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future prospects Of the country nor In unison with the
spirs Of toleralOn aad enlarged freedom which pecu
ary distinguishes the American system OfPOpaar gcv.
eminent
Resolved That We reiterste vith.reneved energy of
purpose, the we'll considered declarations Of former
Conventions upon the sectional issues Of Democratic
slavery, and concerning the reserved rights Of the
States:
!. That Congress has no power under the COnstitu-
tons to interfere with or control the domestic Institutions
ofhe several states and that sneh states the sole
and proper judges Of everything sPperainng to their
own Affairs not prohibited BY the Constitution. that
all efforts Of NE abOioDsts others maee to induce
Congres to interfere with the question Of Slavery or TO
take incpient steps thereto are calculated to lead to
the most alarmngAnd dangerous consequences; and
that all such eOrts have an inevitable tendency to de
minish the happiness Of the people, and endanger the
stability and permanency Of the Union and ought not to
be counenanced by any friend Of political nstu'
tOns,
2. That the foregoing proposition covers, and was
intended to embrace, the whole subject Of slavery aga
ton in Congress; and therefore, the Democratic party
of the Union, standing on This national PLATFORM
will abide by and adhere to faithful execution Of the
acts known as the Compromise measures, settled by
the Congress Of 1885, ho act for reeaiuing fugtives
from service or labor" included; which act being de-
signed to carry out an express provision Of the Cons
tutiOn cannot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed
changed so as to destroy or impair its efficiency,
! g. That the Democratic party viii ressst ell attem.
pts at renewing in congress out of it, the agitation
Of the slavery question under WhateY shape or color
the attempt may be made.
T. That the Democratic party will faithfully abide
by and uphold, the principles laid down in the Ken.
tucky and Virginia resolutions of 1885, and in Ihe
port of Madison to the Virginia Legislature, in 1879;
that it adopts those principles constituting Of the
main foundations Of its political creed and is resolved
to carry them in thev obvious meaning and import
And that we may more distinctly ct the issue OIL
which sectional party subssting exclusively on sav
70 ey agitation now relies to test the fidelity Of the Fec
pie north and SOUTH to the Constitution and the Unor
/. Resolved, That claiming fellowship with, an
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the prose
vation Of the Union under the Constitution as the pa
amount issue; and repudiatng all sectional parties
platforms concerning domestic slavery, which seek
embroi the States and to cite TO treason and armed
L sistance to law in the Territories; and whose
purposes, il consumma aed muet end in civil war an
10 disunion, the American Democracy recognize and
dopt the principles contained the organic laws estab
SD fishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska as en-
10 bodyng the only sound and safe solution Of the saver
IN question" upon which the great national idea of th
he people of this whole country repose its dete
est mined conservatism Of the Uniou-Non interference
en- by Congress with Slavery in State and territory ns
the District Of Columbia.
&c; g That this was the basis of the Compromises
X 1850 confirmed by both the Democratic and VIII
u parties in National onventons-raifed by the PEI
OF pie in the election Of lS52-and rightly applied to Ii
We organization Of territories in 1854.
8. That the uniform application Of this Democrat
principle to the organization of territories and to Ii
admission of new States with without domestic sla,
ery as they may electhe equalri Of all the STATE
~ will be preserved intact the original compacts of II
Constitution maintained involate-and the pe'petut
i" and expansion of this Union insured to its utmost
pacty of embracing in peace and harmony, ever
IS future American State that may be constituted or al
IN nexed, with republican form of Government
Resolved, That we recognize the right Of the peopl
o all the territories including Kansas and Nebrask
acting through the legally and fairly expressed will
msiority OF actual residents and whenever the nun
ber Of their inhabitants ustifes it, to forma conStitr
tion with or without domestic slavery and be admitte
into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with tn
= other States.
Resolved finally, That in view of the condition
popular institutions in the Old World and the danger
GUS tendencies Of sectional agitation combined with th
attempt to enforce civil and re gious disabilities agans
d. the rights of acquiring and enjoying citizenship in ou
H. land-a high and sacred duty is nveloped with ii
or creased responsibility upon the Democratic party
nd this country the party Of the UniOn to uphold
e maintain the right of every state, and thereby the
o0 nion of the States and to sustain and advance amor
US constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist
10 monopoies and exclusive legislation for the benefit
ae few at the expense Of the many, and bya vgiant
constant adherence to those principles and compromi
~ es of the Constitution, which broad enough an
bo strong enough embrace and uphold the Union as
was the Union is and the Union as IL shall be,
tho full expansion Of the energies ard capacity Of tn
v great aud progressive people.
nd !. Resolved, That there are questions conuecte
mt With the policy Of this country, which inferior
no domestic question whatever. The time has come f
O. the people Of the United States to declare themselves
favor of free seas and progressive free trade througho
lie the world and by solemn manifestations, to place the
M moral influence at the side Of their successful exampl
m, ., Resolved that geographical and political p
IN son with reference to the other States of this
nent no less than the interest of commerce and Il
bo development Of our growing power requires that
should hold as saored the principles involved in Il
~ Monroe DOctrne their bearing and import admit Of
u. miscOnstruetOn they should be applied with unben
N ing rigdity.
8. Resolved That the great highway which natu
%. as well as the assent OF the States most interested
nc its maintenance has marked out for free commune
Las tion between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans co