Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-29
WASHINGTON. D. G. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 49, 1856


Our Principles. as
frat We shall advocate . repeal Of the
laws Of naturalization, or Il that cannot be aQ-
comphshed. then such modification of those
laws, as win prevent future immigrants from
becoming citizens, short Of q residence Of
twsnty-ons years, shr taking ths oath Of allc-
glance to tho United States, and Of ALTERATION
Of all other powers, potentates, and princes
Second We shall advocate the passage Of .
stringent law by Congress- toPrsvsnt the inn
migration hither Of foreigners, who are either.
p0upers or criminals, and to send back to the
countries from which they come, all sxcA for
eigners Of these classes as may, 10 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 hithsr such classes Of its subjects, imns-
diatd and ample satisfactfon ,or sucA outrags,
and . proper indemnity against the repetition
thereof Aw ,RasHfU a.@ dae ssaasqa &li
Third, We shall oppose the election or ap-
pointment Of any Jogsign-6oyn 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 w time of mar maintaining, a. we
do the opinion, that the natioo-5orn citizens of
the United States have the right to govern the
land Of their birth; and that al Immigrants
from abroad should be centent 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. N ,sap la sg8, a1.sia
Fburth We shall advocate and urge tho
adoption of such an amended form ef an oath
to support tho Constitution of 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 win effectually exclude from such
Offices all persons, who shall not directly and
enplicitly recognise the obligations and bind
ing force of the Constitution of the, United
States, as paramount to all obligations Of adho-
sion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power,
potentate, or authority whatever, under any and
all circumstances. q aasaesa an lse ssass
Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that
no one of the States of this Union has tho right
to admit to the enjoyment Of .free suffrage any
person Of. foreign birth, who has not been .Jsrst
made citizen Of the United States, according
to the "uniform rule" of naturalization pre-
scribed by Congress, under the provisions of
the constitution. = u sst Ssel5 s.a 3e'5s's
Sirth We shall oppose, now and hereafter,
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what class of religionists shall seek to bring
about such union. M NV
Sepenth. We shall vigorously maintain the
oested rights of oil persons Of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights. \ ,sr,s...
Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against
all a6ridgment Of religious liberty, holding
il as cardinal MAXIM that religious faith is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government, brother
human power, can rightfuIy exercise any su-
pervision or control, at any time, in any place,
or In any FORM ,gir n gua,ss7ss Gss
Ninth We shall oppose all "higher law"
doctrines, by which the constitution is to be set
at nought, violated, or disregarded, whether by
politioians, by religionists, or by the adherents
or followers Of either, or BY any other class Of
persona l H1Ht29a ts.h stH efttH
Tenth We shall maintain and defend the
constitution as II stands, the Union as II ex-
lists, and the rights Of the States, without d.
minution as guaranteed thereby: opposing at
al times, and to the extent of our ability and
influence, all who may asssil them, or either Of
them. ,l-ss4+ isrsstt ,ast+st.t,,i..f7 n - ..-..s
Elecsnth We shall oppose no man, and sus-
tain no man, on the ground Of his opposition
to, or his support Of Democratic measures, or
Whiq measures; but we shall oppose those who
oppose our doctrines, and sustain those who
sustain our doctrines s it ht7.'nA
TneJfth And isstly, we shall use our utmost
exertions to build up an "Anlerioan party" |"
whose maxim shall be
AxKRroAss SNAIL RuLR THEIR CousTRyi
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly Of Virginia in the beginning OF
the year 1855: .a.i.o.. ..i. .',,.
Wen aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts 70 influence Il by tenn
poral punishments or burdens, or by civil iDcspa-
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 10 prop
agate by coercions on either, as was in hs almighty
power 70 do; that the impious presumption OF leg
slatures and rulers civil as wei a. ecclesiastical
who, being themselves but hllible and nninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith of
others, setting up their own opinions and modes Of
thinking as the only true and iniaible, and such
endeavoring 70 impose them upon others, hath es-
tabished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part Of the world, and through All time;
that 10 compel man 70 furnish contributions Of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbeeves, Ia SINFUL and tyrannical that even the
forcing him 70 support this or that teacher OF his
own religious persuasion 10 depiving him Of the
comfortable liberty Of giving his contributions
10 the psrticuirr pastor whose morals he would
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive torighteonsnesa sndis withdrawing from
the ministry thcse temporal rewards, which, pro.
ceeding rom an appreciation Of their personal CON
duct, are an additional Indictment 70 earnest and
unrefnittng abors for the instruction Of mankind;
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
ligious opinions more than opinions IN physics
or geometry that, therefore, the prescribing Of
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