The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-05-02

administrations, yet all legal means
should be adopted to obstruct and pre-
vent the immigration Of the vicious and
worthless, the criminal and pauper.
4. That the american doctrine OF
religious liberation, and entire absence
OF all prescription for opinions sake,
should be cherished as one Of the fun
damental principles Of our civil Free
dom, and that any sect or party which
believes Of. maintains that any foreign
power, religious or political, has a right
to control the conscience or direct the
conduct of freeman, occupies posi-.
tion which is totally at war with the
principle Of freedom Of opinion, and
which is mischievous in its tendency.
and which principle, if carried into
practice, would prove wholly destruc-
tive of our civil and religious Iiber-
ties.
$. That the Bible in the hands Of every
citizen, is the only permanent basis Of
all true liberty and genuine equality.
6. That the intelligence of the peo-
pie is necessary to the right use and
continuance of our liberties, civil and
religious, hence the propriety and inn
portarce Of the promotion and FOSTER
ing of all means of moral and intellec,
tual culture, by some adequate and per-
manent provision for general educa~
tion.
Z. That the doctrine Of availability
now SO prevalent and controlling. in
the nomination of candidates for Office.
in total disregard of right, of truth, and
of justice, is essentially wrong. and
should be by all good men condemned.
8. That as general rule, the same
restrictions should be prescribed to the
exercise of the power Of removal from
Office, as are made necessary to be OBJ.
served in the power Of appointment
thereto; and that executive influence
and patronage. should be scrupulously
conferred and jealousy guarded.
9. That the sovereignty Of the States
should be supreme in the exercise of
all powers not expressly delegated to
the Federal Government, and which
may not be necessary and proper TO
carry out the powers so delegated, and
that this principle should be observed
and held sacred in all organizations of
the American party.
To- That all sectarian intermeddling
with politics or political institutions.
coming from whatever source it NAV.
should be promptly resisted by all such
means as seem to be necessary and pro-
per for this end.
IL. That whilst the perpetuity of
the present form of the Federal Co.
yernment Of the United States, is ac-
tually necessary for the proper deye-
lopement Of all the resources of this
country, yet the principle Of ncn.inter-
vention, both on the part of the Fede-
raj Government and of the several
States Of the Union, in the municipal
affairs Of each other, is essential to
the peace and prosperity Of our coun-
try, and to the well-being and perma-
nence Of our institutions, and at the
same time. the only reliable bond of
brotherhood and union.
10. That Red Republicanism and
licentious indulgence in the enjoyment
Of civil privileges, are as much TO be
feared and deprecated, by all friends
to well regulated government and true
liberty, as any of the forms Of monar-
chy and despotism.
Is. That the true interests and well
fare Of this country, the honor Of this
nation, the individual and private rights
Of its citizens. conspire to demand
that all other questions arising from
party organizations, or from any other
source. should be held subordinate TO
and in practice made to yield to the
great principles herein promulgated.
ANDREW Z. KENNEDY, of Jefferson.
GRoRsE ID. GRAY, Of Culpepper.