
country, under the guarantees of our laws, and
! have been properly and legally naturalized ac-
| cording to existing forms, are fully and legally
entitled to all the civil and religious privileges
: conferred by our Constitution and laws;and shall
be fully and effectually protected in them.
9TH A radical change in the naturalization law.
is required by the exigencies of the country, SO al
to affect all foreigners coming into the country
after its enactment; and to prevent the transpor
tation and immigration sof paupers and criminals
of other countries.
/ 9th. Americans should give laws to America
7th Entire religious liberty--holding that al
men have right to worship God according t.
their consciences, we will maintain strict sepa
: ration of Church and State, and oppose all high
err lat0 men, whether papal or protestant; anC
, that all men who hold or acknowledge right tt
, violate the Constitution, under any pretence o
civil privileges or religious belief, whose allie
glance to the Constitution is subject to be alb
solved by any foreign power on earth, are wholly
unfit to hold Office in this republican country.
9th. Practical economy in the administration
: Of public affairs, State and Federal
| 9th. Opposition to old party hacks and dema
/ Igogues and re promotion Of men TO Office homes
10th. Puffty Of the 1T y 1ee Al
: elections; the right of eau 20 MS politi
cal opinions being inalienable.
II 18th. No step backward from the Georg
i platform.