Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-07-09


vious ,neaninea'Id import. " -
AMI i atj.wa may more, distinctly n,",.tt
the issue on which Il sac.i2o;L parIy,
5ibsisting exclusively on slAyoTr a3ita-
.ti2n, now relies l., test tn" ttoiity Of the
people, North ard South. 70 tie CouSis
intion and The Upian':
l.. Er44I"r1, That Claiming f11ow Hip
withssanI desiring; til" co-operr'i7r of all
who regard, III" presentation Of the Tn
ion under the Constitution As Ike para
mount issue and regulating all Sec
,tioHal parties and platforms concerning
DOM sti& slavery, which seeks to cmbr%ji
The Stqrcs and incttc to treason an arm
ed resi- stance 10 law in the Territories :;
and hose avow"d purposes. if, cons'lm-.
mated, must end in civil war and. disun
iaft-tltc American: Democracy recognize
Ind adept the principles contained in
tho organic laws establishing the Terri
tories Of Kansas and:Nebraska rs tmbo
dying the only sound and SAT. solution
Of the g slavery question - upon WHICH
the great national idea Of the people Of
this whole country can rcpose ipIt5 de-
tcrmiped Conservatism Of thp/ Union
Non Interference by Congress with STA
very in State and Territory, or in tn"
District of Columbia, -
2.That this wasthe basis of the~Com-
promises of l859-confmed by both the
Demorrtit and the Wing parties in ma
neutrality-suspicious. by the propl"
in the election of1,352, and rightly apPli-
ed to the organization of Territories in
1851. "~
). That by the uniform application Of
this Democratic principle to the organi-
cation Of Territories and to the admis.
sion of new States, with or without DO,
-mcstic slavery, as they may clect-:he
equal. rights Of all the States will be pre-
served intact-the original -compacts of
the Constitution maintained inviolate -
and the perpqtuity and expansion Of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity Of
embracing, in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may b" con
stituted or annexed, with a republican
form of government:
Resolred, That we recognize the right
ofthc people Of all the territories, includ-
ing Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
the legally and fairly expressed will of a
majority of actual residents, land whcney-
er the number of their inhabitants JUST
fies it, to form constitution, with or
without dom este slavery; and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms Of perfect
equality with the other States. F.
Resolred, .fnplty,, That in view of the
condition Of popular institutions in the
Old World, land the dangerous tendon
fcies Of sectional agitation, combined with
the attemp pit to5enforce civil and religious
disabilities against the rights of aequir-
ing.and enjoying citizenship in our own
land, IRA high aud sacred du'vis involyr ed
with increased responsibility upon the
: Democratin yarty Of this country, as ii"
Ictrly Of til" 7 MON, to,uphol1 aud main-
tain the rights Of every State, and >lhcFc-
! by H." union of the Statrs aHlto&u
tan "a Lalvahc.- amopg,ps r"its{itution-
- ~. T. y E'illEuiuS ~ $50 S-'tii ilO
po}iys7rn{ exclusive Legislation fox the
benefit Of therfew at the expense Of the
many, and btA yigilant and constant al
herencc to those principles and compp-
misses of the Constitution which are broad
enoug and strong enough to embra re
and uphold the Union as it shall be, in
the full expansion Of the energies and ca
pacities Of this great and Progressive
people. -; -.
l.; Reso'eea, That there are questions
connected with the foreign policy of this
country which are inferior to no domeS-
tic questions whatever. The time has
come for the people of the United States
to declare themselves in favor of free seas
and progressive free trade throughout
the world, and, by solemn manifestations ;;
TO place their moral influence at the side
of their successful example. .-.'I