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t ,.11 nlilisrat oiw ol adacsion or auvsu.r r "r..."
a -ill ob'i"ationci of adhesion or auegia.- .
i,n pSepower, potentate, or a.thontj, whatever,
any and all ciroumstances- .
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Un t States, according to the "uniform rule ' of
laSiktion prescribed by Congress, under the pro
vbions of the Constitution. . v
Sixth. We shall oppose, now. and hereafter, any
union of Church ami State,"- uo matter what class ol
mi-ionUts shall seek to bring "about such union. -S'va-tA
A"e shall visrorously maintain the vesfed
ritrhts of all persons, of native cfr foreign birth, and
shall at all times oppose the slightest interference with
" ' Ei'hth. We shall oppose and protest agauist all j
dbruWmeat of religious liberty, holding it as a carui
iial ma.im. that religious faith is a question between
each individual and his God, and over which no polit
ical ffovernment,or other human power, can rightfully
exercise any supervision or control, at any time, in
anv place, or in any form. .
"Siuth. We shall oppose all " higher law" doctrines,
by rhich the Constitution is to be set at nought, vio
lated, or disregarded, whether bV politicians, by relig
ionists, or by the adherents or Mowers of cither, or
by any other class of persons.
" Tenth. AVe shall maintain and defend the Constitu
tion as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the rights
if thfc States, without diminution as guaranteed there
bv: opposing at all times, and to the extent of our
ability and iufluence, all who may assail them, or ei
ther of them.
Elecenti. And lastly, we shall use our utmost exer
tions to build up an "American party," whose maxim
shall be : '
American's shall rule their Cocxtry !
FLATF6R3I AND" FRIXCIPLESi
At a regular Meeting of the NATIONAL COUN
CIL OF THE AMERICAN PARTY, begun
and he'd at Philadelphia, on the 5th. June, A. D.
15., the follmcing teas adopted as
V
HE PLATFORM AND PRINCIPLES OF
THE ORGANIZATION.
I. The acknowledgement of that Almighty Ev
ing, who rules over the Universe, who presides over
the Councils of nations who conducts the affairs of
men, and who, in every step by which we have ad
vanced to the character of aa independent nation has
distinguished us bv some token of Providential arren-
II- The cultivation and development of a senti
ment of profoundly intense American feeling; of
k passionate attachment to our country, its history and
ius insiiiuiions ; 01 admiration lor the purer days of
our National existence; of veneration, for the hero
ism that precipitated our Revolution ; a'hd of emula
tion of the virtu?, wisdom and patriotism that framed
our Constitution and first succesfully applied its pro
visions. . "
III. The maintainance of th union cF these
Un.ted States as the paramount political good ; or,
to use'tho language of Washington, " the primary
object of patriotic desire." A.ad hence':
1st. Opposition to all attempts to weaken or sub
vert it. ,
2d. Uncompromising aritagocinri in every princi
ple of policy that endanger it. '
3d. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment of
all political difference which threatened its integrity
or perpetuity. -
4th. The suppression of all tendencies to political
division, founded on " geographical discriminations,
or on the belief that there is a real difference of inter
ests and views " between the various sections of the
Union. -
5th. The full recomition of the rishta of thp sev
eral States, as expressed and reserved in the Consti
tution ; ana a caretul avoidance, by the General Gov-
ernmeut, of all interfence with their rights by legis
lative or executive action. .
IV 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
. fast resistance to the spirit of innovation upon its
principles, however specious the nretetts
that in all doubt or disputed points it may only be le
gally ascertained and expounded by the Judicial bow-
And, as a corollary to the above :
i. -a. habit of reverential obedience to the laws
whether National, State, or Municipal, until thev rl
either repealed or declared unconstitutional by the
A tender and sacred regard for thos acts of
statesmanship, which" are to be cpntra-distinguished
, from acts of ordinary legislation, by the fact of their
; iiu- oi iue nature oi compacts and . agreements ;
:i and so, to be considered a fixed and settled national
poncy.
' A radical revision and TvirVrfi: nr
a -vwuvuuua VI LIU.
tows regulating immigration, and the settlement of
- immigrants, uaering to the honest immigrant who,
from love of liberty or tired of oppression, seeks an
avium in ta T7V.;.1 C3i e l- ji. ,.
j wv. uuito oiuies, a inencay reception and
' rrotection. But unqualifiedly condemning the trans-
ussion to our shores, of fellons and paupers.
