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. . . mrnvr A T PTTTXT- riL THE iMERiCAK PARTY, fcegun rtJi I AeMar Philadelphia, on vu ow june, ji. x. 1855, tlu following vas ot as THE FLATJj-ujm AND PRINCIPLES UJ? tit 18 ORGANIZATION. t xhe acknowledgcm?nt of that Almighty Be- ia TTnivoruft. who nres'd s over lflir. WHO IUK.O v ' ' . the Councils of nations who conducts the affairs of men. and who, in every step dv wmcn c Sed to the character of an hifependent natwo has distinguished us by some token of Providential agen- II. The cultivation and development of a senti ment of profoundly intense . American fedmg;jOf passionate attachment to oar country, iw hbuhj 'its institutions; of admiration Injtey our National existence; of veneration, for the hero ism that precipitated our Revolution ; and I of emula tion of the virtue, wisdom and patriotism that framed onr Constitution and first succesfully applied its pro- IIL The maintainance of the union oT the5 Unit-d States as the paramount political good ; or, to u. the language of Washington, " the primary l.Wt of natrioti desire.' And hence : 1st. Opposition to all attempts to weaken orsub- vert if 2d. Uncompromising antagonism in every princi- . pie of policv that endanger it f 1 &1. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment of politi, ai difference which threatened its integrity Ssuppression of all tendencies to political division, founded on - geographical destinations, or on the belief that there is a real difference of inter ests and views " between the various sections of the 'zth The full recognition of the rights of the sev eral States, as expressed and reserved in the Consti tution ; and a careful avoidance, by the General Gov ernment, of all interfence with their rights by legis lative or executive action. I v.Obedience to the Constitution of these Uni ted States, as the supreme law of the land, sacredly obligatory upon its parts. and members ; and' stead fastrcsistance to the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. Avowing that in all doubt or disputed points it may only be le gally ascertained and expounded by the Judicial pow er of the United States. And, as a corollary to the above : 1. A habit of reverential obedience to the law3, whether National, State, or Municipal, until they are either repealed or declared unconstitutional by the proper authority. 2. A tender and sacred regard for those acts of statesmanship, which are to be contra-distinguished from acts of ordinary legislation, by the fact of their being of the nature of compacts and agreements; and so, to be considered a fixed and settled national policy. V. " A radical revision and modification of the laws regulating immigration, and the settlement of immigrants. ' Offering to the honest immigrant who, from - love of liberty or tired of oppression, seeks an asylum in the United States, "a friendly reception and 'protection. But unqualifiedly condemning the trans mission to our shores, of fellons and paupers. VI. The essential modification the Naturalization .Laws. ! The repeal by the Legislatures of the respective "States, of all State laws allowing foreigners not nat uralized to vote, The repeal, without retrocative operation, all acts . of Congress making grants of land to unnaturalized foreigners, and -allowing them to vote in the Territo ries. ... , YIL Hostility to the corrupt means by which the leaders of party have hitherto forced upon us our rulers and our political creeds. Implicable enmity against the prevalent demoraliz ing system of rewards "for political subserviency, and of punishments for political independence. Disgust for the wild hunt after office which char acterizes the age. These on the one hand. On the other. Imitation of the practice of the purer days of . the Republic ; and admiration of the maxim that " office should seek the man, and not man the office," and of the rule that, the just mode of ascertaining fitness for office is the capability, the faithfulness and the honesty of the incumbent or candidate. "VII. Resistance to thj aggressive policy and rupt tendencies of the Reman Catholic Church in our country by the ; advancement to all political sta . tions executive, legislative, judicial or diplomatic - of those only who not hold civil allegiance, directly or indirectly; to any foreign power whether civil or ecclesiastical and who are Americans by birth, edu cation and training : thus fulfilling the maxim, "Americans oxly shall aovenx America." The protection of all citizens in the legal and pro- proper exercise or then civil and religious rights and privileges; the maintenance of the right of every man to the full, unrestrained and peaceful en joyment of. his own religious opinions and worship, and a jealous resistance of all attempts by any sect, denomination or church to obtain an ascendency over any other in the State,: by means of any special com bination of its membJrs, or by a division of then civil allegiance with any foreign" power, potentate, or ecclesiastic. " . IX. -The reformation of the charter of our Na tional Legislature, by elevating to the dignified and responsible position, men of higher aspiration, purer morals, and more unselfish patriotism. . X. The restriction of executive patronage, es pecially in the matter of appointments to office so far as it may be permitted by the Constitution, and consistent with the public good. , XL The education of the youth of our eountry in schools provided by the State ; which Bchools shall be common to alL without distinction of creed or party, and free from any influence of a denominational or partizan character And, inasmuch as 'Christianity by the Constitutions of nearly all the States ; by the decisions of the most eminent judicial. authorities ; and by the consent of the people