Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-06-17
ha!ltItaI Asa6lIIg.
The Democracy.

BY the I'd 3llowing bllef extract
!. which VI talk 4e from q compilation /
5 the Washington Union, the reado
!, has in a nut Shell, the position Of tn
!, Democracy of twenty-five State;
upon th$ Con- hpromise and the Slave
leIry question, Under the name G
each ST lte is arranged its position
adopted in a legislative or eonyen
) tional ca pacitl j.:
i NlEW YORK.
7aRcs0Ered, That, devoted TO tht
principles and form Of our eonledera
ton, ever min lful Of the blessings il
has secured I'd ourselves and to man
kind, and regarding the citizens o.
all Sections of our country as mem
Ibers Of a common brotherhood, we
cherish the Union Of the States as
the ark Of our political covenant; and
that we deprecate all sectional agita-
tions at the North or South calcula-
ted to impair its sacred obligations
or to threaten its perpetuity.''
PENNSYLVANIA.
"Reso1pod, That the Democratic
party Of Pennsylvania are true to the
Union, the constitution, and the
laws, and will faithfully observe and
execute, SO tbr as in them lies, all
the measures Of Compromise adopted
| by the late Congressfor the purpose
of settling the questions arising oat
Of domestic slhYelg-; and this not on
ily from d sense of duty as good clti-
zens of the republic, but also from
the kind and lraternal feelings which
they cherish towards their brethren
of the slaveh9lling States.
NERMONT.
"Resoleed, That the late adjust
ment measures OF Congress, Dictated
not by the South or North, bat
passed in a spirit Of patriotic conIces-
sion, by both, htFe-4aQ become .
pledge Of fidelity Of the several
States to each other, a hd should be
observed by all with the obedience to
which is due the nations viii, and
with that good faith Which is rcani-
site for tue nations safety.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
"ResolgaR, BY the Senate aud
House of Representatives in general
court convinced, that the State Of
New. Hampshire approves Of the
adoption of the Compromise meas
ures as essential and necessary for
the peace, preservation, and progress
of cur glorioRs Union, and that We
pledge her tp sustain the Executive
of the nation in carrying said meas
ures into full effect, and in the fur
ther execution of all constitutional
means to enforce obedience to the
law"
MICHIGAN,
"Resezgtd, That the recent meas
ures Of Compromise, embracing a set
of the idistracting questions
which have disturbed and almost in-
tercepted the business Of Congrt IS,
seriously threatening the integrity
Of the Union itself, were demanded
by fair consideration Of tho consti-
rights of the various mem f
bers Of the confederacy; that the De-
mocracy Of Michigan, panderlng to
no ISL, rejecting all alliances with
sectional factions, having in view the
claims of each State in
the Union, and yielding only to the
demands ofthe constitution, declare,
smphatically, the Compromise meas
nres stand justified in the eyes OF
every well-wisher of his country, and
should be sustained and executed in
Ill their parts, faithfully, fully. and /
mpartially."
ILLINOIS.
"ReSo1red, That the Democracy Of
-.
illinois viii stand by the Compro- Z
nises of the constitution OF the Tn
on; and that we regard the several
lcts of Congress, termed the Com
promise acts, including The fugitive i
dave law, in all its pr6yisionss as the
.esult Of the democratic principle off
lon-interyention, as laid down by the !
asst and previous Democratic Ma
ional Conventions, held at Balti-
more, and that we will strictly audi
igidly adhere to those principles.
INDIANA. =
"Resolued, That, in the opinion Of /