The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-03
ri "a selsa ron n RESIDENT Ff q
soy WILLARD FILLMORE. ~ =
,%sHlas4e besaa6 Jg' gff of New York.
-x'aibsF OR N n, ga4,1.
ANDREW JACKSON DONELsON
tstlfs et6- at.rt '{aai M sr4l Of Tennessee.
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

ea1.'Ah humble acknowledgement to the Supreme
Being who rules the Universe for His protecting
care, vouchsated to our fathers in their successful
revolutionary struggle, and hitherto manifested to
critics, the Independence and the union OF these States.
tsIl. The representation Of tho Federal Union as the
palladium OF our civil and religious liberties, and the
only sure bulwark Of American independence. yt
sallL Ame1icdnsa pust RUE America; and to this end
,qtiue born citizens should be selected for all State,
Federal and Municipal Offices or Government EN-,
ployln.ent, IN preference to nataralized citizens nev-
z ~ Persons born Of American parents residing
temporarily abroad should be entitledto all the rights
Of. native born citizens; but "A snlz Al Ga 1a.
". No person should be selected for political sta
Won, lwhesh.er II native or foreign BIRTH who recog-
nizes any allegiance or obligation Of any description
TO- any foreign prince, potentate or power, or who
refuses 70 recog,nize The Federal and State Constitu.
tions leach within its sphere) as paramount to all
Other laws asirules Of. political action. sgaq5.
vl.'Ihe unqualified recognition and maintenance
81 the reserved rights of the several States, and the
cultivation 81 harmony and maternal good will he
tween the citizens Of the several States; and to this
end, non.interference by Congress with questions
appeftainingl solely TO the individual States, aud
nonintsrveution by each State with the affairs Of any
VII. The recognition Of the right of the native
porn and natiralized citizens of the United States,
permanently residing in any Territory thereof, to
frame Their Consultation and laws, and to regulate
their domestic and social affairs, in their " mode,
subject only to the provisions Of the Federal Consti.
tntion, with the right of admission into the Union
Whenever tney have the requisite population for one
Representative in Congress; P,ovided ai,oays, that
none but those who are citizens Of the United States,
Under the Constitution and laws thereof, and who
nave,a nxed residence in any such Territory, ought
20 parscspate IN the formation of the Constitution, or
N we enac0neqe OF laws for said Territory or State.
Aiil. An enforcement of the principle that no
state or Territory can admit others than native born
etuAsss 70 tne ngnt o. suffrage, or Of holding politi.
cai office. unless snch persons shall have been natu.
ta,lZed according to the laws Of the United States.
fLA,A cnange in the laws Of naturalization making
2 continued residence Of twenty-one years, Of all moi
nereuiore provided for, an indispensable requisite
LOT citizenship hereafter, and excluding all paupers,
ana persons convicted Of crime, from landing upon
oaa SHORES put no interference with the vested
\. oppesluon to any union between Church and
etate; 10 interference with religious faith or worship.
and no test oaths for Office, except those indicated In
the nth section of this platform.
X! Free and thorough investigation into any and
all alleged abuses of public mctionaries, and a strict
economy in public expenditures, -N> .'AN'
ALL Inc maintenance and enforcement of all laws
nnIil SAD laws shall be repealed, or shall be declared
h' VIII IIa yo,a ~ competent judicial authority.
OF tne present Administration in the general manage.
nlent OF our national affairs, and more especially ms
shown in removing =" Americans (by designationS
anu conservatives in principle from Office, and placing
loieigners and ultraists in their places; as shown in
q ao ,,satkling subseryieney to the stronger, and an in.
solent ana cowardly blavado towards the weaker
powers; as shown in reopening sectional agitation.
sy the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; AZ shown
u. J, gFanung 70 unnaturalized foreigners the right to
s.,n mag in Kansas and Nebraska; as shown in its
,;an : course on the Kansas and Nebrasks ques.
.sohi as SHOWN in,the removal of Judge Bronson from
ne Gollectorship of NewYork upon false and unten.
ape grounds; as shown in disgracing meritorious
naval elhcers through prejudice or caprice; and As
shown IN the laundering mismanagement Of our for.
XIV. Therefore, to remedy existing evils, and pre-.