Democratic banner., 1848-06-19

of internal improvements.
8. That the constitution does not COME
aathority upon the federal government, di-
or indirectly, to assume the debts Of
the several states, contracted fog local ia
teInal improvements, or other state purpo-
'ses, nor would such assumption be just and
expedient.
A. That justice and sound policy forbid
the federal governmental foster one branch
of industry to the detriment of another, OF
to cherish the interests of one portion to
the injury Of another portion of our COM
mon country; that every citizen and every
section of the country has a right to de-
mand and insist upon an equality of rights
and privileges, and to complete and ample
protection of persons and property from do
mestic violence or foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch Of
the government to enforce and praetiseth the
most rigid economy in conducting our pub
lie affairs, and that no more. revenue ought
to be raised than is required to defray the
expenses Of the government, and
for the gradual but certain extinction Of the
debt created by the prosecution of a just
and necessary war, after peaceful relations
shall have been restored.
6. That congress has no power to char
ter a national bank; that we believe such
an institution one Of deadly hostility to the
best interests Of the country, dangerous to
our republican institutions and the liberties
of the people, and calculated to place the
business of the country within the control
of a concentrated money power, and above
che laws and the will of the people; and that
the result of democratic legislation, in this
and other financial measures upon which
issues have been made between the two po-
litical parties Of the country, have demon
strated to candid and practical men of all
parties, their soundness, safety and utility
in all business pursuits.
2. That congress has no power under the
constitution to interfere with or control the
domestic institutions of the several states,
and that such states are the sole and prop
er judges of every thing appertaining to
their W affairs, not prohibited bythe con-
stitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists
or others made to induce congress to inter-
fsre with questions of slavery, or to take
~incipient steps in relation thereto, are cal
culated to lead to the most alarming and
dangerous consequences; and that all such
efforts have an inevitable tendency to di-
minish the happiness of the people, and en-
danger the stability and permanency Of the
Union, and ought not to be c~ountenanced
by any friend of our political institutions.
8. That the separation of the moneys of
the government from banking institutions,
is indispensable for the safety of the funds
of the government and the rights Of the
9. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson in the declaration Of independ-
ence, and sanctioned in the constitution,
which makes ours the land of liberty, and
the asylum of the oppressed of every ma
ton, have ever been cardinal principles in
the democratic faith, and every attempt to
abridge the present privilege of becoming
citizens and the owners of soil among US,
ought to be resisted with the same spirit
which swept the alien and seaition laws
from our statute books.
Resolved, That the proceeds Of the pub
lie lands ought to be sacredly applied to the
national objects specified in the constitu-
ton; and that we are opposed to any law
for the distribution of such proceeds among
the states, as alike inexpedient in policy
and ~repugnant to the constitution.
Resolved, That we are decidedly oppos-
ed to taking from the President the qualif-
ed veto power, by which he is enabled, un-
der restrictions and responsibilities, amply
sufficient to guard the public interest, to
suspend the passage of a bill whose mer-
its cannot secure the approval Of two-thirds
of the senate and house Of representatives,
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