Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-13
WASHINGTON ID c. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 49, 1885,

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nents Of Others only as they shall square with or
differ from, his own that 1t is time enough for the
rightful purposes Of civil government, for its off,
GERS 70 interfere when principles break out into
overt acts against peace and good order; and,
naily that truth is great and win prevail If left to
herseif that she Ii the proper and sufficient antag-
onist OF error, and has nothing to fear from the
conflict unless by human interposition disarmed Of
her natural weapons, free argument and debate,
errors ceasing to be dangerous when 1t is permitted
freely to combat them.
Be IL, therefore, enacted 6y the General 4s-
sens6ty, That no man shah be compelled to fire.
qnent or support any religious worship, place. or
ministry whatsoever, nor shall he be enforced re-
strained molested burdened In his body or goods
norshall he otherwise suffer on account os religious
opinions or belief but that all men shall be free to
profess, and by argument to maintain, their opin-
ions In matters of religion and that the same shall
in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil
capacities.
And though we well know this Assembly. elected
by the people for the ordinary purposes Of legis-
laton only, have no power to restrain the acts Of
succeeding assemblies, constituted with powers
equal to our own and that, therefore, to declare
this act irrevocabe would be Of no effect in law
yet we are free to declare, and do declare that the
rights hereby asserted of the natural rights of
mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter
passed to repeal the present. or to narrow its ope-
rations, such an act will be an infringement Of
natural right.
The following preamble and resolutions,
adopted at mass meeting of the citizens Of
Washington, on the 9th day Of September
last present the general sentiments of the
American party" in this city, and will doubt
less be read with interest BY the friends Of
American principles throughout the country,
to wit:
Whereas, public meeting Of citizens Of Washing
ton was held ct Caruss Saloon on the 10th instant
upon call made in and approved by the Executive
organ, the proceedings Of which, in the resolutions
sbeeches Of certain selected orators at subsequent
adjourned meeting, are now spread before the public
eye In the columns Of said organ, and its kindred
pressss, with approbation and whereas said resou-
tons, however dressed up In abstract professions OF
patriotism, asual principles dear to tie American
heart and necessary to the safety Of the constitution
and 70 the peace and prosperity Of our country and
Whereas the Executive is invoked therein to remove
nom public employment such ofceholders as enter
tain those principles thereby to perpetrate ruthless
prescription of both Wings and Democrats for an
honest difference Of opinion thersfsre--
He.olvea That mere professions OF love to the
sntut1on and TO civil and religious freedom, whom
contradicted BY actions cannot deceive the sensible
and vigilant guardians Of American liberty, whose
aPprehsnsions have been excited at behofding the
str,des that have been made toward complete con-
troll Of our government by the subjects of foreign
potentate well-kncwn rs the avowed enemy of our
are solemnly devoted. 81 . & I.
RssospAd That vigilant custodians Of that bene-
fcent system of civil and religious freedom bequeath
cd 70 us BY the fathers of the republic 1t is our duty
TO meet and repel all insdious attacks upon our b-
critics as well as all open assaults and that we view
with indignation and alarm the assertion Of prDci-
nm fho Of
ponents of the Roman Catholic Church in The United
States, subversive of our republican institutions
which constitute aggressions of such character
that not now resisted viii lead at no distant day,
70 the overthrow Of the American Constitution and
the complete establishment Of despotsm.
ResoJOsd That while, in the past political divisions
Of the country, a. Wings and Democrats, we have
and measures all of which are now settled, yet in
the present crisis Of danger to all that both parties
hold dear we win bury every remembrance Of past
opposition, and pledge TO each other lives, our
fortune and our sacred honor not 10 cease our ex-
ertions until our country shall be freed from the
dangers that now menace it
RSso1ssd, That proclaim, as the cardinal prnci-
pes Of our political and moral creed sacred regard
40 hased our glorious American principIes-freedom
q sResch, freedom Of opinion, freedom of conscience
itasdom of the press together with school system
ias ~ diffusion sf sfintegencc sanctifed by an open
ss.86ehed principle that intelligence and virtue are
sagen<te1 % Tie saocess Of free government
4ss61sn4 That while we welcome to our country
u vlseus q tyranny from foreign lands, and offer
them pnoe BY our side under the shield Of our con-
sttuise claim for Americans the right to govern
their own country; and those who do not like our
government pye our hearty consent 70 90 elsewhere
IN The Purrit Y hspPins.s
as OA<.t 6ea6un, recommending 10 the President Of
ths U.1sd 0ts&ss prescription Of all officers Of the
fedsrai GoysEnnM who may have thought fit to be-
cone msnnhses q ths association of Know Knoth-
inGp-A rpcnsumsndation which, before it's adoption,
tive a tAs United StaAes- proposes an alarming and
dangerous infacton Of the principles of selfgoyer-
ment snd oahs for the prompt and decisive rebuke
dietinotion a party, sect or creed
Anen6eed, That every Protestant denomination In
he United States maintains the constitutional prn
sRh of s9Srsssn Of Church and State--in which
principle many American Catholics sincerely concur
while on the other hand, the Papal Church abroad
openly, and always and everywhere maintains the
dectrine Of obcdepce OF the civil to the ecclesiastical
authority, both in Europe and America the sad and
rusneus efiscts Of which, in the one, are seen in
oosntsss smigrsnt flying from is tyranny and
misery 70 our own happy land, and in the other in
the ignorsnos and poverty of the Masses in the
wealth and vices Of the clergy, and in the ceaseless
Of our Southern sister Republics
RssoSpsd, That upon these principles we appeal
nom the opinions, whose proclamation has caused
% .saask %is ns Ss sGPs & q .S ' Uss s
Of executive feelings, from the Official positions Of
those who controlled the proceedngs yet we viii still
hope that the President who alone has the power,
viii nxrest the prescription already begun of faithful
holder, both Democrats and Wings, for daring
70 entertAin Amsrican and Protestant sentiments,
and viii reect the msroenary suggestion urged upon
him by the fourth resolution OF the meeting last week.
- covert scheme 70 crafty tho appetite Of office
seekers at the expense Of many who realously and
ccently aided In his elevation TO power and whose
removal under existing circumstances will fr an in
delible stain upon him . and a. the President
Of the United HtAtss.
ResoJped, That having seen the denunciationn that
almost daily issue from certain presses against the
"fusionsts' sf the North who are denounced as alb
sorbed in "the trAitorous factions" which distract
those States by which they after another be-
ing placed in opposition TO the administration we
were ssonished 10 hear the pressing invition in the
second resolution of opponents to men Of all po
litcal opinions, without regard 10 their "politcal