Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-10

fiouz upon the sectional Issue Of domestic slavery,
and concerning the reserved rights of the States and
that we may more distinctly meet the issue on which
n sectional party, snbsisting exclusively on slavery
now relies 10 test the fidelity of the people
North and South 10 the constitution and the Union
| Resolved That claiming fellowship with and de-
string the co-opemtion Of all who regard the preser-
sation of the Union, under the constitution, the
paramount issue and repudiaing all sectional parties
| and platforms concerning domestic slavery, which
seek 10 embro the States and incite to treason and
armed resistance 10 law in the Territories and whose
| purpose II consummated, must end in civil and
disunion the American democracy recognize and adj
ont the principles contained in the organic laws
ablishng The Territories Of Kansas aad Nebraska, ~
embodyng the only sound and safe solution Of the sa
very question upon which the great national idea Of
the people of this whole country repese In its de-
termined conservatism of the Union interference
by Congress with slavery Ia States and TERRITORIES
that this was the basis of the compromises of 1850
confirmed by both the Democratic and Wing parties
in National Conventions ratified, by the people in the
election of 1852 and rightly applied to the organ
ization of Territories in 1854 that by the uniform
application of this democratic principle to the organ
izntion of Territories and the admission Of States
with without domestic slavery, they may electthe
equal rights of all the States will be preserved intact
the original compacts of the constitution maintained
nyolate and the perpetuation aud expansion of this
Union ensured TO its utmost capacity of embracing
in peace in harmony every future American State
that may be constituted or annexed with republican
form of government
Resolved, That we recognize the right of the peo-
pie of all the Territories, including Kansas and Ne
braska acting through the fairly expressed will of
the majority of actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitants justhes 1t, to form
constitution with or without domestic slavery and
be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States.
Resolved finally, That in view of the condition of
the popular institutions of the Old World, and the
dangerous tendencies of sectional agitation, combin-
ed with the attempt to enforce civil and religious dis
abilities against the rights OF acquiring and enjoying
citizenship in land, high and sacred duty
has devolved an increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party OF this country ms the party Of the
Union, to uphold and maintain the rights of every
State and thereby the Union Of the States, and sus-
tain the advance among us of Constitutional liberty
by continuing to resist all monopolies and all cxclu-
sve legislation for the benefit of the few at the
pense Of the many, and by vigilant and constant
adherence to those principles and compromises OF tho
Constitution, which are broad enough and strong
enough to embrace and uphold the Union as il was
the Union az IL s and the Union it shall be- in the
full expansion Of the energies and capacity of this
great aud progressive people
|. Resolved, That the questions connected with
the foreign policy Of the country inferior to no
domestic question whatever. The time has come for
the people of the United States to declare themselves
in favor of free and progressive free trade
throughout the world, aud by solemn manifestations
to place their moral influence by the side of their
successful example,
2. Resolved, That our geographical and political
position with reference to other States of the Cont
ueni less than the interests of our commerce and
the development Of our growing power requires that
we hold to the sacred principles involved in the Mon
roe doctrine. Their bearing and import, which adj
nit of no INSTRUMENTATION, should be applied with un
bending rigdity.
3. Resolved, That the great highway which ma
ture, well as the assent of the States most mme-
dately interested in its maintenance, has marked for
latt. iha antts and
ciic Oceans, constitutes one of the most important
achievements realized by the spirit of modern times
and the unconquerablc energy of our peopc,and that
this result should be secured by timely efficient ex-
ertiono obtain the control which we have the right to
claim over it. No power earth should be suffered to
impede clog its progress by any interference with
the governments of States within whose dominons
il lies. We can, under circumstances, surrender
our preponderance in the adjustment OF all questions
arising ont of il.
4. Resolved That in our view of so command
ing interest to the people of the United States,
they cannot but sympathze with the efforts which
being made by the people of Central America to
regeneratc that portion of the Continent which Gov
ers the passage across the Oceanic lsthmus.
q. Resolved, That the Democratic party will ex-
pect from the next Administration every proper effort
made to ensure our ascendancy in the Gulf OF MeN-
co. ms to maintain the permanent protection ofthe
great outlets through which is empted into its wa
tors the products raised on the soil and the commo-
ditcs created by the industry the people OF our
Western valleys and the Union at large.
COL Inge, of Cal. introduced the following
which was adopted in committee. after consid-
cradle debate -
Resolved, That the Democratic party recognizes
the great Importance, in political and commercial
point of view, of a safe and speedy communication
within our own Territory between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts ofths Union and it is the duty of the
federal government to exercise promptly all its con-
sttutonal powers for the attainment of that object