The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16

| AMERlCAN PARI1 VI OhIO.
/. The unlimited Freedom of Religion disconnect-
ed with poiticshVstility 10 ecclesiastical influences
upon the affairs of ofrghts TO all
naturalized Emigrants who thoroughly american
lied, and owe no temporal alegience, by reason of
their religion, higherthan that 10 the Constitution.
The first two clauses of the foregoing
proposition, meet with our unqualified aP-
probation. But they have never been re-
garded by the Know Nothing order. II
they had been, the Massachusetts Legisla.
ture would never have contained from forty
to sixty ministers of the Gospel, and the
pulpits of Portage county, would never have
been disgraced Gas they now frequently are)
by political and partizan sermons. The
last clause of the article, is mere play upon
words The doctrine of Know Nothingism
is that no foreigner can be "thoroughly
Americanized" and hence they would dis.
franchize all who come.
| II. No interference with the rights of citizenship
already acquired by Foreigners and the protection of
law to all who honestly emgratc from love of liberty
but the exclusion OF foreign paupcrs and telons, and
refusal to extend tho right Of suffrage to all pho
hereafter until they shall have resided 81 years in the
| Laws.
Who is to be the judge whether man
emigrates to this country "from love of lib.
erty" or not! But the doctrine of twenty-one
years residence is the most despicable fea-
ture in the whole document. The majority
of those who emigrate to this country, are
men Of middle age, and not one in ten,
would live twenty-one years after his arri-
val. The average age of people in the Uni
ted States, is thirty three years. Suppose
that men emigratc from Europe at the age of
81, they would, under Know Nothing rule,
be permitted to vote Just nine gears after
they are dead and buried! Thus it can be
seen, that the so called American party con.
templates the total disfranchizement of for
egners. 1t says to the Irishman, the Ger
man, the Welshman, and the Englishman,
you may come to this country, you may Ia
Dor and toll, you may pay taxes and bear
burthens, but you shall never vote. How un
generous such sentiment! How narrow
minded the man who stands upon such a
platform!
III. Opposition to all political organizations COM
posed Exclusively Of FCreigaers, and to Foreign Mill
tdry Companies and to all attempts ereInde the BIZ
bio from Schools supported BY the Government
BENEDICT ARNOLD, the traitor and ene-
my of American liberty, was born in the
State of Connecticut. LAFAYETTE, the
generous patriot, the brave soldier, the bo-
som friend and counselor of WASHINGTON
was born in France. The Know Nothings
place ARNOLD the traitor above LAFAYETTE,
the patriot. If BENEDICT ARNOLD were
living now, he would unanimously be cho.
sen as President of the National American Ct
party. His cowardly treachery and base.
ness would eminsntly qualify him for that
station. AS he is dead however, we would
respectfully suggest the name of LYMAN
w. HALL for the office. We know Of
no living man better fitted to occupy the
place made vacant by the death of ARNOLD.
". Slavery is locGl-not ndtioral--we oppose It's
of its political power by the admission into the Union
of any Slave State or otherwise; and we demand o
the general government immediate redress of the
great wrongs which have been inflicted upon the
cause of Freedom and the American character BY the
repeal o the Missouri Compromise and the intrOduc
ton of Slavery into Kansas in violation of law, by
the force of arms, and the destruction of the elective
franchise.
The first part of this plank was stolen
from the Democratic creed. We have al
ways contended that Slavery was "loca
and not NATIONAL" and being so, should al
ways be decided in the locality effected by
it. But if Slavery is local, why does I
Know Nothing Convention in Ohio attempt
to regulate the affairs of territories severa
thousand miles distant from them? This
article of faith contradicts itself.
ingon, we oppose all Intervention in the affairs OF
Foreign States; yet on all proper occasions, we will
not withhold cur sympathy from any people aspiring
to be free.
E The foregoing is simply ridiculous. I
is strange that Know Nothing convention
would ever dream of sympathizing with {
"lot of foreigners" We should Judge, how
ever from this article, that they intendet
: to regulate the sympathies Of the people ),
, law.
, VI. We support American industry and geniu
against the adverse policy of foreign nations and ia
ciitcs to internal and external commerce by the i'm
| Lrovement of Rivers and Harbors and the construc
ton of National Roads uniting the Atlantic and Pa
eifc ocean, and binding together the various section
of the Union.
The above article looks little like bi
for whig votes. Still it would.puzzle
Philadelphia lawyer, to tell what they rea
ly do mean. Whether they are in favor {
; protective tariff, or whether they are OF
posed to all kinds of industry both foreig
and domestic, it is impossible to tell. Th
. writer of the resolution, evidently starte
out with an idea, but changed his mind b'
: fore he got through.
u VII. The Union of these States should be ma
perpetual By faithful allegiance to the Constitutio
l. This is also stolen from the Democrat
q platform, and is inserted for the sake of e
g. feet. They have never paid any regard
e. it, and never will. Every step the order hi
Is taken since its first organization, has bee
i'd in direct violation Of the Constitution.
w VIII. In State policy we zealousIy advocate +
e. oppressive system of taxation and liberal system
Public Schools. TH0S. SPoONER, President
JoHN Il. REEs, Secretary, f-gsss
Of 1t is easy for the Know Nothing Ordt
lie to talk about ''retrenchment and reform
Is but, they never yet did anything that loo
ne like retrenchment, and the party is so cc