Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-06-11

from service, or labor included; which act being
designed to carry out an express pr'vlson OF the
constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto be re-
pealed or so Changed as to dcshoyo Or impair its
efficacy.
Resoloed, That the democratic party will re-
sist all attempts at renewing, in Congress orout
of it, the agitation on the slavery. question. un-
der whatever shape or color the ATTEMPT il'y b.
made t-g,-
Resolved That the I,rpce.ds Of the pubic
lands ought TO be sacrcdy applied to the nation
al objects specified in the constitution and that
we are opposed to any law for The distribution
of such proceeds among the States, as alike IN
expedient policy and repugnant to the constl-
tuition.
"Resoluea, That we are decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified veto pow
Ell, by which he is enabled under restrictions
and responsibilities amply sufficient to guard ne h,
public interest, to suspend the passage OF bill
whose merits cannot secure the approval OF two
thirds of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, until the judgement Of the people can be
obtained thereon, and which has saved the Amer
lean people from the corrupt and tyrannical do
mination of the Bank of the United States, aud
from corrupting system of general internal i'm
provcments.
'Resolued, That the democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the principles laid
down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
of 1898, and in the report of Mr.. Madison to the
Virginia legislature in 1899; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main found.
ations of its political creed, and is resolved to
carry them out in their obvious meaning and
import.
"Resolred, That the war with Mexico, upon
all the principles of patriotism and the laws of
nations, was just and necessary war on our part,
in which every American citizen should have
shown himself on the side, of his country, and
neither morally nor physically, by word or deed
have given aid and comfort to the enemy"
Rrsolved That, we r joice at the restoration
of friendly relations with our sister Republic OF
Mexico, and earnestly desire for her all the hes-
sings and prosperity which we enjoy under repub-
lican institutions; and we congratulate the Amer
ican people upon the results of that war, which
have so manifesty justified the policy and con-
duct of the Democratic party, and insured to the
United States indemnity for the past, and Sc
curity for the future"
Resolced, That in view of the condition of
popular institutions in the Old World, Il h-h
and sacred duty is devol,ed, with increased
responsibility, upon the Democratic party this
country, as the party of the people, to uphold
and maintain the rights of every State. and there
by the Union Of the States, and to sustain and
advance among us constitutional liberty by con-
tinuiug to resist all monopolies and exclusive
legislation for the benefit of the few at the ex-
pensc of the many, and by yigilant and COLI
stant adherence to those principles ana compro-
lnises of the Constitution, which are broad op-
ough and strong enough to embrace and up hold
the Union as it was, the Union as it il, aud thr
Union as it shall be, in the full expansion of th'-
energies and capacity Of this great and progress
sive people.
The committee to report in relation to the next
Democratic Convention reported series ofrcs-
olutions fixing the place at Cincinnati, leaving
the time to the Dcmocratical National Commit
tee and providing that no State should send
more than twice as many delegates as their vpt,
in the electoral college. This latter pro,isioa
was laid upon the table, and the remai l'r 9th"
report was adopted.