The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-24
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~ to Am~JosS P0sy, ddoptsd AZ Ms SssioN ~ ~
fnneiY ri National QssncR Jssas 2 1857. ~ eaI y
raaic,st. An humble, acknowledgement 70 che su.
pgpreme Being for His protecting care vouchsafed
to our fathers in their successful Revolutionary
struggle, and hitherto manifested to Us their de-
ccedants In the preservation ofthe liberties, tho
Independence, and the union Of theee States. 4
vail I'D. The perpetnation of the Federal Union, b
aid hei palladium of our civil and regi0ua liberties
siand the only sure bulwark Of American Indepers
Sence. - i4Ial3s ~ NJ 80 !
3D. iasrsca,.s nsst rule A,nerica, and TO thiS
end netive-born citizens should be selected for aI
iAtete;i Federal ana municipal Offices or govern
qinsst employment In preference to all Others :
nevertheless ~
snsl Persons born Of American parents residing
ntsnporsrily abroad, should be entitled to all the
rights of sative-born citizens but s.,9g 4.s .f
ow 6thI No person should be selected for political
rsts ON, whether ofnatiye or foreign birth, who
Recognises any allegiance or obligation Of any de-
scripton to any foreign prince, potentate or power
bof wh0ISfuses to recognise the Federal and State
constitutions each within its sphere as paramount
to all other laws as rules Of political action.
lsg 9th. The unqualified recognition and maintS-
pance of the reserved rights Of the several States,
Gand the cultivation Of harmony and fraternM good
WILL between the citizens Of the several States and
{, this end, non-intererence by Congress- with
questions appertaining solely to the individual
ektates, and nonintervention by each State with
sths affairs o1 any other State ,l's
7th.l Thsrecogniton Of tho ! Rht Of the native.
sbornmd naturalized citisens Of tho United States
permanently residing In any Territory the aeof, tp
frame their constitution and laws, and to gplste
their domestic and social afarS Id their own mode
subject only to the provisions Of the Federal Com
stitutiony With the privilege 0f admission into the
Union Whenever they haye the requisite popnIar
ton for one Representative Id Congress-. PROVIDED
ialDays, chat none but those who are citizens oI
the United States under the constitution and laWa
thereof and who have fxed residence In any
such Territory, ought TO participate in the forma.
ton of the constitution, or in the enactment oi
laws for said Territory or State. II -.a
81 6thl An enforcement of the principle that no
9tate or Territory ought to admit others than citi
xens Of the United States to the right of suffrage
or Of holding political Office. -~
eth A change in the laws OF naturalization,
of all not hereinbefore provided for, n indispen.
sable requisite for citizenship hereafter and ex.
cuding allpaupers, and persons convicted Of crime,
from handing upon orr shores but no interference
with ths vested righ' Of Foreigners. .e5
Z gl0th.i Opposition to any union between Church
and State; no interference with religious faith, OF
worship, and no test oaths for Office.
18th. Free and thorough investigation into any
and all alleged abuses of public functionaries and
strict economy In public expenditures.
i 18th, The maintenance and enforcement of al
laws constitutionaly enacted until said laws shall
be repealed, or shall be declared null ind void by
competent judicial authority. X uaT
18th. A free and open discussion of all political
principles embraced in our platform. fa.45 ag.lf4