of American, is considered an element of our political system; and as the Holy Bible is at once 'the source of Christianity, and the depository and fountain of all" civil and religious freedom, we op pose every attempt to exclude it from the schools thus established in the States. XII. The American party having arisen upon the ruins and in spite of the opposition of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot oe held in any manner re sponsible for the obnoxious act3 or violated pledges of either. And the systematic agitation of the Slavery question by those parties having elevated sectional hostility into a positive element of practical power, and brought our institutions into peril, it has therefore be come the imperitive duty of the American party to interfere, for the purpose of giving peace to the coun try and perpetuity (to the Union. And as experience has shown it impossible to reconcile opinions so ex treme as those which separate the disputants, and as 'there can be-no dishonor in submitting to the laws. tee of common justice and of future peace, to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon the subject of jk iiauwuu vjuuueu nag aeemea 1L me rteec trmnin. isavery, as a tmal and conclusive settlement of that . And regarding it the highest dutr to ''avow-iW opinions upon a subject so important, in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby declare as the sense of this National CbrmeiL that tmnesa Travel power, under the Constitution to legislative upon the subject of Slavery in the States wW it tnM7 . . exist, or to exclude "any State from admission into the . union, uwuw tu uuusuiaooa ooes or does not recog nize tne insutuuon oi iMavery as a nort rtf its nmi gysxem , uu cj-praeij iTCtenintung any expression ' jf opinion upon the- power of Congress trt pstaWiaTi prohibit. Slavery m any Territory, it th sense of " the" National t Council that Congress ought sot to " legislate upon the subject of Slavery withm the Terri tories of the United States, and that any interference fey Congress with blavery as it exists in the District -rJnirdiia-would bea violation of the Rnlrit nrvl intention of the compact by which tie State of Mary loud I ceded the District to the United SW and a i v r Tw Kaiional faith. . " rVl The policy of the government of the Unites . : ,Jf inn-with, foreign ffovernmenta. Ia in : exact justice from the strongest, and do justice to the Weakest . restraining, by all the power of tte govern , " Snt, all its citizens from interference with the inter, 1 !Ti concerns of nations with whom ire are at peace. cons oi jaat.onal Qocij declare that all the T:w r tiM Order shall he henceforward BS?KSr avJwed ; thatl -8hall fce at liberty to make known we exjsience -oi ine Crier, and (he fact that he himself , is a member ; and - : mnw'thftt there can be no concealment fto place, of SgS .P President of National Convention. C. D. Desbxkb, of New Jersey, Corresponding Secreiary. -J as. M. Stephkxs, of Maryland, Recording Secretary. , From the Louisville Journal. THE PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN PARTY. It is with no ordinary feelings -of satisfaction that we publish to-day the platform of the American party. Platform-Miay, that's not the word, 'tis a splendid Temple of Liberty, at whose altar every true patriot may worship. Here is presented a common ground, and a comprehensive faith, where the Americans, the Democrats, and the Whigs may all unite. The native born American will here find the guarantee of his nationality, and the adopted citizen will also receieve the assurance that his civil and religions liberty, will be maintained and defended ; and that all material rights and privileges consistent with the great cardi nal principle, lhat Americans shall rule America," will be secured to him. ' Against religion as ah insti tution a faith the American party wage no war ; but when' that institution is perverted and moulded not only to inspire faith but alsojLs a system to con trol political action; the Americans will resist the en croachment as one that is hostile to the spirit- Of our free institutions and the dangerous to .the liberties of the country. ' ' Never before since the inceptioirpf the government has any party taken more hold, and at the same time just and liberal grounds, on the slavery question than has the American party. On this subject, the Amer ican party is impregnable. Taken as a whole see re gard this programme of principles put forth at Phila delphia as second only . in importance to the. Declara tion of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Before this noble and patriotic pro clamation treason hides its hideous head, and faction stands rebuked. It calls on all good men; of all parties to rally under the banner of their country to come forth like freemen in defence of freedom, and to regard the maintenance of the Union of the &tates as "the primary object of patriotic desire," And will you not respond to the call ? Fancy that ye behold the guardian genii of our nation supporting in the ftir the spirits of the illustrious founders of our country's fame ; fancy that you hear them cheering you and see them striving to relume in your bosoms the waning and patriotic fire of '76, and then say will ye not re spond to the calif . Will ye not show that you a& worthy of the heritage of freedom which your ances tors transmitted to you, and that you intend to hand it down to your posterity ,pure, perfect, and unimpair ed? So mote it be. From the North Carolina Times. - Washwotos, N. C, June 28, 1855. We understand that at the convention of the American party of this Congressional District, held in this town on yesterday,. Thomas J. Latham, Esq., of Beaufort county, was dm gen as the candidate of that party to represent tlte dis trict