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Tn Second Declaration linden ndenCe


adopted IN Philadelphia, jane | 3. 1856.
This Convention q Delegates assemble,
10 pursuance Of call addressed 10 The people Of th
United States, without regard TO past political dierea
ces divisions, Who opposed 10 The repesl Of h'
Missouri Compromise 10 the policy Of the present ad
mins tom 70 The extension OF slavery into free terri
tory; restoring the action OF the Federal GOVernmeni
TO the principles Of Washington and jefferson; aud o'
the purpose Of presenting Candidates for the oaees o
PRESIDENT and Vice President
| /, Resolved, That the maintenance Of the princ
pies promulgated in the Declaration Of Indepen.
denee and embodied in the Federal Con sttatOn ere
essential to the preservation Of our Republican instu
TONS the Federa COnNtutOn, the rights Of the States
and the union Of the STAKES rust be preserved
2. Resolved, That with our Republican fathers
We hold it 70 be selfevident truth that all men are
endowed with the undeniable right Of liberty and tbs
pursuit OF happiness and that the primary biect AM
ulterior design Of our Federal Government was "a ss
care those rights 70 all persons within is exclusive m
rsdeliOn; that as our Republican fathers, hen lie,
had abolished slavery IN our national territorv ordain
ed that no person should be deprived of 6fe Iber,v
or property, without due process Of Law. h hscoms,
duty to maintain this provision Of the COnsttgor
against all attempts 10 violate Il for the purDoso ~
tsbRshng Slavery in the United States bv posi.iv Is
islaOn prohibiting It's extension therein: That - Ss
ny the authority Of Congress- or territorial lso;s.
ture, OF any individuals, or association or individuss !
give legal ass Stance 70 slavery In any territory Of ID,
United states, while the present Constitution hall h
maintained. "
| g. Resolved. That the Const tuition eontars =,
Congress sovereign power the territories of ~,
United States for their government and IN ba e,sr
else Of this power It Is both The right and dutv sf,h;
Congress to prohibit 10 thv territory those twin raj
les Of barbarism-P POlygamy and Slavery.
| 4. Resolved That while the Uonsltu,ion NJ A.,
United States was ordained and established bv The noo
pie In order to "orm ore perfect union establjsI
Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for ~.
common defence, and secure the blessings of ibar,v
and contains ample provisions for the proteetion ~
ife liberty and property Of every citizen the d. r
eoRstgoHalrighs Of the peopls Of Kansas have beer
frauduentiy and violently take from them.
Their territory has beel invaded BY an armed c,,o
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and sr
ecutive officers have been set over the a. by wboso a
surped authority, sustained by the military nowor q
government, tyranical aud unconstitutional laws hoo
been enacted and enforced:
The rights of the people to keep and bear arms bav,
been infringed:
Test Oaths OF an extraordinary and entanVlino
have been imposed as a condition of exercising ~
right Of suffrage, and holding Office:
The right OF an accused person to speedy and pub
lie trial byan n impartial jrry has been denied:
The right of the people to be secure Ia their persops
houses papers and Iecs against unreasonable searcI
and seizure has been violated:
They have been deprived Oflie, liberty and proper.
\ ty, without due process OflaW;
That the freedom of speech and the press have besn
abridged;
The right to choose their representatives has been
made of no effect;
Murders, robberes and arsons have been instipated
and encouraged, and the offenders have been a lowed
to 60 unpunished
That all these things have been done with the know.
LEDGE sanction and procurement of the present admin
Straton and that for this hgt crime against the Con
-tituOn, the Union and Humanity we arraign that Ad
minstraton, the President his advlsers agents sun
nOrters apoogss and accessories either before or after
the act-before the country and before the world and
that 1t is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpe
traitors OF these atrocOus outages aud their accompces
90 a sure and condign punishment he eriter.
g. Resolved That Kans shall be- immediately
ldmttedas State Of the UnioD with her present free
constitution, as at once the most efectua way Of secur
TO her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and Drv
eges to which they are entitled, and OF ending the
civil strife now raging in her territory.
.. Resolved, That the highwaymans plea that
might" embodied In the Ostend circular, was in ev
cry respect unworthy OF American diplomacy, and
you'll bring shame and dishonor upon any govsrnmcnt
or people that gave it their sanction.
7, Resolved, That Railroad to the Pacific O.
cean by the more central and practical route |. i'm
peFatvely demanded by tho interests of tho who'll
country and that the federal government ought to
der erimmmedlate and efficient aid in its construction
and as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate consc,ion
Of emgrant route on the line Of the Railroad,
Resolved, That appropriations BY Congress for the
improvement ofrivers and harbOrs of national char.
acte required for the accommodation and security of
our existing commerce. authorized by the constitu
tion and justified by the obligations of government n
protect the lives and property of It's citizens.
y. Resolved that we invite the afiliaton and co
operation OF the men Of oil parties however differing
from us In other respects support of the princpes
therein declared; and believing that the sp of onr
institutions as well the Constitution Of our country
guarantees liberty Of conscience, and equality Of rrhts
,mong citizens, we oppose all legislation i'm ring
heir security" e