Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-06-12

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10th. The naturalization laws must be
amended a1.
l1th. "Squattcr Sovereignty" and alien
suffrage must be repudiated.
18th. Americans must rule America
There is nothing here. not taught in the
Constitution of the United States, and
nothing here repugnant to the spirit and
letter of that instrument of liberty and
law. The provision of the Constitution
which requires the Presidentof the United
States to be native born citizen-which
requires the Vice President to possess the
same qualifications with the President
which, in the foreign-born, imposes nine
years residence, after naturalization, as
qualification of candidate for the United
States Senate, and residence of seven
years, after naturalization, as aqualifca- a
ton for Representative in Congress
which forbids test oaths for office, and the
maintenance of an established Religion,
are all part and parcel of our faith and
practice. So far from departing from any
provision of the Constitution we seek to
restore respect for its trainers, and an
entire and hearty obedience to its provi-
sions. 1t is, above and beyond all other
records of political creeds, the platform of
the American party.
But we cannot shut our eyes to other
issues which have been forced upon us by
the Democratic party, which is not only
not what it was in times past, but which
seems to have outlived its consistency, its
usefulness, and its virtues. 1t has different
faces for different parts of the country,
and different phases to illustrate its many
creeds. 1t has involved the government
in great difficulty, and no man feels secure
in the future while this party is in power
Under Democratic Administrations there
has been an open violation of law in the
Territory of Utah. A social system which
would have disgraced the dakest ages, ut
terly repugnant to civilization, rejecting
the highest dishonor upon the government,
a fostering sore upon the political body,
and every day growing from bad to worse,
exists and has existed for four years past
within the borders of our own government.
We condemn this outrage upon morals and
humanity, and desire to see the nuisance
abated. We trace it, however, as one of
the natural ills incident to that system of
which seeks to fill the ma
ton with criminals, paupers, aud fanatics
from the old world. We trace the great
majority of wrongs in Utah, the acts of
treason, the cases of arson, the multitude
of murders, the cruel banishments, the
beastly intercourse, to that unnatural in
difference to those who, serpent-like, have
crept into the bosom of the nation in order
to sting and destroy it.
Other questions of great importance
though of less magnitude also attract our
attention. The public domain, secured by
a common treasure and common sacrifice
of blood and labor, the commol property
of the nation, is distributed without re-
gard to the general ownership, and with
layishness of appropriation which shows
an utter indifference to the just claims and
true wants Of the American people. -
Who can arrest these evils and restore
the Government to its ancient landmarks +;
but the American people? Where else is J
there sure hope of the union of the
States with that free expression of opinion
which belongs to every Commonwealth of
the Republic, and to every citizen in the I
Union? II
We call then upon our countrymen all
over the land to organize and act Let
them seek seek to live honor, strength,
and perpetuity to our glorious
Union by making the love of country and
Of the whole country passion and a prin-
oiple. a. K
The past in our nation is made glorious ,
by the patriotism and heroism Of our noble {
ancestry of Southern men of the stamp ,
and character of him who led the great ;
armies of the Revolution, and of those
who were distinguished undeE the con-
federation and in the convention where /
beamed the constitution, Northern men,
too, of the stamp and character of the son
of Massachusetts, who nominated George
Washington of Virginia to be General-in- |
Chief of the armies Of the Republic, and !
like him received the sword of tho leading |
British General on Southern soil at the
instance of the forcver-!oved, Heaven pro-
tected Father Of our common country.