Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-11-14
From the Louisiana Courier
The Platforms in the Free states OF inc oPpo-
ncnts of the Democratic Party.

Know Scmet hngS of this State Inns Oloei 10 nia a
MOT the original Know-Nothings OF MaSsachuseits'
,Fter the secession of the delegates from twelve
Nortbarn free States, assumed, IN common Will
those of Ohio and other Abolition or freesoii
mnnities this title of Know-Somethlngs. my
have absorbed almost entireIy lhe h'oin0
Know Nothing Order. 100 =, ,.er, "a
Rcsolred. That we hereby ratify the platform OF
,rinc;nIes adopted by the National Convention At
cleveland June IA, 1855, as follows:
As seryility to the slave power characteTiZeS lne
oional organizations of the existing political par
ties, and as this servility is periouS poth " pno
roon,hood If the North and the liberty of the Re
public, .o loforo tho Amer
.ia = ,bethcr freedom shall be limited to
tbo fo States. or whether slavery shall be limited
That this issue has been forced upon the coun-
trv bv the slave power through repeated
and by acts which have violated natlona lal'h SUI
emn contacts and sacred covenants:
2 That aggressions, especially the Neorasha
outrage with the brutal assault upon the elecuNe
franchise in Kansas, have aroused the freemen Oh
the republic to just sense OF tnelr duy anu aht Of
danger: and though they will invade no rgnC OIL
any State they will maintain every right OF lreeaoin'
and resist the admission of another slave otaIe Ut
the admission of another foot OF slave sou:
4. That we shall meet this issue, thus torcea up
IN ms in the spirit our fathers met the issue OF ner
6av and believing rs they believed, that, rlghtui
w. man can hold no property IN man, we Inain'"in
the nationality of freedom. A.
IS That freedom being one IN aim anu Gnu, 'ne
world over the friends of freedom in this repuohc
sbond make principles and character not birthplace,
the test of admission to citizenship and It's consul
tutional rights. mn A., ;nt n
And we further. declare-6. That the right TO
vorshp God according to the dictates OF lndlVdual
COINCIDENCE beinp nviolabe will labor to strength
en- this immunity through wise State laws; out we
will rene every potco ecclesiastical interference,
in political affairs by potcntate pontin or priest vi
their abetors as destructive alike of this right ana
our common liberty.
4 That intcmperance being an evil, we Iecom-
mend to the several States such action for the pro
motion of temperance as VIII extehd anu ee''0i'''
that virtue. .o,
of r;vcrs and ba, bors an honest republican official
representation abroad all measures that tenu 10 eie
waite men, establish the material prosperity OF the
country and give stability to the Onloh' sha IT.
ccive our hearty support -,
That 10 insure practical success, we will strive
to fill the offices with of undoubted integrity
and sobrely, of ability and OF nerve, TO resist
erosion upon right, come when, where' OF Ill "na'
shape it may. :.
10 That for these Objects vital alike to humanity
and the republic, ready to unite with all men,
under whatever name or organization, VINO VIII aiu
in carrying into successful operation these great
principles.
Resolred, That we are in favor of an immediate
and honest union of all the people of the State, who
believe that freedom rather than slavery should be
the controlling element in our national policy
R6SOLTed mat q cOmmlttee OF TWO from etC4
Congressional district be appointed to correspond
and cooperate with the members of all the various
parties throughout the Commonwealth, favorable to
fusion movement upon the above basis; and this
committee shall be authorized in conjunction with
them, to call State Convention in August or Sep
TENDER next or whenever in their judgment the
time for such convention shall have arrived.
Resolrcd That we are in favor of freedom, tenn
perancc and Professionalism, as the great buiwarks
of true American republicanisln and we are for
Suo aS will bpS promote these
causes. e..-.-
A sharp debate cnsued, but the resolutions, with
the exception of the last, were finally adopted.
New YoRK-Phtttorna Of Principles.
LIST. Americans to rule America.
3D. The maintenance of the Union, and the COM
promises of the Constitution faithfully fulfilled.
3d. The absolute exclusion from the creed of the
American party of all sectional doctrines that are
against the sense of any portion of the American
Union; and the disuSe of the name, influence or
ganization of the American party to advance any
measure against the constitutional rights of the
States, the intention effect of which should be
to endangcr the perpctuity of the Union.
4th. No sectional interference in our Legislature,
and prescription of persons On account OF reli-
gious opinions.
9Th. Hostility to the assumption of the Papal
power through the bishops prelates, priests or min
listers of the Roman Catholic church, anti-repub
lcan in principle and dangerous to The liberties of
the people.
6th Thorough reform in the naturalization laws
of the Federal Government.
7th. The enactment of the law for the protection
of the purity of the ballot-box by the State
9Th. Free and reliable institutions for the educa-
ton of all classes of the people, with the Bible
textbook in our common schools
RESOLUTIONS ON PRINCIPLES.
ResoZDod, That the National Administration by
its peurile of official conduct, together with
attempt to destroy the repose, harmony and fra
ternal relations of the country in the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the encouragement of
aggressions by the government upon the territorial
of Kansas, deserves and should receive
the united condemnation of the American people,
and that the institution of slavery should receive
no extension from such repeal.
ReSolccd, That in the organization of the Amer-
can Order, the institution of involuntary seryitude
was, and now is, regarded as local and not national
in its character subject for the liberation of diff
and Southern States, and such, has no rightful
place in the platform of the National American
party.
Erastus Brooks, of New York, and G. A. Scroggs,
of Buffalo, were chosen delegates to the National
Convention.
The business transacted otherwise was not of
nature to interest the public, being mainly of
tine nature
The following are the resolutions of the joint con-
ventlon Of Know-Somethings, Seward Know Moth
lngs and Wings, under the name of Re-
publcans at the State Convention at Syracuse Sep
TENDER 27th 1856. They were drawn up by Joint
committee, and adopted by all with enthusiasm:
ResolUed, That the Federal Government being one
of defined and limited powers, among which the
power to enslave human beings is not found, we
most earnestly deny its right to establish uphold
or tolerate slavery in any portion of the public do
main, OF to connve at its establishment in the fed