L The essential modification the Naturalization
The repeal by the Legislatures of the respective
ites, of all State laws aUowing foreigners not nat-
uzedtovote.
The repeal, without retrocative operation, all acts
Congress making grants of land to Urmflt.nriiliTOwl
'neri, and allowing thea to vot in the Territo-
I
foreigners, who arc JX"'" wbich thev come, all
ana ro w uuv
irom
VOL.. 1.
VII. Hostility to the corrupt means by which
the leaders of party have hitherto forced upon us our
rulers and our political creeds. .
Im'plicable enmity against the prevalent demoraliz
ing system of rewards for political subserviency, and
of punishment for political independence.
"Disgust for the' wild hunt after office which char
acterizes the fige. ,
These on the one hand. On tjie other.
Imitation of the practice of the purer' diits of
the R-public ; and .admiration of the maxim that
u office should seek the man, and not roan 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 the aggressive policy and
rapt tendencies of the Roman Catholic Church m
our country by the advancement to all political s"ta
tions executive, legislative, judicial or diplomatic
of thftw nnlv 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 lullhlling the maxim,
" Americans only sn.vix covers America."
The protection of all citizens in the-legal and pro
nroner exercise of their civil and relijrious rights and
privileges ; the maintenance of the right of every
mau to the full, unrestrained and peaceful en
jovment of his own religious opinions and worship,
and a jealous resistance of all attempts by any sect,
donominatiou or church 'to obtain an ascendency over
any other in the State, by means of any special com
bination' ol its members, or by a division of their
civil allegiance with any foreign power, potentate, or
ecclesiastic. '
IX. The reformation of the cnarter of our Na
tional Lrislatare, by elevating to the dignified and
responsible position, men of higher aspiration, purer
morals, and more unselfish patriotism.
N. 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 ths youth of our country
in schools provided by the State ; which schools 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 fas the Holy Bible is it
once the source of Christianity, aiid-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 be held in any manner re
sponsible for the obnoxious acts 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, if 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
haj- shown it impossible to reconcile opiuions so ex
treme as those which separate the disputants, and as
there can be no dishonor In Submitting to the lawa,
the National Council has dwmetl it the best guaran
tee of common justice and of future peace, to abide by
and maintain the existing laws upon the subject of
Slavery, aS a final and conclusive settlement of that
subject, in spirit and in substance.
And regarding it the highest duty to avow their
opinions upon a subject so important, in distinct and
unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared as the sense
of this National Council, that Congress possesses no
power, under the Constitution, to legislative upon the
subject of Slavery in the States where it does or may
exist, or to exclude any State from admission into the
.Union, because its' constitution does or does not recog
nize the institution of Slavery as a part of its social
system ; and expressly pretermitting any expression
of opinion upon the power of Congress to establish or
prohibit Slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of
the National Council that Congress ought not to
legislate upon the subject of Slavery within the Terri
tories of the United States, and that any interference
by Congress with Slavery as it exists in the District
of Columbia, would be a violation of the .spirit and
intention of the compact by which, the State of Mary
land ceded the District to the United States, and a
breach of the National faith.' T"
XIII: The policy of the government of the United
States, ht its relation with foreign governments, is to
exact justice from the strongest, and do justice to the
1 - a 1 1 1 Al . 4-Vtn
weaKcst; restraining, uyau uic powui ui lucgujuu
ment, all its citizens from interference with the inter
nal concerns of nations with whom we are at peace. -
XIV. This National Council declares that all the
principles of the Order shall be hercrforward every
where openly avowed and that each meniDer suan
be at liberty to make known the existence of the
Order, and the fact that he himself is a member ; and
it recommends that there can be no concealment of
the places of meeting of subordinate councile.
E. B. BARTLETT, of Ky.,;
President of National Convention.
C. H. Desuler, of New Jersey, .
Corresponding Secretary.
Jas. M. Stephens, of Maryland, "
Recording Secretary.
T T H E VOTERS
OF THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF
NORTH CAROLINA, J
Composed of the Counties of
Beaufort, Craven, Carteret, Green, Hyde, Lenoit; On-
sicw, Fitt, Jones, Edgecombe ana vraync. .
