Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-15

Our Principles. 6
Fsrst We shall advocate repeal of the
laws Of naturalization, or If that cannot be ac-
complished, then such modification Of those
laws, as will prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short of residence Of
twenty -one years, after taking the oath of ale
glance to the United States, and of a5juration
Of all other powers potentates, and princes.
Second. We shall advocate the passage Of
stringent law by Congress to prevent the i'm
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either
paupers 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, snnse-
diats and ample satiSfaction for such outrage,
and proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment Of any Jorcign-6osn 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 nGtipe-6orn 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 an oath
to support the Consultation or 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 will effectually exclude from such
Offices all persons, whs shall not directly and
explicitly 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. qg
Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that
no one Of the States of this-U Union hae the right
to admit to the enjoyment Of .fres s4b su9e any
person Of foreign birth, who has not been jyvst
made citizen of the United States, accoding
to the uniform rule" Of naturalization pre-
scribed by Congress, under the provisions of
the constitution. a iai
Sirth We shall oppose, now and hcreafter,
any "union Of Church and State" no matter
what class of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union.
SecenM We shall vigorously maintain the
rested 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 a6ridsmsnt Of Religious liberty, holding
it as cardinal maxim, thatrsligiosss faith is q
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government, or other
human power, can rightfully exercise any su-
peryison or control 1t any time, in any place
or in any form.
NiatA. We shall oppose ~ higher hwr
doctrines, BY which the constitution is to be Get
at nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
poIitieians, by rslioionists, or by tho sdherents
or followers Of either, or by any othor class Of
persona Ii 11lagb a
Tenth. We shsll maintain and defend the
eonstitution ~ II stands the Union rs it ex-'
ists, and the rights Of the Statss without di-
minution ~ guaranteed thereby: opposisg at
all times and to the extent Of our ability and
influence, all who may assail them, or either Of
them. - ~
Eleventh.. We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
to, or his support Of, Democratic measures or
Nhig measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines
7nelfth. And lastly, we shall use our utmost
cxertions to build up an american party"
whose maxim shall be t4
AMERICANS SHALL RULE THEIR CoUSrRYi
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly Of Virginia In the beginning Of
the year 1886: Hel
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts to influence il by tenn
poral punishments or burdens, or by civil incaps-
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
both of body and Of mind, yet chose not TO prop
agate by coercions on either, In his almighty
power to do; that the impious presumption OF leg
slatures and rulers civil as well az ecclesiastical,
who, being themselves but falible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith Of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking the only true and infailible and u such
endeavoring 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 to furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation of opinions which he
dsbeeves, 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
comfortable liberty Of giving bis contributions
to the particulrr pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive TO righteousness and is Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards, which, pro-
ceedisg from appreciation of their personal con-
duct, are an additional incitement to earnest and
unremittng lsbors for the instruction OF mankind;
that civil rights have dependence on our re-
lgious opinions more than our opinions In physics
or geometry; that, therefore, the prescribing Of
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