in the next Congress, and that Mr. Latham has accepted the nomination. Mr. Latham is a plain, modest, straight forwird man, as different from the blusterer and demagoge a light from darkness. His reputation is that of an honest, kind hearted, liberal-minded hospitable citiaen. courteous to all men, but as firm aa a reck in his purposes a man of handsome literary acquirements, but of no pretensions an upright, conscientious Chris tian gentlemen. In this and the adjoining counties, where he is well known, he has the good will and es teem of the people of all parties and classes. In politics, Mr. Lathnm was known as an old line, Union Democrat, until the formation of the American party a movement which, we learn, he hailed with a ''God speed," as fraught with blessings to the country in freeing it from the yoke of foreign and Roman Cath olic influence. He is a thorough believer in the doc trine that "American thaU rule America," and fully endorses the platform adopted by the late meeting of . v.: i rt m But though a Democrat Mr. Latham never engaged in the -sorry . business of abusing and vilifying the Whigs ; on the contrary he always treated them with courtesy and respect, and gave them the credit of being actuated by good motives the welfare and prosperity of the country. Indeed, he rarely took an active part ,.S 1 rt- . . j. in pouuvai anairs except on extrn ordinary occasions, such as the attempt of South Carolina to break up the Union in 1832. The people in this region, remember vim gratitude tne seal and earnestness witn which Mr. Latham stood by Gen'l Jackson and the Union on that occasion. If what we hear be true, namely, that the American party already number os members of their councils within a few hundred of a majority of the voters of the district,, and have constant accessions to their ranks from the flower of the old Democratic party, who like Mr. Latham, stood by General Jackson in the times of Muilihcation and Disunion, and like him are now alarmed at the progress of the Republic towards de struction : from Foreign Roman Catholic influence ; why then the election of Mr. Latham may be regarded as a -nxea lac. ' Keep cp the Fire! We learn that Mr. Shepard gained a complete triumph over Mr. Branch in the discussion they have had in Granville and Warren. Never was a man more eflbctfully cornered than the Ann-American candidate was in tne discussion pre a a a ceding the one they had at Warren ton. In remark rag on the charge that the Jf ope of Home claimed power over temporal affairs, Mr. Branch proclaimed that he had at last recived the proof from head quar ters ! He produced a letter. . .Every body began to prick up their ears expecting to hear a mission from ope Pius himself 1, It turned out, however, to be a letter from the Editor of " Brownson's Review." Mr. Branch read a page or two from the first of the letter, which sounded much like a denial of the power attributed to the Pope. Mr. S. asked to seethe epis tle, and upon an examination of it, found that to wards the close there was an open and bold avowal of the whole doctrine attributed to them by the Ameri can Party. Mr. S. read it to the crowd and most effectually turned Mr. Branch's witness against him. The next day when they spoke at Warrenton, Mr. B. sept his witnessfrom the stand, bnt Mr. S. called for the letter and again read it most tellingly. Mr. B. could stand it no longer, and found himself denouncing both ..uBfli Mu. jus leroer most furiously. The whole circumetance told powerfuDy for the American cause. iir. o. insured to keep the letter, but Mr. B. said no I it must go to the gentleman to whom it was written. He wanted a copy, but this wwld not do as he had no authority to. glye one. : Mr. 8. then called for the pub lication of the letter r Will ihi We, too, in behalf of the demand the publication of this letter just as it is 1- w-rc , no Jesuitical . concealment, gentlemen. WITH BbOWHSOH's Lbttss ! " TK T i x the , truth ad the Me truth ktfT&T The New prleana Delta is an influential TWtS. .'"edited by Major Heiss, who with Mr. several years ago, conducted the Washington Union, then at now the organ of the Democratic -Ad. ; www or asaaa by Franklin Pierce fa aJaSure, that error after error his Charsxrterized bwcouisijicehMaeceWtotheT doea not hesitate to express the eonvWtionit"ftf ,u -s VZIS?:"?0 .Titesavage;on the Qn.ior months past, and it wound uni the other day, a scottfcbg notice of ? Nw HamnS! favorite son, by declafing that, ia lis W-wIfc made than arewof 50b for a is backing up one's friendV irieoilaf : i .: - - - - - - .f r -. n .V., ...nr.. , mi, ' h ' .r r n . " rl i . - .rrt,'., t , . ,-r , y j--- ,j,7 y, j,, -;,--,, - . W THE DDE " Ptttnone but Americans on ' Guard V THURSDAY,, JULY 5, 1855. JOHN COLLINS, Warrenton, N. C, is our author ized Agent for the American Advocate, AG. EUBANK, Esq., JPollocksville, is our agent who will collect and receipt for us. FOR CONGRESS, THOS. J. LATHAM. M TTIOMAS J. LlTIIAM. We thw week unfurl our banner to the bjeeze, in scribed hereon, for Congress, THOS. J. LATHAM. We think tfiiAnrican party have been fortunate in procinnngjeonsent of Mr. L. to become a candi date. We regret, however, that -his Dl-health, added to the Imperative necessity of remainmg'at home to attend to the wants of a family dependent upon his own exertions,, will -not perniit him to canvass the dis trict thoroughly. His ability to da this satisfacto rilyY we presume his most wreckless opponents will riot question. He will not however conceal his opin ions on public questions how under disenssion. In a ew days we shall place in possession of our readers -his views in the form of a cicnlar, which we venture, wiH be as candid, clear, and satisfactory as the: public will require. ! ifr. L. Jhas always been a Democrat of the