Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-01

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The following preamble and resolutions,
adopted 1t q mass meeting Of the citizens Of
Washington, on the 9th day of September
" American party" in this city, and will doubt
less be read with interest by the friends oi
American principles throughout the country,
to wit: ss
Whereas, public meeting Of citrzens Of Washing
ton was held at Carusi's Saloon the 10th instant
upon call made In and approved by the Executive
organ the proceedings Of which, in the resolutions
SGd TO have been adopted at that meeting, and in the
speeches Of certain selected orators ut subsequent
adjourned meeting are spread before the public
eye In the columns Of said organ, and its kindred
presses with APPRECIATION and whereas said resolu.
patriotism, asua4l principles dear to the American
heart and necessary to the safety Of the constitution
and TO the peace and prosperity Of our country; and
whereas the Executive is invoked therein to remove
from public employment such ofceholders as enter
tain those principles thereby TO perpetrate ruthless
prescription Of both Wings and Democrats for an
honest difference Of opinion: therefore
RssoJred That professions Of love to the con-
stitution and TO civil and religious freedom, when
contradcted by actions, cannot deceive the sensible
and viglant guardians of American liberty, whose
apprehensions have been excited at beholdng the
strides that have been made toward complete con-
troll Of government by the subjects Of foreign
potentate wellknown as the avowcd enemy of our
whole American system, to whose overthrow they
Rssovs4 That as vigilant custodians of that bene-
fcent system Of civil and religious freedom bequeath-
ed to us by the fathers Of the republic it is our duty
to meet and repel all insdious attacks upon lib
al Hats viax
with indignation and alarm the assertion of prnci-
pies and purposes, the part Of the recognised
ponents Of the Roman Catholic Church in the United
States subversiye of our republican institutions,
which constitute aggressions of such a character
that If not resisted will lead ut distant day,
TO the overthrow Of the American Constitution and
the complete establishment Of despotism.
Resoped, That while In the past political divisions
of the country, as Wings and Democrats, we have
struggled in honest conflict contested principles
and measures, all of which now settled, yet in
the present crisis of danger TO all that both parties
hold dear we will bury every remembrance Of past
opposition, and pledge to each other lives, our
fortunes, and sacred honor not to cease our ex
ertions until our country shall be freed from the
dangers that now menace it. fsN
ResoJved, That we proclaim, as the cardinal princi-
pies Of political and moral creed, sacred regard
r the constitution in all its provisions, upon which
are based our glorious American principles
Of speech freedom Of opinion, freedom of conscience
freedom of the press, together with school system
for the diffusion Of intelligence sanctfed by open
Bible the rule Of faith and practice holding an
established principle that intelligence and virtue
essential ts the success of a free government
ResolDed, That while we welcome TO our country
the victims Of tyranny from foreign lands, and offer
them place by our side under the shield of con-
sttuton, We claim for Americans the right to govern
thsir own country and these who do not like our
government have our hearty consent TO 90 elsewhere
II the pursuit Of happiness s.5
Rssolcsd That the fourth resolution Of the meeting
st Csrusis Saloon, recommending TO the President d
ths United States prescription OF all officers of the
fsderal government who may have thought it TO be-
oome members of the association of Know KDoth-
ings-a Recommendation which, before its adoption,
had been recognised and acted upon by the Execu-
tive of the United States--proposes alarming and
dangerous nfaction Of the principles Of selfgovern-
Of III shs free casns % o tHess United States without
distinction Of party, sect, or creed.
RssoJped, That every Protestant denomination In
the United States maintains the constitutional prin-
dPle Of separation Of Church and State--in which
principle many American Catholics sincerely concur
while on the other hand, the Papal Church abroad
openly, and always, and everywhere maintains the
authority, both in Europe and America the sad and
ruinsus effects Of which, in the one, are seen in
countless emigrants flying from its tyranny and
misery 70 our own happy land, and in the other in
wealth and Woes Of the clergy, and in the ceaseless
insurrcctions msssacres, and proverbial instability
Of our Southsrn- -sister Republics
Resolced, That upon these principles we appeal
this meeting, TO the people of the United States
and, although we might infer they are exponent
Of executive feelings, from the official positions Of
those who controlled the proceedings yetwe will still
hope that the President who alone has the power,
win arrest the prescription already begun OF faithful
o6Rcsholders, both Democrats and Wings for daring
TO entertain American and Protestant sentiments,
and will reject the mercenary suggestion urged upon
him by the fourth resolution Of the meeting last week
as covert scheme 10 crafty the appetite Of Office
seekerr At the expense Of many who zealously and
efficiently aided In his elevation TO power, and whose
removal under existing circumstances win fix an in
detble stain upon him man and as the President
Of the United States. sH
Resosced, That having seen the denunciations tina,
afsionistsS sf the North, who are denounced as alb
sorbed In "the traitorous factions which distrac
those States by which they after another be
ing placed In opposition TO the administration, We
astoniahed TO hear the pressing nviton in the
second resolution of opponents 10 of all 20
litical opinions, without regard 10 their "politca
antecedcnts," 70 form "fusien with them in their
future actionan invitation broad enough 10 include
GArrisen, Abby Kelly, and Fred Douglas, besides
fhsir sosdjutors in the two houses Of Congress-
Resc'ved, That we, too, sppcal 70 all American,
who love the Union which "rnust be preserved, and
the constitution, which established and maintains II
and the rights Of the States which compose IT. and
especially 10 the religious, the moral and the order
loving classes, TO unite with MS in effecting the re
rms necessary 10 the safety and prosperity OF oui
country, believing, do, that II ia high time the
career Of interested and INSCRIPTIONS demagogues
should be checked and the government be placed in
the hands of men acquainted with its character and
spirit and who duly value it's countless blessings
And whereas we believe IN the competency, ability
and right Of American-born citizens 70 govern thei
own country: therefore
Rs.o'ved, That we will not vote for nor assist il
elsvatng foreigners by birth 10 Offices Of trust emol
ument or honor under our government; nor will W,
vote for or assist in eevAtng 70 such Offices an,
American-born citizens who recognise or hold them
selves under any allegiance whatever 10 any foreer
prince potentste, power, or authority.
Rssolped, That the naturalization laws ourht 70 b.
totally repealed materially altered and the term
residence before admission to the rights OF citizen
ship hs ertended TO the period Of tweny-one years.
I III. JOHNSON, Family Grocer, corne
- Of Seventh and streets, No. 4s9, IL being con
stanty Supplied with fresh Family Groceries 6 al
kinda 70 which hc respectfully solicits the paronag
Of his friends nov 1s-d