Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-19

snt 10 biz compliant subjects official patronage. The
catholic Church it Is true is divided into Galle4ua
and utra-dontancs the Latter constituting the large
majority, who bold that the fope has temporal su-
nrenaey, overriding all other allc9ianees and auhof-
lf.ez. Bruwnsoh.s Rc,iew. endorsed by all or near
lY all tho Catholic Bishop Ia the United States aud
Frcemans Journal, the organ Of Hughes tboth pub
shed IN this counify1 IA, 56eted the uiiraNon tame
doctrine The Amerieanp1rtY did wisely, there fore.
epndempngiu al lbeir platforms tins hghss.-la,o
Inetrne AMI in resolving 10 support for office
sho held H. The 18th section Of the National Amcri-
platform ssys No person should be select ed for
.lttenl station whether Of native foreign Hr,h,l
sha recognises any allegiance or obligation If any
eieaption to any foreign prince poten'aie power
who rrfdses 70 recognise the Federal and state
institutions feach within It's Hphere) par. onnt
al other lbas. rnes ofpplitica action" Thus
appears our party against higher law de crimes
feyery knd-the Constitution Of the United States
,hen family interpreted Is doctrine high enou III and
5ad enough for ua. We Bpge aneompromisi ny war
latnst Sewefditesani aganst those who look 10
tonne aud not 10 Washington for their tmpo,ta ruler
Nd for their rapoundefs Of law. Tie hacknied false
God that The American party opposed to rel gioa.
rec1om Is scarcely worthy Of serious refutntian The
9th section OF III national platform Of this year pro-
aims tie principle that there must he ano interior
erence with religious faith or worship and no tests
II Office Our party bitterly denounces and opposes
everything III the Leaf approachinga union of Church
nd stale being unwilling that religion should rise
ul fall with the changes Of party, be subj eced to
the eorfapting influences Of such auannce. II xill
protect, not interfere hnny Catholic in his worship
"a matter how superstitous but it beg5 10 BIZ excus-
ed from having any part in making rulers of those 1o
look 10 authority beyond the sea which they een
paramount TO the fundamental laws of our land
The Philadelphia platform Of Feb 2lst, 1906 IL
the which Mr. Fillmore has accepted Il is
hrieer aud clearer than pRrly platforms usually are
II Is by far consistent with Itself than til nj OF
Cincinnati The platform justly gives preere rice to
natives over foreigners with respect to Office In the
9TH section of the platform Is declared that there
ahnll be "no interference with the vested rig hts of
Foreigners An intention SO to interfere wa never
hfly nferable from any proceeding of onl party
but this cypress disclaimer IA given to prevent if pos
zible Democratic mi,atatcmcni in this re spect -
fwcntyone years residence for foreigners bco being
dowed suffrage is proposed an amendmc nj to our
naturalization laws. That period is selected because
natives have to wait that long The foreigner who
ono to us are in state than political in fancy
they have not only 10 acquire political dc, " but
lnlearn aid ones Generally of the least do srnble
lass, they come seeking moi freedom, 6ntbrfad En-
grant vessels have often seemed 10 my eyes boating
pauper-houscs. Surely raw Foreigners furn' III not
he material for intelligent voters still less tyl Amer
lean nlers. Ifthcy viii come, aud we op pose the
coming Of none but convicted criminals aud actual
paapers, they should be made 10 keep thci proper
pieces let them he learners before they beeolf teach
crs.
The foreigner has no natural right TO vote. or to
hold Office; he had onr present naturnza ton laws
would he in breach of the former mud our Fc cral an
state Constitution ia breach Of the latter What
degree Of political power he shall have Il merely Il
question Of eSpcdicnc}. Section ah of tn platform
proposes the exclusion Of papers aud rid GRIM
nals from shores. Let those who dou'Dt it, pro
pricty read the reports Of Ferdinando Wood the
Democratic Mayor New York city, aud ia G statistics
of paupcriam contained in the Census Of &S5O Tie
constitution Of the L. $. provides that the naturaa-
ton laws should be uniform throughout the United
STATES, yet mnny oi the States, in violation of its
spirit, if not its letter admit Foreigners to The right of
citizenship before they hnyc become eli izcns Of fo
l. 5. Marshall, story, Kent, fancy and Calhoun all
condemned this Section Sth condemns ii aud SAYS
- that neither State nor Territory ought to admit
other than citizens of the t. $. to suffrage Where
isn platform which suggests more useful reforms
than ours' The Alien section in the kansas bill
viii allows uunatgmlizca foreigners To vote there
- calculated to make and perhaps will result in
making that territory free State, tor the ptejudres
OF foreigners recently arrived. MI agnins slavery
The American stanton Convention denounced moi
The pdoie Kansas bill but this feature of it, as was