Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-09

The NEW AMERICAN PLATFORM. = We
stated on Wednesday, on what we deemed
good authority, that at the recent session of
the American State Council. the platform of
the party was modified by leaving out the
clause requiring twenty. one years residence
in the country before voter could exercise
the right of suffrage in this State. By the
81 official report of the proceedings, we OBJ
serve that this is not correct; that clause be-
ing retained in substantially the same form
in which it appeared in the original and
somewhat famous Springfield palform."
An addition is also made to that platform, of
another article requiring of the person who
seeks to vote or hold office. that he shall BE-
able to read the Constitution in the English
language, and write mis- name. Some other
unmportant matters are also added, and there
are some omissions, the most significant of
which is the following clause which appeared
ir the Spring eld instrument as a part of the
preamble to the anti slavery part OF it:
g Whereas the success of the Southern del
egates to the National Council, recently held
at Philadelphia, in making abject and un-
complaining submission to pros slavery legis-
lation fundamental article in the creed of
the National American party-renders it i'm
perative upon us to express our views upon
the great question Of the country and the
aSes therefore, &c.
Accompanying the platform is "pledge,'
which we do not remember to have seen be-
lore. 1t is this:
Believing that the above principles are
correct, and that their success is iudispensa-
BILE to the maintenance of an honorable posi-
ton among the nations to the safety of our
free institutions; and to just regard for HUI
man rights, we hereby pledge our honor as
men to work in good faith together for their
establishment.
And we further agree that when we can no
longer act with this organization, or shall de-
sire 10 join any other political party, we will
signify our withdrawal in writing to the of
feers of that branch of the organization with
which we arc connected, and this shall con-
stitute an honorable discharge from this
pledge"
A committee of two from each of the coun-
ties except Nantucket and Dukes, were APP
pointaG to +" reorganize the subordinate coun-
ellis forthwith" Several of the gentlemen
comprising these committees are Fillmore
men, who stood on quite different platform
from the Springfield one. 1t is for the bene.
fit OF these men, we suppose, that the ban of
accommodation against the National Coun-
ell is omitted There is now apparently no
obstacle to the reunion of the two wings of
the American party. The Journal is in favor
of this policy, and the atlas. which to- day ex-
hibits most refreshing feeling OF confidence
in the good intentions of a large portion of
the Southerners, will probably not be averse
to this arrangement. We notice, however,
among these committees, in company with the
Fillmore men OF last November. the names of
quite number Of persons who have just been
engaged in caucuses of the " Fremont party ="
at the State House. This fact leaves us in
So. r.. 4 - - n
aforesaid have come over to the " Fremont
party" or whether their Fremont colleagues
on the recognizing committees have been
passing themselves off as Fremont men for the
purpose Of rebuilding the - American" party.
II is believed that the last of the Hugger-
muggers" is not yet dead. -Boeton 1eis-
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