Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-11

At a regular meeting Of the National Council, Of
the american Party, begun and held al Philadet
pA:a, on the 5M of June, a. d., 1855, the fol-
lo,cing ,cas adopted as The Platform and Prir-
ciples Of tie Organization.
1.-The acknowledgment of that Almighty Be
ing, who rules over the Universe, presides
over the councils of nations,-who conducts the
affairs of men, and who, in every step by which
we have advanced to the character of an indepen-
dent nation, has distinguished by some token Of
Providental agency.
IL-The cultivation aud development of SEN
tinent of profoundly intense American feeling; OF
passionate attachment to our country, its history
and its institutions Of admiration for the purer
days of our national existence; Of veneration for
the heroism that precipitated our Revolution and
Of emulation of the virtue, wisdom, and patriotism
that framed constitution and first successfully
applied its provisions.
lII--The maintenance of the union of these
United States the paramount political good or,
TO Use the language Of Washington, i" the primary
object Of patriotic desire" And hence
1st. Opposition to all attempts to weaken or
subvert it.
I'd. Uncompromising antagonism to every prin-
ciple of policy that endangers it.
3D.. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment of
II political differences which threaten its integrity
or perpetuity.
4th. The suppression of all tendencies to politi-
cal division, founded on geographical .discrimi-
nations, or on the belief that there is real differ
ence OF interests and viewsn between the various
sections Of the Union.
9th. The full recognition Of the rights Of tho
several States as expressed and reserved in the
Constitution; and careful avoidance, by the
General Government, of all interference with their
rights by legislative or executive action.
lV.-0bedience to the Constitution of these Uni
ted States as the supreme law Of the land, sacred
ly obligatory upon all its parts and members and
stcadfls resistance to the spirit Of innovation upon
its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Avowing that 10 all doubtful disputed points it
may only be legally ascertained and expounded by
the judicial power of the United States
And, as a corollary TO the above:
|. A habit Of reverential obedience TO the law,
whether National, State or Municipal, until they
arc either repealed or declared unconstitutional by
the proper authority
g. A tender and sacred regard for those acts Of
craftsmanship, which are to be contradistinguished
from acts of ordinary legislation, by the fact of
their being of the nature of compacts and agree
ments; and so, to be considered fixed and settled
national policy.
VA radical revision and modification Of the
laws regulating immigration, and the settlement of
immigrants. Offering to the honest immigrant who,
from love Of liberty or hatred of oppression, seeks
an asylum in the United States, friendly recep-
ton and protection. But unquafedly condemn
ing the transmission TO our shores Of felons and
paupe.s.
vi The essential modification Of the Natural
ization Laws.
The repeal by the Legislatures Of tho respective
States, of all State laws allowing foreigners not
naturalized to vote.
The repeal without retroactive operation, Of all
acts OF Congress making grants of land to unnatu-
ralized orcigners, and allowing them to vote in
the Territories
VII. Hostility to the corrupt means by which
the leaders Of party have hitherto forced upon us
our rulers and our political creeds.
Implacabe enmity against the prevalent demora-
izing system Of rewards for political subservency,
and of punishments for political independence.
Disgust for the wild hunt after Office which char
acterizes the age.
These on the one hand. On the other:-
Imitation of tfie practice of the purer days of
tho Republic; and admiration Of the maxim that
" Office should seek the man, and not man the of
fee" and Of the rule that the just mode Of ascer-
tanning fitness for Office Is the capabty, the faith
iulness, and the honesty Of the incumbent or can
didate.
VIIT--Resistance to the aggressive policy and
&C rupting tendencies of the Roman Catholic
Church in our country by the advancement to all
political stations executive, legislative judicial or
dplomatic--of those only who do not hold civil
allegiance, directly or indirectly, to any foreign
power, whether civil or ecclesiastical and who are
Americans by birth, education and training g-thus
fulfilling the maxim: " AMERICANS ONLY SHALL
GOVERN AMERICA"
The protection of all citizens in the legal and
proper exercise Of their civil and religious rights
aud privileges; the maintenance Of the right Of
every nan to the full, unrcstrainod and peaceful en-
oymeh OF his own religious opinions and worship,
and jealous resistance Of all attempts by any Sect
aot,n. ..sras -.