Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-11-14

utive by men who desire that Kansas shall now be
a free territory, and in due time free State
ResoZred That those citizens of free States, VINO
have migrated to Kansas with the purpose OF max,
ing her free, have in so doing violated no Ia" ana
assailcd no rght-that their peaceful yet-resolute
bearing in view of the outrageS to which they nave
been subjected by armed bands precipltated upon
them from Missouri, commends them to our warm,
est admiration, and we pledge them our jealous ah,,
active support until these invaders shall be defeated
and their rights fully secured
ResoLped That the outrages committed in a sister
State under color of judicial authority, on citizen
guilty of no crime but humanity and truth, admon-
ish that slavery is everywhere at war WIN
and interest in binding all things to its will Where
FORE we exhort fellow-citiZens; as tney Fdiue
their own rights and liberties not to entrust win
pow er, judicial other men, who uphold ana sylnpa
thize with the oppressors of Passmore Wlinansoh
ResoIUed That secret political organizations are
inconsistent with the liberal principles OF our lree
Government and ant-Republican in their character,
and that we repudiate and condemn the proscrptlVe
and anti Republican doctrines of the Order OF Know
Nothings and all their secret Constitutions, oaths
rituals and organizations.
Resozred That while the policy of canal enlarge
ment is settled by the change of the State Consttu
tion authorizing the increase of the State debt to
the amount of nine millions Of dollars for that pur-
pose the Republican party will insist upon the non
est and faithful application of these funds to the pur
pose for which they were appropriated. That IN the
management of the State finances, we will require
a rigid system of accountability and the strictest
economy in all expenditures from the public treas
ury
Resolped. That the policy of repairing our com
pleted public works in sections by contract to be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidders, enstlng
it does strong pecunary interest IN preventing
breaks, or stopping them at the outset, commehos
itself to our Judgment conducive alike to economy
in expenditure and regularity of navigation, and we
commend its deception in the management of our
canals.
Resozced, That in forming new political organ
zation adopt and reaffirm own the princ-
Piles set forth those of the Republicans OF 1900
in the inaugural of Thomas Jefferson, as follows
Equal and exact justice to all men the support OF
the State Governments in all their rights as the
most competent administration for domestic con-
and the surest bulwark against anti Republi-
can tendencies :" the preservation of the General
Government in its whole constitutional vigor-a Jeal-
Gus care of the right of election by the people,
mild and safe corrective of abuses which are Topped
by the sword of revolution, where peaceable RENE
dies nprovided-absolute acquiescence in the
decisions of the majority-the vital principle OF Re
publics, from which there is appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate parent OF despo-
tism-economy in the public expenditures, that Ia
Dor may be lightly burdened-the honest payment
of our debts and sacred preservation OF the public
of agriculture and of COM
merce as its handmaid-the diffusion of information
and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public
opinion-freedom of religion freedom of the press
and freedom of person under the protection of the
habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartiay seec-
ted. These principles form the bright constellation
which has gone before us and guided our steps
through an age of revolution and reformation-the
wisdom of our sages, and the blood of our heroes
have been devoted to their attainment-they shall
be the creed of political faith, the text Of civic
transactions, the tombstone by which to try the
service OF those we trust; and should we wander
ten to retrace steps and to regain the road which
alone leads to peace, liberty and safety
The resolutions were adopted unanimously.
THE New JERSEY PLATFoRM- Whereas, the State
Council of New Jersey of the earliest to Or
Ganze and embrace the principles of the American
Party and has been one of the most energetic and
faithful advocates of the same; and
Whereas, 1t has ever been the opinion of this
State Council that the American party was formed
for the purpose Of carrying certain specific prn
cpes, namely, TO resist the effect of the insdous
policy of the Church of Rome upon our Republican
Institutions, to maintain the Union of the States
and secure to the nativeborn American people the
and control of their Government;
and that the aims and purposes of the party not
sectional or local, but National, and co-extensive
with the Union; and,
Whereas, The National Council, at its recent ses-
sion interpoated upon political creed ISSUE
viz the subject of slavery, which had never been
by the members of the Order, which
is eXtraneous to its objects and aims, and in regard
to which, we deny the right of the National Council,
by either affirmative negative legislation force
opinions upon the individual members
of the Order, not assented to OF expected by them
when they entered the Order; and,
Whereas, Many of the sentiments of the 18th Sec
ton of the Platform of the National Council are in
consistent with the previous portion thereof partc-
ularly the 4th section therefore,
l. Res0Lced, That We adopt with the warnest and
most hearty approval, the best and noblcst and
most patriotic necaraton of political principles ever
presented to this any nation the Platform of the
National Council, protesting against the 18th
ton thereof as not binding upon the State subor
Cnate Councils the individual members of the
Orders and asserting the right of Congressional in
Homo NM has If
upon subjects of currency, commerce. internal i'm
provements and such other issues as are aside from
those which the avowed and distinctive princi-
pies of the Order.
2. ResoLoed, That we will adhere to the National
Council, and persevere in endeavors to keep
ourselves within the bounds and limits of the Con-
stitution and Ritual to which have soemnly Civ
en- allegiance, holding fast with the utmost
acity to our reserved rights as freemen.
g. ResotUed, AS the opinion of this State Council,
that the Missouri Compromise a salutary act of
devised by patriotic and wise men to
meet an extraordinary and threatening exigency;
and that by the consent of the country for more
than thirty years, it had come to be considered in
the light of compact and as such the settled ma
tional policy, binding the faith of the naton that
the repeal of this wise act of craftsmanship
nconsiderate outrage upon the good faith, and IN
famous, because it unsettled the peace and quiet of
the country, and has plunged it into condition of
dangerous to the Union, for the paltry
motive of the personal political aggrandzement Of
its originators.
4. Reso1ued, That this State Council denounces
any utilization with any party which is sectional in
it's nature, and which claims to be Northern party
hI1t1 tipof1y ito