Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-09

WASHIN
h f'a.'ea TN Our Principles. alAaFal a4'
First. We shsil advocatex ! repeal Of the
laws Of naturalization, or If that cannot be ac-
complished. then such modification Of those
laws as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citisenA short Of residence Of
twenty ono years, aAsf taking the oath Of ale
glance TO the United States and Of a1iuratian
of al other powers, potentates, and princes
Second. We shall advocate the passage of .
stringent law by Congrsss to prevent they i'm
migration hithsr Of Foreigners who are either
pasp0rs or rioviminGIs, ssnd to send back to the
countries from which they come, al such for
eigners Of these classes - may, in violation Of
such law, hereafter reach our ports; and to
require the President Of tho United States to
demand from any government, which may
send hither such classes of its subjects imnss-
siote aad ample sdtfstaction for such outrage,
and proper indemnity against tho repetition
thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointmmt Of any Jorsiga-6oyn citizen to any
office Of trust honor or enaolument, under tho
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment Of such persons in the army
orrnayy IN tins ef oor maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the natics-5orn 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. a-a2
Fourth We shall advocate and urge the
adoption Of such an amended .torm Of an oath
to support the Constitution Of tho United
StGtes, and to be administered to all persons
elected or orappointed toany Office Of trust, honor,
or emolument under the Federal or State gov
ernnents, as win effectually exclude from such
Offices ~ persons, who shall not directly and
explicitly recognise the obligations and bind
Ing force Of the Constitution Of tho United
States, Is paramount to all obligations Of adhe-
sion Or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentate. Or authority whstever, under any and
AL 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 f0rsiGs birth, who has not been. .Jsrst
made citizen Of the United States, according
to the /" uniform r,ule'' Of naturalization pre-
scribed by Congress, under the provisions Of
the constitution. 4
'6iSsA. We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
any @union Of Church and State" no matter
what class Of religionists shah seek to bring
about such union. @
SsosptA We shail vigorously maintain the
ssstsd rights of II persons of native or foreign
birth, and shall 1t NJ times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth. We shall oppose snd protest against
all G1ridomsnt Of religious liberty, holding
It ~ . cardinal maxim, that rsligios .yaiA is q
question bstween each individual and hin God,
and over which no political government, or other
human power, can riehtfulE exercise any su-
persision or control, at any time, in any place,
or In any form Al, ~ s
Ninta. We shall oppose all "higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution Is to be set
1t nought violated, or disregarded, whether by
poIiticiGns, by rsligionists, or by the adherents
or Followers Of either, or by any other class Of
paSonA se sa' y7f-
TsntA We shall maintain and defend the
eonstitvtien a II stands, ths linton as it ex-
istA and the vi0hts Of the States, without di-
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposing at
al times and TO the extent of our ability and
in'usnce, all who may assail them, or either Of
them. 70 Il. ''tH@
Eleventh We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on ehs ground Of his opposition
70, or his support Of, Dsmocratic measures, or
Whig measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
'71slfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an "Amerieon party"
whose marin shall be: 1t
AnHRicAxs SHALL RULE THEIR OousTRri
AN ACT for estabfshing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly Of Virginia IN the beginning Of
the year r7ss: lsiE .EgaA leE
Wen aware thai Almighty God hath created the
mind free that al attempts TO influence Il by tenn
porh punishments or burdens, or by civil incapar
citations, tend only 70 beget habits Of hypocrisy
and mesnness, and are departure from the plan
ofthe Holy Author Of our religion, Who being Lord
both Of body and Of mind, yet chose not to prop
agate by coercions either, as was in his almighty
power TO do, that the impious presumption ofleg-
slatures and rulers civil as wen as eccleaastical,
who, being themselves but failble and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
Others setting up thsit own opinions and modes Of
thinking ~ the only true and iniaiblc, and such
endeavoring 70 impose them upon others, hath es-
tabished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part OF the world, and through all time
that 10 compel man 10 furnish contributions of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
dsbeBeves, Is sinful and tyrannical that even the
forcing him to support this or that teacher of his
own religious persuasion is depriving him Of the
comfortabls liberty of giving his contributions
to the particular pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive tonghteousness and is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceeding ffom an appreciation of their personal CON
duct, are an additional incitcment 70 exssest AID
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