The Nevada Democrat., 1856-08-20
DemOeratic Platform In fulI.


6rmed, are as follows:
ResOiyed. That the American Democracy place
their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism
and the discriminating justice OF the American
people. d;st;r,t;,,o
feature of our creed which we are proud 10
maintain before the world as great moral ele-
ment in q form of government sprlngihg rom
and upheld by a popular viii, and we contrast
it with the creed and practice oil tederalIsm,
under whatever name or form, which seeks to
nalsv the vote of the constituent, anu which
conceives no imposture too monstrous lor the
popular credulity.
Pesolped therefore That entertaining these
views. the Democratic party OF the Union,
through their delegates assembled III general
'Convention of the States, convening together In
"a snrit of concord. of devotion to the doctrines
.ond faith of a free representative government
and onnealing to their fellow citizens for the
roct;tude of their intentions, renew and reassert
before the American people the declarations Of
nrncinles avowed by them, when, on former
occasions, in general convention, they present
ed their candidates for popular suftrages.
/. That the federal government is one of linn
tied powers, derived solely from the constitu-
tion. and the grants of power made therein
ought to be strictly construed by all the depart
ments and agents of the government; and it Is
inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful
constitutional powers.
2. That the Constitution doesnot confer upon
the general government the power to commence
and carry out general system OF internal I'M
movements.
2 That the Constitution does not confer au-
thority upon the federal government directly,
or ind rectly. to assume the debts of the several
States contracted for local internal improve
ments or other State purposes; nor would such
assumption be Just or eXpedlent
A. That Justice and sound policy forbid the
Federal Government to foster one branch Of in
dustry to the detriment of any other or to cher
ish the interests of one portion to the INJURY OF
another portion of our common country; that
every citizen aud every section of the country
has a right to demand and insist upon an equal
.ity of rights and privileges and complete and
ample protection of persons and property from
udolnestic violence and foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch OF the
Government to enforce and practice the most
rigid economy in conducting our public affairs,
and that no more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to detray the necessary eXpen-
ses of the government, and for gradual but GER
tain extinction of the public debt.
6. That Congress has no power to charter
National bank; that we believe such an institu-
ton one of deadly hostility to the best interests
of our country, dangerous to our republican ILL
Z stitutons and the liberties of the people, aad
!, calculated to place the business Of the country
= within the control of a concentrated money
power, aud above the laws and will of the peO-
pie; and that the results of Democratic leglsla-
ton in this aud all other financial measures
upon which issues have been made between the
two great political parties of the country, have
demonstrated to practical men of all business
pursuits
Z. That the separation of the moneys of the
Government from all banking institutions is in
dspcnsable for the safety OF the funds of the
Government and the rights of the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,
aud sanctioned i'll the Constitution winch makes
X ours the land OF liberty, aud the asylum of the
oppressed of every nation, have ever been car
d,aalaprincples in the Democratic faith, and ev-
serv attempt to abrdge the privilege of becom-
tinacitzens and owners of soil among us ought
to he resisted with the same spirit which swept
the alien and sedtiOn laws from our statute
book.
s. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to Interfere with or control the
tornstc institutions of the several States and
that all such States are the sole and proper jud-
ges Of everything appertaining to their own ,af
fairs not prohibited by the constitutions; that all
efErts of the abOlt. onists and others made to
inluce Congress TO interfere with questions OF
slyery, or to take inc ,pient steps in relation
th,reto are calculated to lead to the most alarm
inrand dangerous consequences, and that all
such efforts have an inevitable tendency to di-
minsh the happiness of the people and endan-
ger the stability and permanency OF the Union;
and ought not to be countenanced by any 1rlends
sofiour political institutions.
.7essolved, That the foregoing proposition coy
gers and was intended to embrace the whole sub
iec of slavery agitation in Congress, ard there
for the Democratic party Of the Unoi, stand
inc Oh this national platform, Will abldt by ana
adhere to a faithful execution of the act: known
as hhe compromise measures settled w Con-
rrtss. the act for reclaiming fugtlves flom ser
Vic. or labor included; which act being design
edto carry out an express provision of tie Con-
STATION. cannot. with fidelity thereto be re-
pealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair Its
efficiency. -,
ResoIved, That the Democratic party will re-
sis all attempts at renewing in COngess, or
out of it, the agitation of the slavery qtestlon,
un1er Whatever shape or color the ATTEMPT may
be made.
Pesolred. That the proceeds of the public lands
ought to be sacredly applied to the national OBJ
ices specified in the constitution, and hat we
tsyf opposed to any law for the Distribution OF
the proceeds among the States as alike neXpe-
dielt in policy and repugnant to the ccostItu-
tiol.
2e,olyed. That we are decidedly opposed to
Aaiing from the President the qualified Veto
power by which he is enabled, under lestric-
tons and re ponsib lItics amply sufficient to
guard the public interests, to suspend The pas
safe of a bill whose merits cannot secure the
APPROVAL of twe-thirds OF the Senate aad House
Of Representatives, until the Judgment Of the
people can be obtRined thereof, aad Which has
saed the American people from the corrupt
.ahl tyrannical dominion OF the Bank OF the Ull-
tdi States, aud from aeorruptng system o. gen
enl internal Improvements
lResOlved, That the Democratic party will Iaith-
fully abide by aad uphold the principles laid
down in the Kentucky aad Virginia resolution
of 1892 and 1898, ald in the report OF MIR. Mad
ison to the Virginia Legislature in l799-that
it adopts those prime pies as constituting one OF
the main foundations of its political creed, and
is resolved to carry them cut in their obvious
meaning and import
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