The true Democrat., 1856-06-03
From the State Bghts Democrat, May p. The Soundness of the American
 Party North

1 Aseau, ana nle these documents for future If | ference
 We had in contemplation the design of co iecting, and presenting to our readers, the reso lutions of the different Know Nothing conyeu tions north, that the burning proof of their ow infamy might be apparent to both parties; bu We md Tn the worth Alabama Register nor complete compilation than our own, which W propose iaying before our readers. There not' 10 our minds, one shadow of doubt as t tue 'hofough rottenness of the party north, an, we ohiy give the following evidences of it tha u may be presented in such light that thei hollow aplng of party soundness can only retur ah echo oi rotten! corrupt, and abolitonzed!
 rirst on docket, we present the resolution oi the Know Nothing party of Springfield Mass, which were endorsed by Gardiner, wh was elected Governor:
 Whereas, the aggressive policy which ha been uniformly pursued by the slave power rom the commencement of eur national exis tence down to the abrogation of the Missouri compact, evlnces determination to "crush out the spl,1t, as we'll as the forms of liberty iron among us, and to subject the free States to relentless despotism; and whereas, the success of the southern delegates to the national coun cll recently held in Philadelphia, in making abject and accomplishing submission to pro- slavery legislation fundamental article in the creed of the national American party. renders It imperative upon us to express our views up on the great question of the country and the age; therefore, we declare
 l. That the action of the legislative execu. tive and judicial departments of the govern ment ought to be controlled Ey the principle taught by the framers and purest interpreters of the constitution, that ".treedone is national ana stauery secttoaaal''
 Z. That the repose for the country and sta blllty to the Union must be sought by reliev- Ing the general government so far as its jurs- dlctlon extends, of all connection with and ac- countabllltv for American slavery
 6. That the independence and sovereignty Of the State in it's legislation and judiciary should be maintained inviolate
 4. That the great barrier to slavery ruthlessly broken down by the repeal of the Missouri prohibition, ought to be speedily restored, and that Tn any event no State erected from any part of the territory covered by that compro- mise ought ever to be admitted in the Union as slave State.
 We next present the resolutions of the party in Ohio, of July last. upon which they placed Chase. the abolitionist, and elected him Cover nor. This Is the party that opposes the ad- ministration of Franklin Pierce:
 l. Resolued, That the people. who constitute the supreme power of the United States should guard with jealous care the rights of the seve- ral States as independent governments. No encroachments upon their legislative or judicial prerogatives should be permitted from any quarter
 Z Resolred, That the people of the State of Ohio, mindful of the blessings conferred upon them by the ordinance of freedom, whose an- niverSary our convention this day commence rates, have established for their political gui- dance the following cardinal rules
 l. We will resist the spread of slavery, un- der whatever shape or color it may be attempted.
 2. To this end we will labor assduousy to render imperative and void that portion of the Kansas and Nebraska bill which aboshes free dom in the territory withdrawn from the infu- ance of slavery by the Missouri compromise of 1920; and we will oppose, by every lawful and constitutional means, the existence of slavery in any national territory, and the further in- crease of slave territory, or slave States in this republican confedracy.
 We have next the resolutions of the Know Nothing party of Connecticut, passed about the same time:
 The unconditional restoration of that time honored prohibition known as the Missouri com promise, which was destroyed in utter disregard of the popular will-a wrong which no lapse of time can palllate and no plea for its continuance can justify; and that we will use all constitu- tonal means to maintain the positive guar antee of that compact until the object for which It was enacted has been consummated by the admission of kausas and Nebraska as free States
 That Connecticut will never consent to the extension of slavery over the common domain of the United States; but on the contrary, be- llevns that the free institutions, which an ex- perience almost coeval with the life of the re- public has proved to be good for her, are and will be good for all future commonwealthS, she will strive to the best of her ability to exclude the relation of human bondage from the nation al territories.
 In the resolutions of the Illinois Know Noth- lngs, we have the grounds upon which Shields, national man, was excluded from the Senate and Trumbull, vile aboltionist elected in his stead:
 D. That the time has arrived when the Americansparty of the United States are called upon to take open, fearless and unreserved ground upon the great question of slavery that Is now agtatlng the people of every section of this Union; and that the intense excitement and agitation which at the present time are distract Ing our country upon the subject of slavery have been caused by the repeal of the Missouri compromises; and that that repeal was uncalled for, gross violation and disregard of sacred compact entered into between the two great sections Of this contederacy, and in the highest degree destructive to the peace and welfare of this Union; that restoration of the Missouri compromise, as 1t will restore the territory for which It was ori ginaly made to the same stua- tion In which 1t was before that line was un- necessarily destroyed, so it will restore peace and harmony to the country without injury or injustice to any portion of the Union; that while it will only give to freedom that which with due solemnty and in good faith was long since conveyed to her under the contract, it will equally preserve the full and undisputed rights acquired under 1t by the south, and that, there fore, the Missouri compromise should be restor- ed; and that in all political national contests the American party in the State of Illinois will demand of its candidates for office, among other qualifications their open and undisguised opinions on this question.
 Here is the platform of the party in Mir. Fill more's own State. Notice the consistency of each platform-to a unit in their vile demands
 RESOLUTIONS ON PRINCIPLES.
 Resolved, That the national administration by its general course of official conduct, togeth CT with an attempt to destroy the repose, har- mony, and fraternal relations of the country in the repeal of the Missouri compromise, and the encouragement of aggressions upon the govern ment of the territorial inhabitants of Kansas deserves, and should receive, the united con- demnation of the American people, and that the institution of slavery should derive no ex. tension from such repeal.
 Resolued, That in the organization of the American order, the institution of involuntary servitude was, and now is, regarded as local and not national, in its character, subject fol the toleration of difference of opinion by the citizens of the northern and southern States and as such has nc rightful place in the plat form of the national American party.
 Next come the New Hampshire resolutions How can southern Know Nothings endorse