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re.pect. and .he respect which .hey claim and win

respect, and the respect which they claim and will
enforce from foreign powers.
5. Government should be conducted upon prin-
cples Of the srictest economy, and revenue suifi-
cient for the ex enses thereof in time of peace,
ought to be mainly derived from duty on imports,
and not from direct taxes; and in levying such
duties sound policy requires q lust discrimination
and protection from fraud by specific duties, when
practicable, whereby suitable encouragement may
be assured to American industry, equally to all
classcs and to all portions of the country.
3. The Constitution vests in Congress the power
to open and repair harbors, and remove obstruc-
tions from navigable rivers; and il is exped-
ent that Congress shall exercise that power ,cheepr
such improvements are necessary for the de-
fence for the protection and Jaciiity Of commerce
with foreign nations or among the Satesj such i'm
provements being, In every instance, national and
general in their character
7. The Federal and State Governments are parts
OF one system, alike necessary for tho common
prosperity, peace, and security, and ought to be
regarded alike with cordial, habiiual and im-
movable attachment Respect for the authority OF
each, and acquiescence IN the constitutional mea-
of each, duties required by the plain. Al
consideration OF national, Of State, and individual
welfare.
s. The series Of acts of the 3lst Congress com
monty known as the Compromise or Adjustment,
Uhe act for the recovery of fugitives from labor
included,) are received and acquiesced in by the
Wings of the United States a final settlement,
in principle and substance, of the subjects to which
they relate and, SO far as these acts are concerned
we will maintain them, and insist on their strict
| enforcement, until time and experience shall de-
monstrate the necessity of further Legislation to
guard against the evasion Of the laws on the one
hand, and the abuse of their powers on the other,
not imparing their present efficiency to carry out
the requirements Of the Constitution, and we de-
precate all further agitation Of the questions thus
| settled, al dangerous TO our peace, and will dis
countenance all efforts to continue or renew such
agitation, whenever wherever, or however made;
and VIC will maintain this settlement as essential
to the nationality OF the Wing party and the in
tcgrity Of the Union.
JOHN G. CHAPMAN, OF Maryland,
President of the Wing National Convention.
Vice Presidenfs.- Nathan d. Appleton, Of Maine;
George w. Nesmith, of New Hampshire; Carlos
Coolidge, of Vermont; Seth Sprague, of Massachu-
| setts; R. W. h. Cranston, Of Rhode Island; Samuel
r. Hubbard, of Connecticut; Edward p. Cowles, OF
New York; James Stewart, OF New Jersey; John
Strohm, of Pennsy lvahiu; Caleb S Layton, of Del
aware; Francis p. Phelps, of Mary land; VIM l..
Goggin, of Virginia; A. H. Sheppard, of North Ca
| rolina; VIM. Whaey, of South Carolina; Seaton
ma; Joseph b Cobb, of Mississippi; J. c. Van
Wrinkle, of Louisiana; Samuel l.. Vinton, of Ohio
john s. Williams, of Kent ucky; VIM Snced, o.
| Tennessee; Milton S,app, OF Indiana; Benjamin
Edward, of Illinois; Hon. J G. Miller, of Missouri
Vim. II. Gaines, of Arkansas; Jones M Edwards
| of Michigan; General Joseph Nj Hernandez, o
Florida; J. U. N. Murray, of Texas; N. Mckinney
| of Iowa; j. f. Arnold, of Wisconsin,; and X. w
| Heath, of California.
| true copy:
X. A. UPToN, of Louisiana,
| Secretary of Whig National! Convention
| James w Bryan, of North Carolina; s. NJ. Bal
lard, of Iowa; w. +. Stewart, Of California; S. Col
| fax, of Indiana; John G. Kunkle, of Pennsylvania
Wm c. Worthngton, of Virginia; n. S. Perkins
of Connecticut; G.. w Meeker, OF Illinois William
| Thompson. of Michigan; G.. W. Dunlap, Of Ken
tucky;J Murreil, of Vermont, Assistant Secretaries