Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-06-19
|, ,Alllerlcnnlsna ana slavery.

Our readers will tecolect that In an e1i.
,orial which appeared, week or two ago,
we stated ,ha, the X. N. Order In Ohio, al
lens,. was thoroughly An.i.Slavery. und
would, in all probability &C. with the Repub.
lican pnr.y at The approaching fall election.
We have now proof positive Of those facis.
The Stale Council Of The American or X
N. party Yves held IN Cleveland las. week.
about FIVE hundred Councils being represent.
Cd, from Oh the counlies Of the Sia,e. The
d]sea,es are spoken Of ss highly respect.
able body Of men. Well, wha. was done,
and wha, was no, donel ei
]. What Dds donslAA platform Of prin.
ciples was published 10 the world, over the
signa,ures Of he Presidsn, and Secretary.
which tokss lheirde Republican ground on
,he subject Of Slavery. How much soever
they may differ win their Republican friends
or minor ma.,ers. they are with US on this
point. We take pleasure in giving publicly
TO their platform, which certainly removes
many or,he objections heretofore urged
ngaips, this mysterious order Read J, care.
iullv; aLd see if there is no, much in Il
which you can heartily endoESe. y.
THB AMERICAN PARTY Or OHro.--Ai The
Annual Session Of the STATE Council. held
in Cleveland. Juno 5,h, 1855. the following
Platform Of Principles as expressive, of the
sen,impn, Of ,he Order OF This State, was
adopted and ordered 10 be published TO
the world over The Signatures Of its Off.
GERS.
We proclaim to the World the following
Pris,cipics OF the American Party
of Ohio.
|. The unlimited Freedom Of Religion
Disconnected with pol.ics--tlos,ili,y 10 &c,
clpsiasical influences upon The affairs Of
Governlnen,--Equali,y Of rights TO all na,u.
rslizrd .Emgrun,s who are thoroughly
Americanized. and owe no temporal allsgi.
ance. by reason Of their religion. higher
than ,ha, 10 The Constitution. M
II. No interference with the rights Of Cit
zenship already acquired by Foreigners. and
the protection Of law 10 oil who honestly
emigra,e from love Of liber,y;. bu, the ex.
ciusion OF foreign paupers and felons. and Q
refusal 10 extend The rieh. Of suffrage 10 oil
who come hereafter unil they shall have re-.
sided 81 years in the United States and com.
piled whh ,he Naturalization Laws. ..
III. Opposition TO all political organiza.
lions composed exclusively Of Foreigners,
and to Foreign military Companies, and to
all attempts 10 exclude the Bible from
schools supported by the Government. 4.
w. Slavery is local--nO, Na.ional--;we
oppose It's extension in any Of our ter,i,o.
riss, and The increase Of ils political power
by The admission inio the Union oi any
Slave STATE or otherwise; and we demand oil
the Genea Government pn immediate re.
dress Of the great wrongs which have been
inflicted pppp The cause Of Freedom and the
| American character by The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the introduction
Of Slavery into Kansas in violation Of law,
by force Of arms, ard The desnuciion ofthe
elecuve franchise. ntpl .I,..i a.. IS.
". In humble imitation Of the wisdom of
Washington. we oppose oil intervention in
the affairso Foreign States; ye, on all prop.
er occasions, we will no. withhold our sym.
pphy from any people aspiring TO, be free,
VI. We support American Industry and
genius aeains, the adverse policy Of For.
rign nations. and facilities 10 internal and
external commerce by The improvement, Of
Rivers and Harbors and The construction Of
National Roads up,ing The various sections
Of the b aion. .,s, ...., ......t.
VII. The Union OF these STATES should
be made perpeiualby a faiikfI allegiance
to the Constellation. t..,,....l,. ,..
Viii, In Slale policy we zealously ad.
vocale Retrenehment and Reform7-a mod.
i6calinn OF The present oppressive, system Of
Taxation and q liberal system Of Public
| Schools. g s.a
RIOS. sPooNER, President ~
| l..Il JOHN E. REES, Secretary.
The fourth plank Of this platform is emf,
nelly Republican--so also are The SIKH and
eighth. ,'-'
2. What agds not Observation-Disclosures FOL
Sia,e officers were not made, as was anlici.
pa,ed by many. This matter was postponed
until afer the Republican STATE Convention
| We see no,hing now in the way Of AT
easy vic,ory over ihe Slave Democracy
We see nothing in the way Of union Of at
the opposiuon forces. The convention q
the i3,h proxmo will determine The matter
Let .he best men bs sen, 10 Columbus 10 SCI
lrctahe Opposition iicke,, and then look ou
ior The mos, ,riumphan. Viclory ever guinet
over the Slave democracy in Ohio. W,
seu nothing now which can divide or dis
Grac, The opposition. Alaaia seWs
1 VIRGINIA +-Whanon, Of ,ha Wheelin,
Times 10 quils vag.s IN a recsn, numbe
he has compiled from me CENSUS and there
cen, election returns, tables showing III,
population. mejorilies FOX Wise and Flour
uoy. and the number over twenty years VIII
chnnos reed and write. Cor ths counsas Civ
ing ME lsrees, msioraies for the vespsetis,