The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-07-04
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Principles Of the Organization.

AND
Principles Of the Organization,
|. The acknowledgement of the AL
mighty Being who rules over the universe
WHO presides over the councils of nations
who con ducts the affairs Of men, and
who, in every step 10y which We have ad-
vanced to the character Of an indepen lent
nation, has distinguished US by some token
of providential agency.
II. The cultivation and developement
Of n sentiment Of profoundly intense A
merican feeling Of passionate attachment
to our country, its history and its institu-
tions; of admiration for the purer days
OF our national existence of veneration
for the heroism that precpitaled our revo-
luton, an of emulation Of the virtue, wis
dom and patriotism that framed our con
ctitution and successfully applied its pro-
visions.
iii. The maintenance of the union
Of these United States as the param cunt
political good or, to use the language Of
Washington, "the primary object of patri.
otic desire" And hence ....
l. Opposition to all attempts to weak
en- or subvert it.
2. Uneompromising antagonism to
every principle of policy that endangers
it.
8. The advocacy of an eqritable ad-
justment of all political difficulties which
threaten its integrity or perpetuity.
4. The suppression Of all tendencies to
political division, founded on geographic
cal determinations, or on the belief that
there is real difference of interests aud
views" between tho various sections of
the Union.
8. The full recognition of the rights of
the several States as expressed and re-
served in the constitution, and a careful
avoidance by the general government of
all Interference with their rights by legis-
lative or executive action.
w. Obedience to the Constitution Of
these United States, as the supreme law
OF the land, sacredly obligatory upon all
Its parts and members; and steadfast re.
sistence to the spirit of Innovation upon its
principles, however specious the pretexts.
Avowing that in all doubtful or disputed
points it may only be legally ascertained
and expounded by the judicial power of
the United States.
And, as corolary to the above
!. A habit of reverential obedience to
the laws, whether National, State or Mu-
nicipal, until they are either repealed or
declared unconstitutional by the proper
authority.
2. A tender and sacred regard for those
acts Of craftsmanship which are to be
contra-dstinguished from acts of ordinary
legislation, by the fact Of their being of the
nature OF compacts and agreements ard
so to be considered a fixed and settled
national policy.
V. A radical revision and modification OF
the laws regulating immigration, and the
settling Of immigrants. Offering TO the
honest immigrant, who from love Of liber.
ty or hatred Of oppression, seeks an asy-
lum in the United States, a friendly re-
ception and protection; but unqualified.
condemniny the transmission to our shores
Of felons and paapers.
vi. The essential modification of the
naturalization laws.
The repealby the Legislatures of the
respective States Of all State laws allow
ing foreigners not naturalzed to vote.
The repeal, without retroactive opera
ton, Of ell acts Of Congress making grants
Of land 70 upnaturalized foreigners, and
allowing them to vote in the Territories.
VII. Hostility to The corrupt means by
which the leaders Of party have hitherto
forced upon usour rulers and our political
creeds.
implacable enmity against the preya-
lent demorplizingrewards for political sub.
serviency, and Of punishments for po-
Iitical Independence.
Disgust for the Wild hunt after oillcs
which ehaFaclerizes the age.