New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-29
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c;nIes a1o,fea til Tile National American Council,
ill the city of Philadelphia, ap-
III vas elegfaphed from Philadelphia to the
i Baltimore sun, on fle 21st, and appeared in that
paper ofthe I'D and was transmitted to usin letter
from orr able igilant Washington correspondent
| AS the newspaper mail of the 22d&did not come
through, we presume shall be the first to spread
an Important document before the New Orleans
public. s,&ye., ss-y s;. p,,.4
There is little doubt the substance Of the report
literally correct. But we would remind our readers
that Geographic accounts are liable to error, and that
small mistakes frequently occur We must await the
sreception Of the document, officially promulgated,
beforeits exact letter can beprecisely Known. &
Asawhole, jud ging from tile report before us, the
Platform smore unexceptonable in tenor and spirit
than any which has preceded it for long sei1esoi
years; There is feeling ofenlarged PATRIOTISM per
yafing it which will commend it to the consideration
Of the thoughtful conservative class Ct the mell
can people. We do not argue that 1t i perfect NO
Human ever were, ever be perfect
But NE do assert that, political manifesto, put
forth by representatives Of different interests, attitudes
land ioraitfles coming from men who represented
people residing in q country which embraces almost
the Iigsail torrid zones in its vast domains-t IS
national patriotic exalted in an eminent degree
The Platform is short-Which is good feature in
these days Of gerbosity and ponderous scnbbllns-
butit sets forthnany cardinal principles which, If
pfacteay enforced by succeeding administrations,
would give Us good, fraternal and honest govern
make us realize in our day and genera
ton the suspicious times Of yore, when honesty.
capacity and fidelity to the Constitution-not mere
partisan denlag gca services-were passports, and
tile only passports, to tile favor of people-when
principle and practice worked in harmonious unison
and when solid services, solid character, solid intel
lect and solid reputation were indispensable TO the
occupancy ofpublie station.
In these respects the Platform is admirable in tone
and temper @ #8
The first proposition cannot be gainsayed Twas
well to thank the Supreme Being for the bounteois
blessings shoWered upon our forefathers and their
descendants. The second, that the perpetuaton Of
the Federal Union is the only bulwark of civil
and religious liberty and of American independence,
is fixed q actas the Genius of Truth could utter.
The third. Americans must rule America and
that all officers should be elected 3and appointed in
obedience To that rncipe, is distinctly announced
The fourth relates to children Of American parents
born abroad. The fifth declares that the Federal
and State Constitutions are supreme, within their
respective spheres, and that no person should be
elected or chosen for any Office, who recognises
anysss allegiance or obligationisas paramount to
i his loyalty to the political governments of this
4 Republic. This aIuncatonis correct, if ever one
was made on earth. The man who takes Il Fed
eral on Office, avowing to himself loyalty to an
Il other and foreign authority, no matter Of what
kind, is tflitorat heart, and would carry his trea
sons into practice the first favorable opportunity
There cansbe no 5,co honest political Or governmental
allegances. In such cases betrayal of one or the
other is necessary consequence. #
d The sixtEsection unquaiedy asserts and main
tais the reserved rights of the several States ald
cultiSates harmony and fraterna good will between
the citizens of the several States,' and emphatically
L5procaims the principle of Northumberland by Con
gress with purely State questions, and non-interyen
zion BY each State with the affairs any other State.
Let this slutary and patriotic doctrine be carried out
andsthe progress Of fanaticsm Wlmeet with aspeedy
/, check. Hands off, alaround lisa good motto and
eare not aware that the South has ever desired any
thing except to be let alone, and not interrupted in
the enjoyment of her constitutional privileges. On
thispont, the sixth section, it strikes US upon hasy
reading, is quite conclusive.
i The seventh section AYERS that the permanent citi
zens Of territories have the exclusive right to fam
their constitution and laws, and to regulate thei
domestic and social affairs in their own mode,
and that after complying with the requirements O
Il the Federal Constitution, they entitled to tn
ight$of admission into the Union ,uheneucr they hau
: the requisite population" etc.
MI If this is not tolerably fair Southern doctrine
know of more than one true Southerncr who wotull
mislnderstands what Southern doctrine is. 1t occur
+ to us all, the important points the South has eve
claimed are freely and frankly, honestly and patriot
The eighth section enforces an important principle
which, if carried into practice would damage vital
the dangerous and anti-republican dogma of Squa
: ter Sovereignty which is just much opposed
rational freedom as is the tyranny of Austria to tt
$ liberty of America.
The ninth section recommends change in the ma
: urazation lays, and makes ga continued resident
!, of twenty-one years II an indispensable requisite
naturalization hereafter. No interference with IL
vested rights Of foreigners is contemplated; b'
criminals and paupers from Europe are to be exclude
C from landing on Our Shores
II Section ten is an important one, and quote it
II full, so that there may be loop-hoe for msrepr
q sentation:
10th Opposition to union between Church and State
interference with religious faith worships and oa
1f form.
N We apprehend there is slight error in the worlir
s. of the foregoing, which the official document W
L. rectify. The word oats is out of place, the m
lie section referred to makes no mention of it. TIL
b. section only declares the political supremacy of t
a. Federal and State Constitutions over all other autht
Sc tiles and loyalties. The man who refuses SUI
le acknowledgment has no right to citizenship, nut
less to hold Office.
sc This portion of the platform is clear and posti
" on the religious question that mendacity and shan
d. lessness will hardly possess the etfrontry to attem
to the congenia work of calumny and falsehood.
of The other sections relate to matters of much n
N ment, although not necessary to our synopsis.
,r future occasions we shall refer to them at length
IS would so now were we not "a cabined cribbed, ct
t. fined" for space wherein to bestow lucubratio
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- AsTRoSoMICAL.-"A Sojourner in Venice" W
~ processes to have attended all of Professor Gou
" astronomical lectures, and to have listened with int
est to his descriptions of the planets and fixed sta
the little stars and great stars for one star diff
W from another star in glory wishes us to suggest
ly supplementary lecture upon theatrical stars-a 81
It. ject which he processes to think i'll want of sol
is eucidation- where they are originally discover
and what their orbits arc. In the statement our u
at is discharged.
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