Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-31
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

IA. NAT the acts Oh congress known
as the Compromise Measures of 1850, by
making the admission Of sovereign State
contingent upon the adoption Of other
measures demanded by the special inter-
est Of Slavery by their omission TO guar
anty freedom in free Territories; by their
attempt to impose unconstitutional limit
atoms on the power Of Congress and The
people to admit new States by their pro-
visions for the assumption Of five millions
Of the State debt of Texas, and for the
payment Of five millions more, and the
cession Of large territory to the same
State under menace, as an inducement to
the REIMBURSEMENT Of groundless claim,
and by their invasion Of the sovereignty
Of the States and the liberties of the peo-
pie, through the enactment Of an UNJUST
oppressive, and unconstitutional Fugitive
Slave Law, are proved to be inconsistent
with all the principles and maxims OF De-
mocracy, and wholly inadequate to tire
settlement Of the questions Of which they
are claimed to be an adjustment.
4. That no permanent settlement Of
the Slavery question can be looked for
except inlthe practical recognition Of the
truth that Slavery is sectional, and Free
dom national; by the total separation Of
the General Government from Slavery, and
the exercise Of its legitimate and consti-
tutional influence on the side of Freedom;
and by leaving to the States the whole
subject of Slavery and the extradition Of
fugitives from service.
XII. That all men have natural right to
portion Of the soil; and that, as the use
Of the soil is indispensable to life, the
right Of all men to the soil is as sacred as
their right to life itself
XII. That the public lands Of the Uni
ted States belong to the people, and should
not be sold to individuals nor granted to
corporations, but should be held as sa-
cred trust for the benefit Of the people,
and should be granted in limited quanti-
ties, free Of cost, to landless settlers.
XIII. That due regard for the Federal
Constitution, and sound administrative
policy, demand that the funds Of the Cen
eral Government be kept separate from
banking institutions; that inland and
ocean postage should be reduced to the
lowest possible point; that no more reve-
nue. should be raised than is required to
delray the strictly necessary expenses of
the public service, and to pay off the pub
lie debt; and that the power and patron
age Of the Government should be dimin-
ished by the abolition of all unnecessary
Offices, salaries, and privileges, and by the
election by the people Of all civil officers
in the service of the United States, so far
as may be consistent with the prompt and
efficient transaction of the public business.
XIV. That river and harbor improve
ments, when necessary to the safety and
convenience of commerce with foreign
nations or among the several States, are
objects Of national concern, and il is the
duty of Congress, in the exercise Of its
constitutional powers, to provide for the
same.
XIV. That emigrants and exiles from
the Old World should find cordial well
come to homes of comfort and fields of
enterprise in the New; and every attempt
to abridge their privilege Of becoming
citizens and owners Of the soil among us
ought to be resisted with inflexible deter
mination.
XVI. That every nation has clear
right to alter or change IFS own Govern
ment, and to administer its own concerns
in such manner as may best secure the
rights and promote the happiness of the
people; and foreign interference with
that right is dangerous violation Of the
law Of nations, against which all independ-
ent Governments should protest, and en-
deavor by all proper means to prevent !;
and especially is il the duty of the Ameri-
can Government, representing the chief
Republic Of the world, TO protest against,
and by all proper means 10 prevent,
the Intervention Of Kings and Emperors
against nations seeking TO establish for
themselves republican or constitutional
Governments.
XVII. That the independence of Hayti
ought to be recognised by our Govern
ment, and our commercial relations with
il placed on the footing Of the most favor
ed nations.
XVIII. That as, by the Constitution,
the citizens of each State shall be en-
titled to all privileges and immunities Of
citizens Of the several States" the prac-
tice Of imprisoning colored seamcn of
other States, while the vessels to which
they belong lie in port, and refusing 10
exercise thc right to bring such cases be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the United
States, to test the legality of such pro-
ceedings, is fragrant violation of the
Constitution, and an invasion of the rights
of the citizens Of other States, utterly in
consistent with the professions made by
the shareholders, that they wish the pro-
visions of the Constitution faithfully OBJ
served by every State in the Union.
XIX. That we recommend the intro
duction into all treaties, hereafter to be
negotiated between the United States and
foreign nations, OF some provision for the
amicable settlement Of difficulties by re-
sort to decisive arbitration.
Xxx. That the Free Democratic party is
not organized to aid either the Wing or
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