Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-02
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

sentiments ana DETERMINATIONS, ioi VIC
establishment and maintenance OF which
their national organization rs party Is
effected:
/. The Government of the United States
is Of limited character, and il is confined
TO the exercise Of powers expressly granted
by the Constitution, and such as may be
necessary and proper for carrying the
granted powers into full execution, and
that all powers not Thus granted or neces-
sarily implied are expressly reserved to
the States respectively and to the people.
III. The State Governments should be
held secure in their reserved rights, and
the General Government sustained in ITS
constitutional powers, and the Union
should be revered and watched over as
:" the palladium of our liberties
Til. That while struggling freedom,
everywhere, enlists the warmest sympathy
Of the Wing party, we still adhere TO the
doctrines Of the Father of his Country, as
announced in his Farewell Address, Of
keeping ourselves free from all entangling
alliances with foreign countries, and OF
never quitting our own to stand upon for
eign ground. That our mission as Re-
public is not to propagate our opinions,
or impose on other countries our form OF
government, by artifce or force, but to
teach by example, and show BY our sue
cess, moderation, and justice, the bless
ings Of selfgovernment and the advan-
tages of free institutions.
Nv. That where the people make and
control the Government, they should obey
its constitution, laws, and treaties, as they
would retain their selfrespect, and the re-
spect which they claim and will enforce
from foreign powers.
v. Government should be conducted
upon principles Of the strictest economy,
and revenue sufficient for the expenses
thereof, in time Of peace, ought 10 be
mainly derived from a duty on imports,
| and not from direct taxes; and, in levying
such duties, sound policy requires just
| discrimination and protection from fraud
By specific duties, when practicable,
whereby suitable encouragement may be
assured to American industry, equally to
all classes and to all portions of the coun-
| try.
| vi. The Constitution vests in Congress
The power to open andrepair harbors, and
remove Instructions from navigable rivers /;
and it is cxpedient that Congress shall ex-
ercise that power whenever such Improve
ments are necessary for the common defence
or for the protection and facility Of com
merce with foreign nations or among the
States such Improvements being, in every
| instance, national and general in their
character.
VII. The Federal and State Govern
ments are parts of one system, alike me-
cessary for the common prosperity, peace,
and security, and ought TO be regarded
alike with cordial, habitnal, and immova-
BILE attachment. Respect for the authority
of each, and acquiescence in the constitu-
tional measures Of each, are duties re-
quired by the plainest considerations OF
National, Of State, and individual welfare.
VIII. The series of acts Of the 3lst
Congress, commonly known as the Com
promise or Adjustment, (rhe act for the
recovery Of fugitives from labor included, J
are received and acquiesced in by the
Wings Of the United States as final set
clement, in principle and substance, Of the
subjects to which they relate; and so far
as these acts are concerned, we will main
tain them, and insist on their strict en-
forcement, until time and experience shall
demonstrate the necessity of further legis-
lation to guard against the evasion\of the
laws on the one hand, and the abuse OF
their powers on the other, not impairing
their present efficiency 10 carry out the
requirements Of the Constitution and we
deprecate all further agitation Of the ques-
tons thus settled, as dangerous to our
peace, and will discountenance all efforts
| 10 continue OF renew such agitation, when
ever, wherever, or however made; and we
will maintain this settlement as essential
to the nationality Of the Wing party and
the integrity of the Union.
JOHN G. CHAPMAN, of Nd,
President Of the Whig National Convention
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