Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-28
The American Party of Georpia

A state convention of the American party of
Georgia was held last week, presided over by the
venerable and distinguished Judge Berrien-
The following are among tho resolutions adopt
ed !:
g. We regard the great doctrines of religious
liberty and the separation of Church md State
as cardinal principles of our Government-as
well settled and firmly established as the
right OF trial by Jury and the writ of habeas cor
pus. and therefore we will oppose the elevation
to office of any aud all persons who DENY the
great American doctrines of liberty of conscience
or who favor the union Of Church and State, or
who recognize any civil allegiance to any foreign
power, prince or potentate whatever.
4. The purity of the ballot box--the peaceful
administration of our laws-the safety of our peo-
ple-the integrity of our Government--tbe OK
clusion of pauper and criminal immigration, and
the enforcement of our neutrality laws demand
in our opinion. material modification of our nat.
uEalization laws and radical revision of our i'm
migration laws. BY this we do not seek to dis.
turb, in any manner. the, privileges of these of
our foreign born citizens who are naturalized un-
der our existing laws, ard we invite all of them
who agree to our principles to become members
of the American Party.
5. The territories of the United States we re-
gard as the common property Of all the States as
co-equal sovereignties, and as such open to set
Element by the citizens of the States with their.
property as matter of right; and that no power
resides either IN Congress or the territorial Legs-
lature or the people Of the territories while Il.
territory to exclude from settlement in any ter
ritcry any portion Of the citizens of this Republic
with their property legally held in the States from
which they emigrate. We repudiate therefore
the doctrine commonly called squatter sovereign.
ty in the territories.
The Convention instructed the delegates of
the party, who may attend the national conven-
ton, to insist on the adoption of the foregoing
principles, in spirit and substance before going
into nominations for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency. and that'tbe nominees be pledged to
carry out the same in good faith in the admin
istration of the government.
They also adopted resolution requesting their
American representatives in Congress to appear
at the Fh'ladeiphia convention of tho 222nd Feb
rruary' tomake known that the American party of
Georgia will not be represented in that conven.
ton, and urge them to defer nominations to a la
terday.
PRESIDENTS MEssAGE.-The National Intel
ligencer. in commenting upon the deplorable de-
lay in the organization of the House of Repre-
-sentatives, says:-
r rom sno uisciosures which took place in the
course Of last month of the complicated state of
our relations with England, and the critical ma
ture Of unadjusted matters between the two gov.
ernmauts, there is room to infer that the pen
up national expose Of the executive is of far more
than ordinary Importance; and during the ina
bility Of Congress to receive the commune alton
and to take such cognizance as may be proper of
our foreign sfairs. the executive may, hy force
Of circumstances. be drifting into difficulties
which the national legislature, f.made aware Of
them. might enable them to avoid. The very
fact of the unusual and scrupulous care is taken
TO keep the sage secret until it Is laid before
Congress, strengthens the probability Of its un-
usual Importance. Itis, therefore. most ear