Democratic banner., 1848-06-19

tion of the liberal treaty offered to Mexico
remains in doubt, it is the duty Of the couR-
try to sustain the administration in every
measure necessary TO provide for the vigor-
ouS prosecution Of the war, should the trea-
ty be rejected.
Resolved, That the officers and soldiers
who have carried the arms of their country
into Mexico, have crowned it with imper-
ishable glory. Their unconquerable cour-
age, their daring enterprise, their unfalter-
ing perseverance and foIiitude when as
sailed on all sides By inuumrrable foes. and
that more formidable enrmy-the diseases
of the climate-eXalt their devoted patriot
ism into the highest heroism, and give them
a right to the profound gratitude of their
country and the admiration of the world.
Resolved, That the democratic national
convention of the thirty states composing
the American republic, tender tlrlrfratern-
al congratulations to the national conven-
ton of the republic of France, now assem-
bled as the free suffrage representatives of
the sovereignty ofthirty-five millions of re-
Publicans, to establish government on those
eternal principles of equal rights, for which
their LAFAYETTE and nj WASHINGTON
fought side by side, in the struggle for our
own national independence; and we would
especially convey to them and TO the whole
people of France, our earnest wishes for
the consolidation of their liberties, through.
the wisdom that shall guide their councils,
on the basis of a democratic constitution,
not derived from the grants or concessions
of kings or dynasties, but originating from
the only true source of political power rec
ognized in the states of this Union; the in
herent and inalienable right of the people,
in their sovereign capacity, to make and to
amend their forms of government in such
manner as the welfare fthe community may
require.
Resolved, That in the recent develop
ment of this grand political truth, of the
sovereignty of the people and their capaci-
ty and power for self government, which is
prostrating thrones and erecting republics
on the ruins of despotism in the old world,
we feel that a high and sacred duty is de-
volved, with increased responsibility upon
the democratic party of this country, as the
party of the people, to sustain and advance
among us constitutional liberty, equality
and fraternity, by continuing to resist all
m~onopolies and exclusive legislation for the
benefit Of the few at the expense of the
many, and by a vigilant and constant adhe-
renee to those principles and compromises
OF the constitution, which are broad enough
and strong enough to embrace and uphold
the Union as it was, the Union as it is, and
the Union as it shall be in the full expan-
sion Of the energies and capacity of this
great progressive people.
Resolved, That a copy of these ~resolu-
tions be Forwarded through the American
minister at Paris to the national conven-
ton of the republic of France.
Resolved, That the fruits of the great
political triumph of 1914, which elected
James K. Polk and George NJ. Dallas,
President and Vice President of the United
States, have fulfilled the hopes of the dem
ocracy of the Union; in defeating the de-
clared purpose of their opponents TO create
a national bank; in preventing the corrupt
and unconstitutional distribution of the land
proceeds from the common treasury of the
Union, fer local purposes; inprotccting the,
currency and the labor of the country from
ruinous fluctuations, and guarding the mcn-
ey of the people for the use of the people,
by the establishment: of the constitutional
treaty, in the noble impulse given TO the
cause of free trade, by the repeal of the
tariff of 1912, and the creation of the more
equal, honest and productive tariff of 1885,;
and that, in our opinion, it would be a fatal
error to weaken the bands of p~alitical or
ganization by which these great reforms
have been achieved, and risk them in the
hands of their known adversaries, with
delusive appeals they may solicit
our surrender of the vigilance, which is the
only safeguard of liberty.
Resolved, That the confidence of the
Of the Union in the principles,
capacity, firmneJs and integrity of James
K. Polk, manifested by his nomination and
election in 1874, has been signally justified
by the strictness of his adherence to sound
democratic doctrines, by tie purity Of pur-
pose, the energy and ability which lave
his administration in all our at
fairs, at home and abroad; and that we ten
der to him our cordial congratulations upon
the brilliant success which has hitherto
crowned his patriotic efforts, and assure
him, in advance, that, at the expiration of
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