Jefferson and Jackson stamp finn and unwavering, in the ad vocacyf those principles, as laid down and. taught bytfiem, ever sustaining them to the best of his skfll and ability, at all proper times, andnever on any occasion whatever, having abandoned or renounced those principles, believing now, as he does, that upon them depend the prosperity of the country. But these are questions which, it is well known, are not now before the country. These old issues are now obsolete. It is true, the probability is that those who vtflll scruple little to deny or charge any thing however disreputable, will misrepresent him in this particular, for the purpose of, defeating his election.' We warn the people against these misrepresentations. ' j We presume- Mr. Latham as has Andrew J. Donelson, Gen.;. Jaelbbn's adopted son, Hon. Wil liam H. Polk, of Tennessee, a -brother of the President, David Reid, James B. Shepard and .other Democrats, who never gave Whig votes, will -have ri hesitation m condemning this imported "new fan glwT Franklin i Pierce, and Governor Reeder Democra cy which has sought to barter the party off to for eign and Catholic influence." The wholesale appoint ment of foreigners, free soilers, and Roman Catholics, to offices of high importance at home and abroad, is no where found as a . distinguishing feature in the Democratic creed nowhere, we repeat, can it be found. We understand that the most active interference in polities. which elicited ; Mr. Latham's exertions, "was during the times when the monstrous doctrines of secession and nullification were stalking through the land, which Gen. Jackson, by the aid of his friend0, nobly combatted and subdued. During these frightful times Mr. L. did act a conspicuous part in behalf, of the Union and tJterigftts of the States, against Hhe machinations of thos3 who sought to "render feeble the tie which bound them together." 5 Foulmouthed, irresponsible men may, and no 'doubt will assume the liberty of endeavoring to cater to a vulgar taste by irreverent and unbecoming, allusions to his religious obligations. These it is presumed he knows well, having always enjoyed the unlimited con fidence of the church to' which he is attached. " Such allusions ought and will recoil with double force upon the heads of his opponents, among the decent'and res pectable portion of the; community, As a circumnstace of more recent occurrence in Mr. L's. polical history ,we will state, that, during the Administra tion of Mr. Fillmore, he (F.) was not always govern ed by party preference in his appointments to office Indeed it is known that tlm conservative principle of his aided in defeating his nomination in 1852 - Be fore his term of office expired the Postmaster at Washington resigned. Mr. Latham being a man of limited means and a large family, was recommended by hi3 " friends to the P. O. Department for appoint- rment.- The appointment was conferred and accepted. He entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office and no complaint was ever heard as to the man ner in which these duties were discharged. In 1853 he was suddenly and unceremoniously thrust out of office without a murmur of previous complaint from tljfi people of: Washington ; they resisted with all their power. The people of Washington desired tocon tinue him. But a few politicians, we learn, conserted a plan for his dismissal which was unfortunately heard at Washington City and he was proscribed. And for what? Aye, for what? His only crime had been, not that he had renounced Democratic principles, for no man in Beaufort county was base enough to say so; not that he had failed to sustain the demo cratic party, for that was not so, but he had accept ed the office at the hands of Mr. Fillmore. Mr. Fill more had at all times while president stood by the rights of all sections, the South was unanimous (a few individual exceptions Only) in awarding him cred it for this. Thos. J. Intham had accepted the office of Postmaster under his appointment, and off came his headl J Was that right? We appeal to the just sense of the people of this district to say whether this treatment of Mr. Latham was not only too harshly, but outrageously proscriptive. It was an act of ty ranny unparalelled in party history. We well remember that act was denounced by sup- porters.of CoL Ruffin in 1853,- but it was contended Mr. Latham was not a candidate against him, and therefore Mr. Loftin could not avau himself of itw That was the ground of defence then. On all the issues which divided the parties, Mr. L. is as thorough a Democrat, as ever. But on the new question which has been forced on the people by Pierce, Reeder & Co., whether " Americans shall rule America," or whether political Romanism shall be fostered by this Government, as a matter of policy, Mr. Latham unquestionably assumes the American ground. Thoroughly qualified by .age, talents, literary attainments and patriotism, to discharge the duties of the position for which he is a candidate, will not a generous and patriotic constituency entrust him? r ?We had the pleasure of listening, on yesterday, to an able and entertaining lecture on Female Ednca- Ltion, by Rev. John T. Walsh. .'We are pleased to state that Mr. W. has consented to submit a copy of it for publication. ! ' The Committee on location for the Female College have selected four aeres on town Commons, south of the Odd Fellow's Hall, between King and Bright Streets. A good selection. , Codittt Couht for this county was in "session the two first days of this week. But little was done how ever after j making arrangements for the transferhW of the County bonds, j THE WAY THEY WILL DO XT. When we had issued the first No. of our paper, one of the central organs of the Anti-American party gave, forth the edict that the term of our