Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-14

American Convention In Georgia.
An American State Convention was held at Ma
con on Wednesday last SiIty-three counties
were represented, the nominations of Fillmore and
Donelson endorsed, and the following electoral
ticket nominated:
For the State az Large:
VIM. H. Crawford and Benjamin II. Hill
For the Districts:
LIST district-Wm. Law; 2d-Wm. M. Brown
Sd u Washington Poe; 4th--Edward Y. Hill
6th--Geo. W. Gordon; 6th-Cincinnatus Peoples;
7th-Ei ii. Baxter 8th--A. r. Wright.
The Convention adopted the following platform
Of principles:
l. The maintenance of this Union Of co-equal
sovereign States, as our fathers made il, as the
paramount political good-paramount in its adapt
alton to the security Of our rights and the happi
ness Of the people
2. The means by which we propose to maintain
this Is obedience to the Constitution of the United
States, and all laws passed In pursuance thereof
as sacredly obligatory upon individuals and States.
8. We regard the great doctrines Of religious
liberty and the separation Of Church and State as
cardinal principles of our Governments well
settled and as firmly established as the right of
trial by jury and the writ of habeas corpus and,
therefore, we viii oppose the elevation to Office of
any and all persons who deny the great American
doctrine of liberty of conscience or who favor the
union of Church and State, or who recognize any
civil allegiance to any foreign power, prince,
potentate whatever,
| 4. The purity of the ballot-box, the administers
ton of our laws, the safety of people, the in
egrity of our government, the exclusion of pauper
| and criminal immigration and the enforcement of
| our neutrality laws, demand, in our opinion,
| material modification of our naturalization laws
and radical revision of our immigration laws
BY this we do not seek to disturb, in any manner
the privileges of those of foreign-born citizens
who are naturalized under our existing laws, and
| we invite all of them who agree to our principles
to become members of the American party.
5. The territory of the United States we regard
| as the common property Of all the States as CO.
equal soyereignties, and, as such, open to settle
ment by the citizens of the States with their prop
erty as matter of right; and that no power resides
either in Congress or the Territorial Legislature,
or the people ofthe Territories while Territory
to exclude from settlement in any Territory any
portion of the citizens of this Republic with their
property legally held in the States from which
they emigrate. We repudate, therefore, the doc
trine commonly called squatter sovereignty in the
| Territories.
6. The right to vote is privilege Of citizenship,
and should not be extended to foreign emigrants
in Territory before they are naturalized.
| 7. The agitation Of the subject of slavery should
| cease The rights of the South are plain palpable
Il
they should no longer be treated as open ques-
| TONS We will maintain our guaranteed constitu-
tonal rights, and our right of property in slaves
Georgia has solemnly declared what she will re-
gard as future grievances this subject and what
her remedy will be when these grievances shall be
inflicted. We win stand by the Georgia platform.
We believe the continuous agitation Of this sub
ect, either by an attempt to restore the Missouri
| Compromise line, or in any other way, is made by
selfish politicians, for personal and party promo
tion and is hurtful to the South the institution OF
slavery, and the permanency of the Union.
And having been represented in none OF the
Conventions which have presented candidates for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency, and being
left free to select the men who, in our opinion, are
best calculated to meet the present crisis in our
national affairs and believing it no time for ex-
| pertinent with new or untried men; and one of
those presented for the SURFACES of the American
people having been well tried and giving us daily
assurance that the patriotism and nationality which
so eminently characterized his former administra-
ton will be continued in the future, and restore
peace and tranquility to distracted country, we
do hereby nominate MILLARD FILLMORE of New
| York, as our candidate for the Presidency.
| Entertaining confidence in the integrity, patri-
otism and ability of ANDREW j. DoNELsoN, Of Ten
nessee, we do hereby nominate him as our candi-
date for the Vice Presidency.
| We are informed by gentleman from Georgia
| that the Convention at Macon was more distin-
guished for the talent and high character Of it's
members than any convention that has ever assem-.
bled in that State.