Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-20

upon which the great national idea ofsthel /
lpeople5of this whole country can reposeH
i'm its determined conservatism of thel
Union; non.interference by Congress with
Slavery in States and Territories What
This Emaslthe basis of the compromise off
l1850. confirmed by both the Democratic1
and Wing parties in national Convention.
ratified by theEpeople in the election Of
1889, and rightly applied to the organi-
cation OF territories in 1854; that by the
uniform application of this Democratic
principle to the organization of Territories
aud the admission Of new States. with or
without domestic slavery. as they may
elect. the equal rights Of all the States
VIII be preserved intact, the original CONS
pacts of the Constitution maintained in
violate. and the perpetuation and 'expan-
sion of this Union ensured to its utmost
capacity of embracing. in peace and har>
mony, every future American State that
may be constituted or annexed with re-
publican form of government.
! Resolved, That we recognize the right
of the people of all the Territories. inciu-
ding Kansas and Nebraska. acting through
the fairly expressed will of the ma ority
of actual residents and whenever the.
number of their inhabitants justiies it, to
form Constitution with or without do
mestic slavery, and be admitted in to the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with
the other States.
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THR GOVERNMENT.
Resolved finally. That by the condition
Of the popular institutions of the Old
World, and the dangerous tendency of
sectional agitation, combined with the at
tempt to enforce civil and religious disa-
bilities against the rights of acquiring cit.
izenship in our own land, the high and
sacred duty is devolved with increased
responsibility upon the Democratic party
Of this country. as the party of the Union.
TO uphold and maintain the right of every
State; and thereby the Union of the
States and sustain and advance among
us constitutional liberty by continuing to
resist all monopolies and exclusive legis-
lation for the benefit of the few. at the
expense of the many. And. by the vigi-
liant adherence to these princi pies and the
compromises of the Constitution, which
are broad and strong enough to embrace
and uphold the Union as 1t was, and the
Union as it is-the Union as it shall be in
the full expansion of the energies and ca
pacities of this great progressive people.
First-Resolped, That the questions
connected with the foreign policy of the
country is inferior to no domestic ques-
ton whatever. The time has come for
the people of the United States to declare
themselves in favor Of free seas and pro-
gressve free trade throughout the world.
And, by solemn manifestations to place
their moral influence by the side of their
successful example.
Resolved, That our geogra-
phical and political position with refer
ence to the other States of this Continent.
no less than the interest Of our commerce
and the development Of our growing pow
er, requires that we hold the sacred prin-
ciple involved in the Monroe doctrine
Their bearing and import, admit Of no
miscoustruction, and should be applied
with unbending ridgity.
}. Thirdly-Resolued, That the great
highway which nature as well as the as
sent of the States most Immediately inter-
ested in its maintenance has marked out
for the free communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans constitutes
one of the most important achievements
TO be realized by the spirit Of moderation,
in the uncomfortable energy of our peo-
pie. and that result should be secured by
a timely and efficient exertion of the con-
troll which we have right to claim over
1t. And no power on earth should be
suffered to impede or clog its progress by
any interference with relations that it may
suit our policy to establish with the gov
eminent of the States within whose do.
mlnion it lies and we can, under no cir
cumstances. surrender our preponderance
in the adjustment of all questions arising
out of it..
J. Fourth y-ResolVea, That in view Of
so commanding an interest the people Of
the United States cannot but sympathise
with the efforts which are being made by
the people Of Central America 10 regen.
crate that portion Of the Continent which
covers the passage across the oceanic
lsthmus.
Fifthly-ReSolveG, That the Democratic
party will expect from the next Admins
tratlon every proper effort to be made to
insure our ascendency in the Gulf of Mex
leo and maintain permanent protection
OF the great outlets through which are
emPtied into its waters tue products rails.
ed on the soil, and the commodities ere.
ated by the industry Of the people of our
Western valleys and the Union at large.
The following resolution was passed al
a subsequent period in the Convention
Resolved. That the democratic party re.
cognizes the great Importance, in politi-
cal and commercial point of view. of a spec
dy and safe overland communication be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific andthat il
is the duty of the Federal Government to
exercise all reasonable constitutional pow