Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20
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 q Connecticut

p1af1orm II pr1ncip1eB of tho Amer5can Yaxty
 of Connecticut
 Rsssars Tint re dccIare the folloring tp, Dc the principles d the American Party of connsssicut and we cal upon a4 honest citizens to rall together sf
 I. 7ise nsintehance of the Union of the Enitsd States the paramount political good or, to use tie langnAge of WAsaISGros. the primary object of pa triotc desire And hence the full recognition of the several States expressed and rsscrSed in the Con- stituti0n; and careful aYoidance by the 0encrai Government, of all interference with their right by legislative or executive action
 Z Obedience to the Constitution of these United States the supreme law of the Land, obligatory alike on all
 3. A revision and modification of the laws regula- ting immigration and the settlement of immigrants Offering to the honest immigrant who. from love of liberty or hatred of oppression, seeks an asylum n the United States. the protection of flag and laws But unqualified opposition to the transmission to our shores of criminals and paupers
 4. A radical change of our Naturalization Laws.
 5 The support for political stations executive legislative judicial or diplomatic those only who do not hold civil allegiance, directly indirectly to any foreign power whether civil or ecclesiastical and who Americans by birth. or by thorough educa- tion and training thus fulfilling the maxim, ssAMERf cANs ONLY SHALL GOVERN AsEEIcA.' The protection of all persons in the legal and proper exercise of their civil rights and privileges thc maintenance of the right of every to the fu unrestraned and peace full enjoyment of his own rrhsioas opinions and worship xs
 c. Tine education of the youth of our country in schools provided by the Stte which schools shall be common to all without distinction of creed or de nolninational or partizan character. And inasmucl Christianity, H the constitutions of nearly all the States and by the consent of the people of America is considered element of politc, system. and the Holy Bible is at the source of Christianity, and the depository aud fountain of all civil ad relg ious fredun oppose every attempt to exclude It from the schools thus established in the States.
 Ec ad cff,,ut tfl- in.iuSfrv and genius, against the adverse policy of foreign na tiolls also facilities to internal and external com merce, by the improvement of rivers and harbors.
 s. The unconditional restoration of that time hon ored prohibition known as the Missouri Compromise which destroyed in utter disregard of the popu- lar will wrong which lapse of time palliate, and plea for it's continuance justify. And that VIC will use all constitutional means to maintain the positive guarantee of that compact, until the object for which il eaactel has been consnnated by the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as Free States.
 g. rh,t Connecticut will never consent to the ex- tension of Slavery over the common domain of the United States but the contrary believing that the free institutions which An experience almost eo-ev for her, and will be good for all future corirno' weths, she will strive to the best of her ability, to exclude the relation of human bondage from the tional Territories
 lU That 1t is the duty of the General Government to protect, even by armed intervention. if necessary the people of the territories in the exercise of the right of suffrage and that the National An,nistra tion which ncglcc,s to perform this duty s recrent alike to the Constitution and best interests oi the Union.
 IT, Tue union of these States should he made per feet by faithful adherence to tha principles cu,bod jed in the Declaration oi Independence, and confirmed by the Constitution.
 I2 All the principles of the Order to he hence forth everywhere openly avowed each member shall be at liberty to make known the existence of the Or der, a.i,i the fact that he himself is member.