Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-23
PLATFORM
IN he american Party, adopted at the session
0 National Council, June 9, 1857.

(r he american Party, ddopted at the session Of tie
0 National Council, June 9, 1857.
st. An humble acknowledgment to the Su-
preme Being, for His protecting care vouchsafed
to o,lr fathers in their successful Revolutionary
ttrugglc, and hitherto manifested to us, their de-
ccendants in the preservation of the liberties, the
Independence, and the union Of these States.
ID. The perpetuation OF the Federal Union, as
the palladium of our civil and religious liberties,
aud The only sure bulwark Of American Indepen.
denCe.
Sd. Americans must rule America, and to this
end ,ldtivebon citizens should be selected for all
State, Federal, and municipal Offices govern
Ine7t employment. in preference to all others:
nevertheless,
IN. Persons born Of American parents residing
tnnporBrily abroad, should be entitled to all the
rights OF native-born citizens but
9th. No person sGould be selected for political
station, whether OF native or foreign birth, who
recognises any allegiance or obligation of any de-
sciption to any foreign prince, poentlte or power,
or who refuses to recognise the Federal and State
constitutions each within its sphere) paramount
to all ether laws, as rules Of political action.
eth. The unqualified recognition and mainte-
nance OF the reserved rights Of the several States,
aud the cultivation Of harmony and fraternal good
WILL between the citizens of the several States and
to this end, non.interferencc by Congress with
questions appertaiuing solely to the individual
/ tates, and non-interventon by each State with
the affairs Of any other State. ..
9TH. The recognition of the ght OF the native
born and naturalzed citizens OF the United States,
permanently residing in any Territory the eeoi, to
frame their constitution and laws and to Nguate
their domestic and social affairs in their own mode,
subject only to the provisions Of the Federal Con-
sitution, with the privilege OF admission into the
Union whenever they have the requisite popua-
tion for one Representative in Congress Provided
al,oays, that none but those who citizens OF
the United States, under the constitution and laws
thereof and who have fixed residence 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.
Sth. An enforcement Of the principle that no
State or Territory ought to admit others than citi
zens Of the United States to the right Of suffrage,
or oiboldhlg political Office.
9th. A change in the laws OF naturalization,
making continued residence OF twenty-one years,
Of all not hereinbefore provided for, n indspen-
sable requisite FOR citizenship hereafter, and ex-
cujing all paup1 and persons convicted Of crime
from landing upon orr shores but no interference
with the vested righ's Of foreigners.
10th. Opposition to any union between Church
aud State no interference with religious faith, or
W a slip, and no test caths for Office.
lth. Free and thorough investigation into any
and all alleged abuses Of public functionaries, and
ST. ct economy in public expenditures
l2tn. The maintenance and enforcement of all