The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-06-27
State Council OF the American Par
tv in Rhode Island,

Party OF Rhode Island met III Provl-
dence on Tuesday, for the purpose of re-
spending to the National Church which
met last week in Philadelphia. The fol.
lowing Platform of Principles of the A.
merican Party of Rhode Island was a.
dopted-
Whereas, BY n resolution this day
adopted by the State Council of Rhode
Island, approving the action of our Dele
gates in signing the Platform based on
the minority report TO the Grand Ma
tional Council at Philadelphia, this
State Council has virtually seeded from
the Order as a National Party and
whereas it is proper tina! we still labor
together for the promotion Of individual
aud national prosperity, therefore
Resoired, That We pledge ourselves
to the following
PRINCIPLES.
|. The acknowledgement Of that Al
mighty Being who rules over the Uni
verse, who presides over the Councils Of
Nations, who conducts the affairs of men,
and who in every step by which we have
advanced to tho character Of an indie.
pendent nation has distinguished us by
some token of Providential agency.
2. The cultivation and lcvelopement
of a sentiment of profoundly intense a.
merican feeling; Of pa s%sionate attachment
to our country, its history and its insti.
t%utionsi of admiration for the purer days
Of our National existence Of vcheration
for the heroism that preciritated our
Revolution and Of emulation cf the vir-
tue, wisdom and patriotism that formed
our Constitution, and first successfully
applied its provisions.
8. The unconditional restoration of
that time honored agreement known as
the Missouri Compromise. which was
destroyed in utter disregard Of the pop.
Mar will a wrong which NO lapse oftime
can palliatc, and no plea for its coniinu-
ance can justify. And that We will use
all constitutional means to maintain the
positive guarantee of that compact, un-
til the object for which it was enacted
has been consummatcd by the admission
Of Kansas and Nebraska as free States.
A. The rights Of the settlers in terri
tories to tie free and unJisturLod cxcr-
else Of The elective Franchise guaranteed
to them by the laws under which they
are organized. should be promptly pro.
tcctcd by the National Executive when
ever violated or threatened.
5. Obedience under God to the Con.
stitution of these United States as the
supreme law If the land, sacredIy obliga.
tory upon all its parts and members :;
and stcadfast resistance to the spirit Of
innovation and its principles. bow src-
cious the protexts. Allowing that in all
doubtful or disputed points, it may only
be legally ascertained and expoundcd by
the judicial power Of the United States.
a habit of r%everential obedience to the
laws, whether National, State or Mum.
cipal. until they are either repealed. or
declared unconstitutional, by the proper
authority.
6 A radical revision and modification
of the laws regulating Immigration, and
the settlement Of immigrants. ollering to
the honest immigrant. who. from the love
Of liberty or hatred Of oppression, seeks
an asylum in the United States. . friend
ly reception and protection, but unquali-
fcdly condemuing the Transmission to
our shores Of fclons and paupcrs.
7. The essential modification Of TIE
Naturalization Laws. the repeal ly the
Legislature Of the respective State, IF
all State laws allowing unnaturalizcl
foreigners to vote. The repeal. without
retractive operation, Of all acts Ct Con
gresS making grants of land to unuatur-
allied foreigners. The refusal to extend
the right Of suffrage to all forcigncrs.un.
til they have resided in the United
States twcnty-onc-ycars, and complied
with the naturalization laws.
8. Hostility to the corrupt means by
which the leaders of party have hitherto
forced upon us our rulers and our poli,i.
ca creeds. Implacablo cnmity against
the present dcmoralizing system of re.
wards for political subscrvicncv. aud of
p~unishments for political independence.
Disgust for the wild hunt after Office
which characteri1es the age.
These on the one hand, on tie other
imitation Of the practice Of the purer
days of the Republic aud admiration of
the maxim that Office should seek the
man and not man the Office" and of the
rule that the just mode of ascertairiug
for Office is the capabili,y the faithfulucss,
and honesty Of the incumbent or candi.
date.
9. Resistance to tho aggressive policy
and c%orrupting tendencies of the Roman
Catholic Church in our country, by the
advancement to all political stations
executive, legislative, judicial or diplo-
matlc-of those who do not hold civil al
lcgiancc, directly or indirectly, to any
foreign power, whether civil or occlesias-
teal, and who are Americans BY birth,
education and training. thus fulfilling the
maxim, americans alone shah gorcyn
Amotco. The projections Of all citizens
in the legal and proper exercise of their
civil and religious rights and privileges,
the maintenance ofthe right Of every man
to the full. unrestricted aud peaceful en-
joyment Of his own religious opinions and
worship, and a jealous resistance of all
attempts, by any sect, denomination or
church, to obtain an asccbdeucy over any
other 10 tho State, by means Of any spe-
clal privileges or exemption by any poll
teal combination Of its members, or by
a division Of theis civil allegiance with
any foreign power, potentate or ecClesias-
tic.
10. The reformation Of the character
of Our National Iouieloturo by olovo-