Section 10 of that Democratic platform reads as follows: That the liberal princiiles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and sanctioned in the Constitution. which makes ours :the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation. have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith. and every .attempt to abridge the privilege ofbecomlng citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute books. and Whereas. since the foregoing declaration was uniformly adopted by our predecessors in national conventions an adverse political and religious test has been secretly organized by a party claiming to be c(clusively American. it is proper that the American Democracy should clearly define its relation thereto and declare its determined opposition to all secret political -societies. by Whatever name they may be called: Resolved. That the foundation of this Union of States having been laid in andIts prosperity. expansion. and preeminent example in free government built upon entire freedom in matters of religious concernment and no respect of person in regard to rank or place of birth. no party can justly be deemed national. constitutional. or in accordance with American principles which bases its exclusive organization upon religious opinions and accidental birthplace. And hence a political crusade in the nineteenth century and in the United States of America against Catholic and foreign born Is neither justified by the past history or the future prospects of the country nor in unison with the spirit of toleration and enlarged freedom wlich peculiarly distinguishes the American system of popular government. Mr. President.
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