Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-11

ssTHR. II ARTFoiHD eoNxEsTffes Convention as
ssmbted at Hartford, On the 15thof December, 1914
On the next day it was -
Resozced That the most inpioe5le secrecy shaU6e
obse''ceG by each member ofthis convention, inclu
ing the secrecy, to all propositions, debates and
proceedings thereof until this injunction shall be
On the oath of December, 1914 the committee
appointed to prepare and report general project of
such measures may be proper for the convention
to adopt reported among other things 49,.
That it is expedient to recommend to the several
State Legislatures certain amendments to the eo1.
stituton, viz: :.
THAT the power to declare make war, by the
Congress of the United. States, be restricted"
"That it is expedient to attempt to make provs-
ions for restraining Congress in the exercise of an
unlimited power to make new States and admit them
tnte the Union"
'That an amendment be proposed respecth-g
slave representation. and slave taxation
On the 18th Of December, 1914, it was
Resolced, That the easy admission of naturalized
foreigners to places of trust, honor profit, ope
rates as an inducement to the malcontent subjects
of the old world to come these States in quest of
executive patronage and to repay it by abect de-
votion to executive measuIe les.
Another amendment subordinate in Importance,
but still in high degree eXpedient, relates to the
exclusion of foreigners hereafter arriving in the
United States from the capacity ofhoding Offices of
trust, honor profit.
s'sFhat the, stock of population already in these
Statesis amply sufficient to render this nation in
due time sutticieptiy great and powerful is not
.controTerfible question. Nor viii it be seriously
pretended, that the national dsficieney in wisdom,
arts, science arms, or vTture needs to be feplen-
ished from foreign counties. Still is agreed that
liberal policy shond oerthe rights of hospitality,
and the CHOICE Of settlement, TO those who are dis
posed to visit Che country. But why admit to par
beipatienia the government, alieas who were no
parties to the compact.-who' were ignorant of the
Of our institutions and have stake in the
welfare.of the country but what is recent and tran
STORY? It is surely a.priEiege sufficient, to admit
them after due Probation 60 become citizens for al
but political purposes. 70 extend It beyond these
liy,its, Sto encourage fnrGi gneIs to these
States candidates for preterment. The. canVen
tion forbear express their opinion upon the mar
spicious effects whfeh have already resuitette the
honor and peace ef this nation, from this misplaced
and indiScTiIpinat - liberty.
Reeoleed, That no person who shall hereafter
be naiuYahzed; shah be eligible as member 6f'the
States, hor capable of hs3dng any ciya office IN
der the authority " the. United States" -.
RECKLEsSNESs OF KNOW. NoTHrNGISM.
Know-nothingso on the streets deny the wen known
fact that DERBIGNY, thu know nothng eandidah, fSr
Governor in Eunisiafila, is-a Cathoic! Those who
make this denial either know nothing abonts the
matter or they are guilty of wlfui falsehood-- We
repeat the statement that he isa Cathelcyand when
any of the know-noth'ng papers here shah hav, ne
hardwood to deny the at, we will prove it.
The ninth article of the platform Of the know
nothngs OF ~-ouisana is-as foil ows =.
. Whie approve the platform adopted.by the
late Ma r0naiC6unch Of the kdnericanparty at Phil
adcrpha, we reject the 3ppliciion Of the principles
OF the Gag nth article to American Catholics -tist.
just, urloanded and chtirois unwerehy OF our eous
try"
That is the PLATFORM of the Louisiana know. Moth
igS and then. candidate is a. Catholici
Mr.. CRrTrENDEN, OF Kentucky, discrepancies the
Catholic plank in the platform. In a speech which
he lately made at Frankfort, reported in the
Commonwealth, he said:
% IDOn the Catholic uueStiOn Mr. Crittenden de-
clared .hat he vas ntterly hostile to imposing any
penalties, prescription or disability upon any man
on account OF his religion. He had, further, the
fullest confidence in our native Catholics He knew
native Catholics in Kentucky, in whom as citizens,
or patriots, soldiers he had full confidepce.as
in any other men of any faith whatever, and for
whom he would vote if they before him
candidates. He felt sure they acknowledged no al
lesiance to the Pope that superior to their al
legiance to their country, equal to it e'would
trust kentucky blood and Kentucky prir sles
against all the seductions of any foreign pewer.H
and thus know-nothinsism breaks in pieces
The slavery plank is reFudated by theAwhoe of the
north, and the Catholic plank in. Louisiana and
How will those brethren whose bitter
position to- Cathocity Is the very essence of Amel.
canism, receive this Intelligence s-Nash Amer.
4 SuAP REBUKE.-Gov. GardneS of Massachu-
Sets having transmitted to Coy. Adams, Of South
Carolina, series Of Resolutions passed by the Leg
iSlature Of Massachusetts, in favor of the French
spoation claims, and another. series relative to the
Territory of Kansas. with request that. he would
submit them to the Legislature of South Carolina,
he replied as follows, according toa Boston corress
pondet of the Tribune, probably regarding MasSa-
chusetts, since her notification act, as no longer
belonging to- the American Union:
4" Il cannot consent, under existing Grcumstan-
ces, to be the medium Of communicating any action
Of the Legislature eff Massachusetts to the State
over which have-the honor to preside"
This reply of the. Governor of South Carolina ad
N nisters but deserved rebuke to the fana
teal Legislature of Massachusetts. If individuals
may break off social intercourse and interchasges
IF cvity because of outrage and Insult also may
sovereign States. When a man shows himself to
unworthy the association Of his neighbers, he is
summed and cut. The Massachusetts, Legislature |
placed itself exactly in that positions, and it be-
the rest OF the States of the Uon, while they
athfuffy discharge all their constitutional obliga
ions refuse to extend Massachusetts the ;
esy that observed between the different States. l.
The suspension of such intercourse may lead her ;
,cople to reflect, and cause them, if they have any
feasibility. to shame, ts feel their disgrace ,
Washington Sentinel. J.
~ eve want America ruled by americans" !.
S the slang phrase of Know NothngiSm. Wei, !
Who rules America neWS The President of the
United States isa AmerfearR:' are all the |
,ers of his Cabinet; 50 we're the two hundred and
ninety odd members Of the last Congress, with two
II three exceptions The Executive Judicial and
legislative departments of the government
Ter the exclusive direction and control of native
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