Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-02-28
A NOBLE PLATFORM,

The following Resolutions were unanimously
s4o,ted by the Democratic State Convention Of
Connecticut, held few days since. What con-
.r,st between these Resolutions and those adopted
and acted upon by the Wings and Know-Nothings of
Gao tree States! All honor to the unhinching, ma
,ionai patriotic Democrats of Connecticut; they
where their forcfathers in the days of Jeffer-
soD and Madison, when the former breasted the
CORN Of opposition to adopted citizens raised by
Adams and when the latter, at the head of the Re-
,rbIcan party, met foreign enemies and domestic
,,tors in yindicating the rights and honor of the
country. Read these Resolutions, friends, and lay
them aside: and when knowNothing Wings, who
hare for their allies aboiionsts Of the free States,
r,nest their old ard stale declaration that the De1:i
o,rats of the free States are hostile to Southern
rrbts. sao,c them these Resolres Of the Connecticut
D.mosrocy, and sec if their lips are not at once
e,osct. Remind them too, that it was Wig Leg
i.ture in Connecticut ~hich nullified the fugitive
siaye law; and that the Democrats of that State,
il general Convention, have denounced that act OF
notification in the stronges: terms. Here are the
Resolutions:
"Rfsozr d. That the strict adherence of the Pres
;ient of the United States to those great Incl pies
unconstitutional government which have received
the entire sanction of the Democracy Of the Union,
and the checks which lie has interposed upon egis-
htion at war with those principles by his vetocS of
the Insane Land Bill, and the River and Harbor
Bill assure US that under his administration the
country will be secure from any inroadS upon that
Constitution, which is the written bond uniting
tirt7-one sovereign States, and on the strict
sruc,ion ofwhich depends the harmonious existence
ofour confederatel system.
,Jr,J bot thn of f1,o
Territories of Tie United States should be only en-
Loved 10 such an extent the necessities of the
case nav require and for the equal benefit of all
Ike PARTIES to the federal compact, and that when
any Territory, having the reqsite number of inhab
hsns, applies for admission into the Union
sovereign State, she must, to be received as
eara member of the family Of States, be admitted
| with such constitution as her people may ordan,
provided said constitution does not conflict with the
organic law of the confederacy.
Reso1re5 That those just and equitable laws pro-
ving for the naturalization Of those born in other
lands established in accordance with the principles
9the signers of the Declaration of Independence
and continued to this day without any interruption
aye that caused by the bigoted Federaists under
the administration of John Adams, have contributed
hthe growth of this Republic, and to the f,atern-
niOn of its inhabitants; and that these laws are
essentially part of that wise American policy which,
funded on comprehensive and philanthropic basis,
the exile and the oppressed, and will make her as
renowned for her power and greatness, as she is
distinguished for her freedom and enterprise
Rsa0ired, That in order to recognize in the most
solemn form the principles Of religious freedom, the
constitution Of the United States doth ordain that
congress shall make no law respecting an cstab-
hShmen Of religion or prohibiting the free exercise
tleeof" and that the various States have almost
without exception, incorporated some distinct ac-
knovedgment Of religious liberty into their several
constitutions and that thus religious freedom has
become, by the action of the sovereign States, and
M'hat General Government whose powers de-
h'Ga from those States great An PRINCIPLE.
j, R@0'red, That political parties organized with
Ge view of shutting out from all posts of political
sut the members of any religious denomination,
70 virtually condemn that system of religious liber-
y, which is American in It's character, benecent in
Us conception and which has greatly promoted the
"',mony and happiness of the people; and that all
pesi organizations founded on hatred Of religious
ee, or prejudices of BIRTH alien to the great
I .sas OF American Liberty, and American progress,
""q ueserve the condemnation Of American Freemen.
l'e"'eed, That while we would favor laws adapted
%;nomote good order temperance, and the social
ss' muleS' we hold in the reform and amendment of all
w. 1s.'mehts no matter what their protessed objects
Shch unnecessarily and unreasonably invade the
ssuc hearth, and carry the right Of search to the
nI: oe OF families on the suspicion of unseen
s"uHresponslble prosecutors; which tempt the vena
sbper!ary, with the promise of exemption from pun
+he't sra which subvert well-established rules o.
uence' and break down the barriers which the
rnon law, by its merciful presumptions, throws
Uu"a the innocent and which, instead Of relying
% pOs known public officers that the Constitution
If b bae has secured to the town elections par
e,.t "e e. local police, encourage selfappointed Sc
d,n. ielormers, unknown to the Constitution, tn,
and ntruments, as all History tells us, of bat
p"ngerous governments.
bv :O"ea, That the last Legislature of this State
prS 40 Slter want of dignity, and it's indecent dis
cal oo partlzan passion, by it's needless and fanati
upon ~ OF legislation, by its uncalled for assaults
fon os e system of free banking and its lavish crea
wee special charters, which experience has showl
svoxaS required by the wants of the State, by it
Cd attempt to nulify law Of Congress, design
ton AIRY out provision of the federal Constitu
that b.s differing in essential feature from iay
"Pa,bu received the signature and approval of tn
Of OF MS Country" thereby setting an exampl
suac os to laws passed by Congress in pur
vi0lent tne Constitution, and nstigating spirit
baion s ssstance to those laws. deserves the repro
pCsna':i every citizen who regards the honor AM
and Sa OF the State, the preservation of order
PS perpetuity of the Union.
ncent ', That while abotonisn, exulting owe
The In pohocal triumphs, aims to govern or diyid
Schemes mr.whle u. secret political band concocts it
knowloss VI natred in congeniai darkness, and &C
Which eS !. us own unworthiness by the care wit
lie kno"l lnstructs its disciples to conceal from put
pssy ssage their true postion--. while the viii
'p''ea OF its great leaders, aud Of its pristin