Fellow-Citizens In compliance with
the nomination of a Convention ;bf the A-
merican party, held at Washington, N. C,
on the 27th irist., I respectfully announce
myself as a candidate tp represent you m
the ensuing Congress ot tne umtea ouues.
I enter into the contest with great reluc
tance and at a great disadvantage My
previous arrangements are such .as to pre
vent me from canvassing the district before
the election in August; and were I not
otherwise engaged, - the shortness of the
time would make it lmpossiDieJior me i"
visit all the counties in the district. I
therefore avail myself of this as the only,
means left to acquaint -my fellow-citizens
with the principles' which I shall advocate.
The platform of the American, party, as
adopted in the late National Council at"s
session in Philadelphia, embodies the prin
ciples which I shall advocate, aiid which, if
elected, I shall endeavor faithfully to carry
out, A copy of said platform will accom
pany this Circular. V
To my democratic friends I beg leave to
say, that so far as I am aware there is no
party desirous of re-establishing a National
Bank. It seems to be generally conceded
that a revenue tariff affords incidental, but
sufficient protection to American industry.
Both Whisr and Democratic Administra
tions have acquiesced in the continuance of
the independent Treasury. If Congress
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An American Policy,
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KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1855.
will cease, for the i futiire, to squander the
public domain by large 'donations tb .the
XTW Qt I TOO OT1-1 .1X7 ill nnni.nn.,''i 'it, U 'i,
ceeds ofjtlie sales to the extinction of the
nntinnnl Aoht. and A bo P
public expenses, I presume it "will be gen
erally satiffabtory. I But if the policy of
triaking Jarge donations to the! new States
is to be continued, I think it is just that the
old States should participate in its benefits,
and that North Carolina should have her
share. J '!.!' I j
For more than twenty years I hare be
lieved the despotic governments of Europe
were aiming to destroy our Republican in
stitutions by inducing paupers and convicts
to emigrate to our free States and Territo
ries. Nearly half a million of foreigners
have arrived at our ports, it is said, during
the pastj year; i It is time for Americans'to
investigate the subject with I the closest
scrutiny.1 i i r I
The agitation of the Slavery question in
and by Congress is a great source of strife
and irritation. It is daily weakening the
bonds of our Union! by alienating the af
fections: of our people from the love of our
common country, i Does it not become the
duty of the citizens of every portion of our
extensive Republic to frown indignantly on
every attempt to bring the matter into the
halls of! Congress? It is admitted by all,
except abolitionists and " higher law" ad
vocates, that the" -general government has
no power, to legislate . upon Slaver)r in the
states wherer it already exists. Why
should the free htates interfere to prevent
its establishment in the Territories where
a majority of the citizens the only persons
directly interested desire its adoption, es
pecially as the South neither endeavors nor
wishes to; force it upon the inhabitants of
such Territories' as are unwilling to receive
it? Let the docrfrine of the American
Party prevail, " that Congress ought not to
legislate upon the subject of Slavery in the
Territories ot the united btates, and tins
exciting subject will cease to inflame the
minds of our fellow-citizens", North or South,
East drl West: At any rate I think so.
It has ever been my rule of political con
duct to carefully examine every important
measure proposed lor adoption by ourMJun
trymen, and if I thought it would promote
the general welfare and not violate the
Constitution, I advocated it. If on the
contrary I believc-l i6to be injurious and
unconstitutional, I opposed it,. In voting
against I a National Hank, "tor instance, 1
was actuated solely by a belief of its uncon
stitutionality and inexpediency. I did not
oppose it because one party, were in its fa-
vor, nor because the other party were its
opponents, auu so ui uu uma uicaDUiuo
of public policy, j ! -
Let me add that I am in favor of a strict
construction of the Constitution of the li
nked States, reserving to the several States
all such powers as are not expressly grant
ed to the General Government, or necessa
ry to execute powers expressly granted.
Should I be honored so far as to obtain
a majority of your suffragesj I pledge my
self to the faithful performance of my duty
so far as my feeble abilities will permit,.
Very respectfully, e., . fT
THOMAS Jj LATHAM;
Washington, N. C, June 29, 1855;
MORE AUTHORITY FROM GENER
AL WASHINGTON.
Gen. Washington was well-known to be
opposed to the practice of appointing for
eigners' to office, even in his day so much
so that he repeatedly wrote and spoke
against it If, he felt thogreat inconveni
ence thei?, what would he say now, when
they are "pouring in upon fig like a torrent."
