The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-06-11

cODtolneQ IN the organic INV SSuhOllsulnR u
s If KanEas and Nebraska as embed.
wing the only safe and sound solution Of the
.. slavery question" upon which the great ma
tionAl idea of the people of this whole country
can repose in its determined conservatism Of
the Union&NoN ISrERFERENcE By CoNeRfss
wIrh SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRrroRY, Or In
THE DIsTklcT OF COLUMBIA.
The reading of this resolution was ip-
terrupted for some time by tremendous
and prolonged applause.
9. That this was the basis Of the Cornprc-
misses of lS50-confirmed 10y both the Demo
cratic and Wing parties In national conventions
ratified by the people in the election Of 1859,
and rightly applied to the organization Of Ter
tories in 1854.
Q. That by the uniform application Of this
Democratic principle to the organization of
with or without slavery as they may elect
he equal rights Of all the States will be pre-.
served intact-the original comractSS Of the
Constitution maintained inviolate, and the per-
petuity and expansion of this Union insured to
its utmost capacity OF embracing, in peace and
harmony, every future American State that may
be constituted or annexed, with a republican
form of government.
L.EsoLvED, That we recognize the rights of
the people of ali the Territories including Kan
sas and Nebraska, acting through the legally
and fairly xxi resed will of a majority of actual
residents, and whenever the number of their
inhabitants j~ustiies it. to form a Constitution,
with or without domestic slavery, and be ad-
mitted into the Union upon terms Of peril ct
: equality with the other States.
RESOLVED, FINALLY, That in view of the con-
dition of popular institutions in the Old Weird,
(and the dangerous tendencies of sectional az
ltatlOn, combined with the attempt to enforce
civil anu religious disabilities against the right
Of acquiring aud enjoying citizenship in our
own land a high and sacred duty is devulved
with increased responsibility uIon the DEMO-
cratic party OF the Union, to uphold and main
tain the rights. of every State, and thereby the
Union of the States and to sustain and ad-
vance amo g US, constitutional liberty, by con-
tinuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive
legislation for the bennett of the few, ut the
expense of the many, and by a ~vigilant and
Constant adherence to those principles and
compromises of the constitution which are
broad enough and strong enough t" embrace
and uphold the Union as it was, the Union as
it IS, and the Union as it shall be, and the full
expansion of the energies and capacities of this
great and progressive people.
l. REsoLvtD, That there are questions con
nccted with the foreign policy Of this country
which are inferior to no domestic questions
whatever. The time has come for the people oil
the United States to declare themselves in favor
of free seas and progressive free trade through
the world, and, by solemn manifestations t.
place then moral influence at the side of theiI
successful example.
2: REsoLvED, That our geographical and
political position with reference to other States
of this continent, no less than the interest OF
our m and the development of our
growing power. requires that We should hold
as sacred the principles involved in the Mon
roe doctrine their bearing ard import admit
of no misconstruction they should be apple d
with unbending rigidity.
3. RESOLVED, That The grcathighway which
nature, as well as the assent of the States most
Immediately interested in its maintenance, has
marked out for a free communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, constitutes
one of the most important achievements real
lied by the spirit of modern times and the IN
conquerable Energy of our people. That result
should be secured by a timely and efficient ex-
ertion of the control which we have the right
to claim over it, and no power on earth should
be suffered TO impede or clog its progress by
any interference with the relations it may suit
our policy to establish between our government
and The governments of the States within
whose dominions it lies. We Can, under no
circumstance, surrender our preppnderance in
the adjustment of all Questions arising out of it
4. RESOLVED. h in view Of go command
ing an interest the people of the United States
cannot but sympathize with the eff, RS which
faFe being made by the PEOPLE of Central Amer
lea to regen"rate that portion of the continent
which covers the passage across the Interocean-
ic Isthmus.
5. RESOLVED, That the Demcratic party will
expect OF the next administrators That every
proper effort will be made to insure our ascen-
deAcyin the Gulf of Mexico, and to maintain a
permanent protection to the great outlets thro'
which are emptied into It's waters the products
raised ont OF the soil, and the commodities
created by the industry of the people of our
Western valleys, and of the Union at large.
B. T, HALLET. Chm.
RESOLVED, That the Democratic party rccog-
nize the great importance, in q political and
commercial point of view, of a safe and speedy
communication, by Military and postal roads,
through our own territory. between the Allan
tic and Pacific coasts Of this Union. and that il
is the duty of the Federal Government to exer'
else promptly all It's constitutional rover fol
the attainment Of that object.
Mr.. Hallett-I I'M instructed by the
Committee to laythese resolution before
the Convention.
". F. Packer, of Pennsylvania
move that this report and resolutions b.
unanimously adopted without the cross
ing of a t or the dotting of au 5.
lGreat applause.l
Mr.. Conway, OF Virginia-F move tina.
! there be a division of the question, anc
that the Convention first act upor
the resolutions relating to the domestic
pulley of the nation. There were dele
gates here, especially from the Stat
which lie in part represented, who wer'
not prepared 10 a adopt all these reso
buttons and it would be necessary t.
divide the badly on these resolutions.
B. L. Butler, of Mass.-As this re
port is the unanimous result Of the Ia
bors of a committee composed of dele
gates from all the States, and L beleir,
embodies principal Which, have obtained
tho oo1uicSnauca of NIL tbS Democrat
in every part of our Union, l sail SaoV'
the previous question.
-1No! no! Great sensation
The call was for a vote by States.
The States were severally called, and
delegation unanimously voted ave in IA
vor of the resolutions. The Virginia
q d Mississippi delegations alone re-
tired to consult, but returned with their
unanimous approval of the resolutions.
When the North Carolina votes was
announced the delegate who was the or
gan of the delegation, remarked :"North
Carolina gives ten votes for the reso!u-
tions AMI will give tea thousand in No
vember."
When Alabama was called, her dele
gate cried out "Alabama votes nine for
votes for the resolutions, and in Novem-
Der, as usual, she will roll up her fifteen
thousand Democratic majority"
when Kentucky was called, the Hon.
G. A. Wickliffe announced that Ken
lucky gave her twelve votes for the res
olutions, and all she could promise
would be a majority in November next.
Loud applause.]
Tho Prpsilant then announced thai