Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-08-28

not to be colintcnnnced by any friend of our
political institutions.
". Resolved, That the foregoing PROPOSE
ton covers aud was intende to NIB ace the
whole subject Of slavery agitation IN Con-
gress; mud therefore the Democratic party
of the Uniur, standing on this national plat
form, will abide by aud adhere to iuilhlul
execution Of the acts known MS the Cumpro-
mise measures settled hy the last Congress,
& the act for reclining lupitiyes from service
or labor included which act. being design
ell 10 carry out un express provision of the
Constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto he
repealed or 80 changed as TO destroy or iln-
pair its efficiency.
V. Reso'red, That the Democratic party
will res st all attempts ut renewing, in Con
gress or ont oft, the agitation ofthG slavery
question, under whatever shape Or color the
attempt mny be made.
VI. Reso'ued, That the proceeds of the
public lands ought to hr sucrcdly applied 10
tIir nnlipnnl objects specified in the COnsttu.
ton; and thit we are opposed to amy law
for the diStrihuiun Of such proceeds among
the States ms alike ineXpedieut in policy aud
repngnnnt to the Constitution.
VII. Rtso ucd That We are decidedly OPP
posed to taking iiou the President the quail
flied veto power, by which he is enabled, I'm.
der restrictions aud Responsibilities amply
sufficient to guard the public interest, TO slIs.
pend the passage of hill whose merits can
not secure the approval of two-thirds of the
Senate aud House of Representatives until
the judgment of the people can be obtained
thereon, aud which lms saved the American
people from the corrupt aud tyrannical do
minaiion oftho Bank of the United States,
aud from c0rruptng system OF general in
tcrnal improvements.
VIII. Ftso'red Tint the Democratic party
will faithfully abide by aud uphold the priH-
riprs laid down in the Kentucky aud Nir-
guin resolutions of 1893, and in the report
Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia Legislature m
l1J9; that it adopt those principles as cun-
sli,utlug one ui the main foundations of lis
po itical creed, aud is resolved to carry tlIcuI
out IN their obvious meaning aud import.
lN. Reso'rCf, That the war with Mexico,
upon all the principles of patriotism aud 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, aud neither morally nor
physically, by word or deed, lave given "aid
aud ceu.iprt u Iho cneniy.n
X. ReSo'ceL, Tint we rtjhicc nt the rcStnr-
public OF Mexico. aud earnestly desire for
her all the blessings aud prosperity which
we eujoy under republican, institutions; and
we congratulate the American people upon
the results of that war, which have so mani
iesty justified the policy aud conduct of the
De Lorralic party, and insured to the United
States "indcmniiy for the past, aud security
for the future"
Xl. Reso'red That, in view of the condi-
ton OF popular institutions in the Old World
II high aud sacred duty is devoved, with in
creased responsibility, upon tie Democratic
party of this country, as the party of the peo-
pie, to uphold aud mnntnin the rights Of
every State, aud thereby the Union of the
States, and To sustain aud advance among us
constitutional liberty by continuing TO resist
all mOnupoles and exclusive Legislation for
the benefit of the few mt the expense of the
many, aud by yigilnnt aud constant adhcr-
cncc To those principles and compromises OF
the Constitution which are broad enough aud
strong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union us il was, the Union MS il is, and the
Union as it should he, in the full expansion
Of the energies aud the capacity Of this great
aud progressive people.