See his Governeur.Morris letter. The
folio wino- are some other letters of his oh
the subject : ' ! -
During the straggle, for. American Independence,
Washington wrote as lollows, (see Sparc's Liie oi vv asn
ington.) '
T JXIOBKISTOWII, H".
Tn PimiAM Henry Lee, Dear Sir : I take the liber
ty to ask kou what.Cougress BxpectI am to do with the
to the rank of field officers, and by their last resolve
two to that of Cojlenel?; These men have nd attach
ment to the country, further than interest binds them.
Our officers think it nxtremely hard, after they have
toiled in the service", akd have sustained many losses,
to have strangers put eve' them, whose merits, perhaps
are not eqnal to their owu, but whose effrontery will
take no denial. w w -. !- "
and activity, of our own people that the cause must bo
supported, and not by a few hungry adventurers.
I i am, a.c,
1 r ! GEO.! WASHINGTON.
Vol.'
IV, p. 432.
I ! Middlkbank, Jurie 1, 1777.
To Tins Saite, You will, before this can reach you,
have seen Monsieur Dccoud ray; what fear if his ap
oointment is equal what I have been told is his etfpec
talion, it will be attended with unhappy consequences,
to say nothing of the policv of entrusting a department
on the execution of which the salvation of the army
depends, to a foreigner,' who has no other tie to bind
him to tbe.interests of the oountry than honor I would
beff leave to observe that by putting Mr. C. at the head
of the artillery, you will lose a very valuable officer in
General Knox, who is a man of military standing, sound
iudsment and clear conception, who will resign if any
one is put over him ! . 0
j. I am, &.,
G. WASHINGTON.
Vol. Iv. p. 440 M ; !
I i i '
In after life he wrote as follows .
! Philadelhhia, Nov. 1794.
To Jons ADAMS.'Vice President of the United States :
Deal1 Sir . 0 9 My own opinion with respect
to immigration fs, that except of Useful mechanics and
some particulandescription of men and pi ofessions there
is no use uf encouragement. 1 am, etc.
Jr. WAOJtlXJNUiUiN.
i Mt. Vebkon, Jan. 20, 1790.
To J Q: Adajis, Amcfiatn Minister at Beidin ; ; .
Sib I 0 0 0 Vou know," my good sir, that it is
not the policy of thjfs government to employ oreigners
when jit can well be avoided, either' in the civil or
mil tary walks of life.: 0 There is a species
of self-importance in all foreign officers that cannot be
gratified without doing injustice to meritorious char
acters among our own countrymen, who conceive, and
iustlv where there Is no great preponderance of expe
rience or merit, that they are entitled to all the offices
in the gift of their government. 1 am, ect.,
in tne gi" b WASHINGTON.
Vol. XI, P- 392.1 .
i -
for an American People.
WASHINGTON ON FOREIGNERS IN
: OFFICE.
'iHrrE Plains, 24th July, 1778.
j SVSl fS T"w Tffift to
till F'i 1?M.W not.nor is it a
me, or
T-l-l - 4- --
n muu moment, me design of this is td touch Cur
sorily upon a subject of very great -importance' to the
well -being of.,. these- States; . much more so than
will appear at first view. I mean the appointment of
so many foreigners to ojfties of high rank and trust in
our service. The lavish manner in which rank has
hitherto been bestowed on these gentlemen, will cer
tainly be productive of one or the other of these two
evils, either to make it despicable in the eves of Eurooe.
like a torrent, and addinsr to OUT nrpspnt! hurHon
"vvujiiv iw iii.-ca.iix in iiint.rt'n-cr r n o-m tit nmnnm
us
But it is neither the expense nor trouble of them,
that I most dread. There is an evil more extensive
in its nature, and fatal in its' consequences, to be ap
prehended, and that is, the driving of all our own officers
out of the service, and Ihrowihs not onlv onr armv.
but owe military councils, entirely into the hands of
foreigners. The officers, my dear sir, on whom you
must depend for the defence of this cause, distinguish-
eu uy .iisugLn 01 service, their connections, property,
and in behalf of many, I may add, military merit, will
not submit much, if any longer to the unnatural pro
motion of men over them, who hate nothing ihore
than a little plausibility, unbounded pride and amibi
tiou, and a perseverance in application not to be re
sisted but by uncdiitmon firmness, to support their
pretensions ; men; who in the first instance, tell you
they wish for nothing more than the honor of serving
in so glorioiis a cause as volunteers, the next day'so
licit rank without pay; the day following want moneu
advanced to them, and in the course of a week want
fiirtiei' promotion, and are jidt satisfied with anything
gou can do for them. When I sjieak of officers not
submitting to these appointments, let me be under
stood to mean, that they have no more doubt of their
right to resign, When they think thcmselvas aggrieved
than they Jiave of a power in' Congress to appoint.
