The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-19

OF The gTea. and enthusiastic meeting held al Tammanv
Hail. IN New York, on the evening OF The 10th ns,sn,
The Journal OF Commerce speaks OF the meeting !.
"laIge and enthusiastic" The True Demoeta, ~.
senis il zone OF the largest ana most enthusiastic
semblages OF the people seen in Tammany ao,l.
Again No pen or language give to the e.ds, WIZ
was not present an idea of the enthusiasm manifested
favor OF the measure" The New York Herald s,v..
Seldom. II ever. has Old Tammany held such mn,,
tude within her walls. and seldom have We witn.ssad .
more enthusiastic sssemblage." The following are n.
resolutions adopted unanimously.
Preamble and Resolutions -
Whereas. by the declaration OF rights of ootobs, ~,
I774 declared that the people OF the several coloo
are entitled 10 free and exclusive power OF iep l.naa
their several provincial legislatures all cases Of inter-
nal poty"
And whereas it is asserted as Fundamental nrona.Ia
in the Declar ration of Independence that goyerne ms a.
rive tbejr just powers from the Of the governed
and that The people have right TO institute aer or abo
sh government, laying It's foundation such
and organizing its in such form as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their saiety and happiness !.
And whereas the of the revolution was begun bv
our foreiahers, and brought trumphant Termination
after the expenditure OF much blood and treasure FIR Ia
purpose OF ylndcatng the principle OF selfgoyernmen,
against those who denied and denounced IL.
And whereas the United States OF America and tbi,v
separate State soveegnes have been organized under
governments,
cipe either directly In their several ind
ecy ia their several forms of government aud il has been
ncorpoated in the of Congress the Terri.
tories Of Utah and New Mexico with the most beneficial
effects;
whereas this principle has Infused into American
Institutions and the American people vigor eed
in the history OF nations which has yielded the arges,
share Of material prosperity and political right and rendered
our country an asylum for the oppressed of every clime
which yields to them the protection of potsn, as
as he m rec q ulnA In arm snta,
And whereas this principle has been maintained in all
the public acts Of the democratic republican party the
resolutions of 795 TO the Baltimore platform OF 1852 and
held by living exponen OF democratic princi.es
it held by Jefferson. Madison, Jackson and Others
OF our departed sages aud pairiotsi
And whereas unwayerng adherence principle has
constituted tho peculiar glory Of Tammsny Hail. and Of ali
who claim TO be members OF the democratic republican
party;
And whereas the bills introduced the Senate of the
United States by the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas OF Illinois,
for establishing the Territories OF Nebraska and Kansas
distinctly TO the people Of tho United States the il.
whether this principle shall be again recognised and
adopted and in the language of the said bills the people
thereof left perfect y free form and regulate
nestle institutions in their way subject only the
constitution Of the United Sates shall be ovsrhrown
And whereas this principle has been assaed from ysr
quarers-some OF Them protesting be democratic
and the occasion demands that the democracy of city
of New York should give distinct expression of their
views upon III therefore, be IL
provisions Of the Nebraska and Kansas bills which assert
great principle of governments that capacity Of
govern themselves does pom places
of cadence that in the language OF the dfs resolve of
the Baltimore platform, ''pace in the ntell
gence, the PATRIOTISM and the discriminating justice Of the
American people," alike in the Territories and In the
States; that we approve the doctrine OF congressional
intervention in its broadcast sense only right
itself, but saluary In its consequences that it
doctrine of peace, and has direct tendency
Withdraw om Congress and the legislatures OF the sew.
era States the agitation OF the slavery question: which
otherwise frequently arise, and always assume sectional
and irritating character; that il is doctrine which CON-
mits the OF slavery the people who directly
to be affected by H. aud from the hands OF de-
signing men, who agtate it for their objects their
own districts, and without any intention or possibility OF
benefting the people Of Nebraska aud Kansas.
Resolved That the right OF the people determine the
question of slavery Tor themselves Nebraska and Kansas
IN our Judgment stands precisely the general
grounds their rsht to ega,e upon other dome re-
stonsa right which nobody has ye, proposed 10 deny
them. aad which 10 exercised by The people under every
terri otal government that would be Con.
legslate upon the relation of parent Or child
and apprenSe. upon that Of master and slave
that the same general considerations which induced the
references OF the last mentioned relation the people of
Utah and New Mexico demand reference 10 the people
OF Nebraska and Kansas that deprcaate the federal
notion recently revived, that Congress has right spu
late with the people Of STATE about be admitted
they shall observe forever relating do
nestle Institutions because il an assumption OF pema
nent cJntol by Congress. which is anfirepubcan and
dangerous because II impais equality OF those States
which subjected 20 H. aud because violates the prn
cpe that the people shall govern hat in the language OF
the third resolve a the Baltimore Plato m hold shat
the federal Is OF limited powers, derived
solely from The constitution aud the graps OF power made
therein ought be strictly Construed by ali depaa.
ments aud agents OF the and thar IL IL mex
pedien aud dangerous to exercise doabtfnl constitutional
powers"
3 Rooipsd, That the substitution Of arbitrary geo.
graphical line IN place Of the sound Judgments and pau
hearts Of the people is in direct violation the prin
cple OF popesr government stated in the preamble that
a. consution-loving citizens aad democrats we are de-
med 70 adhere faithfully that principle and in
sbor for its defence In proportion the
temps Of aboltionlss to overthrow II that dissen.
entirely from he insertion that the Missouri C1mpronise
compact between freedom aud slavery;
that The constitutions Of The United States
rant for thu doctrine that this Of Congress elevated
above the jurisdiction OF hs future Congress
that lbs act like any other, stand pom
unneiy, and upon the cfcnnsanoe. which reqnire It's
continuance, Of which crcomsnce. Congress lodge
that tie democracy have always denied the power Of
generation bind by beyond the
revision Of the aie and the concession Of suoh power
would transfer the desnies Of the living the hands Of the
dead
Rs,ored Tuat We dspreca,e the nterfer eace Of the
oefgy, their ecclesiastical capacity in our political az
fairs; that, whilst concede hem tho faies, ght
20 their opinions IN constitutional manner upon
all subjects oanno bot express decided vction
thai protest. 10 the Of Almighty God and In His
presence against the people ~ Nebrssks Kar gov
ernnR themselves under The provisions Of the consultation
Of The United States and statement tba,tae Nebraska bill
exposes Us 70 the righteous judgments Of Alng hy,"