Plymouth weekly banner. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1856, 1856-06-19

! liberties Of the people, and calculated to
place the business Of the country within
the control of q concentrated money pow
er, and above the laws and the will Of The
people; and that the results o: Democrat
! ic legislation in this and ell other fnan-
cial measures, upon which issues have
seen made between the two political par
ties OF the country. have demonstrated TO
candid and p.ac,iced men Of all parties
their soundness. safety, and utility. in
all business pursuits.
g. That the separation of the moneys
of the Government from banking inslitu-
| tions is indispensa BILE to the safety Of the
/ funds of the Government, and the rights
of the people.
9. That we are decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified
veto power by which he is enabled, under
restrictions and responsibilities amply
sufficien, to guard the public interests, 10
suspend the passage Of bill whose mer-
its cannot secure the approval OF two
thirds of the senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, until the judgment OF the peo
pie can be obtained thereon. and which
has saved the American people from the
corrupt and tyranical domination of the
DI .r al. Jr,;,.J S,a,o. and i,o,, q
corrup.ing system of general internal i'm
provements.
10. That the liberal principles embod-
led by Jefferson in the Declaration Of In
dependence. and sanctioned in the Constr
tuition, wbieh makes ours the land OF lib.
erty, and the asylum Of the oppressed of
every nation, have ever been cardinal
principles in the Democratic faith, and
every attempt TO abridge the privilege of
becoming citizens and the owners of soil
among US, ought TO be resisted with the
same spirit which swept the alien and Sc
dition laws from our statute books.
And WHEREAS, Since the foregoing de
claration was uniformly adopted BY our
predecessors in National Convention. IN
adverse political and religious test has
been secretly organized by party claim
ing to be exclusively American, ii is prop
er that the American Democracy should
clearly define Its relations thereto, and de.
clare its determined opposition to all Sc
cret political socities. by whatever name
they may be called.
RESOLVED That the foundation Of this
union of States having been LAID in, and
its prosperity. and pre- eminent example
in free government built upon entire free
dom in matters Of religious concernment
and no respect Of person in regard TO rank
or place Of birth. NO party can justly be
deemed national, constitutional, or in &C
cordance with American principles, which
bases its exclusive organiza ton upon re-
ligious and accidental pirth- place. And
hence political crusade in the nineteenth
century, and in the United States of A
merica, against Catholics and foreign born
is neither justified BY the great history of
the future prospects Of the country. nor
in unison with the spirit of liberation
and enlarged freedom which peculiarly
distinguishes the American system Of pop
ular government.
Resolred. That We reiterate, with re-
newed energy of purpose. the well.con.
sidered declarations of former Conven-
tions upon the sectional issue of Domes-
tic Slavery. and concerning the reserved
rights of the Sta!es,-
l. That Congress hos no power. under
the Constitution. to interfere with or
control the domestic institutions of the
several States, and that such States are
the sole and proper judges of everything
appertaining to their own affairs. not
prohibited by the Constitution; that all
efforts of the Abolitionists or others, made
to induce Congress TO interfere with ques.
tions OF slavery, or to take incipient steps
in relation thereto, are calculated to lead
to the most alarming and dangerous con-
sequences; and that all such efforts have
an inevitable tendency to demonish the
happiness Of the people, and endanger the
stability and permanency OF the Union,
and ought not to be countensnced by any
friend of our. political institutions.
2. That the foregoing proposition COW
ers. and was intended 20 embrace, the
whole subject of slavery sgitaiion in Con
gress; and therefore, the Democratic par
ty of the Union, standing on this nation
al platform. will abide by and adhere to
faithful execution of the acts known as
the Compromise measures. settled by the
Congress Of 1850, 1.-THE act for retaining
fugitives from service or labor," included;
which act being designed to carry out an
express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot. with fidelity thereto. be repealed,