Both beirig granted, then, the expediency and the
policy of the measure remain to be considered, and
whether it is consistent with justice or prudence to
promote these military fortune-hunters, at the hazard
of your army? They may be; divided into three class;
es, namely, ' mere adventurers . without recommenda
tion, or recommended by persons who do not know
how else to dispose of or provide for them; men of
great ambition, who would sacrifice everything to pro
mote their ovM personal glory ; 05 mere spies, who are
sent here to obtain a thorough knowledge of our sit
uation and circumstances, in the execution of which, I
am persuaded, sOnie of them jaref faithful emissaries,
as I do not believe a single matter escapes unnoticed,
or unadvised at a foreign court, I could say a great
deal on this subject, but will add no more at present.
S I am led to give you this trouble at this time by a
very handsome certificate showed to me yesterday in
favor of M. Neuville, written, I believe by himself,
and subscribed by Gen. Parsons, desigued as I am
informed, for a foundation of the superstructure of a
brigadiership. j
s? Baron Stuben, I now find, is also wanting to quit
Jy3 inspectorship for a command in the line. This
will be productive of much discontent . to the briga
diers. In a word, although I think the baron an ex
cellent officer, I do most devoutly wish that we had
not a single foreigner among 11s, except the Mar
quis de Lafayette, .who acts upon very different princi
ples from those which govern the rest. Adieu.
I am most sincerely yours, &c."
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To Gouvebxeur Morris. I
L
i , A. - '
u I, Oliver II. Perry, State Librarian, certify the
foregoing" to be a true copy of a letter written by
Gcn'l Washington to GOuverneur Morris, taken from
Spark's'edition of -'The. Writings of Washington,"
(vol. 6, 'page 13,) now in the State Library of North
Carolina. j
In testimony whereof I have-hereto subscribed my
name, at office in Raleigh, June 18, 1855.
j ', O. H. Perry, Librarian.''
NOTE THE UISTQRIAX- JABED SPARKS, v
'Althongh this letter was written to Mr. Morris in
his private capacity, yet it was evidently intended, to
product an impression in Congress. Washington was
exceedingly embarrascd by the foreign officers, who
were admitted into tKe service by Congress, and then
turned over to him to be provided with employment,
thus deranging the system of the army, and interfer-
ing wilfi native omcers,
-.:- . rr
From the Raleigh Star.
Tie Rev. Mr. Wesley on Romaiiismt
The' fallowing is an extract from a letter from Rev.
John Wesley, dated " City Road, 1790." It expresses
the vieW that it is impossible; to make a Roman Cath
olic a citizen of a Protestant or Republican Govern
ment.. Mr. Wesley had agreater opportunity of judgr
ing at the time he penned (the extract, than we now
have, and his opinion is certainly entitled to great
weigh t especially with his own brethren.' H6 says :
With persecution I have nothing to do. I perse
cute; no man for his religious principles. Let there be
as boundless a freedom in religion' as aiiy man can con
ceive. :But this does not touch the point. I will set
religion, true or false, utterly out of the question.
Suppose the Bible, if you'please, to be a fable, and the
Koran 40 be the word of.Qod. . I consider not whether
thi Romish religion be true qr false. 1 build nothing
on one or the other supposition. , .Therefore away with
all your common place declamation about intolerance
and persecution for religion ! , Suppose every word of
Pope Pius' creed to be true ! Suppose the Council of
Trent to have been infallible:; yet I insist upon it that
no government, not Roman Catholic, ought to tolerate
men of Roman Catholic persnasion.,
I prove this by a plain argument, (let him answer it
that cau,)-that no Roman Catholic does or :Can give
security for his allegiance or peaceable behavior. I
prove it thus : It is a Roman Catholic maxim, estab
lished not by private men, bat public council, that 'no.
faith is to be kept with heretics.-v This has been open
ly avowed by the Council of Constance ; but it was
never openly disclaimed. Whether private persons
avo w or dibavowit, it is a fixed maxim of the Church
of Rome. But as long as it is so, nothing can be more
plain than that the members .of that Church can give
no reasonable security to any government for their al
legiance and peaceable behavior. Therefore they
ought not to be tolerated by any government, Protest
ant, Mahommedan or Pagan i . . . .- r, ...
