, 1854-01-14

ANui Noh'VH'iOh rex inc necessity lnal IN
the organization Of the democratic party on
broad and national principles il was not nee.
essary 10 enquire into the anlecedents of
individuals upon local questions that has for
years past agitated the public mind Of our
sister Territory. That ii was not meet to
link to an active, living, thinking and SEN
tient party, the ghost of dead issue nor
to resurrect the Dody of departed question
that has died and been buried and almost
forgotten, and link its fostering carcass 10
the young, vigorous and healthy body of the
democratic party Of our new Territory.
The convention then sought for demo-
crat TO bear alolt the standard OF their prin-
ciples in this their fist campaign with pub
lie views as enlarged and comprehensive as
the area of our Territory, and they have
presented 10 you as a candidate for your
sufrages q man whose name is connected
and identified with the history of the coun-
try, who has resided long enough within the
present limits of Washington territory 10 Sc
cure the title 10 lis claim, who knows the
wants Of the country for he has experienced
them, who has proved himself good cit-
zen and an honest man, whose character
and integrity has stood the test of years,
commanding most respect where best
known not demagogue who has spent
his time seeking Office by corrupt or unwar-
rantable means, but man who has devoted
his time and his energies TO the improve
ment oflhe country, the promotion of educa.
tion and morality, and who leaves his pri-
vate duties for the public service only when
by the urgent requests Of his fellow
citizens. On the contrary the whig conven-
tion present to you-a candidate, stranger,
who is only known TO us as a decapitaled
whig officer, man who, repudiated in the
States, and deprived Of hope, has sought this
distant coast in pursuit of the delusive phan-
tom Of an Office, the difference between
whom and the democratic candidate is that
he seeks the office while the Office seeks our
candidate.
To the time honored and established
principles Of the great National Democratic
party we give our full adhesion, believing
that departure from those first great prin-
ciples Of our faith laid down by him whose
pen traced the Declaration Of Independence
for nations, and acted on and carried out by
a Madison, a Monroe, Jackson and
Polk, and are now being raised aloft by the
present Executive of our nation as a light
to the world and star to guide the brave
democracy Of old and corrupt Europe in the
path of political wisdom that leads 10 equali-
ly and the rights Of man.
Prominent among these are the doctrine
Of the sovereignty Of the States, that the
Federal government is one Of limited and
clearly defined powers. That when the
Federal government slrays beyond its linz
its in an unwarTantable construction Of the |
in any attempt 10 institute un-
Just or special legislation for States or Ter
ritories, or by all encroachment upon their
political or religious rights, ii commits an
aggression upon those States and Terrific
rics, bound together by that instrument for
mutual protection and defence, and gives
cause OF murmur from people, welded to
a Union, semented by the blood of patriots
from tn davs of the revolution 10 the re-
cent glorious campaign in Mexico, and does
violence to the constitution.
That under our Constitution no Nation
al Bank or other monster monopoly can be |
created without doing violence to that in.
slrument. That great monopoles in the
hands of, and under the control of Govern
ment, are dangerous 10 the prosperity and
liberty Of the people.
That a general system Of internal i'm
provemcnts by the Federal Government
within the boundaries of States, except for
purposes clearly delegated 10 the Federal
Government by the constitution should not
be encouraged.
That distribution OF the sales ofihe pub /.
liz lands is both unconstitutional and mex
pedcnt.
That the public domain should not be
made a source Of revenue to the govern
ment, but should be appropriated freely in
limited quantities to the settlers on the same.
That a tariff for the protection of domes-
tic manufactures alone, is unconstitutional,
in favor of one class Of our
ciliz,ns 10 the injury of another; tending
10 draw a line of demarkatiou b-tween the
favored eastern capitalist and manufacturer
as opposed to the interests of the western
farmer, mechanic and laborer and that
tariff for revenue is the great democratic
and incidentally afford
ing protection to all branches of industry
Increasing commerce and general prosperity
-causing to fow into the Golfers Of our
treasury an abundance OF the Precious met
ais TO meet the wants of al economical ad-
mnistration OF the general government
That while under the auspices Of demo-
cratic administration the work of the great
Pacific Railroads from the States 10 the
Pacific coast-to the great harbors on the
same-Puget Sound and San Francisco
has been commenced, is an earnest that the
same will be accomplished, and thus a
democratic administration secure with bands'
of iron what the sagacily of democratic
administration discovered and obtained