Daily American organ., 1856-09-02

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Address OF the Grand Council OF Kentucky.
The following is the able and eloquent address
reported byJudge Robertson, fromla committee
appointed to prepare one, at the late session OF the
Grand Council Of the American Order in Kentpc-
KY and Of which ;26 900 copies were ordered to
be publishedra 80 ''aarji.tasnaiaa har ,iusHaa
When, by a Protidential dispensatfon, the Pres
iidency of the United States idevolved On Millard
Fillmore, the Union WAS fearfllly agitated by the
Question Of slavery In the Territories then recently
lacquired by conquest and treaty. Animated by a
IseKsacrifcing patriotism as comprehensive as lis
country and as impartial as its national constitu.
ton, he promoted and sustained the great Compro-
misc of 1885, stcadhstly enforced the Fugitive
Slave Law, and on the 4th of March, 1853, when
Franklin Pierce took his place, abotonism, iliI
busterfsin, and all ant. Union sectonalsm were
paralyzed and dumb, peace and prosperity blessed
our land. and confidence concord and union
cheered our happy countrymen. That genial
measure OF adjustment and Tac'fcation not dis
turbing the Missouri Compromise as to Kansas and
Nebraska left not an inch Of our national territory
open for slavery agitation by Congress, and the
people were assured by both the Wig and Demo-
cratic organs that IL should be adhered to and up
held as fnality. The Democratic platform On
which Franklin Pierce was elected, pledged him
and his party to preserve invioate and to resist
forever all further agitation on the disturbing sub
ject of slavery. But, elected by the votes Of for-
eighers, nuiiers and Buffalo Free -soilers secured
by notification plank in his platform of $50, he
soon began to patronize and reward those factions
by elevating their iavortcs to office over the heads
of conservative men of his own party, whereby he
armed those dsturbersof the peace with mischiev-
Gus power and revived their hopes Of continued
agitation. aqua ~ "i# i'.",tsd.'st s' ,ain~ta l.ea
Having thus raised the wind, he and other lead
ers of his party urged and effected the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, and to mock the South |
by principle merely ostensible, they would not
suffer the repeating bill to pass without it's suicidal
alien feature giving power to unnaturalized, anti
slavery foreigners to overIule the votes of native
citizens on the question of slavery. in Kansas
The Democratic, party now claim the credit Of |
that act, and by that uncalled for, unexpected |
and unavailing disturbance Of two solemn COM
promises, in violation Of putty pledges, the Dem.
ocratic President and his coadjutors raised a
whirlwind which galvanized all the dead factions,
dilu uOW SiliOH Will peru
its friends ever before encountered.
Faithless politicians and factious demsgogues
have at last produced a crisis which appeals to all
the patriotism of every American citizen. The
members of thee American party respond to the
call by magnanmousy uniting as a devoted band
on national basis, to avert the danger and save
the Constitution. Union against faction nation
ality against sectionalism Anericansm against
ftraignisin- against ths poIitieiaas--
tbac
fore the world to be soon tried for posterity and
the result viii show the popular estimate Of fund
amental principles, and test the value of the Union
The entire aim of the American organization is
to save and exalt the American Union, and pro-
mote the security and wholesome progress of the
American people. And as means essential to that |
end, the American party will strive-..'"1 eA
First, To maintain the supremacy Of the Fede- |
raj Constitution as the paramount law of every
citizen Of the Union, TO be upheld by the national
over any individual or, sectional will against the
contagious doctrine of notification which, coverty
recognised by the Democratic platform, and pa
tronized BY Democratic leaders, is becoming alarm
ingly prevalent hr Ja,tl a.u4uts,a a..3
Secondly To. assure the independence of the
American mind, and the liberty and allegiance of
American conscience, and consequently the pre-
vaence Of reason over passion, light over dark
ness, and patriotism over alienism, in the enact
ment and administration Of the laws, ~ repressing
the growth of all foreign influence, pro2oting
American nationality, and securing to the native
born of our land their iTthright to rule their
political destinies.
And thirdly, To resist all seetionalism, fibus.
terism, and slavery agitation, which the Farewell
Address of the Father Of his Country warned his
countrymen to look as the most dangerous en-
enlies of American union and liberty -, "
VI These are the principles and these the aims of
the American party. 1t has no secrets, nor ever
had any, except as TO its organization, which is
now as public as that of any other party. 1t
advocates no principles which it can admit to
be inconsistent with either Union Whiggery or
Union Democracy. An Union Wings end Dem.
ocrats may, without abandoning any one Of their
political principles, cooperate with the American
party, which consists of patriots of each of the
old parties, who prefer the welfare of their country
t. the spoils or the pride OF triumphant psrtyism.
Americans prescribe no man for an independents
exercise of his own conscience. Their purpose
is to maintain perfect liberty Of conscience, and
thus to hberate American citizens of all religions
from foreign dominion over their, wills or their
acts The constitution claims paramount civil
allegiance from every citizen Of the United States
and repadiates all other spiritual sovereignty than
that Of God .i l.....ats ... ..a L. i
If there are citizens, native oil. adopted, who
hold any higher allegiance, or bow the conscience
to any other spiritual sovereign, the American
party will not trust them with any other political
power than that Of suffrage guaranteed by the con-
stitution. Let them worship God according TO the
dictates of their own consciences-4let them enjoy
all their constitutional privileges American cit-
.zens, but never acknowledge any foreign power
civil or ecclesiastical, as supreme over their con-
sciences or their constitutional obligations. This
Is the American principle, which does not pro
scribe, but vindicates liberty of conscience~-nor