Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-12
THE DEMOCRACY OF u1,no,

The following Resolutions were un.n;n..,
dopted by the late Democratic Conven,ion or.rg a.
of Illinois: u lie Slate
-. '' Re:oiued, That the democracy of nIino;o
clng with devotion to the principles of the " piil
,no pidHoIm' as promulgated in 1910, IA ani
ness policy. N '''ell sound
Iha' al laws passed by Congress are bindir-
every cnzen OF the United States, until rene,a on
nun oy me proper authorities and no .H
cltlzen Will factously oppose them or 5o
thing to arrest their execution KNOWING =. 10 any
That ours is government of laws and consr;tr Oes
and not brute force. AS''tuuon,
That the constitution of the United States :.
of compromise and limited powers, which as Is one
be construed strictly by every officer of tho 10
ment, State and national that its provision, L
be faithfully kept by the States towards each ud
and under no pretence or pretended necessity omel
us e,ne ana known meaning to be disregarded u,
lightly esteemed; for it, and by it. and ~ or
1t, and with II, every true and patriotic Anangn
hopes to Perpetuate the liberties of this I1n;n"
That no good citizen should do any act 10 .v"..
the PONDS OF this unlon by stirring up STRIFE men
tentons, or hatred among citizens North So",L con-
or West, or by intermeddling with the rohtG East
OF other States, or the institutions thereof ds
as we do, that States, like individuals. he's,
their own happiness by looking to their owD auvance
the affairs of their neighbors. wv" dnd not
That the democracy of Illinois will s,,,
compromises of the constitution of tho In; W me
that we regard the several acts of Con,,oa" ana
the compromise acts" (includnp the E;, 'ermed
law, in all its provisons,) the resuI, of ~,
cratic principle of non-intervenon 40 III ue uemo-
the last and previous Democratic National Conn W
tons, held at Baltimore, and that we will
rigidly adhere to those principles. ''i'''iy and
That our distinguished fellow-citizen. STvDvr,,
DOUGLAS, is the first and unanimous cboica a. a.
Illinois democracy for President of the Hn;ted e
both on account of his great public services
abilities, and answering devotion to the nrnnnau
OF the democratic republican party and becansa uo
believe that In him imbodied ali the eIen,a,. e
PoPuldly ana success TO such degree as to st,mn
ds INC dn lot tne coming crisis and that we
therefore recommend him to our democratic hra,Loe
throughout the Union for their standardbeare in 6n
next contest, believing his name would he a touvo
OF strength, and would excite an ardor and entbri
throughout the country for our cause which yronid
result In triumph for democracy UNPARALLELED si ~
the days OF the lllusrious Jackson and thai onr JI
egates In the Baltimore Convention be Instructed to
| vote for and urge his nomination for President ~
ther first choice of the democracy of this State
| That while we prefer STEPHEN A. DoueLAs as our
first choice for President, cheefuIly accord n The
other distinguished candidates of our party bioh ann
merited qualifications for the same Office and ei,be
of them will receive at the hands of the democracv
of Illinois, if nominated, warm and enthusiastic
support
This, be it remembered, is the action of the DemOc
racy of one of the free States. No Whig Conveu.
ton which has been held in the free States thus far
has endorsed the fugitivesave law in so many words
The Wing party of the free States is the anti Sauerv
paryi take from it the right 10 agitae on this sub
ject, and it will sink Seward, Greely and
others know this, and hence their determination not
to allow the Wing National Convention to endorse
the fugitive-slave law IS fnaty.''