Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-12

lAt a regular meeting of the National Council, OF
the AMERICAN Party, begun and held at Phitadel'
1,hja, on the 5th of bsne, A. d., 1855, the fol-
lotci,q ,oas adopted as The Platform and Prin-
cipIes of the Organization.
1.-The acknowledgment of that Almighty Be-
ing, who rules over the Universe, who presides
over the councils of natons,-w conducts the
affairs of men, and who, in every step by which
we have advanced to the character of an indepen-
dent natiou has distinguished US by some token of
ProvidentiaI agency.
1.-The guilty ,ton and development Of SEN
tinaent 5t4ofpnndly intense American feeling; OF
passionate attachment to our country its history
and its institutions Of admiration for the purer
days of our nat ona existence of veneration, for
the herosln that preciptated our Revolution and
of emulation of the virtue, wisdom, and patriotism
that framed our constitution and first successfully
applied its provisions
lU.-The maintenance of the union of these
United States as the paramount political good or,
to use the language of Washington, " the primary
Object Of patriotic desire" And hence
lst Opposition to all attempts to weaken or
subvert it,
I'd. Uncompromising antagonism TO every prin-
cple of policy that endangers it.
Sd. The advocacy Of an equitable adjustment of
al political differences which threaten its integrity
or perpetuity.
4th. The suppression Of all tendencies to polti-
cal division, founded on geographical discrimi-
nations, or on the belief that there is real differ
ence OF interests and views" between the various
sections OF the Union.
9Th The full recognition Of the rights Of the
several States, as expressed and reserved in the
Constitotioa; and careful avoidance, by the
General Government, of all interference with their
rights by legislative or executive action.
1v.-0bcdiencc TO the Constitution of these Uni
ted States as the supreme law Of the land, sacred
iy obligatory upon all its parts and members +; and
steadflst resistance 10 the spirit of innovation upon
Avowing that in all doubtfuirr disputed points IL
may only be legally ascertaiied and expounded by
the judicial power OF the United States.
And, as a corolary TO the above:
|. A habit of reverentia obedience to the law,
whether National, State, or Municipal until they
are either repealed declared unconstitutional by
the proper authority.
q tender and sacred regard for those acts OF
craftsmanship, which are to be contradstinguished
from acts Of ordinary legislation, by the fact Of
their being Of the nature of compacts and agree
ments and So to be considered fixed and settled
national policy.
v. A radical revision and modi,i alton Of the
laws regulating immigration, and the settlement OF
immigrants Offering to the honest immigrant Who
from love of liberty or hatred Of oppression seeks
an asvlum in the United States friendly recep-
ing the transmission 10 our shores Of telons and
paupe,y.
VII The essential modification of the Natural
zation Laws.
The repeal by the Legislatures of tho respective
States, of all State laws allowing foreigners not
naturalized TO vote
Tho repeal, without retroactive operation, Of all
acts of Congress making grants Of land to unnatu-
razed foreigners, and allowing them to vote in
tho Territories.
VII Hostility to the corrupt means by which
the leaders Of patty have hitherto forced upon US
our rulers and our political creeds.
Impacable ennity againstthe prevalent demoral-
zing system Of rewards for political subserviency,
and OF punshments for political Independence.
Disgust for the wild hunt after Office which char
acterizes the age.
These on the one hand. On the other -
Imitation Of the practice Of the purer days Of
tho Republic; and admiration Of the maxim that
"officc should seek the man, and not man the Of
hce, and of the rule that the just mode OF ascer-
tanning fitness for Office IL the capability, the faith
fulncss, and the honesty of the incumbent or can
diJate.
VllI--Resistance to the aggressive policy and
&C rupting tendencies Of the Roman Catholic
Church In our country by the advancement 10 all
political stations--executve Legislative, judicial, or
diplomatic OF those only who do not hold civil
allegiance, directly or indirectly, to any foreign
power, whether civil or ecclesiastical and who are
Americans by birth, education and training--thus
fulfilling the maxim: "AMERIcANs ONLY SHALL
GOVERN AMERICA"
Tho protection Of all citizens in the legal and
proper exercise Of their civil and religious rights
arl privileges the maintenance Of the right Of
evcryenan TO the iul unrestrained end peaceful en-
ICY neit of his own religious opinions and worship,
lnd jealous resistance Of all attempts by any snct
denomination or church, to obtain an ascend acy