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Democratic Slave Platform.

| Adopted at ClhctRadt June 4, 1900.
| And, Whereas, Since the foregoing declaration was
uniformly adopted by our predecessors in National
conventions, an adverse political and religious test has
been secretly organized by party claiming to be ex
clusivey American, il is proper that the American De
mocracy should state It's relations thereto and declare
ts determined opposition to all secret political societies
by whatever name they may be called
Resolved That the foundation OF this Union of States
having been laid In, and its prosperity, expansion and
pre- eminent example in free government built upon
entire freedom in matters of religious cOneernment, and
no respect OF persons in regard to rank place Of
brth-no party can Justly be deemed NATIONAL consti
tmlona or in accordance with american principles,
which bases its exclusve organization upon religious
pniops and accidental birth place. And hence polit
ical CRUSADE in the nineteenth century, and in the Uni
ted States Of America against Catholics and foreign
born Ia neither justified by the past history nor the
future prospects of the country in unison with the
spirit OF toeratOn aud enlarged freedom which peculi
arly distinguishes the American system Unpopular gov
ernment
Resolved, That we reterate with'renewed energy OF
purpose the we'll considered declarations OF former
q INVENTIONS upon the sectional issues of Democratic
slavery, and concerning the reserved rights of the
States:
/. That Congress has no power un der the Constitu.
tions ointerere with control the domestic institutions
of the several staes and that such states the sole
and proper Judges of everything appertainng to their
all efforts of the abOliionists others made to induce
Congress to interfere with the question Of Slavery, to
take ncipient steps thereto calculated to lead to
the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have au inevitable tendency to die
minsh the happiness of the people, and endanger the
stability and permanency of the Unon and ought not to
be countenanced by any friend of our political instta
tiuns, -Hs-
=. That the foregoing proposition covers, and was
Intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agta
ton In Congress; and therefore, tho Democratic party
of the Union, standing ths national platform,
will abide by and adhere to faithful execution of the
acts known as the Compromise measures, settled by
the Congress Of 1880; "he act for reclaiming fu ives
from service labor included; which act being de-.
gned to AIRY out express provision Of the Cousti
tuon cannot with fidelity thereto, be repealed or so
= changed so as to destroy or impair its efficiency
g. That the Democratic party will resisist all attem.
pts at renewing In congress out of it. the agitation
Of the slavery question under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made, 54ss
: 4. That the Democratic party will faithfully abide
by and uphold, the principles laid down in the Ken.
lucky and Virginia resolutions of 1885, and in Lhe re.
port Of M,dson to the Virginia Legislature in l7g9
that 1t adopts those principles as constituting one of the
main foundations Of its political creed and is resolved
TO carry them out in theiv obvious meaning and import
And that may more ditinctly me ct the issue OF
4 which sectional party subsisng exclusively on slav
ery agitation now relies to test the fidelity OF the peo
nle north and south, to the Constitution and the Union
i. Resolved, That claiming fellowship WITH ant
desiring the cooperation fall who regard the proser
vaton of the Union under the Constitution as the par
amount issue; and repudatng all sectional parties
platforms concerning domestic very, which seek
embro the States aud to cite 10 treason and armed re
sstance to Law in the Territories and whose avORe