The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-08-28
H!i5rrllanrulls.
- Principles and Objects Of the
..,rrican Party of South Carolina.


4ldopted at a meeting Of the STATE Council, be.
gun and held at Charleston, on l4h August
1855
|. Rcsolved, That we ratily and accede to
l.. i.ri.'cirles of the American Order, promul
ga;, 10y the National Council of the Or. mi
zati"l,, held at Philadelphia, in June last, sub.
,e.t IT, the notifications herein contained. To
''is ratification we attach the following declara
''pn.:
l. That with reference to the organization OF
i" American party in the United States, the
! rrr:n Order of South Carolina is an inde
:. den, body, whose self government is su-
,.:,;ne, and acknowledges no Obligations aud
:. r. other than those imposed or adopted
IL! r.ti6rd by its State Council, in due form
i Constitution. Ritual, platform or resolves.
>. That the primary and fundamental rIi'.
ci.!vs and ot:j cts of the Order were aud are
to the cnnsumnation Of the end" that
Americans shall rule America" the essential
modification Of the naturalization laws, with
proper safe guards to preserve the purity Of the
lect've franchise; that citizenship shall be
constituted the basis condition OF the privileges
of office and suffrage; and, incidental to these,
the RESTITUTION by its influence, through suffrage
.ud in Official appointments, Of all politico sec,
,arian designs, and of all other than native
civil influences. That the juri>d:c,ion Of the
O',i.r does not extend to and over the p"liti-
a or private opinions of individual members,
.,r the political action Of subordinate Councils,
ur"'n aLy other subjects pol ,cal or religious.
That any agreements upon the latter can only
E., binding to al extent which good aith may
.in:.Ose.
3 That the judicial power of the United
>.'.S extends to all legal questions under their
:'rsttution, treaties and laws; but that the
,-ll"s, like other sovereign parties to COM
pact, are the final judges Of the nature and
,.y,..n. "f the federal compact and that "each
an equal right to Judge for itself, rs well
t is intraction, as Of the mode and measure
i ."dress."
That constitutional liberty is the supreme
.'l.,.; Of our republican system. Subject t.,
i- principle, do we consrue and accede to the
~:
III The maintenance of the union Of these
Urii-d States rs the paramount political good;
.r t.. use the language Of Washington, 1.-THE
urinary object Of patriotic desire" And
hence
1t Opp 'sition to all attempts to weaken or
su'.vcrt it,
"a. Uncompromising antagoni>m to every
;.,rc'pe of policy that endangcr> it,
81. The advocacy Of an equitable adjust.
men; ,f political differences which threaten its
.nf"gr;t, or perpetuity.
4;h. The suppression Of all tendencies TO po-
iircal division, founded on geographical dis.
:riminatinn, or Oh the belief that there is real
Inference If interests and views between the
,arions sections of the Union.
5th. The full recognition Of the rights Of the
:"veral States, as ex! ressed and reserved in
rhe Constitution, and a careful avoidance, by
The General Government, of all interference
With their rights by legislative or executive
action.
s. That we hold no obligations into which
We have entered, and especially those which
have relation to the Union, TO be inconsistent
with our allegiance to our State. with our duty
under either the State or Federal Constitution,
with the rights and powers reserved to the
States respectively. or 20 the people," or with
our rights as freemen under the latter to resist
wrong and injury. That those obligations have
sole reference to Constitutional Union, and
we hold none other to be binding upon US, Ell
ther as members of the American order, or as
citizens.
2. Resolved, That the term "Catholic," and
all semblance OF religious test, be stricken
from the official records and obligations Of the
American Order OF this State. and that MI