Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-21
WASHINGTON. D 9, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 2 1856
Our Principles.

'~"S = iA.~satoAAAAoh VI II tnat cannot DC ac-
complished. then such modification ef those
laws, as viii prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short Of residence Of
twenty-one years, after taking the oath Of ale
glance to the United States, and Of a5juration
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either
paupers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come, all such for
eigners Of these classes as may, in violation Of
such law, hereafter reach our ports; and to
require the President of the United States to
demand from any government which may
send hither such classes Of its subjects insme-
diGte;and ample Satisfaction for such outrage,
and a proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof ii
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointmcnt Of any Joreign-6orn citizen to any
Office Of trust, honor or emolument, under the
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment of such persons in the army
or navy IN time Of soar;; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, TINT the natipe-born citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that all immigrants
from, abroad should be centent with tho enjoy
ment of life, liberty and property, under our,
institutions, without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution Of
our laws. fUel g 9 asa
Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended form ef an oath
10 support tho Oonstitution of tho United
StGtcs and 10 be administered to all persons
elected or appointed to any office of trust, honor,
or omolument under the Federal or State gov
crnments. as win effectually exclude from such
Offices az psrsons, whe shall not directly and
erPticitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force Of the Constitution Of the United
States, rs paramount to all obligations Of adhe-
sion Or allegiance = any foreign prince, power,
pOtentate. or authority whatcver, under any and
all circumstances. INV
FIFTH We shall maintain the doctrine that
no one Of the States Of this Union has the right
to admit to the enjoyment of free suffrage any
person Of foreign birth, who has not been. first
made citizen of the United States, according
TO the "uniform rule" Of naturalization pre-
scribcd by Congress- under the provisions Of
the constitution. 6Ht sa wa sisiE
Sirth. We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union.
SeOenth We shall vigorously maintain the
oested rights Of all persons, of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth We shall oppose and protest against
all a6ridgment Of religious liberty, holding
it as cardinal maxim, that religious faith isa
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government or other
human power, can rightfuIly exercise any su-
peryision or control, at any time, in any place,
or In any form.
NINTH We shall oppose all higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution is to be set
at nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
politicians, by retigioaists or by the adherents
or followers of either, or by any other class Of
persona
Tenth We shall maintain and defend the
constitution as il stands, the Union as It ex-
ists and the rights Of the States, without di-
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposing at
al times, and to the extent Of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either Of
them. 49, !. F,.ss. Fl n.s
ElsvsntA. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no manson the ground of his opposition
TO, or his support Of, Democratic measures, or
Wig measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
7pelfth And lastly, weshsll use our utmost
exertions TO build up an american party
whose maxim shall be:
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR COUNTRYi
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning of
the year 1885. Efe8}t s1tap y
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts TO Influence Il by tenn
poral punshments or burdens, or by civil ncapa-
citations, tend only TO bcget habits of hypocrisy
and meanness, and are a departure from the plan
Of the Holy Author Of our religion who being Lord
both of body and of mind, yet chose not 10 prop
agate by coercions on either, in his almighty
power to do; that the impous presumption ofleg-
islatures and rulers, civil as well ecclesiastical,
who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
others, setting up their opinions and modes Of
thinking the only true and inialblc, and as such
endcavoring to impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part of the world and through all time
that TO compel man TO furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbeHeves, is sinful and fyranncal that even the
forcing him to support this or that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depriving him Of the
comfortable liberty Of giving his contributions
to the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive righteousness, and Is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceedng from an appreciation Of their personal con-
Duct are an additional incitcmcnt 10 earnest and
unremitting labors for the instruction Of mankind;
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
lgous opinions more than our opinions In physics
or geometry that, therefore, the prescribing Of
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by
laying upon him an incapacity of being called TO
tho Offices of trust and emolument, unless he pro-
fess or renounce this or that religious opinion il