Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-09-03

country, nor in unison with the spirit Of
federation and enlarged freedom which
peculiarly distinguishes the American
system Of popular government.
L RESOLVED, That We reiterate with re-
newed energy Of purpose, the well-con-
sidered declarations Of former Conyen-
tons upon the sectional issue Of Domes-
tic Slavery, and concerning the reserved
rights of the States.,-
/. That Congress- has no power under
the Constitution, to interfere with or con-
troll the domestic institutions Of the sew
eral States, and that such States are the
solo and proper judges Of everything ap-
pertaining to their own affairs, not pro-
hibited BY the Constitution that all eff
forts of the abolitionists or others, made
TO induce Congress- to interfere with
questions of slavery. or to take incipient
steps in relation thereto, are calculated
to lead to the most alarmingand danger
GUS consequences; and that all such eff
forts have an inevitable tendency to d.
minish the happiness Of the people, and
endanger the stability and permanency
of the Union, and ought not to be countc-
nanced by any friend Of our political in
situations. ]: II 4. 4 - n
2, That the foregoing proposition COW
ers, and was intended to embrace, the
whole subject Of slavery agitation in Con-
gress and therefore, the Democratic
party of the Union, standing on this ma
tional platform, will abide by and adhere
to faithful execution of the acts known
as the Compromise Measures, settled by
the Congress of 1850 g the act for re-
claiming fugitives from service or labor, -
included which act being designed to
carry out an express provision of the
Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there
TO-, be repealed, or SO changed as to de-
stroy or impair itsefieiency.. F.. r. 4.
8. That the Democratic party will re-
sist all attempts at renewing. in Congress
and out. oft, the agitation of the slavery
question, under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made. -, T. p
4. That the Democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the prin-
ciples laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions of 1898. and in the
report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature, in 1899 !, that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main
foundations of: its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their OBJ
yious meaning and import T.. f..
. And that we may more distinctly meet
the issue on which sectional party,
subsistfng exclusively on slavery aSita-:
ton, now relies to test the fidelity of the
people, North and South, TO the Consti-
tuition and the Union: = ! .
L. Resoipea, That claiming fellowship
with, Eand desiring the corporation of all
who, regard the preservation of the I'm
ion under the Constitution as the para
mount issue-and repudiating all sec-1
tional parties and platforms concerning
domestic slavery, which seeks to em5roil
the States and incite To treason an arm
ed resistance to law in the Territories Il
and whose avowed purposes, if consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disun-
ion-.he American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terri
tories of Kansas and Nebraska as embo-
dying the only sound and safe solution
Of the "slavery question "vupon which
the great national idea Of the people of
this whole country can rcpose in its de-
termined conservatism of the Union
Non interference by Congress with sla,
very in State and Territory, or in the
District of Columbia. r. H. .s. 4 !
g. That this was the basis of the Com
promises Of 185o-con6med by both the
Democrtic and the Wing parties in ma
tional conventions-ratifed by the people |
in the election of 1859, and rightly appli- |
ID to the Equalization Of Territories in
1854. f~s.... * n :.~.... /.
3. That by the uniform application of
his Democratic principle to the organi1
sation of Territories, and to the admis. |
;ion Of new States, with or without do.
nestle slavery, as they may leiect-the
equal rights Of all the States>will be pre-
served intact-the original compacts of
he Constitution maintained inviolate-l
ind the perpetuity>and expansion of this
Union insured TO its utmost capacity of
in peace and harmony ,>every
uture American State that may be con-
'tituted or annexed, with a republican,
orm of government. IA
Resoiued, That we recognize the right
# the people ofall the territories, includ-
ng Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
he legally and fairly expressed win of a
majority of actual residents, and whenev-
If the number of their inhabitants justi-
les it, to form constitution, with or
Without domestic slavery, and be admit
ed into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States. II
Resolped, finally, That in view of the
condition Of popular institutions in the
Did World, (and the dangerous tenden-
lies Of sectional agitation, combined with
he attempt to enforce civil and religious
disabilities against the rights Of acquir-
ng and enjoying citizenship in our own
and, J high and sacred dutyis involved
With increased responsibility upon the
Democrats party Of this country, as the
party of the Union, to uphold and main
. ~. r. ~ Al