Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-01-17
The Platform-A National One, and Unani-
mously Adopted.

We published in yesterdays paper. the
resolutions adopted by our State Convention.
Every person who has read them, and is ia
maliar with the principles of the Democratic
party, will see that they come up TO the
mark, meet the prominent issues of the day,
and place our party in Ohio in line with the
National party of the Union. We congratu-
late our friends upon this result. The doc
trine Of popular sovereignty has triumphed.
The principle of the Nebraska bill has been
endorsed And we are now ready in Ohio,
for a pitched battle with the combined hosts
Of intolerance and fanaticism, looking for
ward with hope, yea, with longing, for the
day when we shall meet orr enemies in battle
array.
The first resolution adopted, reads as fol-
lows:
ResOLUed. That Slavery is a domestic ~institr-
ton, and that Congress has neither the power
to l~egislate it into any Territory or State, nor
to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people
thereof perfectly free TO form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own way, subject
to the Constitution of the United States"
BY this it will be seen that the Democracy
OF Ohio agree upon principle, not merely upon
policy. They take their stand upon the
ground that Congress has neither the poaoe-
to legislate it into any Territory or State, nor
to exclude it therefrom, "but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way subject to the Constitution of the
United States" Our readers will also OBJ
the latter part of this resolution is
taken word for word from The Nebraska Bill
itself, aud that our State Convention has
thus endorsed the principle of popular sover-
eighty as embraced in that bill,
The second resolution, which is almost
word for word taken from the Dayton iesolu-
tons, aihrms in emphatic language the right
OF each Territory and State to choose and
regulate its own institutions, as a fundamen-
tai principle of all free governments.
J he third resolution, taken from the Day
ton resolutions, condemns the introduction of
religious questions into the political arena as
wrong. corrupting, and dangerous.
The fourth denounces secresy. oaths, and
the Know Nothing organization, as intole-
rant, demoralizing and anti-repnblican, and
proclaims our party as being in favor Of free
dom of conscience, and Of political equality
without reference to birth or religious be-
lief.
The fifth is also taken from the Dayton
resolutions, ~pledging ourselves to give vigor-
GUS, bold, and defiant battle to our combined
enemies.
The sixth endorses the course Of the "A
Democrats who have SO long stood by their
candidate in Congress, and exhorts them to
maintain their stand TO the last.
This comprises their whole platform. 1t
is short, hut this is one of its merits. 1t con-
tains nothing unnecessary; nothing that we
ire not willing to stand by; nothing deceitful;
nothing thrown in for the mere purpose OF
'buncombe." Our principles are all defined;
,ur enemies defed and our flag is unfurled.
We have pledged ourselves that it shall re-
main u~n,urled so long as there is a Consti-
tuition and Union and Democratic principles
to support and defend. May it be nnfurled
foreyer!-Da1<ca Er,ri-e.