Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-26
CHI STANDARD.
LEIGH. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 6. 1855.
.oTlD AND PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS.

,,ront speeches were delivered, and letters were
s. w from Messrs. Cass, Dallas, Wise, Bigler and
I,.s breathing the true spirit of Democracy and
..card for the Constitutional rights of the South
W ,oint with pride to these Resolutions, as embo-
,a,r the sentiments of the Democrats and anti
r.,r Nothings of Pennsylvania On the great ques-
~ ~ Of the day. No Whig-no Know Nothing
,no or council in the free States has passed such
Resolutions:
upso1rad That amid the wild fanaticism which in
~ mast has shaken, and to this day threatens to
la the nation to its center, we hail with devout
ssnotude returning anniversary of the adoption
Of the Constitution.
f the States is the Federal Constitution, so con-
W. cted As to restrain the General Government with
,: the legitimate sphere of its granted powers, and
:" secure to the States and the people all other
~ oyers not so granted, and so administered as to
Piyate AID preserve fraternal sentiments and reIa-
:nn between the different members of the confed-
ocr. and to give strength and durability to such
n;on the Democracy of Penns ylvania stand always
rady 10 pledge their lives, their fortunes, and
Their sacred honor.
,,re of wears demonstrates that our fathers who
frmcd the Constitution, and founded upon it the
1-n;ou were inspired with degree of WISDOM fore
sirbt and patriotism more than human, and there
f9e we can best manifest gratitude for their IL
,ctriOU
r. memories, by resisting with all our energies
o.ac attempt to disturb or destroy the harmony or
symmetry Of their workmanship, to defeat and
lily the efficacy of its provisions by false con-
str1,i a,> insdous attacks upon its fundamental
= RI, the sure guarantee of permanent Fed
- aon ..
.-..,.} !, That among the great principles which
.-...g. ,.e hearts and energized the arms of our
dictionary fathers, we recognize as prominent
r.-, H.je'. looked to the Obtainment for every ei
..:. -, the rights Of voting and being voted for
.-.... .eSeY,'nt or dictation, and of worshipping
=. r-rl3j, interference or hndrance; that we at
--,..e n small share of the present power, glory
and prosperity Of our Government to the incorpora-
ton Of these principles into our Constitution and,
A. we are satisfied that they valuable and es-
Sentiai now when our fathers poured out their
blood to secure them, should prove ourselves
unworthy of the rich inheritance bequeathed to US,
We failed to resist with all our hearts and souls
every effort, whether by open assault secret
binatOn, to eXpunge from the Constitution these
great principaes of civil and religious liberty.
Rs5lced That in the same manner, and to the same
extent that secret and insidious foe is more dan
gerous than open and manly opponent, we regard
the attempt being made to create, by secret
oath.bound associations, law of public sentiment
higher than the Constitution guarantees, in behalf
Of the enjoyment, by all citizens whether native or
odopted of the rights of civil liberty and religious
liberation, as dangerous, and more vigilantly
render those guarantees nugatory and of no effect.
RssoIred That secret political organization which
secures the fidelity of its members to its edcts,
laws and regulations by oaths ofperpetual allegiance,
and which proposes to accomplish its object by pro-
scribing from civil Offices one class of citizens on
account of their religious creed and still larger
because they refuse to allegiance to its rule
and which seeks by the of the cohesive power
Of office to obtain the control of the Government,
both State and National, for the avowed purpose of
efectng object inconsistent with the Constitution,
unnecessarily Ant-American, Anti-Republican, Anti
Whig Anti Democratic destructive of political NOR
atty, and calls for the united and ceaseess exertons
of all truly conservative and national men for its
overthrow
Resolred That the scenes of violence, disorder,
and immortality which have marked the footsteps of
the Know Nothing organization from its orign to
the late dsgraceful and bloody tragedy enacted in
Southern State, ought to impress every lover of good
order, of sound morality, and of pure Christianity,
with the dangers of giving countenance and encour
sgement to an organization which has been seized
upon by dsunionists and Aboltionists, and made
subsevient to their unpariotic and reasonable pur
poses, and which is shown by sad experience to be
constantly liable to be perverted by bad men to the
destruction of law, morality, and religion.
Re'oSced, That we adhere with mistaken fidelity
to the doctrine that State sovereignty in all matters
OF purely internal and domestic concern, is and al
WAYS has been cardinal principle of the Democra-
Tic faith, which great principle is endangered by the
modes of reform in the matter of suffrage proposed
oy the Know Nothing party, and which proposed
reforms we pledge ourselves to resist, because, by
the true Interpretation of the Federal Constitution,
oy the debates and votes in the Convention which
framed 1t, it is concusively shown that the States
nave the absolute and exclusive control of suffrage
fesoIeed, That the perils which now threaten the
integrity and peace of the confederacy, arising from
'e ascendancy in most of the free States OF spirit
Of sectional fanaticism, made successful and power
ili by the aid of the secret machinery of Know
Nohingsm, call upon all national men, whether
Democrats or Wings, to unite in one common or
gahlzatlOn, and TO make common against their
common foe and the foe of the Union, upon the
Platform furnished by the compromises of the Con-
N'utlon in regard to slavery, and upon the prnci-
PIE " Congressional non-intervention, applicable
@'Hr 70 ,he States and Territories adopted by the
4'.s3- .otes Of Democrats and Wings, in the pas
'.t d. tie series of measures in 1850, known as
10. 'gtt' oinlSe Measures, and re affirmed by their
united votes in the passage of the Kansas and Ne
o''SNa act in 1853, which provides that its true
"ent ana meaning is not to legislate slavery into
any otate or Territory, to exclude it therefrom,
Sl' 10 leave the people thereof peacefully free to
,T ana to regulate their domestic institutions 10
Ls'T own way, subje only to the Constitution OF
tue United States" and to this end we hereby SOL
t; ana AZ earnestly renew the pledge of our devo-
%' 10 Ihe Democratic platform adopted in Baltimore
." i1oz' ana as by that platform all true Democrats
Douito 70 ABIDE by and adhere to faithful exc
MI vi tne compromise Measurers of 1850, so
NJ" we pledge ourselves in like manner to abide by
a. nI aai1ere to faithful execution of the Kansas
nv ASIA act, passed in 1853, final settle
n't u all sectional questions in regard to slavery
Gar .ie lefrltorics and upon this platform, and
NJ me democratic organization, we tender the hand
SoN CvioISl fellowship to all national North
r East and West, and invite them to cooperate
ni US IN averting the perils which threaten our
common liberties.
of s0Iged, That the present distinguished position
Oa. e United States abroad and its happy and pros
rrGuS condition at home, result from the admins
Co aoa OF its Government upon principles purely
UNCONSTITUTIONAL rim