Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-07-16

the issue on which a sectional party,
subsisting exclusively on slavery agita-
ton, now relies to test the fidelity OF the
people, North and South, to the Consti-
tuition and the Union : i =
/. Resolved, That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring the corporation OF all
who regard the preservation OF the on-i
ion under the Constitution as the para
mount issue-and repudiating all sec
Etional parties and platforms concerning
domestic slavery, which seeks to em5roil
the States and ine;te to treason an arm
ed resistance to INV in the Territories );
and whose avowed purposes, If consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disun-
ion tho American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained IN
the organic laws establishing the Terri
tories Of Kansas and Nebraska as embo
diving the only sound and safe solution
of the " slavery question upon which
the great national idea Of the people OF
this whole country can repose IN IT'S de-
termined conservatism Of the Union
Non Interference by Congress with sla
very in State aud Territory, or in the
D strict of Columbia. .'..-- I \.
g. That this was the basis of the Com
promises>o of l85O-con6med by both the
Democrtic and the Wing parties in ma
tional eonventions-rati6ed by the people
in the election Of 1859, and rightly appE-
ed m the organization of Territories in
1881. -, . 49,. .~.5.
Il 5. That by the uniform application Of
this Democratic principleto the organi-
cation Of Territories, and to- the admis.
sion of new States, with or without do
nestle slavery, as they may @eleet-the
equal rights Of all the States will bePEe,
served intact--the original compacts Of
the Constitution maintained inviolate-
and the perpetuity and expansion Of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity OF
embracing, in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may be CON
stituted or annexed, with republican
form Of government. 4 /
The Convention being determine ed to
meet the slavery question in language
that would admit of no possible doubt
ITO a candid and sensible man, at least,
made the above resolutions part and par
eel Of the Democratic Platform. And
we unhesitatingly assert, that never be-
fore in National Convention was the
slavery issue SO boldly met; and further
more, that the Democratic, party is the
only party in existence that holds, main
tains and advocates such good, whole
some, constitutional views on that excl
ting and absorbing subject. What say
you to that, Father NEWTON?
And Immediately next to this series Of
pro!slavery resolutions, we find in the
platform the following, denonncing the
doctrine Of Squatter Sovereignty and
declaring in unequivoeal language the
cherished views of the South on that
question-to wit: that a majority Of the
bona yfde residents Of a territory shall
adopt for themselves Constitution, with
or without slavery, as they prefer, where
their number justifes it. Here is the re-
solution; >. r..
Resolred, That we recognize the right
Of the people Of all the territories, includ->
ing Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
the legally and fairly expressed will Of a
majority of actual residents, land wbenev-
er the number Of their inhabitants JUST
fees it., to form a constitution, with or
without domestic slavery, and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms Of perfect
equality with the other States. i
Certainly a great change has come o'er>
the spirit Of "old Sleeps dream. Z A
few months ago he denied the right of a
,Southerner to take his slaves into Kansas
and hold them there as slaves, under and
by virtue-efthe Constitution; now be de-
clares Southerners have such rights, and
even finds fault with the Democratic
Platform for not being sufficiently strong
on the niger question. But probably
he says, ''Tempora mutantur, ct nos mu-
tantur in Ills" ....... " 1 ::