, 1856-07-18
Resolutions

Adoptcd at The Democratic National Con-
rcntion IN session at Cincinnati, JnHe 3,
1856:
They need but n pcrusal from an intelli-
gent public to be appreciated and under
stood, and receive that consideration and
weight to which their sound sense and
views Of public policy justly entitlc them.
Next week we shall publish the Balti-
more platforms of ls4s and 1852, Prelu-
ding the above resolutions, passed OF the
present session.
The following ore added to the old plat
form, and the two parts now form the new
platform Of the democratic party:
And whereas, since the foregoing decla-
ration was uniformly adopted by our pre-
dccessors in National conventions, on ad-
verse political and religious test hes been
secretly organized by party claiming to
be exclusively Americans, and 1t is proper
that the American democracy should clear
ly define its relations thereto therefore,
l. Resolred, That the foundation Of this
Union Of States having been laid in its
prosperity, expansion and pre-eminent ex'
ample in free government, butt upon entire
freedom in matters Of religious concern,
and no respect Of persons in regard to rank
or place or birth, no party can justly be
deemed national, constitutional, or in &C
cordance with American principles, which
bases its exclusive organization upon relig-
ious opinions and accidental birthplace.
9. Resolred, That we reiterate with re-
newed energy of purpose the well consider
ed declarations Of former Conventions upon
the sectional issue Of domestic slavery, and
concerning the reserved rights ofthe States;
and that we may more distinctly meet the
issue on which sectional party, subsisting
exclusively OH slavery agitation, now relies
to TEST the fidelity Of the people, North and
South, to the constitution and the Union
3. Resolred, That claiming fellowship
with and desiring the cooperation OF all
who regard the preservation Of the Union,
under the constitution, as the paramount
issue, and repudlating all sectional parties
and platforms concerning domestic slavery,
which seek to embroil the States and incite
to treason and armed resistance to law in
the Territories, and whose avowed purposes,
il consummated, must end in civil war and
disunion, the American democracy recog-
nize and adopt the principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terrific
ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying
the only sound and safe solution Of the sla-
very question 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 Con-
gress with slavery in States and Terrific
ries that this was the basis Of the COM
promises Of 1850, confirmed by both the
democratic and whig parties in National
Conventions, ratified by the people in the
election Of 1852, and rightly applied to the
organization Of Territories in 1854; that
by the uniform application Of this demo-
cratic principle to the organization of Ter
ritores and the admission Of new States,
with or without domestic slavery, as they
may elect, the equal rights of the States
will be preserved intact, the original COM
pacts of the constitution maintained invio-
late, and the perpotuation and expansion
Of this Union ensured to its utmost capaci-
ty Of embracing, in peace and harmony
every future American State that may be
constituted or annexed with republican
form of government.
4. ResolGed, That we recognize the right
Of the people Of allthe Territories, inclu-
ding Kansas and Nebraska, acting through