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county, nor in ulison with the spirit Of
ro!~:af,u AID caE:tr5e1 fiefdom' which
peculiarly di<tin3Gis!tes the. American

- SIM III I'N'pNtIht ~''''i lA4biN''i''
KrsYhcL That we rrit'Ha'c with rr:
,lrw,.i energy Of purpose" thr w,lL-cnl-
.idrr.'d G.-y huativlss Of former Couveu,
ions upon t.; +oc;ip.rgl issue Of N"mcs-
rir IL. y"s' ..ad I.Htavru.nr tAr rr~''rtad
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l. 'i'.a, Cur4rrSs has No pow y under
-, tnnsiitutio.i, 10 interffIe with or cvn-
,rcl the domestic institutions Of the scv-
cral States, anl that such States ara tie
sole and psoperIj uds Of everything APP
pertaining to their own atiairs. not pro-
hibited by the Constitution; that MI eff
FORTS of the sbolitionists or others, made
to induce Congress 10 interfere with
questions of sfayery. or 10 take;incipi0ntI
steps in relation thereto, are calculated
to lead TO the n st alarming and danger.
OILS consequences i; and that all such eff
f1rts have an inevitable tendency " di-
minish the happiness Of the people, and
endanger the stability and pcrinanency
of the Union, aud ought not 10 BE- coulte-
nanced by any friend Of our political IN
stitutions. ..... =. "A
2. That the foregoing proposition COW
crs, 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 ra
tional platform, will abide By. and adhere
to fai.hful execution Of the acts known
as the Compromise Measures, stttled by
the Congress Of 1850 :; the act for re-
claiming fugiiires from service or labor,
included; which act being designed to
carry out an express provision Of the
Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there
to, be repealed, or SO changed as 10 de-
stroy or impair its Efficiency. f..
3. That The Democratic partyawil re-
sist all attempts atrenewing. in ttt5tsrrttssress
and out oft, the agitation of the slavery
question, under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made. I'D
4. That the Democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the prin
eiplcs laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions Of 1898. and the
report of Mr.. Madison TO the Virginia
Legislature, in 1 100 that it adopts those
principles las constituting one Of tie main
foundations Of its political creed, and is
resolved: to carry them out ia their OBJ
vious meaning and import.
And that We may more distinctly meet
thu issue Oh which sectional party,
subsieting exclusively on slavery agita-
ton, now relies to test the fidelity of the
people, NorthJand South, TO the Consti-
tuition and the Cniop: r. .
I. Resolred, That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring the co-opcistion of all
who regard the preservation of the I'm
ion under the Constitution as the para
mount issue- rcpudiating all sec
tional parties and platforms concerning
domestic Slavery, which seeks 10 em5roil
the States and incite to treason an arm
ed resistance TO law in the Territories j.;
and whose avowed purposes, if consum-
mated, must end ii civil war aud disuu
ion--,he American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terri
tories of Kansas and Nebiaska as cmho~
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 r"pok" il is de-
.termined conservatism Of the. Union
Non Interference By Congress With sls,
very in State and Territory or in tn
District Of Columbia. -
6. That this was the basis Of the Com
promises Of lB50-c0niimed by both the
Democrtic and the Wing parties in ma
tional conventions by the people
in the election Of 1859, and rightly appli:
ed to the organization Of Territories in
1851. a'.. =.
3. That by. the uniform application Of
this Democratic principle to- the orsani-
cation Of Territories, aud to the admis-
sion of new States, with or without do
mestic slavery, as they may elect-:hc
equal rights OF all the States will be pre-
served intast--the original compacts Of
the Constitution maintained inviolate-
and the perpetuity and expansion of this
Union insured TO its utmost capacity Of
embracing. in peace and harmony. every
future American State that may be con
stituted, or annexed, with a republican,
form of government. - &.
RESOLVED, That we recognize the right
of the people Of all the territories, inelud-
ing Kansas aud Nebraska, acting through.
the legally and fairly expressed will Of a
majority of actual residents. and whencv-
er the HUmber Of their inhabitants iusti-
fees it, to form constitution, with or
W ithout domestic slavery, and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States. &
,Resotred, finally, Thst.in view of the
condition of popular institutions in the
Old World, (and the dangerous tendcu-.
cics of STANDARDIZATION, combined with
the attempt to enforce eiyil and religious
disabilities against the rights of acquir-
ing and enjoying citizenship in our own
land, "a high and sacred dutyis involved
with increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party fthis country, as the,
party of the onion, to uphold and MAIN
tain the rights of every State, and there.
by the union Of the State and to sus
tain and advance among us constitutions
al liberty, by continuing to resist all mo-
nopelies and exclusive legislation for the
benefit Of the few at the expense of the
many, and by vigilant and constaut adj
herencc to those principles and compro-
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