Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-12
WASHINGTON, G, MONDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 12 1856
Our Principlcs.

Our Principles.
FIRST We shall advocate repeal Of the
laws Of naturalization, or if that cannot be &C
oomplished. then sucha modification Of those
laws as viii prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short Of . residence Of
twsnty-one years, after taking the oath of ale
glance 10 the United States, and Of a1juwation
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes
Second. We shall advocate the passage of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either
pGppsrs 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, imme-
diats and ample satisf6ction for such outrage,
and . proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof 8t
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment Of any Jorsign-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 war; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natipe-bo,n citizens Of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that all immigrants
from abroad should be content with the enjoy
ment of life, liberty and property, under our
institutions, without seeking to participate IN
the enaction, administration, or execution Of
our laws.
Fburth. We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended form Of am oath
to 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 win effectually exclude from such
Offices all persons, who shall not directly and
arplioit5y 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,
potentate, or authority whatever, under any and
all circumstances.
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.
Sirth We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any "union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of relgionists shall seek to bring
about such union
Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the
vested 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 is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government or other
human power, can rightfully exercise any su-
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 be set
At nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
pclitioians by rsligionists 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 ii ex-
lists and the rights Of the States, without di-
minution ~ guaranteed thereby: opposing at
oil times, and TO the extent Of our ability and
influence, oil who may assail them, or either Of
them. sf
EleosnM. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
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
7belfth And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an american party"
whose maxim shall be:
ANERIoASs SHALL RULE THEIR OoUSTRri
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
In the Assembly Of Virginia in the beginning of
the year 1885:
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts to influence Il by tenn
porh 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
Dokh oi Dou1 hnu vi Iniuu, yet cnose not 70 prop
agate by coercions either as was In bis almighty
power TO do; that the mpious presumption of leg
slatures and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical,
who, being themselves but hllibe and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking the only true and infalible, and 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 10 furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
dsbeleves, is sinful and tyrannical that even the
forcing him to support this that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depiving him of the
comfortable liberty of giving his contributions
to the particulr pastor whose morals he would
make bis pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive torigbteousness and is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro
ceeding from an appreciation Of their personal con-
duct, are an additional incitement TO earnest and
unrcmittng labors for the instruction Of mankind; !;
that our civil rights have dependence on our re-
ligious opinions more than our opinions in physics