Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-03-14
indreW jackson Dsaclson for Vice
psi President,


President is Andrew jackson Dennelson
of Tennesee,--an old friend and near
relative Of the Iafe President Jackson,
slais aaFssesy daring his asAitliistta-
tion,-and for more .than thirty years bis
warm personal friend. Too honest a nd
patriotic to folloR in the wake Of modern
Democracy, be long since took farewell Of
it,--and is new as he has been I tree Ameri-
eau. To those who would know npre Of
him, we eommendfhe following frank and
manly definition of his position aud princi-
pies, as delivered before the. American Mass
Meeting in the New York Park, on the
evening Of the 9Th Of June last
On Seuaraism .saiwaiizatioa Lqms--
the .4ggressioas 81 Tie c4wea Of Rome.
ma The Foresgn Tois.
President Pierce and Hr. Seward have
formed their coalition in such a way as 10
secure the foreign vote, and to enlist the
Catholics as partizans in that caase. To
counteract this coalition, the American party
proposes to modify the naturalization laws,
and to enter into political brotherhood with
no ceelesiastic OF. .seetarian who processes to
owe allegiance 70 any power besides the
Constitution Of tie United States. There
is nerWrong here done to any human being.
The foreigner who has acquired the rights
ofeitizenship, as lie vllues those rights can
not object 10 place them beyond the assaults
qf those paupers and criminals who are lam
ding on our shores by The thousand. Nor
ought tie Catholic to feel surprised that the
american mind looks with distrust aud ap-
prehension upon hierarchy which mall
other countries has sought to connect the
Church and State, and whose history has
been one continual Struggle for dominion
in temporal as well as secular matters. We.
aIe charged with establishing a religious
'eo', aad assailing the great natural right Of
all human beings, 10 worship AIniighty COG
according 10 tho. dictates Of their own con
science. The charge is false. The posi-
tion Of the American party on thisquestiea
i as clear as daylight. 1t simply announ-
ees to the Catholic Bishops that ifthey pos
ess tue power to organize their commandments
with political train bands to support sys-
fem dangerous to l'berty aud subversige OF
the Constitution, ii islawful to oppose them.
We say that it Is lawful 10 oppose them.
-by our votes, at least until they can show
that their allegiance the Pope is subordi-
nate to that Of obedience to the constitution
Of the Land. The Pope claims ipfallibili
tv,-tLe power Of par,loning SINS. He
claims the right OF deposipg Princes and
poteEtates. Let his followers satisfy US
that these pletensions are not claimed by
them, and they viii find the American party
as wiling to meet them in the bonds Of .
common and equal citizenship as any other
class Of church men
dismiss this part Of the snbiccs with
the declaration that the idea incorporated
into the platform, that Americans must
rule America. is as old as the Constitution
and has been maintained By all the early
statesmen of the Land. Il Is not the pro-
scription of the Catholic, but timely and
salutary warning to him that if the infu-
epce of his church is brought into the po-
litical arena, as an element Of power, il Will
be opposed with canlor ans, llankness, and
! trust with success.
On The Sloverg Qaesfioa-tte Kaasq;-.ie-
Brqska BM-fie Demqgoyues, fle .7gi-.
fators, e,td The WALTERS.
We are not insensible to the fact that the
bill erecting governments il Kansas and
Nebraska, has caused great agitation, and
has rendered the vituperationof the eonser-
yative men of all sections necessary to tram
quilize the country But how can these con-
seryative men ae: Can they do anything
but invoke the people to survey once more
the cbarsc ter Of this question, and apply
toit the old doctrine OF our Fathers, that
slavery IS local Institution, regulated BY
the authorities having competent jurisdiction
over it. 1t is impossible to restore the
Missouri Compromise, because the people Of
those territories have, under existing laws,
rights which Congress cannot touch No
matter what may be thought of the folly and
reeklessness of Mr.. Pierce and his cabinet,
in re-opcning the slavery questioh, by the
passage of these bills in question, al dis
passionate men must admit that their repeal
il nov, an ilnpossibility, or if practicable,l
that the repeal would only widen :te breach
between the North and the South. ID
Of the necessity ef a. sime'icaa P@ty--a
party Of fhs People 70 0Rpasstss Polite
Clans.
What care they for the good Of the coun-
Try provided that the agitation gave. them
the power 10 make q President With Mr..
Davis at the head Of the Slavery party, and ]
sIr. Seward at The head of the Anti-Sla- !