Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-23
WASHINGTON. THURSDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER % 1856

PIatform or the American Party. adopted
AT the session OF the National CopRcil,
! February 1Ist, 1855. ti 4AHW fR18o ~
LIST. An humble acknowledgement to the So
prene Being, for His protecting care vouchsafed
10 our fathers in their successful Revolutionary
struggle, and hitherto manifested TO us, their de-
scendants in the preservation Of the liberties the
independence, and the union Of these States.
Z I'd. The perpetuation of the Federal Union, as
the palladium Of our civil and religious liberties
and the only sure bulwark of American Indepen-
dence 8teHs II @s@at ~
= Sd. Amsrjoa,ss mast rule Amsrica, and to this
end natics-born citizens should be selected for all
State Federal, and municipal Offices or orgovernnent
epp' oyment, In preference to all others: never
thsless, 3sifsaTG sleaa
! 4th. Persons born of American parents residing
tsmporarily abroad, should be entitled to III the
rights Of nstivetborn citizens; but t.stA U.s. Z
u 9th. No person should b selected for polisacAR
station whether ~ nsdve o. f6fcfgh bfrth,) who
fscognises any allegiance or obliSation Of any de-
seripson TO any foreign prince potentate or power,
OF who refuses 70 recognise the Federal and State
constitutions leach within tn sphere) Is paramount
to all other laws, as rules Of political action
9Th. The unqualified recognition and mainte-
nance Of the reserved rights Of the several States,
and the cultivation Of harmony and fraternl good
TO this end, non-interference by Congress with
questions appertaining solely to the individual
States and non-intervention by each State with
the affairs q any other State. 9as'i2
7th. The recognition Of the right Of the native
born and naturalized citizens of the United States
permanently residing In any Territory thereof to
frame their constitutioA and lswA and to regulate
their domestic and social affairs in ths own mode,
subject only 10 the provisions Of the Federal Con-
uxr<,
Union wheuever they have the requisite popula-
tlon for one Representative in Congress. Pyouided
alssays, that none but those who are citizens Of
the United States under the constitution and laws
thereof and who have a fixed reaidence In any
such Territory, ought to participate In the forma-
tion OF the constitution, or in the enactment of
laws for said Territory or State. ai i23 sgts
9Th. An enforcement of the principle that no
State or Te'ritory ongh TO admit others than citi
or of holding political Office.
eth. A change in the laws of naturalization
making q Continued residence Of twenty -one years.
ofall not hsrsnbcEs provided for an indispensable
requisite forcitixenshp hereafter and excluding all
paupoSs and persons convicted Of crime, from land
ing upon our shores but no interference with the
vested rights Of foreigners. ..,s,s. a.ia IN,
10th. OppoatiOn to any union between Church
and State; no interference with religious faith, or
"
Y l1th. Free and thorough Investigation into any
and all alleged abuses Of public functionares and
"a strict economy in public expenditures. 9
18th. The maintenance and enforcement Of all
laws constitutionaiy enacted, until said laws shall
be repealed, or shall be declared null and void by
competent judicial authority II. d s4 s.sa 4- s
- a8ths E6Ppusitsun to the, reckless and unwise
policy of the present administration In the general
management Of our national affairs, and more os-
pecially as shown in removing 'sAmericans" !" (by.
designation) and conservatives in principla from
Office, and placing foreigners and ultraists in their
places % shown in d trucking subservency to
the stronger, and an inselent and cowardly brava-
do towards the weaker powers; as shown in re-
opening sectional agitation by the, repeal of the
Missouri Compromise; as shown in granting to un-
naturalzed foreigners tho right Of suffrage in Kan
sas and Nebraska shown In its vacillatipg course
on the Kansas and Nebraska question - shown
in the corruptions which pervade some of the de-
partments of the government; as shown in dis
gracing meritorious naval officers through preiu
dice or caprice |; and a. shown in the blunderng
mismanageinsnt of our foreign relations.
l4th> Therefore, to remedy existing evils, and
prevent the disastrous consequences otherwise re-
sulting therefom, we would build up the z Amsri-
can party" upon the principles hereinbefore stated
10th, That each State Council shall have antho-
rity to amend their several constitutions so as
abolish the sGverAl degyseS and institute pledge
Of honor instsad Of other obligations for fellow
ship and admis sion into the partysfrf
18th, A fbee. and cpen discussion of all political
princplsa e@AraDed ID our platorm.hrB a,g