North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-14
PENNSYLVANIA.

The following sound and admirable Re,ol.s
were unanimously adopted BY the late Dsn.'
Convention which met at Reading, for ,b.
OF nominating candidate for Governor Of p"
sylvania:
I" Resolved, That the time has arrived v..-
only the prosperity OF the people, but the nna,,l
ton of our blessed Union require that the DmsENs
party, in all its measures, shall strictly and s;i
adhere to the fundamental principles ESTABLISH
its wise, patriotic, and glorious founders. and
the most important of these principles We NAV
merate strict construction OF the Constu,oa! CIV
nited States, total abstinence on the mart NJ ~
gress from the exercise of all doubtful bower.
cred regard for the ii; hts reserved by the co.!
States OF which the contederacy is composed an
solute non-iRterference by the people of The sar~
States with the domestic institutions peculiar fl s.%
and rigid economy in the expenditure of the ,,ya
raised from the people, combining the apprODriaa,
of public money by Congress 10 national oT;a.a
plainly authorized by the Constitution.
ResoiUed, That had these vital PRINCIPLES of Dsm,
crazy been faithfully observed in the admipisl,i,
Of the National Government, since the advent of@,
Wings to power on the 4th of March, Is49 We sbor
not now witness the spirit of discord and aena,i"
which atPresent prevails between the north and sOS
on the question OF domestic savery-threatepinos
II does eventually to dissolve the Union nor sbeTI
we have occasion to deplore the enormous auumnIa
tons of public money, approaching, in time ola
peace, to the war standard of expenditure and eDdsD
gering an entail upon our posteri,y of the fatal icu
bus Of permanent national debt.
| ResolUed, That the Democratic party of PeDDsyl
vania are true to the Union, the Constitution and The
laws, and will faithfully observe and execute, so far
as in them lies. all the measures of Compromise
adopted BY the late Congress, for the purpose of St
fling the questions arising out of domestic SLAVE w.
this not only from sense of duty as good ciuzen
of the Republic. but als0 from the kind and fralnu
feelings (Which they cherish tOuards their brethren
the sMUehoLding STATES.
Res0lred, That the sixth Section OF the Act of tn
Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the Sd Q
March, lS47, denying under severe penalty, the US
of our State jas for the detention of fugitive slaves
while awaiting their trial, ought be expunged hOr
our Statute books, both because it ine.poses obstacles
by means of State Legislation, to the execu'ionO&
provisions of the Constitution of the United States
and because it is virtual disregard of the principle
of the compromise, and is calculated seriously nN
danger the existence of the Union.
! ResoiUed, That in the matt er Of levying duties
! foreign imports by the General Government. WsG
in favor of the reciprocal interchange of our prOdut
with the other nations Of the earth, in consonan
with the enlightened spirit of the age, recogniZr
clearly the practice of the Government to maina
and preserve in full vigor and safety, all the gr
industrial pursuits of the country
w NuCCb OuI III 6U0SyNdHId vi u
platform. and stand with them in the support Of
above principles most cheerfulIy and heartily. HI
different is their language from that of many Of
Wing Conventions of the free States A vi
Convention in Pennsylvania, which assembled abb
the same time, resolved in favor of protective Tai
in favor of Gen. Scott Stewards first choice
President, and that Pennsylvania is - utterly hos
to the further extension of Slavery, or any interfere
with it by her State Oficers.'' They also endOr
Gov. Johnson for reelection, who refuses to sign
bill, passed by the Democrats of the Legislature,
Pealing the clauses in the Pennsylvania laws VII
forbid the use of her ais for securing fugitive sa
Such and SO wide is the difference in PennsylVa
between the Democrats and Whigs-the DemOc
for the Constitution. the Union, and the equal rig
of the States, and the Wings against the COnSl
tor and trucking to Wilmot and freesoil.