Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-23
Our Principles.

laws Of naturalization, or il that cannot be nc
complished, then such modification Of those
laws as will 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 abjuration
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes.
Second We shall advocate the passage of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either
paupers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they 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, imme-
diate and ample satisfaction for such outrage,
and proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment of any .toreign-boyn 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 soar; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natioe-5orn 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
FburM. We shall advocate and urge tho
adoption Of such an amended form of an oath
to support the 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 CO.
ernments, as will effectually exclude from such
offices all persons, whe shall not directly and
srplicitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force of the Constitution Of the United
States, as paramount to all obligations of adho-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentatc 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 ofJoreigs 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.
Sirth We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any "union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek 10 bring
about such union.
Seoenth. we shall vigorously maintain the
rested rights Of all persons, of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights
Eighth. We shalt oppose and protest against
all a6ridgmcnt Of religious liberty, holding
It as cardinal maxim, that religious faith Is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government, or other
human power, can rightfhlly 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 SGT
at noughs violated, or disrcgarded, whether by
politicians, by religionists, or by the adhcrents
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persona
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
constitution as Il stands, the Union as il ex.
lists, and the rights Of the States, without di-
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposing ut
all times, and to the extent of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either of
them.
Eacpsnth 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 shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines.
7weJth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an american party"
whsse maxim shall be:
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR CouNrRTi
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AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
In the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning Of
the year 1856:
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts TO influence IL by tenn
poral punishments or burdens or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy
aud 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 coercons on either was In his almighty
power TO do; that the impious presumption of leg
slatures and rulers, civil as well az ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but .hlliblc 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 nfallibe and as such
endeayoring TO impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through all tine
that TO compel man TO furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbeeves is sinful and tyrannical; that even the
forcing him TO support this or that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depnving him of the
comfortable liberty Of giving his contributions
70 the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers be feels most
persuasive torighteousness and Is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceeding from an appreciation Of their personal con-
duct, are an 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 our opinions in physics
geometry that, therefore, the prescribing of
any citizen as unworthy The public confidence by
laying upon him an ncapacity of being called to
the offices Of trust and emoument, unless he pro-
fess or renounce this or that religious opinion, Is
depriving him injuriously Of those privileges and
advantages TO which, in common with his fellow
c,ti ha haa II, Iii .