American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-03
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Supreme Being who rules the universe, for
his protecting care vouchsafed to our fathers
III their successful Revolutionary struggle,
and hitherto manifested to us, their descend
ants, in the preservation OF the liberties, The
Independence, and the union Of these States.
2d, The perpetuation Of the Federal Union
as the palladium of our civil and religious
Liberties, and the only sure bulwarlS of Amer
lean Independence.
Sd. AMERICANS MUST RULE AMERICA, and
to this end, nGtiue- born citizens should be Sc
lected for all State, Federal, and municipal
offices or government employment, in pref
erence to natnraized citizens nevertheless,
4th. Persons born of American parents
residing temporarily abroad, should be emit
+, tied to all the rights Of native. born citizens
but ...........
! 9th. No person should be selected for po-
litical stations whether Of native or foreign
BIRTH who recognizes any allegiance or OBJ
legation of any description TO any foreign
prince, poten'ate or power, or who refuses
to recognize the Federal and State consti,u-
lions (each within It's sphere) as paramount
to all other laws, as rules of political action.
9Th. The unqualified recognition and main
| tenance Of the reserved rights of the several
States, and The cultivation Of harmony and
! fraternal good will, between the citizens Of
the several States, and to--this end, non-inter-
ference by Congress with questions apper-
tanning solely to the individual States, and
non-ntervention BY each State with the af-
fairs of any other State. .. ....
18th. The recognition of the right of the
native born and naturalized citizens Of the
United States, permanently residing in any
territory thereof, TO frame their constitution
and laws, and 10 regulate their domestic and
social Affairs in their OWN mode. subject only
TO the provisions of the Federal Constitution,
with the right of admission into the Union
whenever they have The requisite popula.
ton for one Representative in Congress-
Provided. alioGyS, that none but those who
are citizens OF the United States, under the
constitution aud laws thereof, and who have
a fixed residence in any such Territory,
ought to participate in the formation Of the
constitution, or in the enactment OF laws
for said Territory or State.
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