Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-11-28

he will take the stump and give New Hampshire
thorough canvassng. Of the result under such cir
cumstance, we can entertain no doubt. -. T.
The national democracy throughout the Union
will read with profound satisfaction the noble reso-
1utions unanimously adopted by the convention
They are drawn with singular felicity, and viii COM
mand an approving response from every true demo-
crat whether at the North or the South. The en-.
dorsement given to the administration of President
Pierce was cordial and emphatic. The whole pro-
ceedngs give full assurance of brilliant democrat
ic triumph in the Granite State in March next. The
following are the resolutions ....
Resolred, That while the shifting organizations
of our opponents have neither permanency of name
nor consistency Of doctrine, it is at once the merit
and the glory of the democratic party that its great
and guiding principles are immutable, its purposes
hxed and its name time e-honored and unchanging.
Resotoed, That we hold to strict construction Of
the constitution abstinence from the exercise of un
delegated or doubtful powers an economical admin
stration of the State and federal governments, and
scrupulous observance of the reserved rights of
States and Of individuals .. "A.
ResoJoed, That democracy has no secrecy and re-
quires no oaths; that while it publicly avows, as
fundamental principle, freedom of conscience, with
out distinction religious faith, the political equali-
ty Of oil whom the law recognises American cti-
zens, without reference to the accident of birth, it
relies for success upon open discussion and the in
teligence of the people: we, therefore, denonnce
the know nothing organization socalled, as intoler-
lief and the sacred rights of conscience uusty ex-
elusive in its requirements of birth and blood, and
anti republican and dangerous in its methods OF Sc
cret political action, as corrupng in its encourage
ment of secret combination and fa!sebood, repreaen-
sibie in its objects, and unmaily and diShonOrabe
in the modes by which it seeks their accomplishment.
Resozced, That We believe in the cardinal doc
trnes of State rights and popular sovereignty; that
we recognise in its broadest sense, just and salu-
tary, the principle that to the people of every Or
prerogative Of regulating for themselves their own
domestic and local affairs within the limits of the
constitution; and that we denounce all violations Of
this principle whether by the interference of the
abolitionsts of the free States by the aggressons
of their abettorS in the work of sectional agitation
from The slave States ....
Reso!rea, That the constitution Of the United States
is founded upon the fundamental principle of entire
and absolute equality among all the States of this
Union and it is not competent for Congress, or any
other power, to impose upon new States coming
into the Union any condition or restriction, in re-
spect to their domestic institutions internal
Germs, which the federal constitution has not i'm
posed upon the original States; and that any effort
on the part of Congress, or any other power to vi
olate this principle should be met and resisted by all
good citizens attempt to trample upon the con-
stitution and destroy the Union.
Resolred, That in favor of judicous
regulation Of the sale of spirtuous liquors. but we
believe the law of the last legislature, miscaed AN
for the suppression of intemper ance,.t be un
constitutional, ilberal, and oppressive in theory
and calculated in practice the very evils
it was proposed to remedy We, therefore, advocate
its immediate repeal. 49, ....
Resolced, That the overturnng of the established
judiciary, and the substitu ion in its stead of the
discarded project of the federal party Of 1918, by
the dominant factions in the last legislature, was in
derogaton of the organic law, in disregard of the
wishes and to the detrment OF the interests of the
people of the State The people will restore the in
tegry of the constitution and renstate the Judiciary
upon its ancient foundation.
Resolred That the know-nothing administration
in this State by its illiberal vindictve, partisan
and unconstitu, ,nal legslaton-by its unparalleled
prescription of faithful public officers, and by its
appointment of incompetent and unprncipled men
to so large extent in their paces-by its palpa-
bic Misrepresentation of the public sentiment of the
State upon national questions of vital Importance,
and by its ruthless invasion of the sacred rights of
individuals-have shown it to be unworthy of the
confidence of just and patriotic people, and deserv
ing of the severest condemnation and we have
abundant evidence that at the next election, the
people vii! hurl these unfithful servants from the
seats they have disgraced and restore honest men
and patriotic party to power.
Resolred, That the present national admnistra-
ton has been true to democratic principles, and,
therefore, true to the great interests of the country
In the face of the most determined opposition, it
has maintained the laws enforced economy, fosercd
progress, and infused integrity and vgor into every
department of the government at home. 1t has
signaly improved treaty relations, extended the
fields of commercial enterprise vndicaed the rights
| of our citizens abroad, and gorousy illustrated
| American honor. 1t has asserted with eminent inn
partiaty the just claims of every section, and has
dared, at all times and under all circumstances, to
be faithful to the constitution We, therefore, pro-
claim our unqualified appreciation of its measures
and policy, and our unabated confidence and regar,
for our honored fellow citizen who stands at its head
And we commend the name of Franklin Pierce to
the approaching Democratic National Convention
for denomination to the Office of President Of the
United States, believing that, in crisis like the
present. the surest guarantee for the safety and sue
cess of the future is to be found in the comprehen
sve craftsmanship and unfaltering fidelity to duty
which have been so thoroughly tested and approved
in the past" -s