Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-06-18
EBENSBURG, JUNE Is, 1856.

ton upon religious opinions and accidental
birthplace.
That we reiterate with renewed energy of
purpose the well considered declarations of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue
of domestic slavery. and concerning the re-
served rights of the States, and that we may
more distinctly meet the issue on which see
tional party, subsisting exclusively on slavery
agitation, now relies, to test the fidelity of the
people, North and South, to the Constitution
and the Union.
Resolced That claiming fellowship with
and desiring the cooperation OF all who regard
the preservation Of the Union, under the Con-
stitutien, as the paramount issue, and repudi-
ating all sectional parties and platforms con-
e,c.gtts.sss- domestic slavery, which seek to en-
broiI the states and incite to treason and arm
ed resistance to law Ill the Territories, and
whose avowed purposes, if fconsummated, must
end in civil war and disunioD, the American
Democracy recognize and adopt the principles
contained in the organic laws establishing the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, as en-
bodgng the only sound and safe solution of
the slavery question upon which the great
national idea of the people Of this whole coun-
try can repose in its determined conservatism
ofs the Union: nen-interference by Congress
with slaves in States and Territories; that this
was the. basis of the Compromises of 1850.
confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig
parties in National Conventions, ratified by
the people in the election of 1852 and rightly
applied tolthe organization of Territories in
1854; that by the uniform application of this
Democratic principle to the organization of
Territories and the admission of new States.
with or without domestic slavery, as they NAV
elect. the equal rights of all the States will
be preserved intact the original compacts of
the Constitution maintained inviolate and the
perpetuatiDn and expansion of the Union en-
sured to It's utmost capacity of embracing, in
peace and harmony every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed with
a republican form of government.
Resol1ed, That we recognize the right of
the people of all the Territories, including
Kansas AID Nebraska, acting through the
fairly expressed will of the majority of sctual
residents; and whenever the number of their
inhabitants justifes it, to form a constitution
with or without domestic slavery, and be ad-
mitted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States.
ReSotr,d finally, That in view of the con-
dition of the popular institutions of the Old
World, and the dangerous tendencies of sec
tional agitation, combined with the attempt
to enforce civil and religious disabilities against
the rights of acquiring and enjoying citizenship
in our own land, high and sacred duty has
devolved an increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party of this country, as the party
of the Uucn, to uphold and maintain the
rights of every State, aud thereby the Union
of the States and maintain the advance among
US OF Constitutional liberty, by continuing to
resist all monopolies and all exclusive legisla-
IL. of tha fauy
pense of the many, and by vigilant and con-
Slant adherence to those principles and COM
promises of the Constitution, which are broad
enough and strong enough to embrace and
uphold the Union as it was, the Union as it is,
and the Union as it shall be, in the full expan-
sion of the energies and capacity of this great
and progressive people.
1. RcsoIred, That the question connected
with The foreign policy of the country are in
ferior to no domestic question whatever. The
time has come for the people of the United
States to declare themselves IN favor of free
seas and progressive free trade throughout
the world, and by solemn manifestation to
place their moral influence by the side of their
successful example.
2. Resolged, That our geographical and
political position with reference to other States
of the Continent no lass than the interests of
our commerce and the development of our
growing power, requires that we hold to the
sacred principles involved in the Monroe doe
trine. Their bearing and import, which
admit no misconstruction, should be applied
with unbending rigidity.
3. ResoEcea, That the great hig ghway which
nature, as well as the assent or the States
most Immediately In Its maintenance has
marked for free communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, constitutes one
of the. most important achievements realized
by the spil it of modern times and the uncon-
querable energy of our people, and that this
result should be secured by the timely and eff
the control which we have the
right to control over it. No power on earth
should be suffered to impede or clog its pro
gress by any interference with the relations
that may suit our policy to establish with the
governments of States within whose domln-
ions it lies We can, under no circumstances,
our preponderance in the adjust
ment of all questions arising out OF 1T.
f. Resotyed, That in our view of so com
manding an interest to the people OF the Cnl-
ted States, that they cannot but sympathize
with the efforts which are being made by the
people of Central America to regenesate that
portion of the Continent which covers the pas
sage across the Oceanic Isthmus.
5. ResolUed, That the Democratic party
will expect from the next administration every
proper effort made to ensure our ascenoency
in the Gulf of Mexico, so as to maintain the
permanent protection of the great outlets thro'
which is emptied into its waters the products
raised on the soil and the commodities created
by the industry of the people of our western
valleys and the Union at large. !
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