Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-08
WAsHINGToN, D. THURSDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY s. 1855


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Our Principles.
Fsrst We shall advocate repeal of the
laws Of naturalization, or If that cannot be ac-
complished. then such q modification Of those
laws as will prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short of . residence Of
twsnty-one years, altar taking the oath Of ale
glance to the United States, and Of abjuration
Of all other powers, potentatss, and princes.
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hithcr Of foreigners, who are either
p0upSrs or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come all such for
dgners Of these classes rs may, in violation Of
snch 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, innne-
diato and ample sGtistdction for such outrage,
and proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof aIai @ E3l
Third We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointmcnt Of any toroign-6osn citizen to any
Office Of trust, honor or omolument, 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, as we
do the opinion, that the nGtipe-5orn citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that all immigrants
| from abroad should be content 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 8tNF -3@
| Fourth We shall advocate and urge tho
adoption ofsuch an amended form Of an, oath
TO support tho Constitution Of the United
+ Stdtes, 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 will effectually exclude from such
offices all persons who shall not directly and
erp1icitly 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. Esi'a
SiSth. We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any "union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union. tf 11
SevsntA We shall vigorously maintain the
ossted rights of all persons, Of native or foreign
birth, and shall at III times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights 5a
Eighth We shall oppose and protest against
all obridgmsat Of religious liberty, holding
it ~ cardinal maxim, that religious faith is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government orother
human power, can rightfully exercise any su-
pervision or control, at any time, in any place,
or in any form.
Ninth. We shall oppose all "higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution is to be set
At nought violated, or disrcgnrded, whether by
politicians, by religionists, or by the adherents
or followers of either, or by any other class Of
persona ~ y.aF III b aI3fy
7snM. We shall maintain and defend the
constitution as it stands, the Union as it ex-
lists, and the rights Of the States, without di-
minution - guaranteed thereby: opposing at
sll times, and to the extent Of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either of
them. - e4 49, ts.. 81 .,4.f .9
Eleventh. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
TO, or his support of, Democratic measures, or
Wing measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines. ~ -i M
Hoe!ftA. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an "Americdn PARTY
whose maxim shall be:
Y AnRIoAFs sHAsL RULE THEIR CoUrrnYi
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom. passed
in the Assembly Of yfrginia IN the beginning Of
the year 1885: ag9h 4 nM
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free THAT all attempts to influence Il by tenn
poral punshments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only to bcget habits Of hypocrisy
and meanness, 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 to prop
agate by coercions on either, as was In his almighty
FvNts W w .as"" soo ibfohH Ot jeH-
islatures and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but hllible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the Gath Of
others setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking the only true and infaEbie, and a. such
endeavoring 70 impose them upon Others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions oyer 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
disbcleves, is sinful and tyrannical that even the
forcing him TO support this or that teacher of his
own religious. persuasion is depiving him of the
comfortable liberty of giving bis contributions
to the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive to rghteousness and Is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceedsg from an appreciation of their personal con-
Duct are an additional incitement to earnest and
unremitting labors for the instruction OF mankind
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
lgous opinions more than our opinions in physics
or geometry that therefore, the prescribing Of