Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-02
WASHINGTON, p. c. AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 1856
Z Our Principles.

laws of Naturalization, orlif that cannot be nc
complished, then such modification Of those
lawss as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, abort Of residence of
twsnty-one ysarS after taking the oath Of ale
glance to the United States, and Of dbjuration
Of az other powers, potentates, and princes,
Second eshall sdyocate the passage Of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
a,igraticn hither Of Foreigners, who are either.
pGupsvs or. crininGls, and to send hack to the
sonAtries from which they come, all such for
eisncs n these classes As may, in violation Of
such law; hereafter reach our ports; and to
require the President of the United States to
demand fomoany government, which may
send hither. such classes Of its subjects, insae-
stdte ~ ample satisf faotion for such outrage,
and : preesrl Indemnify against the repetition
thereof ta,l3.ay fs,.3a t5s.,sa s.le H
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointncnt Of any toreiigu-born citizen to any
Office Of trust honor or emolument, under tho
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment Of such persons in the army
or navy IN time ct so0r maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natios-Born citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth and that all immigrants
from abroad should bo content 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. Y. M is. .sf
Fbnrth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption ofsuch an amended form of an oath
70 support tie Coalstitution Of the United
States, and to be administered to all persons
elected or appointed to any Office Of trust, honor,
or emolunent, under the Federal or State gov
ernrnents, as win effectually exclude from such
offices aU peysons, who shall not directly and
srplicitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force Of the Constitution Of the United
States, as paramount to all obligations Of adhe-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potcntate, or authority whatever, under any and
Ill circumstances. ~, ss fa
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-
'cribcd BY Congress, under the provisions Of
the constitution. 81. liaas aac ais
SiGth We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any @unioss Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shall seek to bring
lbout such union. rh ph
Seuenh. 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 "a
Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against
III abridgment Of religious liberty, holding
It as cardinal maxim, that religious faith is a
question between each individual and his God,
md over which no political government, or other
human power, can rightfally exercise any su-
pervision or control, at any time, in any place,
,r in any form. i3q 9# Y eo ~ (.
Ninth. We shall oppose al higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution is to be set
,tnought violated, or disregarded, whether by
politicians, by rstigionists, or by the adherents
or followers Of either, or by any other class Of
persona adi IL v.hts.f4tS aHf 5.{5 rlf1 sss7H ri
Tsnta.l We shall maintain and defend TIE
oonstitutioa 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 10 the extent of our ability and
influence, all who may sssail them, or either Of
them. Z y 'n ilfeW Nta4194 f4
EsvsntA We shall oppose no man, and s,s-
tain no man, on the ground OF his Opposition
TO, 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 t
7sostfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an american party, y
whose maxim shall be: 3 3 agWia1ls III
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR CourTKYi
I tl Na fFsi ia---~----4-~---A----z----- 8tEeM HN
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom passed
In the Assembly Of Virginia in the beginning of
the year 1855; .iff an aaet s.l ll.rtls N9 tEf
Well aware that Almighty God hath created The
mind free that all attempts to influence 70 by tenn
porl punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only to beget habits Of hypocrisy
and meanness, and are 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, in his almighty
power 10 do; !; that the impious presumption of leg
slstures and rulers civil well AZ ecclesiastical
who, being tbemsclvcs but fsIlibe and uninspircd
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking a. the only true and infsible, and such
endesvoring 70 impose them upon Others, hath es-
tab6shed and maintained fslse religions over the
greatest part of the world, and through an time
that TO compel man TO furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which no
disbeeves, Is sinful and tyrnnical that even the
forcing him TO support this or that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is deprving 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 moet
persuasive toighteousness, and II Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceedisg from an appreciation Of their personal con-
duct, are an additional incitement to earnest and
uIRemitting labors for the instruction Of mankind ;
that our civil rights have dependence on our re-
ligious opinions more than our opinions IN physics
or geometry that, therefore, the prescribing Of
any citizen unworthy the public confidence by
laying upon him nm incapacity Of being called 20
the Offices Of trust and emolnment unless he pro-
fess or renounce this OF that religious opinion IL