Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-08-14
Tn Second Deolar alton o. Indep ndence

ADOPTED IN Philadelphia, JRRe IS. 1856.
This Convention Of Delegates assrublet
in pursuance Of ean addressed to the people Of d,
United States, Without regard to past political deren
or divisions, Who are opposed 70 The repeal Of
Missouri Compromise 10 the policy Of the present ad
miuistratOn; to the extension Of slavery into freeter
tory; restoring the action Of the Federal Government
20 the principles Of Washington and Jefferson; and To-
the purpose Of nreseatng candidates for the Offices oil
President and Vice President
/, Resolved, That the maintenance Of the princi
Piles promulgated In the Declaration Of Indepen
lence aud embodied in tbs Federal OBstitution ar,
essential 10 the preserEOn Of our Republican institu
tions the Federal Constitution the rights Of the State,
and the union Of the States rust be preserved.
g Resolved, That with our Republican flthers,
hold Il TO be sslievident truth, that all men are
endowed with the undeniabe right Of liberty ana The
ursut Of happiness and that the primary obieo and
uterior design OF our Federal Government was TO Sc
those rights 10 all persons within is exclusive in
isdetion; that as our Republican fathers, hen lie,
tad abolished slavery in our national territorv ordan
ed that no person should be deprived Of Efe berty
n property, without due process of law IL hecms
duty to maintain this provision Of the ConstutoV
against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of e.
llbishing Slavery in the United States by positive leo
slatlOn, prohibiting its extension herein: That We Az
ny the authority Of Congress or territorial eg;sls.
ure Of any individuals association or individusl to
give legal assistance TO slavery ia any territory of the
United States while the present Constitution hall be
maintained.
Resolved. That the Const tuition confers on
congress sovereign power the territories of the
United States for their government and iu the exer
else Of this power ii both the right and duty ofb,
Jongrsss TO prohibit in the territory those twin rel
les Of blrbarism-Polygamy and Slavery
4. Resolved, That while the constitution of IN,
United States was ordained and established by the neo
pie in order to Storm ore perfect union establish
Justice insure domestic tranquility provide for tbe
common defence, aud secure the blessings of liberty
md contahs ample provisions for the protection ii
life, liberty and property Of every citizen, the de re-
Observation-Disclosures OF the people of Kansas have beer
frauduleny and violently taken from them.
Their territory has bee Invaded by an armed force
Spurious aud pretended legislative judicial and ex
scutve officers have been set over them, by whose n
surped authority, sustained by the military power O
government yranical and unconstitutional laws have
l0een enacted and enforced:
The rights Of the people to keep and bear arms hav,
been iniringed:
Test oaths Of an extraordinary and entananp naturo
, have been imposed as condition of EXERCISING IN
!. right Of suffrage, and holding Office;
The right Of accused person to q speedy and pub
c lie trial by an impartial jury has been denied
The right Of the people to be secure 10 their persons
houses papers and lects against unreasonable
. and seizure has been violated
They have been deprived oflife, liberty and proper
ty, without due process of law;
That the freedom of speech and the press have been
( abridged;
The right to choose their representatives has been
made of no effect;
Murders robberies and arsons have been instiglted
aud encouraged and the offenders have been lowed
to go unpunished;
That all these things have been done with the know
led ge sanction and procurement Of the present admin
straton and that for this high crime against the Con
stsuton the Union and Humanity we arraign that Ad
minstration, the President his advisers agents sup
pOrters apoogiss and accessories either before or ae
the ac-befOre the country and before the world; ant
that 1t is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpe
traitors Of these atocous outrages aud their accompce
to a sure and eondign punishment he eTlter
5. Resolved. That Kansas shall be inmediatel
admittedas State Of the Union, with her present e
constitution as at once the most eiectual way of secul
ling to her citizens the enjoyment Of the rights aud pr,
ileges to which they are entitled, and OF ending tn
civil strife now raging in her territory.
6. Resolved, That the highwayman's plea tina
u might" embodied in the OJtend circular was in ev
D cry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, an,
woull bring shame and dishOnOr upon any governmen
or people that gave it their sanction.
n Z. Resolved, That Railroad to the Pacific o
! cean by the more central and practical route |, i'm
peratively demanded by the interests of the who,
country and that the federal government ought TO rem
der immmediate and efficient aid in its construction
and as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate construction
0fan emigrant route on the ne of the Railroad
+ Resolved, That appropriations by Congress for the
impI oVement Ofrvers and harbors of national char
aete required for the accommodation and security Of
our existing commerce, authorized by the consu
tiOn and justified by the obligations of government to
protect the lives and property of It's citizens.
.. Resoved that we invite the afIiliatiOn and co.
operation OF the men OF all parties, however differing
from us in other respects, in support of the PRINCIPLES
therein declared; and believing that the spiit of our
institutions, well the Constitution of our country
guarantees liberty Of conscience and equality of rights
among citizens, we oppose all legislation i'm hing
their security"