Again : Those who acknowledge the spiritual pow
er of the Pope, can give no security for their allegiance
to any government; but all Roman Cat holies acknowl
edge this, and therefore they can give no security for
their allegiance. .--Z j
Nay, not only the Pope but the' priest has; the pow
er to pardon sins ! But they that ackuowledgej this
cannot possibly give any security for their allegiance
to any government. Oatns ''are rib security at all j
For the priest can pardon "both perjury and high
treason. ( . V :
Setting, then, religion aside, it is plain, that upon
principles of reason, no government ought to tolerate
Roman Catholics as citizens' ' VS tff
Tio good to be tosT.-4The citizens of H n.
Miss., assembled at a church to celebrate the 4thinst.
by reading the Heclaration of Independence and Wash'
ingion's farewell Address. ! An old gentleman, com
ing in rather late, .walked up near the pulpit wbUe
Washington's address wasibeing read.. The old one
listened until he heard " Against the insidious wdes
of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,
the jealousy of a free people ought to be
constantly awake, since history and experience prove
that' foreia-n influence is one of .the most banefulToes
of republican government',' ; When this was jead, he
threw up his hat in a passion and left the house.. At
the door-he met some friends: " Gentlemen, ' said
he, "I came hereto celebrate the 4th of July, and
hear the Declaration of Independence and Washing
ton's Farewell address read. But," said, he, the first
thine I heard was that fellow in theae reading a d d
Know Nothing document, and Til whip him as soon
as he leaves the house." Sumpter County Whig.
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NO. 8.
From the American Organ.
UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY FOR-
EIGNISM AND NATIVEISM. ,
We have recently seen a statement, published in
some Pierce organ, setting forth what purported to
be facts relative to this branch of th& public service.
It was a garbled statement, intended to hoodwink or
Foreignize the distant public, and was published and
circulated to disprove the charge of foreign favorite
ism made against the present administration. Wp
give below a list of the names of the employees in the
office of the Coast Survey, classified according to birth,
and the respective salaries :
Natives,
Salary.
$1200
Foreign,'
Salary.
?2200
1419
1500
1100
1000
900
1500
2500
1568
1459
9"30
782
704
2000
E. Nutty
J. E. Hitearu
J. T. Hoover
600
519
500
300
S. W. Werner
J. H..Toomer
J. E. Blackenskip
H. Freeman
ILMichell
H. Heaton
R. S. Avery
J. Kincheloe
G. 0 Blanchard
R. E. Evans
R. L. Hawkins
W. McPherson
W. M. C. Fairfax
M. J. McClery
Porterfield
L. Williams
John Key
Martin
B. Hooe .
F. Fairfax.
H. McCormick
E. Wharton
J. Knight
F. Dankworth
J. V. N. Throop
R. Knight -
C. A. Knight
G. Mathiot '. . '
S. Harris
S. D. O'Brien
A. Geatman
if. Tine
a B. Snow
J. Smith
G. Hitz
J. Cronion
A. W. Russell
C. A. Schott
J. Main
G. Rumf
1000
700
660
J. Weisrier '
L F, Pourtales
S.Hein .
339
339
339
J.Welch
A. Baschke
Balback v
1200
700
1800
Lendenkehl
W. P. Schultz
G. McCoy
A. Rolle
G. B. Metzenroth
A. Meadell
J. Ci Koudnip
J: Rutherdall
J. Barrett
J. Vierbuchen
P. Vierbuchen
T. Hunt ...
J." Missenson
R. Schelpass '
C. Rainkin
F. Wbyte
D. Flyn
1600
" 1000
860
782
751
1700
1005
1095
939
626
419
500
375
1095
281
156
aioo
704
1700
1700
1255
. 930
626
469
813
960
626
1800
600
525
T. Kinney
' 519
U. Kraft
B.Feff
420
1095
526
704
626
$31,867
1000
593
313
519
1300
. 660
Tansill
v . ju: ii.mg
F. Holden
J. Mitchell
W. Bright
720
500
331
" 216
24,429
The whole number of natives, 43 ; number of for
eigners, 31. Amount paid natives, $24,429, amount
paid foreigners, $31,867: The average salary of the
natives is $568 12 per year ; of the foreigners,
$1,027 98 per year nearly doublethat of the natives.
