Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-03-22
Platform Of the National American
Party.

Party.
lst An humble acknowledgment of the
Supreme being who rules the universe, for
His protecting cafe vouchsafed to our fathers
in their successful revolutionary struggle: and
hitherto manifested to US, their descendants
in the preservation Of the Liberties, the inde-
pendence and the union Of these States.
I'd. The perpetuation of :he. Federal Union.
as the palladium OF our civil and religious
liberties. and the only sure bulwark of Amer
lean independence.
Sd. Americans must rule America and !
to this end native born citizens should be Sc. I
lected Tor all State federal and municipal |
Offices or government employment, in pre-
ferencs to naturalized citizens nevertheless,
4th Persons born of American parents re-
siding temporarily abroad should be entitled
| to all the rights Of a native born citizen
but,
5th. No person should be selected for po-
litical station whether of native OF foreign
birth) who recognizes any allegiance or obli-
CATION Of any description to any foreign prince,
potentate or power, or who refuses to recog-
nize the Federal and State Constitutions
leach within its sphere) as paramount to all
other laws, as rules Of political faction.
9th. The unqualified recognition and main.
tainance Of the reserve! rights Of the several
States, and the cultivation Of harmony and fra
ternal good will between the citizens of the
several States and to this end, nom inte rfersnce
by Congress with questions appartaining solely
to the individual States, and non-inteiventlon
by each State with the affairs of any other
State
7th. The recognition Of the right of natu-
rallied and born citizens of the United
eiI;pO in 'Tarrifnrv
thereof TO frame their constitution and laws.
and to regulate their domestic and social at
fairs in their own mode. subject only to the
provisions of the Federal Constitution, with
the right of admission into the Union when.
ever they have the requisite population for one
Representative IN Congress, provided always.
that none but those v ho are citizens of the Uni.
ted States under the constitution and laws
thereof. and who have fixed residence in any
such Territory. ought to partici pate in the for
nation of the constitution. or in the enact
ment Of laws for said Territory or State.
sth. An enforcement Of the principle that
no State or Territory can admit others than
native born citizens to the right Of suffrage, or
of holding poitica! Office. unless such person
shall have been naturalized according to the
. laws OF the United States.
, 9TH A change in the laws of naturalization
l MA fig COIttlIlucu IcSlOeuCc VI \" sOHc
yearA. Of all not heretofore provided for, an
: Indispensable requ,site for citizenship hereaf-
! ter, hnd excluding all paupers and persons
eonv victed of crime. from landing uron our
, shores; but no interference with the vested
rights Of foreigners.
Z 10th. Opposition to any union between
Chusch and State no intertt renee with rei.
gious faith. or worship. and no test oaths for
> office except those indicated in the 5th sec.
tion, Of this platform.
Il ith. Free and thoroug gibinvestigation into
any and all alleged abuses of public function
ariek and strict economy in public expend.
<: itures.
I l2th. The maintenance and enforcement oi
all Jaws until said laws shall be repealed, OF
shall I've declared null and a'oid by competent
judi icial authority.
18th Opposition to She reckless and unwise
d policy of the present Administration IN the
e general manag gement of our national affairs
. and more especially as shown IN removing
Americans iby desgnation) and conservatives
in principle. from office, and placing forgner ri
= and utraists in their places; as shown in
j trucking suoserviency to the stronger, and
{ an insolent and cowardly bravado toward:
3 the weaker powers: as shown in re-olenlne
Il sectional agitation, by the repeal of the MIS-
4 souri Compromise: as shown in granting Il
Is uni haturalized foreigners the right to suftragt
q in Kansas and Nebraska; as shown in tht
. va$cilatins course on the Kansas and Nebras
= ka question: as shown in the removal o
v Judge Bronson from the Collectorship Of New
j. York upon false and untenable grounds; a
+ she own in the corruptions which pervade SOM
e of the departments Of the Government;
= shown in disgracing mertorious naval officer
;e Though prejudice or caprice; ard as show'
20 20 in the bIundering mismanagement OF our ter
=, cikn relations
er l4th. Therefore, to remedy existing e'li'
ANA prevent the disastrous consequences oth
'e ,e erw wise we would build up the "Amerlca
3 party'' upon the principles hereinbefore sta
re ted, esche wing all sectional questions. an
" uniting upon those purely national, and admit
Il ting into said party all American citizens
y. (reterred to in the Sd 4th and 5th sections.
~ who openly avow the PRINCIPLES and oFnlon
Do heretofore expressed, and who will subscrIb
v their names to this platform. Provided. pev
~, ertheless that a majority of those member
10 present at any meeting of local counc
where an applicant applies for memoersh'
en- in the American party may for any reaso
IN by them deemed sufficient, deny admission
Of such applicant. ,
a; a; 18th. A free and open discussion OF all Pc
~. litical principles embraced in our platform.
IL A WESTERN PAPER-The editor OF tn
10 Wisconsin Mirror, in his paper for Januar
b. 1st, says: I'VE are doing what perhaps hi
T. never been done in the United states before