Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-09

AMP, WHEREAS. Since the FOREGOING declaration
Was uniformly adopted by our predecessors i'll Na-
tional Convention. an adverse political and rclig-
ious test has been secretly organized 10y party
claiming to be exclusively Americans; it is proper
that the American Democracy should clearly define
its relations thereto, and declare its determined OPP
position all political societies, bv whatever
name they may be called
Rcs9ired. That the foundation of this Union OF
States. hiying been laid III. and its prosperity,
pansOn. and pre- eminent example in free govern
mcnts built upon entire freedom in matters of
religious conccrnmcnt, and that no respect
of person in regard to rank or place of birth:
no party can justly be deemed national. oonstitu-
tiona. or in accordance with American principles.
which bases It's exclusive organization upon religious
opinions AMI accidental birth place. And hence, il
political crusade III the nineteenth century. and in
the United States Of America. against Catholics
and iorcign-born, neither justified 10y the past his
tory the future prospects of the country, nor in
unison with the spirit of liberation and enlarged
freedom which peculiarly distinguishes the Amcri-
can system of popular government.
ReSolrcd, That vertebrate. with renewed cncr-
~ of purpose, the wcllconSidered declarations of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue of do
nestle Slavery, and concerning the reserved rights
of the States:
|. That Congress has no power. under TIE Con
stitGton, 10 Interfere with or control the domestic
institutions of the several States, and that such
States are the sole and propcrjudgcS of everything
appertanrg to their affairs, not prohibited by
the Constitution: that all efforts of the Abolitioniss
or others. made To interfere with questions of
slavery. or 10 take nclpicnt steps in violation there
to- are calculated to lead TO the most alarming and
dangerous consequences: and that all snch efforts
have an inevitable tendency To diminish the happi-
ness of the people. and cn,angcr the stability and
pcrmancncy of the Union, and not to he countcnan-
ccd bt amy friend of our political institutions
.. That the foregoing proposition covers, and
inted to embrace, the whole subject of slavery
in Congress: and therefore. the Democratic party of
the Union, standing ON this national platform. will
abide l., and adhere to a faithful execution of the
acts known rs the Compromise Measures, settled
Nv the Congress of 1850: the "act rcclaiming flg-
tycs from service or labor, included: which act
being designed to carry ont an express provision of
the Constitution. cannot with fidelity thereto. be
repealed, or SO changed as to DESTROY impair its
efficiency.
3 That the Democratic party will resist all at
tcmpts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the
agitation of the slavery question, under whatever
shape color the attempt may be made.
L. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by md uphold the principles laid down in the
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1893. and in
the Report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia Lcgis-
lature in 1888: that it adopts those principles as
constituting of the main foundations of political
creed, and is resolved to carry them out i'm their obs
ViOus meaning and import.
And that may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsistng exclusively
slavery agitation, relies to the fidelity of the
people, north and south, to the Constitution and the
Union:
L. Rcsolrcd, That, claiming fellowship with, and
desiring the cooperation of all who regard the pre-
servaton of the Union under the Constitution as
paramount issuc-and regulating all sectional par
tics and platforms concerning domestic slavery,
which seek to cmbroiI the States and ncitc To trca
son and armed resistance to law IN the Territories
and whose avowed purpose, if consummated, must
end in civil war and disunion-thc American De
mocracy recognize and adopt the principles con
tanned in the organic laws establishing the Terrific
ries of Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the on
~ sound and safe solution of the slavery question
upon which the great national idea of the people of
tins whole country can repoSe in its determined
conservatism of the Union--Nov INTERVENTION ny
CoNGEEss WITH SLAVERY ~ STATE TLRRIroRY.
OR ~ THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
. That this was the basis of the Compromises of
Is5)-confrmed by both the Democratic md Wing
parties in national nventions-ratified by the
people in the election of 1852. and rightly applied
to the organization of the Territories of 1851.