Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

liberation and enlarged freedom 4 ich
peculiarly distinguishes the American
system Of popular government.
Resolbed. That We reiterate will re-
moved energy Of purpose, the we'll >0n-
sidered declarations Of former ConS 11-
tons upon the sectional issue Of Don.
tic Slavery, and concerning the resolved
rights Of the States,
/. That Congress- has no power ,nldet
the Constitution, to interfere with u con-
trolthe domestic institutions Of IN sew
eral States, aud that such States Ire the
sole and proper Judges Of everything mp
pertaining totheir own affairs, NOS pro-
hibited by the Constitution; that al }f-
forts of the abolitionists or others, MAD
to induce Congress to interfere with
questions Of slavery, or to take incipienl
steps in relation thereto, are calculated
to lead 10 the most alarming and danger
GUS consequences; and that all such eff
forts have an inevitable tendency to,di-
minish the happiness of the people, and
endanger the stability and permanency
of the Union, andought not TO be counte-
nanced by any friend Of our political IN
situations. n
g. That the foregoing proposition COW
ers, and was intended TO embrace, the
whole subject of slavery agitation in Con-
gress and therefore, the Democratic
party of the Union, standing on this ma
tional platform, will abide by and adhere
to faishful execution of the acts known
as the Compromise Measures, settled by
the Congress of 1880; 4. the act for re-
claiming fugitives from service or labor, .
included which act being designed to
carry out an express ptoyision of the
Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there
to, be, repealed, or SO changed as to de-
stroy or impair its efficiency. ..s
5. That the Democratic party will re<
sist all attempts at renewing, in Congress
and out Of it, the agitation Of the slavery
question, under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made.
A. That the Democratic party win
faithfully abide by and uphold e.prin-
ciples laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions Of 1898. and in the
report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature, in 1899; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main
foundations Of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their OBJ
vious meaning and import. ri +
And that We may more distinctly meet
the issue on which sectional party,
subsisting exclusively on slavery agita-
ton. now. relies to test the fidelity of the
people, North and South, to the Gonsti-
tuition and the Union: H. -,
. /. Resoiyed, That claiming fellowship
with. and desiring the cooperation of all
who regard the preservation of the I'm
ion under the Constitution as the para
mount issue-and- repudiating all sec
tional parties and platforms concerning
domestic slavery, which seeks to embroil
the States aud ineite to treason an arm
ed resistance to law in the Territories ;
and whose avowed purposes, if consum-
mated, must TEND in civil war and disun-
ion-the American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terri
tories of Kansas and Nebraska as embo;
dying 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 its de-
terminsd conservatism of the Union
Non Interference by Congress with sla-
very in State. and Territory, or in the
D district of Columbia. n, -.
9. Thatth was the basis of the Com
promises of 1850-confmed by both the
Democrtic and the Wing parties in ma
tionai conventions-ratifed by the people
in the election Of 1 $50, and rightly appli-
ed to the organization of Territories in
1854, r
g.: That by the uniform application Of
this Democratic principle to the organi-
cation of Territories, and to the admis-
sion Of new States, with or without do
mestic slavery, as they may elect-the
equal rights of all the States will be pre-
served intact-the original compacts of
the Constitution maintained inviolate-
and the perpetuity and expansion of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity of
in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may be con-
stituted or annexed, with republican
form of government. " ~ !
Resolved, That we recognize the right
of the people ofall the territories, includ-
ing Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
the legally and fairly expressed will Of a
majority Of actual residents, and whenev-
er the number of their inhabitants justi-
fies it, to form a constitution, with or
W ithout do mestie slavery and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States.
RESOLVED, finally, That in view of the
condition Of popular institutions in the
Old World, (and the dangerous tenden-
cies of sectional agitation, combined with
the attempt to enforce civil and religious
disabilities against the rights of acquir-
ing and enjoying citizenship in our own
land, a high and sacred duty is involved
with increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party Of this country. as the
party Of. the Union to uphold and main
tain the rights Of every State, and there
by the union of the State s /; and to sus
tain and advance among us constitutions
al liberty, by continuing to resist all mo-