Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-20


to place the business of the country with
in the control of coucentrated money
power. and above the laws and wililof the
people; 3end that The results Of Democrat
icslegislatiou}in this and all other fnanci-i
aimeasuTes upon which issues have: been
made bets cen the two political parties of
the country, have demonstrated tosprac-
teal men of all parties their soundness.
safety and utility in all business pursuits:
2. That the separation of the moneys
of the government from all banking in
situations is Indispensable forithe safety of
the funds Of the government and the rights
of the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson In the Declaration of 1nde-
pendence. and sanctioned in the Constitu'
ton, which makes ours the land of liberty.
and the asylum of the oppressed OF every
nation. have ever been cardinal principles
in the Democratic faith and every at
tempt to abridge the privilege of becom>
ing citizens and owners of soil among us
ought to be resisted with the same spirit
which swept the alien and sedition laws
from our statute book.
9. That Congress has no power under
the Constitution to interfere with or con-
troll the domestic institutions of the seve'
raj States, aud that all such States are
the sole and proper judges of everything
appertaining to their own affairs not pro-
hibited by the Constitution that all Ell
forts of the Aboltionists or others made
to induce Congress to interfere with ques-
tons of slavery, or to take incipient steps
in relation thereto. are calculated to lead
to the most alarming and dangerous con-
sequences, and that all such efforts have
an inevitable tendency to diminish the
happiness of the people and endanger the
stability and permanency of the Union,
and ought not to be countenanced by any
friend Of our political institutions.
Resolved. That the foregoing PROPOSE
ton covers and was intended to embrace
the whole subject <spf slavery agitation in
Congress, and therefore the Democratic
party Of the Union, standing on this ma
tional platform. will abide by and adhere to
a faithful execution of the acts known as
the compromise measures settled by Con.
gress, the act for retaining fugitives from
service or labor included +; which act be-
ing designed to carry out an express pro-
vision of the Constitution, cannot, with
fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so chang
ed as to destroy or impair its efficiency
Resolved. That the Democratic party
will resist all attempts at renewing in
Congress, or out Of it, the slavery ques-
ton. under whatever shape or color the
attempt may be made.
Resoived, That the proceeds of the pub
lie lands ought to be sacredly applied to
the national objects specified in the Con-
stitution, and that we are opposed to any
law for the distribution Of such proceeds
among the States, as alike inexpedient in
policy and repugnant to the Constitution.
RcS0ived, That we are decidedly OPP
posed to taking from the President tho
qualified veto power. by which he is en-.
abled. under restrictions aud responsible.
ties amply sufficient to guard the public
interests, to suspend the passage of bill
whose merits cannot secure the approval
of two~thirds of the Senate and House oil
Representative until the judgment of the
people can be obtained thereon, and
which has saved the American people
from the corrupt and tyranuical dorniniou
of the Bank Of the United States. and
from corruptiug system Of general in.
ternal improvements.
Resoited. That the Democratic party
will faithfully abide by and uphold the
principles laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions Of 1899 and 1898,
and in the report of Mr.. Madison to the
Virginia Legislature in 1799--that i,
adopts those principles as constituting one
Of the main foundations of its political
creed. and is resolved to carry them out
ON their obvious meaning and import.
That in view of the condition of the
popular institutions in the Old World, q
high aud sacred duty is involved with in.
creased responsibility upon the Democra a.
cy OF this country, as the party of the
people, to uphold and maintain the righte
of every State, and thereby the union oil
the States-and to sustain and advance
among them constitutional liberty, BY
continuing to resist all monopolies and
exclusive Legislation for the benefit of the
few, at the expense of the many, and by
vigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises of the Con-
stitution-which are broad enough and
strong enough 10 embrace and uphold the
Union as it is. and the Union as it should
be-in the full expansion of the energies
and capacity of this great and progressive
people.
Ind Whereas. Since the foregoing de-
claration was uniformly adopted by our
predecessors in National Convention an
adverse political and religious test has
been secretly organized by party claim
ing to be exclusively Americans. and it is
proper that the American Democracy
should clearly define its relations thereto:
therefore,
RESOLVED, That the foundation of this
union of States having been laid in its