Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-03
.sassatlss From the Columbian.
- uindoo Platforn.


Platform adopted at the late Hindoe
Convsntion Of Cleveland. may 6nd Il In
the Celxmbtss Of today. We foe! dis
possd TO djsesct :hS concern little BY
tway Of amusement.
"Ths usitueitsd freedom Of Religion
divcon nsctsd with poItics-Hostility to
ecclesiastical sl influence upon The affairs
sf Government"
What does this mean T? Does il mean
shst Christians mus, 10y aside their 70.
jision before they can obtain civil oficeY
er. before they can 60 TO the polls TO votei
II they should go into Office with Rel''
sion hsgins about them, It would Ger.
family have an "inAuence upon the al
fair. OF Government" Where do the
Hindoos stand I Are you the Atheists,
OF whatl Perhaps 'hoy don't mean
anythingi
All "Amoricsnised" Emigrants arc to
have"equslity Of rights" provided they
"owe no allegiance, by reason OF their
religion, higher than the Constitution"
Can no people have "equality ofrights.'
unless they are "Americanised T. This
10 what it says. Read it again careful.
~ and see. The Declaration Of indie.
psndsnce says that"ALL men are created
squal." But this new declaration OF
500 Hindoos at Cleveland asserts that
"smigrsnts" cannot have the "oquslity
OF rights" with which they were endow.
ed by their Creator, unless they are
something moro than "Americ anised"-
they must, besides, "owe no allegiance,
by reason Of their religion, higher than
that 10 the Constitution" Temporal
means "msasured by time" There must
then. be no religious allegiance, for the
time Of this earthly existence, to any
higher power than the Constitution
This 10 the lower law with Vengeance.
Letno one say that We have misrepre.
sen,sd the platform-,hat it means alle'
glance to some foreign political power.
W. have no right to assume that it
means anything else than what it says.
And. further. it is utterly inconsistent
with language to make the matter refer
TO the Papal Religion. for that claims
10 be, not temporal" but a spiritual
power.
"The protection Of law to all who
honestly emigrate from the love Of lib.
erty."
II they emigrate from any other kind
Of love-say the love Of making money
faster, or the love Of making o better
living for their families, are they TO be
deprived Of the "protection OF law"?-
Besides, VINO is to fathom the recesses
Of their hearts to ascertain what kind OF
love animates them =? The Convention
should have appointed a Committee for
this purpose, Probably they did, but as
tho proceedings are not all made public,
Ne cannot say with certainty.
"But the exclusion Of foreign paupsrs
and felons."
:. A poor person who is unable to live
smong the crowded mass Of the Old
World without assistance, must be ex.
cluded from the broad and unpeopled
plains Of the New, even if he should
starve in consequences. And, If any one
should have been detected in an act,
which, by any one Of the numerous ty.
ranicaI laws Of the old countries is call.
I'd felony, be must never come here upon
the soil occupied by our m any SC amps
who 60 unwhipped Of justice
"Opposition to all attempts to exclude
the Bible from Schools supported by the
Government"
Very we'll. This perhaps is salvo for
the strange position taking at the begin.
ming. But suppose this Bible should
teach some one 10 pledge religious al.
legiance for the life "measured by time"
to Higher power than that of the Con.
stitution !! Suppose it tea ches that we
should serve COP rather than Man -
What then :?
But here comes the great Slavery
Question, and how is it treated The
issue can hardly be said to be met. Il,
is evaded. "Slavery is local-not ma.
tional." This is only partially true
"Slavery is local" is true; but is it
not also national Does not the nation
by its laws hold slaves now at the Ma.
tional Capital? Has not the nation en-.
acted the Fugitive Slave Act, which turns
us all into slave. .catchers =? 1t is true
that Slavery should not be na,ional.-
it 10 not rightly so, and we have called
for a"practical recognition Of the truth"
WI Wo uoSo Aot yot oOtoiuou lie l uc
remainder Of the anti.slavery resolution
will answer for moderate opposition,
a. far as it goes. But it does not reach
the point Of overthrowing even the ma.
tionallty Of Slavery. |, will oppose the
nation going any further in the iniquity,
and demand that il take the back track
in the Missouri Compromise matter,
but does not hint that il would be prop.
Or and right for it to undo the rest OF
its Pro.slavery legislation. The people
Of Ohio demanded much more than this.
1--WE support American Industry and
genius against the adverse policy Of for.
sign nations"
What of it? Who does not support
Industry and genius, whether American
Or not, against all "adverse policy" for.
eign or otherwise =? But some say that
this has reference to the Tariff. But if
90, what does it mean? Is it in favor
Of or against protective Tariff ? The
"policy Of foreign nations" favovs high
Tariff. Do the Hindoos mean to say