Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-23
PI,ATFoRM OF TIE DEMO
CRATIC r. AS ADOPI
En by THE CINCINNATI


PLATFORM OF THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY AS ADOPT
ED BY YHE
CONVENTION
RSoisL That the American Democracy
plaeet their trust IN ede mteligenees the Pahtos-
hm and the dseriminatfngj justice OFT the Amer
eanpeope
Rs0Ieed, that e Tegard this IS attstnstE
feature Of our creed which wear pF0q4 70 nam
tain before the Woad element NJ
4orhs6f edyernment aringing from md upheld
81 populaf viii endeue
fEesd and mseiee of5Eede4iism, under what
ayer name ~ fWmevhieh seeks to palsy the
II ia constituent and which cOuceiyes no
imposfure too moRstr0us for the popular Gre
duiity.
Reoleed Taefore That entertaining these
iFisrs thaa Democratic epzrg4nf4theAHnlon
through their delegates assembled IN general
convention Of the States eonvenIng together
IN a spirit of concord Of devotion 70 the doc
times andsfaith Of a frec representative govern
ment, and appeaingto their fellow citizens Tor
THE recfft1de al their intentions, renew and re-
asSeTtbefaTet the American people the deelarAs
fimzoFmi6riDle aToWedeby thsm; Ehen, on
fJrmr@6ecasi0hs m general conventions they
presented their eandi1ates for the popular sut-
EageS
l. Thatthcf federal governments one of limit
ed powers derived solely EoFom the Constitution;
and the grants of powermade therein ougntto
be strictly construed by all the departments
and agents of the goverumenti and that 1t IS
inexpedieat and dangerous to exercise douDunl
constitutional powers
3 That The Constitution does not confer up
on the general government the power to COM
mence anderTy ona general system OF internal
Improvements.
S That the Constitution does not confer au-
thority upon the federal governments directly or
indirectly; to assume the debts of the Several
States. contracted for local internal improve
ments, or other State purposes nor would such
assumption be lust or eXpedlent
Tn1t tuStiee GmtsOuH1 e3OStd ths
federal goyernmentt to foster one branch otindus-
try to the detriment of any Other, OF to cherish
the interests OF one portion to the lnJuryfof an
other portion of our common country; that every
citizen and every section Of the country has a
right to demand and insist upon an equality OF
rights and privileges and q complete aud ample
protection Of persons and property from domes-
tic violence and foreign aggression.
.. That It is the duty of every branch OF the
Government to enforce and practice the most
rigid economy in conducting our affairs, and that
no more revenue ought to be raised than Is re-
quired to deflay the necessary expenses of
the Government, and for gradual but certain cx-
%tincion of the public debt
6. That Congress has no power to charter a
National Bank; that we believe such an mstltu-
ton one of deadly hostility to the best interest
of our country, dangerous to our republican in
situations and the liberties of the people, and
calculated to place the business of the country
within the control of concentrated money pow
er, and above the laws andswin of the peoples
and that the results of Democratic legislation IN
this and all other financial measures upon which
issues have been made between the two political
parties Of the country, have demonstrated to Prac-
teal men of all parties their ~soundness, safety
and utility in all business pursuits.
z. That the separation of the moneys of the
Government from all banking institutions is in
Indispensable for tbs safety of the funds of the
Government and the rights of the people.
6. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the Constitution; which mak-
les ours the land of liberty, and the asylum OF
! the oppressed of every nation, have ever been
cardinal principles in the Democratic faith, and
every attempt to abridgo the privilege of becom-
ling citizens and owners of soil among us ought
to be resisted with the same spirit which swept
the alien and sedition laws from our statute
book.
o. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with or control the do
nestle institutions of the several States, and that
all 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 indncc Con-
lgress TO interfere with questions Of slayery, orto
take i~ncipient steps in relation thereto, are cal
tculated boIead to the most alarming and DANCE
rous consequences, and that allsuch efforts have
an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness
iofthegpeople and endangeF the stability and per-
manency ofthe Union, and ought not to be
countenanced by any friend of our political insti-
%tutions.
Resolre7, That the foregoing proposition COW
ers and was intended to embrace the whole sub
iject of slavery agitation in Congress, and there
fore the Democratic party ofthe Union, standing
= aI: Ito. -I.NE,-,r yril1 ohi1a Inv and nH,
here to q faithful execution ofthe acts known as
the compromise measures settled by Congress,
the act for retaining f~ugitives from service or
labor included; which act being designed TO car
ry out an express provision ofthe Constitution
cannot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
ResoLreI, That the Democratic party will re-
sist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out
Of it, the agitation ofthe slavery question, under
Whatever shape OF color the attempt may be
made.
Resolred, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the nation,
al objects specified in'the Constitution, and that
We arc opposed to any law for the distribution
of such proceeds among the States. us alike in,
expedient in policy and repugnTt to the Con,
Rsoiced, That We are decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified veto
power, by which he Is enabled, under restric.
tons and responsibilities amply suinclehI lo
guard the public interests, to suspend the pas
Isase Of a bill whose merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House
Iof Representatives until the judgment of the
people can be obtained thereon and which has
saved the American people from the corrupt
and tyrannical dominion of the Bank of the
United States, and from a eorrupting system OF
general internal Improvements.
Resolred, That the Democratic party will faith.
fully abide by and uphold the principles laid
down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
of 1892 and 1898, and in the reportof Mr.. Mad
ison to the Virginia Legislature in l799-that ii
adopts those principles as constituting one OF
the main foundations of its political creed, and
is resolved to carry them out on their obvious
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