Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-23

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r ported by b. +. Butler, as having tn
unanimous sanction:
II Whereas, We have assembled in Con
: veution, aS union Of Freemcn. for tn
sake Of Freedom. forgetting all past pc
litical differences in a common resolve +
maintain the rights of Free Labor agains
the ag.rcssions OF the Slave Power. ans
10 secure Free soil tor a Free People.
-fHd Whereas. The political Conven
tons recently assembled At Baltimore anc
Philadelphia. the one Sitting the voice o
Il great constituency entitled TO be heard
III its dellberation. ana the other abandon
ing its distinctive principles for mere avail
( ability. have dissolved the National party
organizations heretofore existing by nomI-
mating ior the Chief A!agistfacy of the
| niteG. States. Ent der slave holding dicta-
ton. candidates neither Of whom can be
supported by the opponents Of slavery
extension without a sacrifice Of conss-
tcncy. duty. and self,reSpect.
ind Whereas. Those nominations SO
made furnish the occasion aud demon
strate the necessity OF the union OF the
people under the banner of Free Democ-
racv. in a solemn and formal declaration
OF their independence otth Slave Power.
and of their fixed deternin alton 10 rescue
the Federal Government from lis control.
Resoired. therefore. That we. the peo-
pie here assembled, remembering the ex-
ample of our Fathers in the days of the
first Declaration of independence: putting
our trust III God for the triumph of our
cause. and invoking his guidance i'll our
endeavors to advance it. do now plant
ourselves upon the National Platform of
Freedom in opposition to the Sectional
Platform of Slavery.
ReSoircd. That Slavery in the several
States of tbs Union which recognize lis
existence, depends upon State laws. alone.
which cannot be repealed or modified by
the Federal Government, and for which
laws that government is not responsible.
W t therefore propose no interference by
Congress with slavery within the limits OF
any State.
KcSolrcd. That the proviso Of Jeffcr-
son. to prohibit the existence of slavery.
after 1900. in all the territories of the L.
States, Southern aud Northern; the votes
of six States and sixteen delegates. in the
Congress of 1884. for the provis to three
States and seven delegates against it; the
actual exclusion of slavery, from the
northwestern territory, by tine ordinance
OF 1857. unanimously adopted by the
states IN Congress; and the entire history
of that period. clearly show that it was
the settled policy of the nation, not to ex-
tend. nal.94al!Aa er.epcp!nrager hHt lit"it
this policy. which should never have been
departed, from, the government osght TO
return.
ReSoIred. That our Fathers ordained
IL. 81.
order. among other great national objects,
10 establish justice, promote the general
welfare. and secure the blessings Of Lib
crtv: but expressly denied to the Federal
Government. which they created. all con-
stitutional power TO deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property without due legal
process.
Reso1red. That in the judgment Of this
Convention. Congress has no more power
to make slave than to mkae king; no
more power to institute or establish slave
ry than to institute or establish a mon
aichy: no such power can be found among
those specifically conferred by the consti-
tuition or derived by just implication from
them.
Reso3red. That it is the duty of the
federal government 10 relieve itself from
all responsibility for the existence or con-
tinuance Of slavery wherever the govern
ment possesses constitutional authority &c
legislate on that subject. and is thus res
ponsibc for its existence.
RcsoFcd. That the true. and in tho
/ Judgment of this Convention. the only safe
means of preventing the extension of sla
very into territory now free. is to prohibi
its existence in all territory by an act O
Congress.
RcsoYrcd. That we accept the issue
which the slave power has forced upon us
and to their demand for more slave states
and more slave territories, our calm bu
! final answer is. no more slave territory
let the soil Of our extensive domains c.
ever kept Free. for the hardy pioneers c
our own land. and the oppressed and ban
ished of other lands. seeking homes c
comfort aud fields of enterprise III III
new world.
:. KcsoIrea. That the hlll lately reporte
by the Committee of eight i'll the Senat
i. Of the nted States. was no compromise
/ but an absolute surrender of the rights {
: the non Shareholders of all the States; an
: while we rejoice to know. that measur
which. while opening the door for the il
, PRODUCTION of slavery into territories no
free. would also have opened the door
: litigation and strife among the future II
habitants therefore TO the ruin OF the
2 peace and prosperity. was defeated in ii
e House Of representatives. its passage.
/ hot-haste. by majority. embracing sev'
, raj Senators. vino voted in open violatlo
I of the known VIII of their constituent
should warn the people 10 see to 1t. tn
their CONSERVATIVES be not suffered TO b.
Il tray them. There must be no more con
promises with Slavery: if made they mu
J be repealed.
r Rcsofred. That VIZ demand Freedo
i and established Institutions for our br
thren in Oregon. now exposed 10 mar
{ ships, peril and massacre. by the rec
u less hostility of the Slave power 10 the
Establishment of Free Government for Fr
/. Territories. and not only for them. b
of for our new brethren in California al
5 New Mexico