Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-29
Platform Of the American Party of
Georgia.

adopted By the State Convention ciie6met at
MilledgeuiLte, on the 1871 inst.
The American Party of Georgia in Conven-
ton assembled, adopt the following Plat
form Of principles.
I. The maintenance of the Union of CO.
equal Sovereign States, as our. fathers made it
as The paramount political good-paramount
in rs ada tation to the security OF our rights
and The happiness of the people.
2. The means by which we propose to
maintain i, Is obedience to the Constitution
OF he United States, and all laws passed IN
pursuance thereof, as sacredly obligatory upon
Individuals and States
8 We regard the great doctrines of relig
IONS liberty and rbr separation at Church and
S;a,e. IS cardinal PRINCIPLES Of oar Govern-
iH-i't well settled aud = firmly established,
rs he light of trial by jury aad The writ OF
ha.ea| cocpH,; AMI. therefore, We VIII oppose
the elevation L. Office, Of any and all persons,
ln GrBy the great American doctrines of lU-
rrfy 81 conscience, or who favor the uHion OF
Church and State, or who recognize any civil
allegiance 30 aHy foreign power, prince OF
p0leatute Whatever.
:. The purity Of the ballot box-the peace
tui administrator Of orr aws-the safety Of
cur pujpo-the integrity of our Government
the exclusion OF panper and criminal immigra-
ti'r; and ~ enforcement Of our neutrality
laws, demand, IN our opinion, a material Inodi-
ticatiOn OF our naturalization laws, and & radi-
Cal revision OF our Immigration laws. By this
we do not seek 20 disturb, in any manner, the
privileges of those Of our foreign born citizens
who are naturaized under our existing laws
and we invite all OF them who agree to our
principles, 10 becOme members of the Ameri-
can Party
). HE Territories of the United States we
regard as tie common property of all the
States as co-eqUal SOveregnties, and as such
open to settlement by the citizens of the
States with their property as matter of right
aud that no power resides either in Congress
Or The Tel ritorial Legislature or the people of
the Territories while a Territory to exclude
from settlement, in any Territory any portion
Of theci1izens o. this Republic with their proper
ty legally held in the States from which they
engrate. We rel udiate therefore the doc
trine commonly called squatter sovereignty in
tie territories.
g. The right to vote is privilege Of citizen
ship and should rot be extended TO foreign
immisran 10 L territory before they are nat
uralized.
7. The agitation Of the subject of Slavery
shoG.d cease. The rights OF the South are
,l.: ,,In.lI. c-oll 4 f,.d and ,rau ,pIar
I l5 d,I ,r oIioro ,I,ar hull n Ionger
90 ,I ',,S.;,,s W.. NH mn.
49, a." ,,,,,i,I,,;o, ri,.h.s and
- ,a.. si,,,as cr ha
snIon,oIr JedIaraI Eh.f sLa viii regard 10 fr-
ture grievances on this subject, and what her
remedy will be when these grievances shall be
lH'@c'ea; We VII! stand oy TIE Georgia rat
form. 'e''oIo lne CONTINUOUS agitation 0.
HIS SH'Je"'r - iDaue Oy sti"Sh PoI''lc'In7 ioI
personal ai' parry promotion, anu V huTtIdI
- ''e 'o"'"' ,'e 'O7,l'il'o" o. slavery III" TIE
feI''4.e"tl 81 me mon. .-.---,
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10 Sy.eo' "''es"'eS I" 4 N"'!oh" convention
o. ..' = ,'.e''.'l I"F'l' ana we recommend
II''' s,"H N""' '"'3" aSSeIliolo AMER tic n'SI ;,