existence was three months. At that time we supposed he had ref erence only to what he presumed in public was the strength of the American party. But it seems that this bull from bead-quarters has not gone altogether unheeded by the subordinates in various positions. It is not our purpose now to quote chapter and verse.; We could do so. ! - One of the means adopted to limit our circulation has been the withholding by Postmasters of our pa per from subscribers. and others to whom it has been sent. In several instances we have already been in formed by persons that they have never received their papers, while they have been returned to us by Post masters as refused. Several of these! papers are re turned without any mark showing the offices from which they were sent. This means of preventing our circulation,-however censurable, is certainly destined to prove effectual to the extent practised. In some few. instances this may result from carelessness ; but in a majority of instances it is evidently by design. The reason we say this is that in some cases we have received low, dirty, vulgar, Jesuitical messages written on the margin of the paper, not by Subscribers, but, of course, by some one in or about the post 'office. We took the liberty of sending-the first Nob. of our paper to several persons in various localities, who had not become- our subscribers. Some have been returned which excited our surprise. Many were returned, as the persons receiving thein had a right to. do. " And we are happy to add, for jthe benefit of those who are interesting" themselves to jcircumscribe our limits, that many, far more- than we anticipated, have retained our papers and become subscribers. ' There are many persons who are careless about tak ing a papers-will do so if insisted not otherwise. If our paper is withheld from any such, we lose the sub scriber, and he the benefits of qne year's good reading. This, notwithstanding the injustice it. inflects on both parties, might be borne ; but where papers are return ed to os as refused by persons who are our subscrib ers, it is not simply a dereliction of duty, but out right corruption in public office, and should be visited with removal, at least. By way" of exhibiting spleen and venom, several pa pers returned have contained what was deemed excru ciatingly cutting missiles, expressing extremely indig nant contempt that ourDara Foole Papers" as their peculiar taste prompted them to call our shet,)' visited their offices.- And in some instances these bombshells were thrown in upon us in this way, leaving the im pression that they came from the individuals to "whom we sent the papers. We can afford these indignant gentlemen some pleasure, perhaps, by informing themj that several persons thus imposed upon have become our subscribers in consequence of their exhibition of wrath. ' . j We desire here to raturn our thanks to Jthose post masters, by far the larger portioa of them, who have properly returned our papers or the names ef those refusing them. To those who have endeavored to muzzle the press-by withholding our paper, and their friends in that cause, we, would say, that if that is the process by which they propose to suppress the spread of the truth of the principles of the American party, or the overwhelping testimony in its favor, we can not afford them much comfort as to the chances of success. We are pleased to know that our efforts in behalf of that rartvare felt even by opponents. This is conclusive evidence to us 'that are are rendering ser- vice to our country. In" this glorious cause ihall be our pleasure to battle, seeking to emancipate the country from the secret and stealthy marches of polit ical "Romanism, and, in the language of jWashington from " the insidious wiles of foreisn influence." Shall we not be sustained in our effort? i ! A LENIENT GOVERNOR. We have counted, from a list of names in tlie Shel by ville Tenn. Expositor, fdrty-sfx pardons of con victs and criminals in that State, for; the .various grades of crime, from petit larceny to mufder and rape, by Governor Johnson, of " Tennessee. The vote in i- . that State even for Governor, is very close sometimes, Clay beat Polk there only 112 votes. . , We charitably suppose, however, tliat.Gov." J. has recently become spiritual in his interpretations and in exceeding mercy under the circumstances graciously condescends to practice his clemency by saying to these criminals "To-day shalt thou be with me paradise," which being litterally translated would. perhaps, run thus : "On the election day thou these criminals shall be with my supporters, at the ballot box." Col. Percy Walker (who, we believe, is a native of onr State) is the American candidate for Congress in the Mobile District, Alabama. He is opposed by one Col. Stallworth. . - - " In the Tuscaloosa District the Hon. W. R. Smith whose able, unanswered and unanswerable speech we have recently published, is the American candidate, and is opposed by Sidney Moore, Esq.1 If Mr. S. be as successful at the ballot box, as he has been in ' defence of American prinoiples, he will lead his opponent by several thousands. We heartily wish he may. The JiiASTERN 1 terminus. it. is with extreme re gret that we learn that the town of Beaufort has re fused to subscribe the amount proposed to the Atlan tic and North Carolina Railroad. This will render new arrangements, as to the location of the terminus. necessary. This was too important a matter to have been' viewed lightly, or to have been acted upon hastily. . - j US? An incident, said to have occurred in some southern court, wherein "Father Sheharie" and judge of some court were " the characters," is denied by the Notasulga Herald. We saw it as it was go ing the rounds of the papers, and 6opied it. . Good. We sec it stated that