Is not this favoriteism to the foreigner, and discrimi
nation againOthe native? The disbursing officer S.
Hein, receives $2,500 -WjU it be said that he alone
can perforjn'ffiese very responsible duties ? There is
not only & general, but an individual discrimination,
in many instances where both a native and a foreigner
are employed upon tne same work, both equally com
petent, the foreigner receives the highest salary.
Among the foreigners there are many who are nat
uralized, and some have not even declared an inten
tion of becoming citizens of the United State. The
salary paid many of the natives is so small as hardly
1.1. j.i i i .1 .
auujcieuii w tJu&uttJ mem to uve ; wmie a large major
ity of the foreign salaries are lucrative. Is not this
discrimination against the native ? We have not in
cluded apprentices or negroes in the afoove calculation.
I Jabex.
Kansas Legislation
Buffalo, July 24. The Kansas Legislature met
at bhawnee Mission on the loth mst, pursuant to
the adjournment. Notice was giveJn of a bill requir-
ing citizens emigraung rrom massacnusetts and other
States which have annulled or may nullify the fugi
tive slave law to take an oath to support the laws of
Kansas Territory. A bill to. prevent the sale of ui
toxicating liquors and games of chance within one
mile ot Jshawnee Mission was passed. A joint com
mittee, of eight , was appointed' to devise a code of
laws lor tne government ot the Territory. A bill
was introduced providing that every mari who" shall pay
the. sum of one dojlac poll-tax,:and produce the re
ceipt ol tne same to the judges at any election, shall
be a legal voter, provided he is a citizen of the Unit
ed states and has taken an oath to support the Con
stitution of the United States and the act . organiz
ing, the. Territory of Kansas I The bill was read for
the first time. ' .. .. - .
Further from Kansan,
St.. Louis, July 25. Dates from Kansas to the
23d state that Gov. Reeder, had' vetoed all . the bills
thus far presented, not because he does not consider
the Legislature a legal body. The bills have all been
re-passed by a large majority,
A. J. Donelson delivered a speech in the vicinity
of Nashville, (Tenn.) on the 4th of July, which occu
pies seven and a half columns of the Nashville Ban
ner. The following is an extract from it : . ..
Fellow-Citizens : I. have not taken, my position as
a member of the American party without deep reflec
tion. 1 know the bitterness with which a numerous
party press can and will assail me ; but I should be
unworthy of the relation which I have sustained to
wards Gen. Jackson,.if I permitted any such consider
ations to deter me from the perforinance of a sacred
duty fo my country. ' That patriot and statesman
bequeathed me, as a token of his confidence and; affec
tion, the sword presented Vto him' by the State of Ten
nessee ; and, with the heljj of God, it shall be held as
the emblem of my devotion to the Constitution, and
the Union. From the time tha$ t raisedmy voice
against the,8chemes of the NashT0a Southenj. Con
vention, the disunionktsifprth and South, have con
tinued to throw their missiles at me, but thej fall
harmless at my feei I stand secure and strpngin ih
example set me by the greates; names in ourEiBpub;
licbui still stronger in the consciousness that 1 am
in the right. - , . '. '
Report of tne Secretary and Treasurer of
tne Atlantic and If C- Rt R. Conpanj.
Gextleme? : I herewith present; you a statement
of receipts and disbursements, as Treasurer of .your
body, from Aug. 1,1854 to July 18, 1855, wiUii.ftlso,
vouchers for the same.' ' j. : - . "
" Beceipts from all sources,' '.!.. v,f; $171,363 63
4 DlSBUSEJCCSTS
As per vouchers on file ,
; for Survey and other pur- r.
poses, since we organuK
tion of the Company,
. Balance the hands of the
$93,836 76
$7726 77
; Treasurer, July 18, 1855,
E. R, STANLY, Treas.
Atlantic and N. C. Rail Road Co. .
Am't subscribed by private individuals, .
,. county of Craven,
$113,000
.150,000
50,000
50,000
55,000
Carteret-
Town of Beaufort,
-i rtrt i
$418,000
Balance of Htser Y ifiich
ardson s subscription not
transfered, f
$187,000
THE LAW OP NEWSPAPEM.
