Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-25
Resolutions of the
Democratic Con-
greSsi0nal Con-
Yenti0a. at Min :
eral Point, Sept.
Z. 1856

States purchased by the
common blood and trea-
sure of the wllo'e peo-
lple, are common prop
erty of the people of the
| several states of the
confederacy, land all ar
entitled to their full
free and equal enjoy
Iment."
/ sReaolped, That the
doctrine Of non-inter-
vention by Congress,
the right OF the people
of the territories to
make their own local
regulations and tempo-
rary laws, subject on
Fly to the powers relin-
Iquished by the states
to the general govern
ment, } including all re-
gulations relating to
| d o IN e site seryitude,
have long been promi-
nent and leading fea-
lures IN the creed Of the
National Democracy
that the policy indica-
ted in the resolution IN
troduced by the Hon.
iDANIEL S. DICKINSON,
lin the Senate of the u
! United States, on the
l4th, of December
| lS47, in which, il
is declared as follows,
viz:
"Resolred, That true
| policy requires the gov.
eminent Of the United
States to strengthen its
| political and CONNER
cial relations upon this
continent by the annex
alton of such contigu-
Gus territory as may
conduc e to that end.
and can bejustly obtain
ed !; and that neither in
such acquisition, MOI
in the territorial organ
ization thereof can any
| conditions be con stitu-
tionally imposed, or in
stitutions be provided
for or established, in
consistent with the
right of the people
thereof to form a free
sovereign State, with
the powers and privile-
ges of the original mem
bers of The confedera-
cy."
'ResolDed, That IN
organizing a.erritorial
government for the ter
ritories belonging to
the United Stat es, the
principle of self-gov-
eminent upon which
our conferate system
rests will be best pro-
noted, the true spirit
and meaning of the
constitution be obser-
we'd, and the confeder-
acy strengthened. by
leaving ali questions
concerning the domes-
TIC polIcy therein j" 10
the legislatures chosen
by the people there
of p"
Is the true doctrine
Of the National Demo
crazy of this state, and
has long been maintain
ed by them in opposl-
ton to ali attempts al
| Congressional interfer-
ence with the affairs of
the people Of the terri
tories, whether under
the prentence of slave
ry restriction or any
other loca. regulation
THAT this doctrine Sc
fcures to the people OF
the several states their
equal rights in the ter
Iritories. and enables
them as they become
states, to fashion their
own Institutions on the
princip' es of free self
government, unembar-
raised by congression~
al interference or die
tation-that theNGtion-
al Democracy can point
with pride TO their pas
action in sustaining
such doctrine at d.
| times and under all cir
cumstanees, amidst the
Ishock of free-soil and
abolition assaults, anc
successfully preserving
the constitution from
violation and rights Of
all sections of the IN
ion from infringement
and that we approve OF
the recent act of Con-
gress, for the terrific.
rial organization of Ne
braska and Kansas, so
far as it establishes the
principle that the peo-
pie of the territories
have the same inherent
rights to legislate for
their own welfare, as
is exercised by the
the people of the states.
| "Resolred, That the
Presidential campaign
of 1852 was begun ano
conducted upon the
principles of the Ma
tional Democracy
that the brilliant tri-
Iumph then achieved
was the triumph of
those principles,
That the demo
cratic party of the u
MON was then not an
assemblage of incon-
| gruous elements, nor a
coalition of adverse
sentiments and opin-
ions banded together
for purposes of public
| plunder-but was or
ganized and united up
on its time honored