The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-09-10

! We give below the Pittsburgh Free Soil Plat
form of 1852 and the Philadelphia Platform of
1855 Compare them ye shriekers for freedom
and see if there has not been great falling off
from your former principlcs:-
Pittsburgh PIatfOFm.-Is52.
Having assembled in national convention as
the delegates of the Free Democracy of the U.
States, united by a, common resolve to maintain
Right against Wrongs and Freedom agninst Sla-
very; confding in the intelligence, the patriot
ism and the discriminating justice of the Amer
can people; putting our trust in God for the
triumph of our cause, and invoking his guidance
in our endeavors to advance it, we now submit
to the candid Judgment of all ifen the follow
ing declaration of principles and measures. d.
l. That governments deriving their just pow
crs from the consent ST the goyeried, are insti-
tuted among men to secure to all, those inalien-
able rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, with which they are endowed by
their Creator, and of which none can be depri-
we'd by valid legislation, except for crime
2. That the true mission of American de-
mocracy is to maintain the Liberties of the peo-
pie, the sovereignty of the States and the per-
petuty of the Union, by the impartial applica-
ton to public affairs without sectional discrim-
nations, of the fundamental principles of equal
rights, strict justice, and economical admins
tration,
3. That the federal government is one of lin
tied powers, derived solely from the constitu-
ton, and the grants of power therein ought to
be strictly construed, by all the departments
and agents Of the government and it is nexpe-
dient and dangerous to exercise doubtful con-
stitutiohaI power. ~, .., e....a,. lo
4. That the constitution of the United States
ordained to form more perfect Union, to estat-
Iish justice, and secure the blessings of liberty,
expressly denies to the general government all
power to deprive any person of life, libe1ty or
property, without due process Of law; and
therefore, the government, havingno More pow
or to make slave than to make king, and no
more power to establish slavery than to estab-
lish monarchy, should at once proceed to re-
lieve itself from all responsibility for the exis-
tence of slavery, wherever it possesses consti-
tutional power to legislate for its extention.
S. That the persevering and importunate de-
mands of the Slave power for more slaves states
new slave territories and the naturalization Of
slavery our distinct and final answer is-No
more slave States, no slave territy no national
lied slavery, and no national legislation for the
extension of slavery.
6. That slavery is s'n against God, and a
crime against man which no human enactment
ror usage can make right and that Christianity
humanity and patriotism alike demand its abo-
lition.
7. That the fugitive slave act of 1850 is re
pugnaht to the constitution, to the principles o.
the common law, to the spirit of Christianity
and to the sentiments of the civilized world
We, therefore, deny its binding force upon the
American people, and demand its immediate
, and total repeal.
s. That the doctrine that any human law
IS fnalty and not subject to modification CT
} repeal, is not in accordance with the creed O
the founders Of our government and is danger.
Gus to the liberties of the people.
, 8. That the acts Of Congress known as The
l compromise measures of 1850, by making the
admission of, sovereign state contingent upor
the adoption of other measures demanded BY
the special interests of slavery; by their omis
4 sion to guarantee freedom in free territories; BY
\ tbo;r ot+ep,,ts tf in,noro linn;
i tations to the power Of Congress and the peo
. PIE to admit new states; by their pro visions fo
9 the assumption of five millions Of the debt O
L Texas, and ior the payment of five millior
: more, and cession of large territory to tn,
- same state, undermenace, as an inducement tc
: the REIMBURSEMENT Of a groundless claim; an
|, by their invasion Of the sovereignty ofthe state
1, and the liberties of the people through the en-
}" actment Of an unjust oppressive and uuconsti
= tutional fugitive slave law--are proved to be in
i consistent with all the principles and maxim
It Of democracy, and wholly inadequate to tn
|, settlement of the questions of which they ar
N claimed to be an adjustment.
IS 10. That no permanent settlement of the sIa
ID very question can be looked for, except the prac
II tical recognition of the truth, that slavery
i sectional, and freedom national, by total sep;
lg ration of the general government from SLAYER
and the exercise Of its legitimate and constit,
n tional influence on the side of freedom, and /
lie leaving to the States. the whole subject of sli
70 very and the extradition of fugitiyes from Sc
10 vice
e. II. That all men have natural right to
Sc portion of the soil, and that as the use of Il
Mt soil is indispensable to life, the right Of all me
> to the soil is as sacred as their right to life
lg self
ty IL, That the public lstds of the Unite
he States belong to the people, and should not
~ sold to individuals nor granted to corporation
to but should be held as sacred trust for the be-
IN eft Of the people, and should be granted in r
o tied quantities, free Of cost, to actual settler
to 13. That due regard to the federal cons,
he tuition and a sound administrative policy, d
s. mands that the funds of the general cover
ty ment be kept separate from banking instit
to tions; and that inland and ocean postage shou
rs be reduced to the lowest possible point that
n more revenue should be raised than is requir
Y to defray the strictly necessary expenses Of 4
a. public service, and to pay off the public del
and that the power and patronage Of the 60
y y eminent should be diminished by the aboliti,
&c ofall unnecessary Offices salaries and privleg
H. and by the election by the people Of all eli