1. Subacriberfwho do not'ive express notlc to th
contrary are considered wishing to continue their sub
scription : , ; i , .
2. If the subscribers order the discontinuance of their
papers, the publishers may continue to send them till
all cash charges are paid. , .'
3. If subscribers neglect pr refuse to take their pa.
pers from the office to which they arc directed, theysr
held responsible uhtlll they, have settled their bill, and
ordered their paper disconthiucd.
. 4. If subscribers remove to othfcr places without in
forming the publisher, and the pnpor Is sent to the
former direction, they are icld, responsible.
6. The courts have decided that refusing to .take &
paper or periodical from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is 'prima facio" evidence, of
intentional fraud. -
lion.' Jesse Speight, of Greene, and Roman
: Catholicism. ; ; . . ,
In the "Dcbales in Convention" of'is35. jiugc.248
Will be fouud the following :
Mr. S.pKicnTj of Greene, rose ami said, if ho knew
his own heart, hb felt ho rancor agaiiist any religious'
sect- He regretted that pentlemeu, who had spoken
on this subject,' had thought it necessary to arraigti
the motives of the Protestants. He might have rcta
liated their charges, and shewn that persecution lipd
always been resorted to by the Catholics, and that the
Protestants had always acted on the defensive. f
It would appear, he said, from tho course of the
debate, as if the Convention were about to deny tl0
people the liberty of conscience. Are wo, lie asked,
about to form any new article on this subject? Cer
tainly not. Oh the contrary, we are Called together
to consider an article which 'has existed in our Cons'ti-.
tution for more than half a century.
It should be remembered, that the other day, the
gentleman frord Buncombe had said, that the Protes
tants were not only at war with each other, but they ,
had combined against the Roman Catholics. What '
evidence had the gentleman of this warlike spirit on
the part of the Protestants? lie called upon him td ;
adduce the evidence on which he founded his opinions. :
" Mr. S. said it was necessary for him to go back to
the time of Reformation, to show the noitility of
Catholics to the Protestants. Yet, at this day, it is
asserted that the Protestants have combined to put
down the Catholic religion.
Mr. S. went tn to stafe what a good p'rotestant
believed, and then stated the Articles of Belief, of tho
Catholic Ohujrch, and shewed wherein they differed;
quotifig some authorities; fop this puriiose, and to ex
hibit instances of persecution against Protestants.
We ask particular attention to Mr. Speight's re
marks. They .are strictly applicable to our opponents
now. His position and ours are thi sams. Those who
talk about "jiroscriptou" will please read carefully.-
See Debates in Convention. Ed. Amcr. Advocate
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jjy iifafEY bkauy:
As honest men attend and hear,
The serious fact the times arc dear ;
Who owes a bill, 'tis just as clear
.'.-, As star-light in the winter;
That he should come without delay,
That's if he can that bill to pay,
And. ere he puts his purse away
"Fork over" to the rfmfcr.
The Printer' 6 check is seldom red,
The fine machinery of his head ,
Is working when you are in bed,
Ypur true and faithful "Mentor
All day and night ha-wiars his shoes,
And brains to furnish you with news ;
'-Nutmen of conscience ne'er refuse
Tb pay the toiling Printer. '
'Us known, or ought tq be, by all ,
His dues are scatter' d, and they're small
And i not paid, he's bound to fall
In debt for fuel, bread, rent, or
Perhaps his paper ; then to square -Up
with his "help" a double care
- Bows down his head, now is it fair.
''' ' :" ThaJ; you don t pay the Printer ?
His wife, and little prattlers, too';'
Are now depending upon you ; .
And if you pay the scire that's due,'
Necessity can't stint her ;
Bift If ! you don't,' as gnaws the mole, -'Twill
thro' your conscience eat a hole !
. And brand tho forehead thus : "No soul .
Of him who cheats tho Printer.'
The cats will mew between your feet, . '
The dog's will bite you on the street i
And every urchin that you meet,
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The chap that wears the Printer's clothes I
-: , And proud, though everybody knows v
yhe grub, ha gnawed the Printer !"
Be 6imply just, and don't disgiace
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To thaw that hardened, icy "case,''
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This done,, man "will with man act fair ,'
And all will have the "tin" to spare ; -Then!
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