M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-06-12

and was intend ed 10 embrace the whole sub
ject of slavery agitation in CongreSs; ant
therefore, the democratic party of the Union
standing on this national platform, viii
abide by and adhere to a faithful execution
Of the acts known as the Compromise Meas
ures, settled by the Congress Of 1850; 9Th
act for reclaiming fugitives from service o.
labor" included; which act being designe'
to carry out an express provision Of the Con
stitutiOn, cannot, with fidelity thereto, b
repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impai
its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resis
all attempts at renewing, in Congress or on
of it, the agitation Of the slavery question
under whatever shape or color the attemp
may be made.
4. That the democratic party will faithful
ly abide by and uphold the principles laiC
down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolu
tions of 1888, and in the report of Mr.. Madi
son, to the Virginia, Legislature, in 1893
that it adopts those principles as constitu
ting one of the main foundations Of its po
litical creed, and is resolved to carry then
out in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet thC
issue on which sectional party, subsistinl
exclusively on slavery agitation, now re lie
to test the fidelity of the people, North anC
South, to the Constitution and the Union:
|. ReSOlped, That claiming FELLOWSHIP
with, and desiring the co.operationI of al
who regard the preservation of the Uniol
under the Constitution as the paramount is
sue-and npudiating all sectional partie
and platforms concerning domestic slavery
which seek to embroil theStates and incite L
treason aad armed resistance to law in the
Territories; and whose avowed purposes, j
consummaled, must end in civil war and
disunion-the American Democracy recog.
nize and adopt the principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terri tories
of Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the
only sound and safe solution of the "sla-
very question" upon which the great nation.
al idea of the people of this whole country
can repose in its determined conservatism IN
of the Union-NoN INTERFERENCE BY Con.
GREss WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRIFIC
RY. OR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The reading of this resolution was inter
rupted from some time by Tremendous and
prolonged applause.
2. That this was the basis Of the Compromis
es of lSa0--confrmed by both the Demo
cratic and Wing parties in national conven-
tions-ratifed by the people in the election
Of 1852, and rightly applied to the organiza-
tion of Territories in 1854.
3. That by the uniform application OF
this Democratic principle to the organization
OF Territories, and to the admission of new
States, with or without domestic slavery, as
they may elect--the equal rights of all the
States will be preserved intact-the original
compacts of the Constitution maintained n
violate, and the perpetuity and expansion OF
the Union insured to its utmost capacity OF
embracing, in peace and harmony, every iu,
ture American State that may be constituted
or annexed, with republican form OF gov
eminent.
Re8Olvcd, That we recognize the rights OF
the people of all the Territories, including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the le-
gally and fairly expressed will of a majority
Of actual residents, and whenever the num-
her of their inhabitants justiies it, to form q
Constitution, with or without domestic
slavery, and be admitted into the Union up
on terms ofperfect equality with the oeher
States.
Resolued, finally, That in view Of the con-
diton of popular institutions in the Old
World, (and the dangerous tendencies Of
sectional agitation, combined with the at
tempt to enforce civil and religious disabili-
ties against the right of acquiring and enjoy
ing citizenship in cur own land,) a high and
sacred duty is devolved with increased re-
sponsibility upon the Democratic party o.
this country, as the party of the Union, t
uphold and maintain the rights of every
State, and thereby the Union of the States
and to sustain and advance among us. con
stitutional liberty by continuing to resis
all monopolies and exclusive legislation 70
the benefit of the few at the expense of tn
many, and by vigilant and constant adhe
renee to those principles and compromises {
the Constitution which are broad enoug
and strong enough to embrace and uphol
the Union as it was, the Union as it is, an
the Union as it shall be, in the full expar
sion of the energies and capacities of thi
great progressive people.
/. RESOLVED, That there are questions con
nected with the foreign policy of this coun
try which are inferior to no domestic ques
tions whatever. The time has come for tn
people of the United States to declare them
selves in favor of free seas and progressiv,
free trade through the world, and by solemn
manifestations, to place their moral infiu-
ence at the side of their successful example
Q. ReSOlved, That our geographical ant
political position with reference to othe
States of this continent, no less than the in
terest of our commerce and the development
of our growing power, requires that w
should hold as sacred the principles involve'
in the Monroe doctrine their bearing an,
import admit of no misconstruction they
should be applied with unbending rigidity.
8. ReSolued, That the great highwa,
which nature, as well as the assent of tn
States most Immediately interested in it
maintenance, has marked out for fire.
communication between the Atlantic an
the Pacific Oceans, constitutes one of tn
most important achievements realized by tn
spirit ofmodcrn times and the unconquera
Bile energy of our people. Thatresult shoul
be secured by timely and efficient exertio
of the control which we have the right I
claim over it, and no power on earth shoul
be suffered to impede or clog its progres
by any interference with the relations it ma
suit our policy to establish between OF
government and the government ofthe State
within whose dominion it lies. We can, un