Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-25

allegiance, directly or indirectly, to any foreign
power, whether civil or ecclesiastical and who are
Americans by birth, education and training thus
fulfilling the maxim. " AMERicASs ONLY SHALL
GOVERN AMERiCA.n ssf'hys,a-& aeFe sisl
The protection Of all citizens in the legal and
proper exercise of their civil and religious rights
api privileges, the maintenance Of the right Of
every man TO full unfestfaned, snd peaceful en-
ICY neid of his own religious opinions and Worship
and jealous resistance Of all attempts by any Sect
denomination or church, TO obtain an ascendency
over amy other in the State by means Of any
special privileges or exemption by any politicals
combination Of It's members, or bya division d
tenthte, or ecclesiastic.9 laa'tV .s9
n IX.--The reformation of the character Of our
National Legislature, by eleyating to that dgnifcd
and responsible position men of higher qualifca-
tiohs, purer morals and more unselRsh patriotism.
X.-The restriction Of executive patronage es-
pecially In the matter Of appointments to Office so
far as II may be permitted by the Constitution, and
consistent with the public good. e9 Il Y
ea XI.--The education Of the youth Of our country
in schools provided by the State which schools
shall be common to all, without distinction Of creed
orparty, and free from any influence or direction
of a denomnational or partisan character gy4
Il Aud, inasmuch as christianity, by the Oonstitu-
tons, of nearly all the States by the decaions of
the most eminent judicial authorities; and by tho
element Of our political system; and, Is the Holy
Bible is at once the source of Christianity and the
depository and fountain of all civil and religious
freedom, we oppose every attempt to exclude il
from the schools thus established IN the States. n
.fH xIL-The American party having arisen upon
the ruins and in spite the opposition Of the Whig
and Democratic parties cannot be in any manner
Irresponsible for che obnoxious acts Of violated
pledges Of either. And the systematic agitation
Of the slavery question by those parties having el
evated sectional hostility into positive element
Of political power, and brought our institutiohs
into peril 1t has therefore become the imperative
duty Of the American party to interpose for the
purpose Of giving peace TO the country and per-
petuity to the Union n.ro And As experience has
treme as those which separate the disputAnts, and
as there can be NO dishonor IN Submitting to the
laws, the National Council has deemedit the best
guarantee of common justice and of future peace,
to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon
the subject Of slavery, asa final and conclusive
settlement Of that subject, in spirit and in sub
stance. N t3aps eT sauFsF atf 40 asdR-Daod Il
I And regarding it the highest duty TO avow their
opinions upon subject 90 important in distinct
and unequiyocal terms it Is hereby declared as the
sense of this National Council that Congress pos
sesses no power, under the Constitution, to legis
late upon the subject of Slavery in the States
where it does may exist, or to exclude any State
from admission into the Union, because its Consti-
tuition does does not recognise the institution
of Slavery as part of its social system; and ex-'
pressly pretermittingf any expression of opinion
upon the power Of Congress TO establish or pro-
hibit Saveryi in any Territory, it is the sense Of
the National Council that Congress- ought not TO
-legislatetupon the subject of Slavery within the
Territories Of the United States, and that any in
reference by Congress with Slavery 1t erists In
the District Of Columbia, would be violation of
the spirit and intention Of the compact by which
the State of Maryland ceded the Dstrict to the
United States, aud breach Of the National faith.
sXIIL--The policy Of the Goyernment of the
United States IN is relations with foreign govern
ments b 70 exact justice from the strongest, and
do justice 10 the weakest restraining, by the
power of the governments all its citisens from In
reference with the internal concerns of nations
with whom we are at peace. 4siqU,~i 5
bXIV.--This National Council declares that all
the principles of the Order shall be hcncefofward
everywhere openly av0wed; and that each mem
Der shall be ut liberty to make known the existence
of the Order, and the fact that he himself Is mem
Der, and it recommends that there be no conceal
ment of the places of meeting Of subordinate coun
Asd "a X. B. BARTLETT, of Kentucky, b.iu3
yi President Of National Council.
@. d. DEsHLns,l of New Jersey, ss44a sfT
-o4Na ICED Oorrespondirg Secretary. yisg y
ii JAMES N. STErHEss,i of Maryland, f0 rN
ssrf-5ft r.1o0Hi ~ Recording Secretary. ,4gff.