American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-09-20
AMERICAN PLATFORM

III Uelr successful Revolutionary strrgyle,
and hitherto manifested 70 us, their descend.
ants, in the preservation OF the libcvies, The
independence, and the union OF these States
2a. The perpe,uation Of the Federal Union
as the palladium - our civil and religious
liberties, and the cfly sure bulwUEk oi1Amer.
lean Independence. '71lA .''- OBS
sd. AMERICANS ystUsr rule ANEaicA, >audI
TO this end, matire. born citizens should hfse.
lec,ed for all State, Federal and municipal.
offices or government employment, IL prei.
erence TO natpralized citizens nevertheless,
4,h. Persons born OF American parents
residing temporarily abroad, should be emit.
tied TO all the rights Of natipe-bom citizens
but ~ '". r''''''' h'. ... '.E
9th. No person should be selected for pc.
itical stations whether ofnative or foreign
birth, who recognizes any allegiance or OBJ.
legation of any description to any foreign
prince, poten,a,e or power, or who refuses
to recognize the Federal and State coustitu-
lions leach within its sphere) as paramount
to all other laws, as rules of political action.
9th. The unqualified recognition aud main.
tenance Of the reserved rights of the several
States, and the cultivation Of harmony and
fraternal good will, between the citizens of
the several Safes, and ,o-this end, noninter-
ietence by Congress with questions apper.
tanning solely to the individual States, and
non.n,erven,ion by each State with the af-
fairs Of any other State. ......
S,h Tho racnrr;,;,n IF al. lob, >c al,
native born and na,uralized citizens Of the
United States, permanently residing in any
territory thereof, TO frame their constitution
and laws, and to regulate their domestic and
social affairs in their owsl mode, subject only
TO the provisions OF the Federal Constitution,
with the right Of admission into the Union
whenever they have the requisite popuIa.
ton for one Representative in Cuugress.-
Proridsd al1Cays, that none bu, those who
are citizens Of the United States, under the
constitution and laws thereof, and who have
fixed residence in any such Territory,
ought to participate in the formation of the
constitution, or in the enactment Of laws
for said Territory or State.
9Th An enforcement, Of the principle tina,
S.a.o T,,.:,e..S Wv, r''"s, , ,"",
,,a,f,o. Nom n,,;,an. - ,ha r;a,, ~ s,,r,a,Sa'
or Of holding political Office, unless such
person shall have been naturalizel accord.
ing to the laws Of the United States .
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