speculators in bread- stuffs in New York have recently been bitten very sharply, by the fallen the price, after having bought in large quantities. We heartily rejoice when soul less speculators on the necessities of the times, who are willing to oppress the community for then indivi dual pockets, get sufficiently bit at least to bring them to true repentance that is, to a disposition to live and let live. : . Editorial Changk. Vespasian Ellis, Esq. has re tired in consequence of impaired health, from the edi torial chair of the American Organ at Washington city. William M. Burwell, Esq., of Bedford County Virginia, is his successor. Mr. B. has had much ex perience in the editorial profession ; is a well informed ready-and polished writer ; is a sound, conservative Union, States Rights politician, and will be a great acquisition to the Organ. We promised and intended to publish Col. Ruffin's letter of acceptance this week. We have lost it, but will insert it next week if we can find it. ! :, . . ) SThe 4th of July is the occasion for our delay adayortwo. .' . !" HrTHE Gentlemsh are requested to look at Mr. Scudcer's card they will find it interesting to them. 1 J. F. POLKS LETTERS. We publish this week two letters from Jdsiah F. Polk, th? first setting fourth the'eauses of his expulsion from office, the second in reply fo an attack, upon him by the Washington Star. ,:; i'f:. - . .' : Mn Polk has been a faithful officer for twenty years and has always promptly discharged the duties incum bent upon him. He has been anardent Democrat, continuously, unswervingly. He has been retained under all sorts of administrations, Whig, Tylerlitcj Democratic, and all He has persistently opposed the tyranous doctrines of the Romish church, writing and preparing articles when not engaged in official duties, for the press. This had never been deemed a suffi cient cause of removal from office. ' He himself sig nificantly expresses it " None so shameless and recre ant to the cause of Democracy as to attempt to iden tify the party with the ehurch of Rome." : ' . Appointed to office by Gen. Jackson,! he early com menced his resistance to the Catholic dogmas as pro mulgated by the Pope's agents, for which offence Gen. J. did not think he deserved removal. - Mr. P. very plainly points out the cause of his--renreval'at this time. He says : i As hinte4 at above, the reason is this : This admin istration is miking an attempt,-never made befose, in conjunction with the three political organs of the Jesuits in this city; the Union, the Keios and the little Star, and a few Papers and old political tricksters and. papistical demagogues elsewhere, to rnite and identify. the Democratic party v,-th that organization or a ior eign priesthood, sent here by the l'ope of Rome, and s istiiued by 'other European despots, for the purpose of undermining the liberty, of this country, .and sub jecting Americans to the domination of that tyrant of tyrants. Old and well established in the Democratic faith, he would never condemn au administration elected by his own party, were it not for the painful fact above mentioned - by him. But, however painful he would not shut his eyes to the fact that the foreign organi zation of conspirators is under the direction of the Jesuits, who have gained sufficient influence with- the administration to use certain of the departments as tools to gratify a low revenge. Under the circum stances, mv decapitation was not to be iavoided. It came to' "this ; tliey must remove me or le$e their allies. Old Hickory would have had the nerve to tell these minions of papal inquisition, that their insidious marehes must be resisted their .efforts for power here could not receive the encouragment of a. Republican execu tive, . . j ' Read the letters, both of them. PATRIOTIC LETTERS. In our first issue, we published two letters from pa. triotic foreigners who Jiave emigrated to tliis'cduntry. showing up the demagagical . influence to which the foreign vote had been subjected, by corrupt politi cians One of these was from an Irishman in Frank fort, Kentucky, the other a German. To-day we give one from Mr. Joseph Fletcher, an Englishman, which will be found on our first page, outside. These are intelligent gentlemen, and see the base influence which their brethren are made to subrcrve, for the miserable purpose of party promotion, i The intelli gent class of foreigners who come among us see and acknowledge these practices, and .are pained to be compelled to witness it, but they cannot avoid it They know that it must create feelings in the breasts of Native Americans, of aversion! to a promiscuous importation. Mr. F. lays down this general; proposi tion : ' J "There is in every man, I caire not how much of oppression, he inay have endured in his native- laud -how much he may f have been down trodden how much misery and- wSnt he may have suffered there is that' love of country, there is that instinctive fondness and attachment for the place where J he first saw the light, that he cannot, under any cir cumstances, get rid of. Immigraticb, or perhaps other circumstances, may prevent its fuijther growth, but it cannot and does not destroy it, $bey may love the land of their adoption, but they cjuinot; look "with- an eye single to its interests, at leasl not as run native; and therefore I soy that thr.t liberty for which" their forefathers paid their lives thos institutions which Americans and well d imposed foreigners so highly value, are safest in the hands of Americans, and in heir hands I would rather tkey should remain" ' The partizen whdijwould deny jthis almost self-evi. dent proposition would reject thq promptings of rea son. Yet there arc men among us. who absolutely insist, for partizan purposes only that foreigners gen erally, are as competent to