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g. That the separation Of moneys Of the Government
the banking Institutions Is indi peusahle or the saci
romthe funds Of the Government, and the rights Of
the people.
3. Thstwe are decidedly opposed % nkiHg from the
President the qualified veto power BY Nhieh no Is ena
bled under restrictions and responsibilities amply sum,
eielt 10 guard the interests to suspend the passage OF
bill whose mens cannot secure the appfofn oitHO>
thirds Of the Senate end House Of Representatives, un-
Il The judgement Of the people can be obtained thereon
and which has saved the American PeoPiehom the cor
rupt and tyrannieal denomination Of the Bank Of the
United States and from eouupung system Of general
internal Improvements 4. -H. n . F..r !,
I0 That the liberal principles embodied BY JeTer-
son n the Declaration Of Independence and sanctioned
ia the Constitution. which makes ours the land Of liberty
and the asylum Of The oppressed Of every nation have
ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic iath;
and every attempt 70 abrdge the privilege Of becoming
citizens and the owners Of soil among u.s. ought 20 be
resisted with the same sp rit which swept the alien and
sedition Laws from our statute books. u
And, Whereas, Since the foregoing declaration was
uniformly adopted by our predecessors in National
conventions, adverse political and religious test has
been secretly O'sanized by party claiming to be ex.
elusvcly American, il is proper that the American De
mocracy should state its relations thereto and declare
its determined opposition to all secret political societies
by whatever name they may be called.
Resolved That the foundation Of this Union Of States
having been ladn, aud its prosperity expansion aud
pre.emnent example in free government built upon
entire ireedomin matters Of religious concenment and
no respect OF persons in regard to rank or place OF
birth-nO party can justly be deemed national oonsti
tutonal, or in accordance with american principles
which bases its exclusive organization upon religious
pinOns aud accidental birth place And hence a polt
ca crusade in the nineteenth century, and in the Uni
bed States OF America, against Catholics and foreign
torn, is neither justified by the past history nor the
future prospects Of the country, in unison with the
spirit of federation aud enlarged freedom which pecu
ary distinguishes the American system Ofpopular gov.
eminent.
Resolved That We reiterate withsrenewed energy of
purpose, the we'll considered declarations Of former
Conventions upon the sectional issues Of Domestic
slavery, aud concerning the reserved rights Of the
States:
l. That Congress has no power un der the Constitu
tons tointerlere with control the domestic institutions
ofthe several states and that such are the ste
and proper judges Of everything appertainng to their
own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that
all efforts of the aboionists others maGe to induce
Congress TO interfere with the question OF Slavery or tC
take incipient steps thereto calculated TO lead tC
The most alarming aud dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have inevitable tendency 10 d.
minish the happiness Of the people, and endanger It..
stability and permanency of the Union and ought ro 70
be countenanced by any friend of political ns itu
tons,
= That the foregoing proposition covers and was
intended to embrace the whole subject of Ella cry gta.
ton in Congress- and therefore, the Democr tic party
Of the Union, standing on ths national ,la form.
will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the
acts known as the Compromise measures settled by
the Congress of 1850; 'the act for reeaiung fugiyys
from service labor, included which act being de-
signed to AIRY out express provision of the Cons
tution cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed or SO
changed so as to destroy or upair It's efficiency,
3. That the Democratic party will ressst all attem.
pts at wing, in congress out o. it. the agitation
Of the slavery question und whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made.
d. That the Democratic party will faithfully able
by and uphold, the principles laid down in the Ken
tucky and Virginia resolutions Of l79S and in The re-
port Of Madison to the Virginia Legislature in l7g9
that it adopts those principles constituting one of the
main foundations of its political creed and is resolved
TO carry them out in they obvious Teaning and mpot
And that may TOre distinctly me ct the issue on
which sectional party subsisting exclusively on sag
cry agitation, relies to test the fidelity Of the peo
pe north and SOUTH to the Constitution and the Union
l. Resolved, That claiming fellowship with. and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the preser
vaton of the Union under the Constitution as the par.
amount issue; and repudating all sectional parties and
platforms concerning domestic 81 very, which seek to
embrO the States and to cite treason and armed re-
bsanco TO law in the Territories and whose avowed
purposes, II consummated must end in civil war and
dsunion, the American Democracy recognize and A.
dopt the principles contained In the organic laws estab
Fishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska AZ em
question" upon which the great national idea of Tho
people Of this whole country repose in lis deter
mined conservatism OF the UniOn-Non. Interference
by Congress with Slavery in State and territory, or in
the District Of Columbia.
g That this vas the basis of the Comp omises of
lS5O-confrmed by both the Democratic and Whq
parties in National ventons-ratifed by the peo
pie in the election Of lS52-and rightly applied 10 be
organization of territories In 1854.
8. That the uniform application ofthis Democratic
principle to the organization of territories and TO the
admission of new states, with or without domestic slv
cry, they may eect-he equalrghts OF all the States
will bc preserved intact-the original compacts of the
Constitution maintained nviolate-and the DC, petuitv /
and expansion OF this Union insured 10 its utmost ca
pacity of embracing, in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may be constituted or an.
nexed, with republican form of Government.
Resolved That we recognize the right of the people
OF all the territories including Kansas and Nebraska
acting through the legally and fairly expressed will Of
c majority of actual residents and henever tho mum.
Der OF their inhabitants ustiGes IT, to lorna constitu
on 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 off
popular institutions in the Old World (and the danger
Gus tendencies of sectional agitation combined with the
attemptto enforce civil and re ous disabilities against
the rights facqurng and enjoying citizenship in our
own and)a high and sacred 6uty is developed with in.
creased responsibility upon the Democratic party of
this country, the party Of the Union to uphold and
maintain the right of every state, and thereby the n.
nion OF the States and to sustain and advance among
Us constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist ali
monopoies and exclusive legislation for the benefit of
few at the expense Of the many and by vgiant and
constant adherence to those principles and compromis
es of the Constitution, which broad enough and
strOng enough to embrace and uphold the Union as h
was the Union as il is and the Union as it shall be- in
the full expansion Uf the energies and capacity of this
great aud progressive people.
l. Resolved, That there are questions connected .
with the policy OF this country which 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 and by solemn manifestations to place their
moral influence at the side of their successful example,
2, Resolved that our geographical and political po
On with reference TO the other Stairs of this cont
lent less than the interest of commerce and the
eveopement OF our growing power, requires that We
hou ID hold as sacred the principles involved in the 4
ioroe Doctrine: their bearing and import admit of no