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pie, north and south, TO the Constitution
and the Union
l. Resolued. That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring TIE cooperation of all
who regard the preservation Of the Union
issue-and regulating all sectional par
ties and platforms concerning domestic
slavery, which seek to embroil the States
and inciie to treason and armed resistance
TO law in the Territories; and whose
avowed purposes, if consumma ted. must
end in civil war and disunion-the Anne
rican Democracy recognize and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws
establishing the Territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska as embodyi1g the only souad
upon which the great national idea Of the
people Of this whole country can repose
in its determined conservatism of the
Union-NoN INTERFERENCE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN The TERRITORIES OR IN
THE DlsrRIcT OF COLUMBIA.
9. That this was the basis Of the Com
/ promises of lS50-conirmed by both The
Democratic and Wing parties in national
] Conventions-ratified by the people in
the election of lS52--and rightly applied
to the organization of Territories in 1854
3. That by The uniform application of
this Democratic principle TO the organi-
cation of territories, and TO the admission
of new States. with or without domestic
slavery, as they may elect--ihe equal
rights Of all the States will be preserved
intact--ihe original compacts of the Con-
stitution maintained inviolate--and the
perpetuily and expansion of this Union
insured TO its utmos, capacity OF embrac
ing. in peace and harmony, every future
American State that may be constituted
or annexed. with Republican form OF gov.
! eminent.
RESOLVED. That we recognize the right
of the people of all the territories, inclu
ding Kansas and Nebraska. acting through
the legally and fairly expressed will OF
majority Of actual residents. and whenev
or the number of their inhabitants jus,i-
fes it, TO form n Constitution, with or
without domestic slavery. and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States.
Resotued, finally. That in view Of the
condition of popular institutions in the
Old World (and the dangerous tendencies
of sectional agitation, combined with the
attempt to enforce civil and religious dis :
abilities against the rights of acquiring
and enjoying citizenship. in our own land)
a high and sacred duty as developed with
increased responsibility upon he Demo
cratic party of this country, as the party
of the Union, to uphold and maintain the
rights Of every State, and thereby the
Union of the States; and to sustain and
advance among US constitutional liberty.
by continuing 80 resist all monopo!ies &
exclusive legislation for the benefit OF the
few at the expense Of The many, and by
vigilant and constant adherence 10 those
principles and compromises Of the Con.
stituiion, which are broad enough and
strong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union as 1t was. the Union as il is, and
the Union Us il shall be, in the full ex-
ansion Of the energies and capacity of
this great and progressive people.
/. RESOLVED, That there are questions
connected with the foreign policy Of this
country. which are inferior TO no domestic
question whatever. The time has come
for the people of the United Statesto de-
ella re themselves in favor of free seas and
progressive free trade throughout the
world, and. by solemn manifestation. TO
place theirm Influence at the side of
their successful example.
2. Resolved. That our geographical ard
political postian with reference to the
other States Of this continent. no less than
the interest Of our commerce and the de-
velopment of our growing power. requires
tina we should hold as sacred The princi-
pies involved in the Monroe Doctrine;
their bearing and import admit Of no mis-
construction; they should be applied with
unbending rightly.
g. Resolred. That the great highway
which nature, as we'll as assent OF the
States most Immediately interested in its
maintenance, has marked out for free
communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, constitutes one Of the
most important achievements realized by
the spirit of modern times and the oncon-
querable energy Of our people. That re-
suit should be secured by timely and
efficient exertion of the control which we
have the right to claim over it. and no