Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-11-21
THE AFTguqAuss JOURNAL,

The CoNsEcrIcUr PLArFoRM--In Connccti-
cut the Americans have held their State
Councils, and adopted the following platform
of principles
Resolved. That we declare the following to
be the principles of the American Party. of
Connecticut. and We call upon all honest citi :
zens to rally together for their support
l. Maintenance of the Union of these United
statessas the paramount political good ; or to
use the language of Washington, ssthe prma-
~ object of patriotic desire" And hence the
recognition of the rights of the several States,
as expressed and reserved in the Constitutions
and careful avoidance, by the General Gov
ernment, of all interference with their rights
bv Legislative or Executive action.
2. Obedience to the Constitution of these
United States as the supreme law of the land,
obligatory alike on all
3. A revision and modification of the laws
regulating immigration, and the settlement of
immigrants. Offering to the honest imEni-
grant who, from love of liberty or hatred OF
oppression seeks an asylum in the United
States, the projection of our flag and our laws
but unqualified opposition to the-transmis-
sion to our shores of criminals and paupers.
A radical change of our Naturalization
Laws.
5. The support for political stations-exec-
utiye, Legislative, judicial or diplomatc--of
those only who do not hold civil allegiance ,di-
rectly, or indirectly, to any foreign power,
whether civil or ecclesiastical, and who are
Americans by birth, or by thorough education
and training thus fulfilling the maxim,-
''AMERIcANs ONLY SHALL GOVERN AMERICA .
The protection of all persons in legal and pro-
per exercise of their civil rights and privilege !;
the maintenance of the right of every man TO
the tuli, unrestrained and peaceful enjoyment
Of his own religious opinions and worship.
e ed pf he of oIIr
try in schools provided by the State, which
schools shall be common to all, without dis
tinction OF creed or parry. and free from any
influence or direction Of a denominational
or partiZan character. And inasninch as
Christianity, by the constitutions Of nearly all
the States, and by the consent of the people of
America is considered an element OF our poll
teal system, and as the Holy Bible is at once
the source of Christianity, and the depository
and fountain of all civil and rel gious freed ON
oppose every attempt to exclude il from
the schools thus established in the States.
Z. We advocate Protection to American in
duStry and gcDius, against the adverse policy
Of foreign nations also, facilities to internal
and external commerce, by the improvement
of rivers and harbors.
s. The unconditional restoration of that
time-honored prohibition known as the Mis-
souri, Compromise, which was destroyed in
utter disregard of the popular viii a wrong
which no lapse OF time can palate, and no
plea for its continuance can justify. And
that we will use all constitutional means to
maintain the positive guarantee OF that com
pact. until the object tor which it was enacted
has been consummated by the admission OF
Kansas and Nebraska Free States.
8. That Connecticut Will never consent to
the extension of Slavery over the common do
main of the United States but onthe contrary,
believing that the free Institutions, which an
experience almost coeval with the life Of the
Republic, has proved to be good for her, are
and viii be good for all future commemorative,
she Will strive to the best Of her ability, to eX-
clude the relation OF human bondage from the
-Aational Territories.
10. That it is the duty Of the General Gov
erment to protect, even by armed intcrven-
tion, if necessary, the people OF the Territories
in the exercise of the right of suffrage, and
that the National Administration which ne
elects to perform this duty is recreant alike to
the Constitution and the best interests Of the
Union.
IL. The union of these States should be
made perpetual by faithful adherence 10 the
principles embodied in the Declaration of In
dependence, and confirmed by the Constitution.
-. All the principles OF the Order to be
hencefofth everywhere openly avowed; each
member shall be at liberty to make known the
existence of the Order, and the fact that he
himself is Il member.