M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-10-23

jeet Of slavery agitation in Congress and
therelosS, tbS peiAoef alie party OF the Union,
Is2-sIFion lhis nalonsu platform will
a Due b. and adhere 70 a. faithful execution
OF the acts known as the Compromise Meas
ures, settled blythe Congress Of 1880; "the
net for Teclaiming fugitives from service. or
labor" included which act being designed
to carD otItan express provision OF the con-
stituIon, cannot. with fidelity thereto, be
repealed, or so changed as to destroy or i'm
pair its efficiency.
That The democratic party viii resist oil
attempts at renewing, in Congress or out oI
il, the agitation Of the slavery question, un-
der whatever shape or color the attempt may
be made.
4. That the Democratic party will faith,
fully abide BY and uphold the principles laid
down in the Kentucky and Virginia rsOu-
tions Of 1893. and in the report Of Mr.. Madi'
son to the Virginia Legislature, in 1893.
that it adopts those principles as constituting
one of the main foundations of its political
creed, and is resolved to carry them out in
their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the
issue on which a sectional party, subsistng
Exclusively on slavery agitation, now relies
to test the fidelity oi'the people, North and
South,to the Constitution and the Union
l. Rssolred, That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring the corporation of all
who regard the preservation of the Union
under the Constitution as the paramount is
sue--and repudiating all sectional parties
and platforms concerning domestic slavery,
which seek TO embroil the States and incite
to treason and armed resistance TO law in the
Territories; and whose avowed purposes. il
lcOnsummated, must end in civil war and dis
union--the American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in the or
ganic law establishing the Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the only
sound and safe solution Of the "slavery
question" upon which The great national
idea u the people of this whole country can
repose in its determinaied conservatism Of
the Union-NOY.ISTERFERENcE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRToRY, OR
.IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
2. That this was the basis OF the compro-
mises Of l650-cOnimed by both the Dem
ocratic and Whig parties in national conyen-
tions-ratifed by the people in The eleitiou
of 1852, and rightly applied 10 the organiza-
tion Of Territories in 1854.
g. That BY the uniform application Of
this Democratic principle 10 The sdu''
sion of new States with or without dom
tic slavery, as they may eleCt-ihe :.
rights OF all the States will be preserves
tact--the original compact OF the ccnstitd.
tion maintained inviolate, and The perpelui.
ty and expansion Of this Union insured to its
capacity Of embracing, in peace and harmo-
ny, every future American State that may be
constituted or annexed, with a republican
form of government,
ReSOlUed, That we recognize the rights
OF the people ofall the Territories. including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the le-
galy and fairly expressed will of majority
of actual residents, and whenever the nun
Der Of their inhabitants justifes it, to form
constitution, with or without domestic slave
w, and be admitted into the Union upon
terms Of perfect equality with the other
States,
Resolved, finally, That in view OF the
condition of popular institutions in the Old
World, land the dangerous tendencies of sec
tional agitation. combined with the attempt
10 enloTce civil and religious disahilitie.
aga inst the right Of acquiring and enjoying
citizenship IN oBr own iand, high and Sd.
cred duiy is devolved with increased respon.
sibility upon the Democratic party OF the
Union. 10 uphold and maintain the rights oil
every State, and thereby The Union Of The
States; and 10 sustain and advance among
US, constitutional liberty. BY Continuing 10
resist all monopolies and exclusive legisia-
tiUn lol the benefit Of the few, al the expense
of the many, and By vigilant and constant
adherence 10 those principles and compromi.
ses Of 'he constitution which are broad
enough and strong enough to embrace and
uphold the Union as it was, the Union as il
is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full
Expansion Of the energies and capacities OF
this great and progressive people.
|. Resolved, 1hat there are. qrS o.. o..
connected with the foreign policy % ! )
county which are inferior 10 no daaI y
Questions whatever. The time has
The United States 20 declare themsele lees b
favor OF free seas and progressive free trade
throughout the world, and by solemn
:, manifestations 10 place their moral intlu.
ence al the side Of their successful exam.
Iple.
2. Resolved, That our geographical and
political position with reference to Other
States of this continent, no less than the in.
teTest of our commerce and the development
of our growing power, requires that we
should hold as sacred the principles invulv.
led in the Monroe doctrine; their bearing and
import admit of no misconstruction they
should be applied with unbending rigidi.
ty.
= 8. Resolved, That the great highway which
nature, as well as the assent of the State:
most Immediately interested in its mainten.
ance, has marked out for free communica
lion between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
constitutes one of the most important
achievements realized by the spirit of mod
ern times and the unconquerable energy o.
our people. That the result should be Sc.
cured by timely and efficient exertion OF tht
cOntrol which we have the right to claim
over II, and no power on earth should be sui
iefed to impede or clog its progress by any
interference with the relations it may sui
our policy to establish between our govern
ment and the governments Of the State!
within whose dominions it lies. We can
under no circumstances, surrender our pre-
ponderence in the adjustment of all ques