Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-02

that such States are the sole and proper Judges
of everything appertaining to their own AFFAIRS
not prohibited by the constitution; that all Ell
forts of the abolitionists or others made 10 III,
duce Congress to interfere with questlons vi
slavery, or to take inclpient steps III ieiauoh
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarm
ing and dangerous consequences anu 'na'
all such efforts have an lnevltaole lehuehcy ~
diminish the happiness OF the people, and en-
danger the stability and permanency OF the
Union, and ought not to De countenanceu Oy
anv friend of our political Institutions.
Z. That the separation of the moneys OF
INDISPENSABLE for the safety of the funds of the
government and the rights of the people.
9. That the liberal principles 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 present prlvil-
eye of becoming citizens and the owners OF
soil among US, ought to be resisted with the
same spirit which swept the alien and sedi-
ton laws from our statute books
RESOLVED, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the ma
tional objects specified in the constitution; and
that we are opposed TO any law for the distrl-
button of such proceeds among the States, as
alike ineXpedient IN policy. and repugnant to
the constitution.
Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed
to taking from the President the qualified veto
power, by which he is enabled, under restrlc-
lions and responsibilities, amply sufficient 10
guard the public interest, to suspend the pas
sage of bill whose merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House
of Representatives, until the judgment OF the
people can be obtained thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the corrupt
and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the
| United States, and from corruptlng system
of general internal Improvements.
Resolved, That the war with Mexico pro-
voked on her part, by years of insult and in
jury, was commenced by her army crossing
the Rio Grande, attacking the American troops,
and invading our sister State of Texas-and
that upon all the principles of patriotism and
the laws of nations, it is just and necessary
war on our part, in which every American
citizen should have shown himself on the side
of his country, and neither morally nor physi-
cally, by word or deed, have given " aid and
comfort to the enemy"
Resolved, That we would be reioiced at the
assurances of a peace with Mexico, founded
on the just principles of indemnity for the pas
and security for the future but that while
the ratification of the liberal treaty offered tc
Mexico remains in doubt, it is the duty of the
country to sustain the administration in every
measure necessary to provide for the vigorous
prosecution of the war, should that treaty bt
rejected.
Resolved, That the officers and soldiers who
have carried the arms of their country into
Mexico, have crowned it with imperishablt
glory. Their uncomfortable courage, then
daring enterprise, their unfaltering persever
ance and forttude when assaled on all sides
by innumerable foes, and that more formidable
enemy-the diseases of the climate-eXalt thei
devoted patriotism into the highest heroism
and give them a right to the profound graft
tude OF their country and the admiration O.
the world
RESOLVED, That the Democratic Nationa
Convention of the thirty States composing tn
American Republic, tender their fraternal con
gratulations to the National Convention of tn
Republic of France, now assembled as the fire.
I suffrage representatives of the sovereignty o
t thirty-tive millions of Republicans, to estab
llsh government on those eternal principles O
equal rights, for which their LAFAYETTE an
s struggle for our own National independence;
: we would especially convey to them and t
b the whole people of France, our earnest wishe
for the consolidation..o their Liberties, throug
. the wisdom that shall guide their councils, O
the basis OF d Democratic Constitution, nc
: derived from the grants or concessions Of king
: or dynastes, but originating from the onl
f true source of political power recognized i
the States of this Union; the inherent and in
alienabIe right of the people, in their sovereig
J. capacity, TO make and to amend their forms c
, government in such manner as the welfare {
their country may require.
RESOLVED, That in the recent developmer
y of this grand political truth, of the sovereign
J. ty of the people and their capacity and powe
Re for self-government, which is prostratin
thrones and erecting republics on the ruins {
: despotism in the old world, we feel that
e high and sacred duty isdevolved, with increa:
e ed responsibility upon the democratic party
this country, as the party of the people, to su'
|; tain and advance among US constitutional |
&c berty, equality and fraternity, by continuir
D, to resist all monopolies and exclusive legisl;
l. ton for the benefit of the few at the expens
10 of the many, and by viglant and constal
adherence to those principles and comprom
'e es of the constitution which are broad enoug
l. and strong enough to embrace and uphold tn
f. Union as it was, the Union as it is, and Il
n Union as it shall be in the full expansion
IS the energies and capacity of this great all
l. progressive people,
lie Resolved, That copy of these resolution
s. be forwarded through the American Mnist
l. at Paris to the National Convention OF II
m Republic of France.
y RESOLVED, That the fruits of the great polit
l. cal triumph of 1914, which elected JAMES
POLK and GEORGE NJ DALLAS President al
d Vice President of the United States, have flu
d filled the hopes of the democracy OF the Unto
E. in defeating the declared purposes of their OF
E. ponents to create National Bank, in prevel
Id ting the corrupt and unconstitutional distrib,
+ ton of the land proceeds, from the commc
treasury of the Union, for local purposes,
p protecting the currency and the labor of Il
T. country from ruinous fluctuations, al
l. guarding the money of the people for the u:
of the people, by the establishment of Il
ct Constitutional Treasury iii the noble impul
l. given to the cause of Free Trade, by the r.
v peal of the Tariff of 1912, and the creation
u the more equal honest and productive Tar
ID OF 1916; and, that, in our opinion, it would
a fatal error to weaken the bands of polite
lie organization by which these great reform
n have been achieved and risk them in Il
l. hands of their known adversaries, with VIVA
y ever delusive appeals they may solicit o.
= surrender of that vigilance, which is the on
ne safeguard of liberty.
p RESOLVED, That the confidence of the Dem
of fho Aho,o o;,olo1