The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-16

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night to adopt aud modify its own munici.
pal laws 70 regnIale id own ;nternsl sfEa,re
to hold, and maintain an eoual and ;ndepen-
| dent soyeIeignty with each and evsrv Sis,s
and That upon these rights the nstion.l fss;s'
iatuse con neitner M ieglslate. norencroach.
"hesolved, That an enlightened political
economy demands more liberal system of
|disposing Of the public lands, and that the
prosperity of the country as well as Of in
|dividuals, would beemfnently promoted BY
the passage of a law placing the national do
main in limited quantities within The reach
of actual settlers, alta price TO cover the cost
of surveying, andiothei necessary expenses"
Sd Resolvcd, That the Democracy Of Ohio
|still adhere 10 The well known and long es-
tablished doctrines of the party in relationto
The Tariff and Currency. s.1 .fg6g s,le -
4th Resolved, That we recognise the SOW.
ereign and inalienable right Of every nation
to establish and maintain such form Of gov
eminent as may accord with the views Of its
own people, and that any interference there
with on the part of other nations is clearly
an Infringement of International law. and
natural justice.
9th Rtsolvcd That the law OF nations isin
the keeping of nations; that breach of it
by any one Of them is an offense against all
the Others, aud that they are bound in duty to
themselves, and to each other, to prevent or
punish such infracion by all means not in.
compatible with their own interests. .n gsiB
9Th Rssolpsd, Thatto Democratic Repub.
lican State and Federal Institutions, resting
on universal suffrage, and universal elligibil.
ity to office, do these United States owe their
undeniable prosperity among nations-and
that it is their duty 70 syinpathise with every
people struggling for freedom against tynnts.
7th Res0Lvcd, That we declare the Russian
past Intervention in the affairs Of Hungary,
a violation Of the law OF nations, which If
repeated would not be regarded differently BY
the people of the United States. IA, ia sg75
8th ReSoloed, That in thetconspiraey OF all
the monarchists Of Europe against self gov
eminent the United States do sympathise
profoundly with the people, that as citizens.
we offer them our emphatic encouragement
to break their chains: and we hold it to be
our duty, as a nation, SO to shape our policy
as TO assist them BY any means in our power;
and rather than witness the utter extinction
OF republicanism as fact, and principle in
Europe, we are ready 10 encounter the shock
of arms ON the field of battle. 100 10 aoij
9Th Resolvcd, That the inefficient and tim
i'd foreign policy Of the present administfa-
tion, its utter failure 10 cause our flag, and
the rights Of our people TO be respected, and
lis tame submission to violations Of both,
merit and receive our indignant coDdemna- !
ton. isis.Sg. III. },--rs H., ..' ,..eI.., !, -
MIR Garvey submitted the following, which
was agreed to: -j 13I .jim
Resoiped, That the thanks Of this Conven-
tion be rendered 10 Il e President for the very
able manner in which he has presided over
our deliberations also to the Secretaries for
their very valuable services, +, " s'''p =
On motion the proceedings were ordered 10
be published in the Ohio Statesman, Der
Westboie, and the Democratic papers Of
Ohio. sik ql -e5 .irf f4 ,dY foisig
On motion the Convention adjourned siss
die. n ~ 90 20 fal .gl. yI iia9d
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