Daily American Organ

The following preamble and resolutions, adopted at a mass meeting of the citizens of Washington, on the 27th day of September last, present the general sentiments of the "American party" in this city, and will doubtless be read with interest by the friends of American principles throughout the country, to wit:

Whereas, a public meeting of citizens of Washington was held at Carusi's Saloon, on the 19th instant, upon a call made in and approved by the Executive organ, the proceedings of which, in the resolutions said to have been adopted at that meeting, and in the speeches of certain selected orators at a subsequent adjourned meeting, are now spread before the public eye in the columns of said organ, and its kindred presses, with approbation; and whereas said resolutions, however dressed up in abstract professions of patriotism, assail principles dear to the American heart and necessary to the safety of the constitution and to the peace and prosperity of our country; and whereas, the Executive is invoked therein to remove from public employment such officeholders as entertain those principles, thereby to perpetrate a ruthless proscription of both Whigs and Democrats for an honest difference of opinion: therefore--

Resolved, That mere professions of love to the constitution and to civil and religious freedom, when contradicted by actions, cannot deceive the sensible and vigilant guardians of American liberty, whose apprehensions have been excited at beholding the strides that have been made toward a complete control of our government by the subjects of a foreign potentate well-known as the avowed enemy of our whole American system, to whose overthrow they are solemnly devoted.

Resolved, That as vigilant custodians of that beneficent system of civil and religious freedom bequeathed to us by the fathers of the republic, it is our duty to meet and repel all insidious attacks upon our liberties as well as all open assaults; and that we view with indignation and alarm the assertion of principles and purposes, on the part of the recognised exponents of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, subversive of our republican institutions, which constitute aggressions of such a character that, if not now resisted, will lead, at no distant day, to the overthrow of the American Constitution and the complete establishment of despotism.

Resolved, That while, in the past political divisions of the country, as Whigs and Democrats, we have struggled in honest conflict over contested principles and measures, all of which are now settled, yet in the present crisis of danger to all that both parties hold dear we will bury every remembrance of past opposition, and pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor not to cease our exertions until our country shall be freed from the dangers that now menace it.

Resolved, That we proclaim, as the cardinal principles of our political and moral creed, a sacred regard for the constitution in all its provisions, upon which are based our glorious American principles-freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, freedom of conscience, freedom of the press, together with a school system for the diffusion of intelligence, sanctified by an open Bible as the rule of faith and practice, holding as an established principle that intelligence and virtue are essential to the success of a free government.

Resolved, That while we welcome to our country the victims of tyranny from foreign lands, and offer them a place by our side under the shield of our constitution, we claim for Americans the right to govern their own country; and those who do not like our government have our hearty consent to go elsewhere in the pursuit of happiness.

Resolved, That the fourth resolution of the meeting at Carusi's Saloon, recommending to the President of the United States proscription of all officers of the federal government who may have thought fit to become members of the association of Know Nothings-a recommendation which, before its adoption, had been recognised and acted upon by the Executive of the United States-proposes an alarming and dangerous infraction of the principles of self-government, and calls for the prompt and decisive rebuke of all the free citizens of these United States, without distinction of party, sect or creed.

Resolved, That every Protestant denomination in the United States maintains the constitutional principle of a separation of Church and State--in which principle American Catholics sincerely concur; while on the other hand, the Papal Church abroad openly, and here maintains the doctrine of obedience of civil to the ecclesiastical authority, both in Europe and America; the sad and ruinous effects of which, in the one, are seen in countless emigrants flying from its tyranny and misery to our own happy land, and in the other, in the ignorance and poverty of the masses, in the wealth and vices of the clergy, and in the ceaseless insurrections, massacres, and proverbial instability of our Southern sister Republics.

Resolved, That upon these principles we appeal from the opinions, whose proclamation has caused this meeting, to the people of the United States; and, although we might infer they are an exponent of executive feelings, from the official positions of those who controlled the proceedings, yet we will still hope that the President, who alone has the power, will arrest the proscription already begun of faithful office-holders, both Democrats and Whigs, for daring to entertain American and Protestant sentiments, and will reject the mercenary suggestion urged upon him by the fourth resolution of the meeting last week as a covert scheme to gratify the appetite of office seekers at the expense of many who zealously and efficiently aided in his elevation to power, and whose removal under existing circumstances will fix an indelible stain upon him as the President of the United States.

Resolved, That having seen the denunciations that almost daily issue from certain presses against the "fusionists" of the North, who are denounced as absorbed in "the traitorous factions" which distract those States, by which they are one after another being placed in opposition to the administration, we were astonished to hear the pressing invitation in the second resolution of our opponents to men of all political opinions, without regard to their "political antecedents," to form a "fusion" with them in their future action-an invitation broad enough to include Garrison, Abby Kelly, and Fred. Douglas, besides their coadjutors in the two houses of Congress.

Resolved, That we, too, appeal to all Americans who love the Union, which "must be preserved " and the constitution, which established and maintains it, and the rights of the States which compose it, and especially to the religious, the moral, and the order-loving classes, to unite with us in effecting the reforms necessary to the safety and prosperity of our country, believing, as we do, that it is high time the career of interested and unscrupulous demagogues should be checked, and the government be placed in the hands of men acquainted with its character and spirit, and who duly value its countless blessings.

And whereas we believe in the competency, ability, and right of American-born citizens to govern their own country: therefore

Resolved, That we will not vote for nor assist in elevating foreigners by birth to offices of trust, emolument, or honor under our government; nor will we vote for or assist in elevating to such offices any American-born citizens who recognise or hold themselves under any allegiance whatever to any foreign prince, potentate, power, or authority.

Resolved, That the naturalization laws ought to be totally repealed or materially altered, and the term of residence before admission to the rights of citizenship be extended to the period of twenty-one years.

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