The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-30

opposition to allsecret political societies, by
whatever name they may be called.
RESOLVED, That the foundation of this
Union OF States having been laid in, and its
prosperity, expansion and pre-. eminent exam.
pie in free government built upon entire
freedom of matters of religious concernment,
and no respect of person in regard to rank or
place of birth; no party can justly be deem.
ed national, constitutional, or in accordance
with American principles, which bases its
exclusive organization upon religious opin
ions and accidental birth place. And hence
political crusade in the nineteenth century,
and in the United States Of America, against
Catholics and foreign. born, is neither justi.
fed by. the past history or the future pros.
poets Of the country, nor in unison with the
spirit Of federation and enlarged freedom
which peculiarly distinguishes the American
system Of popular government.
Resolued, That We reiterate with re tnewed
energy Of purpose, the we'll considered dec
inration Of former Conventions upon the sec.
tional issue Of domestic slavery, and con
cerning the reserved rights of the States.
/. That Congress has 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 nppsrtaining to
their own affairs, not prohibited by the Con.
stitution; that all efforts of the Abolitonists
or others, made to induce Congress to inter.
tere with questions Of slavery, or to take in.
cipient steps-in relation thereto, are calcula-
ted to lead to the most alarming and danger
Gus consequences; and that all such efforts
have an inevitable tendency to diminish the
happiness of the people, and endanger the
staiGilty aud pCrmanency of the Union, and
ought not to be countenanced by any friend
Of our political institutions. .-t-
2. That tie foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended to embrace the whole sub
ject Of slavery agitation in Congress; and
therefore, the Democratic patty Of the
Union, standing on this national platiorm,
will abide by and adhere to faithful exccu
ton of the acts kDown as the Compromise
L. ''easures, settled by the Congress Of 1850:
1.-The ,'ct for claiming fugitiVes &oA service
or IaIor," included; which act being design
cd to cat.'y out an express provi$ios Of the
Constitution, cun.,ot, with fidelity theneto,
be repealed, or so chaISGed as to destroy 0F
lis efficiency.
8. That The Democratic party Will resist
all attempts at renewing, in Congress CT out
of it, the agitation OF the slavery question,
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be nude.
4. That the Democratic patty will faith !
fully abide by and uphold the principles laid
down in thc Kentucky aud Virginia resoIu-
tions Of 1888, and in the report OF Mr.. Madi
son to the Virginia Legislature, in 1893;
that it adopts those principles az coasttut-
ing one Of the main foundations of its poiti-
cal creed, und is resolved to carry them out
in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the
issues on which sectional party, subsisting
exclusively on slavery agitation, now relies
10 test the fidelity OF the people, North and
South, to the Constitution of the Union:
/. Resolued, That claiming fellowship
With, and desiring the co operation of all who
'egard the preservation of the Union under
he Const tation as the paramount issue
md repudiatng all sectional parties and
slatforms concerning domestic slavery, which
seek to embroil the States and incite to
reason and armed resistance to law in the
Territories; and whose avowed purposes II
ed, must end in civil war and dis
American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in the or
sanic law establishing the Territories Of
Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the
only sound and safe solution of the "slaverv
question upon which the great national idea
Of the people Of this whole country can re,
pose in its determined conservatism of this
Union = "Non interference by Congress
with Slavery in State and Territory, or in
the District Of Columbia"
The reading OF this resolution was inter.
rupted for some time by tremendous and
prolonged applause.
2. That this was the basis of the Com.
prom ses Of l850-confrmed by both the
Democratic and Wing parties in National
Convention-ratfed by the people in the
election of 1859, and rightly applied to the
organization of Territories in 1854.
8. That by the uniform application Of
his Democratic principle to the organiza.
ion Of Territories, aud to the admission OF
,ew States with or without domestic slavery,
IS they may elect-the equal rights Of all the
States will be preserved intact-the original
OF the Constitution maintained in.
,iolate, and the perpetuity aud expqsion OF
his Union insured to its utmost capacity OF
embracing, in peace and harmony, every1
uture American State that may be consti
uted or annexed, with republican form of
government.
Rssotped, That we recognize the right of
ne people Of the all Territories. including