Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-15
Resolutions of the lizard Shells"

SYRACUSE. \. Y, September 18th The fol-
lowing are the resolutions passed by the
Hards:
ReS0ired. That the platform of PRINCIPLES
established by the Democratic National Con-
yention at Baltimore in 1852 continues to re-
ceive our hearty concurrence and appreciation
as whole, and in all its parts and we hereby
declare our adherence thereto, and Glance
thereupon. as containing, in letter and in
spirit, the true principles of Democracy
Resolrea, That we most cordially concur in
and embrace, and congratulate the Democracy
OF the Union upon the elevated doctrines pro-
mul gated by President Pierce in his Inaugural
Address. That We refer to the sentiments
thus avowed with just pride, believing them
such as should control the National Govern
ment in its foreign and domestic policy and
such as will maintain the interest and honor
of our country untarnished before the nations
of the earth.
Resoired, That we coincide with the Presi-
dent in his opinion that it is not to be dis
guised that our attitude az nation and posi-
ton on the globe renders the acquisition of
certain possessions, not within the future es-
sential for the preservation of the rights of
commerce and peace Of the world And also
with the principle, which we regard as funda-
mental, that the rights, security and repose
of this Confederacy reject the idea of inter-
ference or colonization on this side of the
ocean by any foreign power. beyond its pres
'ent jurisdiction, as utterly inadmissable."
Resotrea. That the Democracy of the State
of New \ ork reaifirm the doctrine of the Presi-
dent s Inaugural, that ''involuntary servitude
'as it exis in different States of this Confed-
'eracy, is recognized by the Constitution; that
1T stands like any other admitted right, and
that the States where it exists are entitled to
efficient remedies to enforce the Constitu-
'tional provisions" That the law of 1850
Commonly called the Compromise Measures)
is strictly Constitutional and to be unhesitat-
ingly carried into effect. That the Constitu-
tional authorities of this Republic are bound
to regard the rights of the South in this re-
spect, as they would view any other legal and
Constitutional rights,--and that the laws to
enforce them should be respected and obeyed
not with reluctance, encouraged by abstract
ideas as to their propriety in different state
of society, but cheerfully, and according to
the decisions of the tribunal TO which the
execution belongs, and that the Democratic
party of this State stands pledg ed, so far as it
depends upon the political and personal ac-
ton of its members, that every law adopted
by the constituted authorities of the United
Sta.es, including the Fugitive Slave Law,
shall be faithfully endorsed within the limits
Of this State.
ReSoiued, That we congratulate our fellow
Democrats throughout the State, upon the
adoption by the present Legislature of the
Amendments to the Constitution, designed to
provide for tho enlargement and completion
of the Canals in accordance with the pledges
given by the Democratic party to the people
of the state-a result mainly due to the I'M
welding efforts of the Democratic Senator's
foremost among whom was the Honorable
Jas. +. Cooley, our candidate for Comptroller
upon whose course the people will stamp their
approbation-and which gives hope of the
speedy completion of that system of public
works of which our State has just cause to be
proud-and We pledge ourselves to persevere
in the good work until it shall be placed be-
yond all contingency, not only by constitu-
tional amendment, but by the actual construc-
ton of the several works therein provided
for.
Rssoived, That whilst We earnestly desire