Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-26

power, whcthsr civil or sccesastioal. and who Arc
Americans by birth, education and training R--thus
| fulfilling the maxim: IS HAxERrcAHs oHLr SHALL
GovERN ANkRiCx.n nakfig3sa 3T sa&9h ss4
Thgprv$ection Of all citizens in the legal and
proper exercise Of their civil and religious rights
AMI privileges; the maintenance of the right OF
every man 70 the full unrestraned, end peaceful en-
Icyment Of his own religious opinions and worship,
and Jealous resistance of al attempts by any Sect
denomination or church, TO- obtain an ascendency
over any other in the State by means Of any
special privileges or exemption, by any politicai
combination Fits membeFs, or BY division q
their civil ailegiance With any foreign power, POI
tantate, or eccIesiastic.iVl tf gssnBt sas ynn.o
X.--The reformation Of the character Of our
National Legislature, by elevating TO that dgniRed
and responsible position men Of higher qualiHcar
hons, purer morals, and more unselRsh patriotism.
X-The restriction OF executive patronage, es-
pccially In the matter Of appointments 70 Office, 20
far as It may be permitted by the Constitution and
conastent with the public good. sss u sa5i l4sb
xts-Ihe education Of the youth Of our country
IN schools provided by the State; which schools
shall be common to ALL without distinction Of creed
or party, and free from any influence on direction
OF denOminational or partisan character. - tss8
And. inasmuch as Christianity, by the Constitu-.
tons Of nearly all the States by the decisions az
the most eminent judicial authorities; and by the
consent Of the people Of America is considered an
element Of our political system; and, Is the Holy
Bible - ct once the source of Christianity and the
depository and fountain of all civil and Religious
freedom, we oppose every attempt to exclude it
from the schools thus established IN the States.
XfL--The American party having arisen upon
the ruins and in spite Of the opposition Of the Wing
and Democratic parties, cannot be in any manner
responsible for the obnoxious acts of violated
pledges Of either. And the systematic agitation
Of the slavery question by those parties having el,
M into
Of political power, and brought our institutions
into peril, It has therefore become the imperative
duty Of the American, party to interpose for the
purpose of giving peace to the country and per-,
petuity 70 the Union. And as experience has
shown it impossible TO reconcile opinions 80 ex-
trene q those which separate the disputants, and
as there can be no dishonor in submitting to the
laws, the National Council has deemed it the best
guarantee of common justice and of future peaco,
to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon
the subject Of slavery, as final and conclusive
settlement Of that subject, in spirit and In sub
stance, m .saa4.sis s,4t i,s, .fss 4,
And regarding It the highest duty to avow their
opinions upon subject so important, in distinst
and unequiyocal terms it is hereby declared as the
sense of this National Council, that Congress pos
sesses no power, under the Constitution, to legis
late upon the subject Of Slavery in the y6tates
where II does or may exist, or TO exclude any State
from admission into the Union, because its Consti.
tuition does or does not recognise the institutiou
Of Slavery as part Of its social system ; and ex-
pressly pretermitting any expression Of opinion
upon the power Of Congress 10 establish or pro-
hibit Slavery in any Territory it is the sense Of
the National Council that Congress ought not 10
legislate upon the subject Of Slavery within the
Territories Of the United States and that any In
reference by Congress with Slavery as It exists In
the District of Columbia, would be violation Of
the spirit and intention Of the compact by which
the State Of Maryland ceded the District to the
United States, and breach of the National faith,
XIII.--rhc policy Of the Government Of the
United States IN It's relations with foreign govern
ments Is 70 exact justice from the strongest, and
do justice TO the weakest restraining, By Al the
power of the government all its citizens from in
reference with the internal concerns of nations
with whom We are at peace. ,,oa Ia sus8ti,s & IS
K XIv.-This National Council declares that Al
the principles of the Order shall be bcnceforvsrd
.everywhere openly avowed and that each mem
Der shall be at liberty to make known the existence
of the Order and the fact that he himself is MEM
Der, and it recommends that there be no conceal
ment Of the places of meeting Of subordinate coun-
els. X, y f.s-,e.. :, I, .,,,st,,, < ~ +. -,
q. B. BARTLETT, Of Kentucky,
..g NJ President Of National Couneii.
O. d. DrsHLER, of New Jersey, rtt
Corresponding Secretary.
JANIS M. SrErHKss, of Maryland, Aa" alt
fVsqa ac Rscoydiny Secrefdrv. 81 q.