Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-07-04

and under oher circumstances It ;s to, q" other tmoa
with Propriety, wholly ignore or overuwe Cannot
oeaen'S Vi PuDiic man, inasmuch as h.. tne ante
serve as iair index to his character usually
equally true that these ought not of tera,.3Ot it
on nIui me sea- OF condemnation. If b h. to fix
redeemng qualities. or afterwards, undo ue exhibit,
OF circumstances, modies. or changes ne pressus
once held, he is surely on that acconnt ~ Views ks
less entitled to our confidence. alone not III
Thus it is now, to certain extent CO.,,
eat nominee of the Democratic partv The pres.
Denied that, in his past career as nnha cannOtbe
Buchanan has given expression to View man. Nj.
sou cnalacter put 1t 49, also, undeniabe H., Fee
eraiiy ne mas shown disposition TO aceo, %a gen,
equally TO all sections of the country oUI Justice
been found in strong opposition to tb "nu has ever
ends OF the Abolition party OF his own sec news and
question, however, is not whether Mr. 'IaO a. The
been committed to views not acceptahlo naS ever
rather achat are has principles at this tim, u.s. but
position 'loU? This, We submit, is the o;-~Ac hi,
TINS let his opponents adhere Let them V, and to
the muSty records of the past to conv;c, ~ search
the developments of the present confnto "a. When
Witnesses Let the dead past bury the de.d ncSe old
lV'ng present is ours, and let us act in i ur he
ever Mr.. B. may have been, we have raa It, What
Ileve that noD he is true 10 US. ''"Son to be-
Is he objected to because of the cb,r,.
FederaliSt? Let This portion of the lst he's
has endo sed answer: platform be
l. That the Fe, eral Government ia o
powers, derived soely from the Constitutes liberal
grants OF power made therein ought n Tn aa9 The
construed by all the departments and arsr.. S'tcty
uo' et"lhen' anu that IL is neXpedient and dor.e
Gus 70 De- exercise oouotiul constitutional powers hs''
2. That the Constitution does not canfar
General Government the power to comro opon ine
carry on genera system of internal dno
g. That The Constitution does not confer oe'Is
upon the Federal Government, directly or rS"17
to assume the debts of the several States cou,"y
for local internal Improvements, or other Stscd
poses; nor would such assumption be ipot ~ puf'
dent. '' VI eApe'
+. That Congress has no power to chsrar.
nonal Bank; that we believe such an nsitntor .'d'
OF deadly hostility TO the best interests of INV Us
dangerous to our republican institutions and tbn "
critics of the people, and calculated TO place The bna
ness OF the coultry within the control of "u''
trated money power, and above the laws and will
the people; and that the results of Democrats -.
islation in this and all other financial measures n
which issues have been made between the ,wo ~
itical parties of the country, have demonstrate
practical men of all parties their .soundness s.o,n
and utility in all business pursuits. S'
Is the South urged to repudiate him becauso =,
his being high tariff man Read the followup W
which he is comm ted:
.. That 1t is the duty of every branch of the Gov
eminent 10 enforce and practice the most rigid ocOn
my In conducting public affairs and thai no mos
revenue ought to he raised than is required to dv
the necessary expenses of the Government and Er
gradual but certain extinction of The public debt
Is he accused of not beng Stale Riobte .non,
Here is his cred on this srbject:
Resolved, That the Dem ocratic party will fatbfnrr
abide by and uphold the principles laid down. in The
Kentucky and vi ginia resolutions of 1892 and l79s
and in the report of Mr.. Madison to the yirp;Da
Legislature in 1799-that it adopts those princips
constituting one of the main foundations of IT.
political creed, and is resolved to carry them out on
their obvious meaning and import.
Finally, is il contended that Mr.. B. is not reliable
an UieaO of our great question of african daugul
Observe the principles and views to which, at least,
he stands pledged:
9. That Congress has no power under the Ccns6.
tuition TO interfere with or control the domestic ns
tutons of the several States, and that all such States
are the sole and proper Judges of everything apper
tanning to their affairs not prohibited by the Con-
stuton that all efforts of the AbotionstS or Others
made to induce Congress 10 interfere with questions
OF slavery, or 10 take Incl pent steps in relation there
to, are calculated TO lead to the most alarming and
dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts
have an inevitable tendency 10 diminish the hapt
ness of the people and endanger the stability and
permanency of the Union, AID ought to be counter.
anced by any friend of our political institutions.
Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers
and was intended to embrace the whole subject o.
slavery agitation in Congress- and therefore the Dem
ocratic party of the Union, standing on this national
platform, will abide by and adhere 10 faithful exc
cution of the acts known as the compromise meas
ures settled by Congress, the act for retaining Iug
tives from service o. labor included which acl BE-
ing designed 10 carry out an express p.ovslOn Of the
Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there Q, be repeal
ed or so chanoad tn destroy imnair its ehfcn
cy
Resolved That the Democratic party will resist all
attempts at renewing in Congress, or out Of it, the
agitation of the slavery question, under whatever
shape or color the attempt may be made
Resolved, That claiming fellowship with and de.
sizing the cooperation of all who regard the preaI'
walton of the Union under the Constitution as The
paramount issue, and repudia'ing all sectional par
ties and platforms concerning domestic slave J. which
seek TO embrol the States and incte 10 treason and
armed resistance to law in the Territories ard Whose
avowed purpf es, If consummated, must end in civil
war and dsunion, the An erican Democracy recog
nize and adopt the principles contained in the organ
ic laws establishing the Territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska, as embodying the only sound and safe So
luton of the slavery question, upon which the gTeS
national idea of the people of this whole country can
repose In It's determined 7aton of the Union
non interference by Congress with sl-very in State;
and Territories; that this was the basis Of the CON-
promises of 1850. confirmed by both the Democrats
and Wing parties in national conventions, ratified BY
the people in the election of 1852. and rightly applied
to the organization of Territories in 1854 that y
the uniform application of this Democratic princpe
to the organization of Territories and the admlSson
of new States, with or without domestic slavery a
they may elect the equal rights of all the States VII
be preserved intact, the original cOmpacts OF the Con
maintained
and expansion of this Union insured to its utmost Ca
pacity of embracing, in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may be constituted OF d."
nexed with republican form Of government
RESOLVED, That we recognize the right OF the PTO,
pie of all the Territories including Kansas ana I'0
braska acting through the fairly expressed win S ~
the majority of actual residents and whenever WV