The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-14

1t is reported in the Cleveland Leader that
State Convention of delegates from the
Know Nothing Council, of Ohio met III that
city, last we L, and passed sesies % ress-
lutions, among which we find the following in
relation to the question Of slavery:
RssoIred, That with the domestic institu-
tons of the several States of the Union, we
claim To have no right to medde. Whatever
IS peculiar to the people of each State now in
existence, is of their own creation and subject
TO their own immediate control; and while we
deprecate the existence of human bondage in
any portion of this confeGeracy. as national
party we leave it as we find it, under its own
local restrictions, to be regulated by the enact
ments of those responsible for It's continuance,
but while disavowing thus explicitly any and
all intention of interfering with it as it is, we
must in duty to our sense of ri ght, to our con-
sciences and 10 country, declare and de-
naud that the general government has the
power and the right to act and TO exclude
slavery outside of the State limits, the spirit
of the Constitution, which is that OF freedom,
shall be regarded. and the influence thereof
shall be SO used that there shall henceforth
aud forever be no more slave territory and no
more slave States.
ReSciDed, That We diSclaim any desire to
interfere with slavery where it exists, we at the
same time avow our determination to prevent
by all lawful means the future interference of
slavery with free territory or the rights Of
freemen, in a recurrence Of the outrageous as
saults recently committed in Kansas by armed
hordes of Mlssourlans who, by their bastard
ly conduct, have earned the contempt of all
honorable men.
Since the above was put in type, we learn,
but by what authority cannot say. that the
above were only resolutions as submitted to
the convention; they were referred TO COM
mittee, and said committee subsequently,
amended them and made the following report
which. il is said, was adopted:
The American Party in Ohio
At the Annual Session of the State Coun-
cil held in Cleveland, June 5.h, 1855, the fol-
lowing platform OF Principles as expressive of
the sentiment of the Order in this State. was
adopted and ordered to be published TO the
world over the signatures OF its officers
We proclaim to the World the following
Principles Of the imeriean Party Of Chic.
I. The unlimited Freedom Of Religion dis
connected with poliucs-Hosulity 10 ecelesi-
astc Influences upon the affairs OF Govern
nent-Equality OF rights To all nsturalized
Emigrants VINO are Thoroughly dH.ericani-sa
and owe no temporal allegiance, BY reason of
their religion, higher than that to the Con-
sutution.
III. No interference with the rights of citi-
zenship already acquired by Foreigners. and
the protection of law 10 all who honestly emf
CRATE from love of liberty, but the exclusion of
foreign pauDers and feIonS and a ysfrfsoF n
erteHd The right or Suffrage 70 al ,cko come
hereafter. until they shall have resided in the
United States 81 years, and complied with
the Naturalization Laws.
III. 0ppesi ion to all political organizations
composed s<ciusireiyot ot Foreigners, and TO For
eigg Military Companies, and 10 al Gttsra ,ts 10
e-r-iads Tie Bi5Is frona .Scdo-2s supported By
tie GorerHnlsnt.
" Slavery is locaI-not zlatio1aal-we op-
pose il extension IN any Of our territories.
and tue Increase Of It's political power By the
admlssion into the Union Of any Slave Safe
or Otherwise; aud We demand Of the General