administer the- affairs of this government,'! those born and reared under- our institutions'. That there are those bom on foreign soil competent to discharge the duties of some of the public offices we would not deny, but as Mr. F. says, "Imagine the reins of government in the handVnf such men as Soule, Kossuth, John Mitchell, Francis Meagher, and where should we, Americans and' for eigners, altogether, go ? I don't know, but 1, for one, should be for shutting my eyes, that I might nt see "my own destruction." " - We believe that Mr. F. and others like him from abroad, who look upon these and other . political questions with reference to the internal policy of this country, even at the dread hazard of being stigmatized as "rebels" and "traitors" to foreign tastes and opin ions, as the torics did the patriots of the revolution, would form' exceptions to the general rule above. "'The letter challenges the attention of every Ameri can patriot. . j THE N. Y. "HARDS" AND THE ADMIN ISTRATION. I The sound conservative portion of the) Democratic party vie with their old opponents, in opposition to the administration of Franklin Pierce. But a short time ago we published an article from the Sentinel, one of the Democratic organs" in Washington City, exhorting its party to cut loose from this corrupt ad ministration. .Last wees: we puDiisned; tne pa-, triotic speech of Andrew Jackson Donalson,the adopt ed son of Gen. Jackson who has always been and is yet, a firm Democrat, utterly condemning the Foreign and free soil affiliations of this administration. We now present the resolutions of the Hunker or hard wing of the" Democracy of New York. We beg the attention of every man who is caSed upon now to support Franklin Pierce and Governor Reeder. Here are the resolution. ' ! I . Resolved, That we reiterate oar opinion formerlv expressed, that to the course of the present adminis tration are due all the disasters and defeats which th democratic party has experienced for the past two years ; that the administration has insulted and out raged the great national sentiment of the American people, and that, the only safety of the democra cy and of the whole country now lies in an uncondi tional repudiation of the administration, .in the nomi nation for President by the next National Democrat ic Convention of some sound national man well known to and confided in by the country as such, and in the adoption of a platform which shall furnish further' guarantees of the rights and interests of every por tion of the Union, and which shall resist thoggres sions of Northern sectionalism upon ther'riffhts of the South, and restore tranquility to the j whole na tion. " -. . . -' . ,r Resolved, That we congratulate the democracy of Virginia upon their late victory over the secret and proscriptive array of their opponents, andi attribute their suecess to the absence of any endorsement by them of the administration, the contrary course hav ing produced the' absolute overthrow of our party in other States in the late contests : and we recommend that in our own State, with a view to future success a repudiation of the Administration be insisted upon! by which means and by a union upon "the true non intervention platform can a consolidation of demnnrato atone be secured, andr a triumph obtained for our cause, GEN. WASHINGTON AND FOREIGNERS, i ; Will the Raleigh Standard, professing to give cor rect political information that the people may form correct opinions, publish the letter of Gen. Washing ton to Gouverneur Morris, wherein he rejects the po. icy of appointing foreigners to office, in this country and publish it. too as conspicuously as he has done minor documents against the American party? D0 you not think Mr. Standard, that justice.to ourselves after your denial and our proof of the genuineness of that letter, requires that you lay it before your read, ers, in a word, under JBgy-ALL-ia the circumskine! do you not feel under, obligation to iByrvBusii rr"-8 conspicuously so that the people may have light In open day and judge for themselves how far it is evidence in favor of the American party. You are the acknowledged head of yonr party in this State. That you deemed it so strong against Tol as to elicit a positive denial, is of itself proof beyond' all sort of cavil or quibble, that it is conclusive in favor of the American party and against your party. - The American Party in South j Carolina. Tlio Columbians', C.) Times approves of the platform n dopted by the National A.mcrican Council at Phila delphia, aud adds : ' j . ",Oiir friends abroad throughout the South will be pleased to learn that, in South Carolina, from the sea- board to the mountains, the American party are nlivc to the interests of the South, and are organized to battle for their rights under the Constitution: In Richland there are at least seven .hundred good and J true men who have united upon the American plat form, and will push forward the noble work until her sand hills are purged of the stain of bribery and cor ruption, and the principles of the party; shall rule trU umphant throughout the district, j . " The same leaven is working in j almost every dis trict in the State, and it will not be long "before the . people will j rise and throw off the; manacles which have bound them so long to party and party schemes which have conferred no' real benefit." " Under the head of " Local Intelligence " the Mont-J gomoryj (Ala.) Mail has the following: Ax Object of Pity! Yesterday aftornoon, a rather good-looking, weil-drcssal and gentlemanly nmn, ( about fhirty-ight years of age, was discovered in a state of. cxliaustion, in a chair under one of the fine shade trcesv on Perry street. A glass of iced water was given i him, when, being somewhat revived,- he spoke rather incoherently about having to " defend a d d frecsoil administration, this hot treat her !" . A great deal of- sympathy was excited by the case, lie 1 was, however, more collected at the last accounts, and : spoke rationally.' of. a visit to the spring?. ' ' i COMMUNICATION. For the Adcoeale. .