Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-12

| Our Principles.
FIRST. We shall advocate a rspeal Of In
laws Of naturalization, or If that cannot be ae
compiished. then such modification Of thos
laws, as viii prevent future immigrants ffon
becoming citizens, short Of a residence q
wenty-o years, after taking the oath Of allie
glance to the United States, and Of a5juratio,
OF all other powers, potcntates, and princes.
second. We shall advocate the passage Of ,
stringent law by Congress to prevent the Inn
migration hither Of foreigners, who are sitAe,
pdupers or criminals, and to send back 10 th,
countries from which they come, all such for
eigners Of these classes as may, in violation o
sucn law, hereafter reach our ports; and &c
| require the President of the United States b
demand from any government, which may
send hither such classes Of its subjects, imus
at1te and ample satisfaction for such OUTRAGE
and q proper indemnity against the repetition
| thereof
Ihsrd. We shall oppose the election or ap.
pointment Of any Jorsign-5 born citizen to any
once OF trust, honor or cmolument, under the
Federal or State governments, or the emplov.
ment or enlistment of such persons in the army
Or navy IN time Of scar; maintaining, as we
DO the opinion, that the native-5orp 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 the eniov-
ment of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions without seeking to participate in
the enaction, administration, or execution of
our laws.
Fourth We shall advocate and urge tho
adoption Of such an amended form of an oath
70 support the Constitution of tho United
States, and to be administered to all persons
elected or appointed to any office Of trust, honor
or emolument under the Federal or State gov
ernments, as will effectually exclude from such
ofnces Glt Persons, who shall not directly and
erpticitty recognise the obligations and bind
ing force of the Constitution Of the United
States, as paramount to all obligations of adho-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentate, or authority whatever, under any and
all circumstances
FVth 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. .Jfrst
made a citizen Of the United States, according
to the /" uniform rule" of naturalization pre-
scribed by Congress-, under the provisions Of
the constitution. ,aia& sS
Sirth We'shan oppose, now and hereafter,
any union Of Church and State" no matter
what class of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union
SeDentA, 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 abridgment Of religious liberty, holding
II as cardinal maxim, that religious faith is a
question between each individual and bis God,
and over which no political government or other
human power, can rightfully exercise any gu
pervision 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 he set
at nought, violated, or disregarded, whether, by
politicians, by rstigionists, or by the adhercnts
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persons 4o8
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
constitution as 1t stands, the Union as Il ex.
lists, and the rights Of the States, without di.
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposing at
all times, and to the extent of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either Of
them. -
EzepentA We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
10, or his support of Democratic measures, or
Whig measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
7soetth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an American party" !"
whese maxim shall be:
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR OoUNTRYi
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AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
In the Assembly Of Virginia in the beginning Of
the year 1885: Eht
Wen aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts to influence Il by tenn
pora punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only TO beget 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 TO prop
agate by coercions on either as was in his almighty
power 70 do; that the impious presumption Of leg
slatures and rulers, civil as wen as ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but hllible and unnspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
Others setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking as the only true and nfallble and such
epdeavoring 70 impose them upon others, bath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through all tine
that 10 compel man 70 furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbelieves is sinful and tyrannica; that even the
forcing him 10 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 TO righteousness and Is Withdrawing from
the ministry those Temporal rewards, which, pro
ceeding from an appreciation Of their personal con
duct, are an additional Indictment TO earnest and
unremitting lsbors for the instruction Of mankind
that our civil rights have no dependence our re
ligious opinions more than our opinions in physics
or geometry that therefore, the prescribing o.
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by