Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-01


Toe following platform Of principles was
adopted b ths Know-Nolhing Conyentioniately
assembled at Jackson. We publish It for the
accommodation Of our Democratic friends who
are doubtless curious 70 know what are the
lenets NOW held by their elastic snemyi
Rssolrsd, That We deem it q proper time 70
annuneiafe the principles Of our organization
and action as follows
l.. We desire the maintenance OF thia uniol
OF co-tqual sovereign states, under Tie Cohsii~
tuition as our fathers made Il, asthe paramount
political good-psTamount Ia fs adoption %
the security Of the rights OF all sections OF mo
Republic, and the happiness Of our people.
,. The means By which We propose 10 main
'ain it, - obedieuee 10 the Constitution u tho
United States, ana laws passed in pursuance
thereof.
B. We regard The great doctrines OF religious
liberty and the separation u Church aud State
as cardinal principles n OUT GnVefnmsnt-as
well settled and az hfniiy established, sa The
right Of trial BY jury and the writ OF habsas
corpus aud, therefore, we will oppose tue ele-
Walton 10 Office Of ahy aud all persons, who de-
nv The great American doctrine OK liberty 81
conscience, or who favor the union Of Church
aud state, or who recognize any civil allegiance
to any foreign power, prince or potentate what
ever, alike with those who deny 10 the Constl-
tuition Of the United states or TO any act of
Congress made 10 pursuance thereof the force
OF the Supreme law Of the land.
l.. The purity Of the ballot-box-th peace
ful administration of our lsws-tbe safety Of
our people-the integrity OF cur Government
the exclusion OF foreign pauper and criminal
immigration, and the best interest Of the eoun-
try, demand, in our opinion, a material chang
of our naturalization laws, and a radical rev.
sion Of our immigration laws, so as 10 protect
our institutions from the effect OF partisan snc
foreign influence. By this we do not seek Z
abridge in any manner the rights OF those ol
our foreign born population who are naturalizet
under our existing Jaws.
s.. The Territories OF the United States We
holt to be the common property Of the States
and that 10 power exists under the Constitution
to exclude from said territories any portion 0
the people Of the States or Of their property
That we regard it as necessary to the e~xistenct
Of this government, that whenever any terrific
~ may apply to Congress for admission ss q
state, with a constitution republican IN ia
character, such territory should be admitteC
without restriction, whether it allow or pro
hibit slavery.
6. The Tieht to vote is a privilege Of citizen
ship, and should not be extended to foreign i'm.
migrants to a territory before they are natu.
rallied. And no State of the Union ought as 2
matter Of policy to extend the right 81
suffrage to any but citizens Of the Unite,
States.
Z. The agitation Of the subject Of slavery
should cease. The constitutional rights Of tn
South are plain, pslpable, well defined and vel
understood, and We believe they should no Ion
ger be treated as open questions. We spprovl
of, and will stand BY the platform and actor
Of TIE Convention. Of the State Of Mississippi
in 1851. We hold It 20 be the duty IT all con
s~srvative men to unite in suppressing the agita
ton Of the slavery question, as it endangeT
the permanence, and eventually may cause
dissolution Of the Union.
s. That the necessity for secrecy in our or
ganization having ceased, the same should nj
longer be observed, and that hereafter all citi
zens shall be regarded as members of our part
who believe and act with Us.
The following resolution in relation to GoE
WALKER aud Kansas was adopted:
RssOlusd, Thatin the opinion Of this Conven
tior, the sentiments avowed by Robert J. Walk
er, Governor Of Kansas, in his Inaugural Ad
dress and his speech TO the members OF The il
legal and fraudulent Legislature. recently as
sembled in that territory, though but the legiti
mate result Of the organic law Of the territory
are Justly obnoxious 70 the censure and con
demnatioh Of all lovers Of the country, and tina
the tacit approval o. these sentiments by ID
, present Democratic Administration, 10 not re
calling Mr.. Walker from the Office be so IN
worthily fills, subjects it to equalif not create
condemnation.