-, Klnston, N. C, July 5th ,1855.. ErJiTon : Upon Tnosdiiy, of the present week, date of the fre gn ( atholic party for C.n h:s District, addressed the people of Lenoir, in this plit e, I would' not attempt to give you even a synotfe ning to i of his speech, tor it aoonnued iroin begin- nd with language which would render any paper in handled decency. which it might be published, unlit to hi by any one liuving me Biignicst claims 10 TheCV oiiel. ns usual, pitched into "Sam" like "a thousand of brick," and called him all the hnrd uinncs he could think of denouncing the American Platform adopted Ipv the National Council at -Philadelphia,- n a milk and cider establishment ! In ehort, he ppolie ns if he thought that no one else "took the j npcis," To have listened to him, you would have concluded that he was! addressing a parcel of unintclhg. nt fools, who , had never itl ought for themselves. But -the fxrvnt question j before the American people now, "i-hull . Amr-ricaiis rule their country.' U- one which every man can Junderstnud, be I. e rich or poor, high or Ipw, educatcdlor uneducated. Jl i In tUclcoursc of the Colonel's speech, he was asked a ouestioii bv a vcrv worth v citiscii. which question hewasj apkou for information, $ul instead of answer ing in a gentlemanly manner, he took particular pnhn to use t lie mo6i ii suiting language to that citizen,' in his powir to use. He didn't know to whom he wax speakiha. He didn't know that he w(w addressing oni who hasjal ways 'adhered to the principles of the doiii ocratici party. He didn't know that hevua address ing one who has more than once been a standard War er.f th4 democracy of Lenoir, and who hvs led tin m more t)httn once to victory. He didn't know that ho . was addessing Jesse Jackson, whm has been a dem,r cratic representative in the Ixvj;islntiueof North' Curo lica, ffom tli". county of Lenoir, By that unfort uhatn mistake, he h:fs lost at lcat fifty votes. Of this there is no sort of doubt. j A goqdly numler of'. 44 Sam'si lK))' .were cn the ground, ami seemed to lake all the Colonel raid with very good grace. Had "Sam '' befn summoned to' show himself upon that occasion, we doubt not tlm' the Colonel won id have fallen Lack in his seat, and exclaipied, la lVtie, "great GcodP' for at least half " of his hearers were the followers of "Sam." Tho C- loriel spoke abont three hours, devoting alou,two thirds of that time to slandering, baeely slanderinj; and vilifying the American party that jw-rty whose principles teem with -patriotism and love of country,, from beginning to end, and which, 'if there be any truth in history, were near the heart of the greatest mun that ever lived, " the Father of his conntry," und in stilled) into the bosom of all true pn riots from that day ti" this' They were the princqdes of Jefferson, the farther of democracy, they were the principles of Anda.w Jackson, the ' Hero of New Orleans-" His bosom heaved with principles like these, when he exclaimed : 'This Union must and shall be pre served." It was principles like these that caused "tho Father of his Country" to issue the order J'put none but Americans on guard" rwhich means in plain En gl ish-j-"Let none but Americans rule their country." The very fears which now cause every true American to treimble for the safety of his country, were upper-., most in his mind,' when he said : UI wish there was . not a foreigner in the countryexcept the Marquis Do La Fayette." .-. ' :. ;. h - Mr Editor, it 1s indeed time to work. 'Let .the friends of America in this District co to work ; and in Lpite jof the many slanders heaped upon them by tht rnnce or iemagogues, Thomas Buffln, success wtu be theirs. Let them work with that energy becoming theix cause.; Let their voices be heard from morning 'till " night from now 'till the day of election--defending 1 the principles of their! party. Let them write upon the road-side, and on the walls, in letters so legible that he who runs may read "Amkricaks Shall Hulk Theib. CorNTBy"and their efforts will be crowned with a glorious victory. . SAM. Coknetto AaAwl--InWaiTen, Mr. Branch want- . ed the aid of the name of Mr. Macon. lie read from J page 246 of the Debates of the Convention of of 1835 to show that Mr. M. wa? so very tolerant that lie said " If a Hindoo were to come amongst us qualified for office, his religion would in his estimation be no objection to him' Mr. Shepard demanded to know if that was M' B's. doctrine.-Owhcther he was for so amending he Consitution as to prevent a Flini. doo to hoU oce f " It depends on whether he be lieve in a God ",said Mr. B. u Don't you know ho worships stocks and stones T" inquired Mr. 8. u I do npT" said Mr. B., " but if he does I would not be for . nis holding office I" " Hear that I" exclaimed1 Mr a. he wants the use of Mr. Macon's name the benefit oif hijj authority, whilst he openly repudiated his doc trines ! Cannot the people see into all thiat " ThA" effect on the crowd was indescribable. Mr. B. was effectually cornered, and he wiH not say Ilin- mosti doo 'j again during the Campaign ! Sateigh Star. CApt. Pike. Among other distinguishad patriots who attended the American ' Canvention in Philadel-" phia was Capt Albert Pike, of this State. There are ew citizens of the Republic who enjoy a more enviable reputation than OaptJ Pike. That ho will receive the nomination of the American party for tho second office in the gift of the nation, wo feel great confidence. Helena Ark.) Shield ; ' - v s
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