The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-06-12
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.

last week we printed the report of the first
d.v. proceedings of this Convention.
cscoud Day-John E. Ward, Of Georgia, was
acted permanent President of the Conven-
=. Vice Presidents and Secretaries we're
' I from the several States. Mr.. Ward, on
LING the chair, announced that it was the
~;,.on of the Democratic Party to put down
r.o,, Nothingism and Republicanism, and
nrsserye the Union.
motion to admit the delegates from the
district Of Columbia to seats on the floor, was
lsil upon the table.
The report from the Committee on Creden-
I'll. in favor of the admission of the Anti Ben
., lelegates from Missouri was hailed with
..,lsmation, and adopted. The Benton dele
o,res had permission, ofcourse, to continue their
sittngs outside.
Third Day.-Mr. Hsllett, from the Commit
go on Resolutions, reported platform, broad
.n,rgh TO hold all sorts of shareholders and
.4riles. 1t comprehends the Baltimore re-
solves of 1852, with the following supplement:
And whereas, since the foregoing declaration
VAS pumerously adopted by our predecessors
IN National Conventions, all adverse political
and religious test has been secretly organized
Ir party claiming to be exclusively Ameri-
cans. and it is proper that the American De-
r,ocracy should clearly define its relations
thereto: Therefore,
P,e,Ired. That the foundation of this Union
Estates having been laid in, and Its prosperity,
exhaustion, and pre- eminent exsmplein free gov
ernmeut. built upon, entire freedom i'll matters
ofr-I;rious concern, and no respect of persons
~ re,.,rd to rank or place of birth, no party
can ;psily be deemed national, constitutional,
or IN accordance with American principles,
mich bases its exclusive organization upon
r.lig;ous opinious and accidental birthplace.
That We reiterate with renewed energy Of
,nrn,se the well-considered declarations Of
i,rmer Conventions upon the sectional issue
Of domestic Slavery, and concerning the re-
served rights of the States; and that we may
more distinctly NEE, the issue on which a Sec
,i,oal party, subsisting exclusively on Slavery
agitation. now relies to test the fidelity of the
r.oplr. North and South, to the Constitution
aai the Union
Rssolec}, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation of all who regard the
reservation of the Union, under the Constitu-
ION as the paramount issue, and repudiating
an sectional parties and platforms concerning
domestic Slavery, which seek to embroil the
States and ncite to treason and armed resist
ance to law ia the Territories, and whose
ag1wed purposes, if consummated, must end in
civil war and disunion, the American Democra-
c7recognise and adopt the principles contained
IN the organic laws establishing the Territories
Of Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the only
sound and safe solution of the Slavery question
up,a which the great national idea of the peo-
pie Of this whole country can repose in its de-
ieruined conservatism of the Union, non-inter-
ference by Congress with Slavery in States and
Territories that this was the basis of the
compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the
Democratic and Wing parties in National Con-
venons, ratified by the people in the election of
lSj2, and rightly applied to the organization of
Territories in 1854; that by the uniform applica-
ton Of this Democratic principle to the organiza-
ton of Territories and the admission of new
States. with or without domestic Slavery, as they
may elect the equal rights of all the States will
be preserved intact, the original compacts of the
Constitution maintained inviolate, and the per-
petuation and expansion of this Union insured
20 is utmost capacity of embracing, in peace
anl harmony, every future American State
that may be constituted or annexed with a
republican form of Government.
Resoicei, That we recognise the right Of the
people Of all the Territories, including Kansas
and Nebraska, acting through the fairly ex-
pressed will of the majority Of actual residents,
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
jnstiies it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic Slavery, and be admitted into the
mon upon terms of perfect equality with the
other States.
Resolred, That, in view of the condition of
the popular Institutions of the Old World, and
the dangerous tendencies of sectional agitation,
combined with the attempt to enforce civil and
religious disabilities against the rights Of ac-
curing citizenship In our own land, a high and
sacred duty has devolved an increased respon-
Sblllty upon the Democratic party of this cOun-
Try, as the party of the Union, to uphold and
maintain the rights of every Safe, and thereby
lOsu'tiln and advance among us constitutional
liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies
and exclusive Legislation for the benefit of the
lev al the expense of the many, and by vigilant
adherence to those principles and the com.
promises of the Constitution which are broad
:.ni strong enough to embrace and uphold the
mon as 1t was, the Union as it is, and the
mon as IT shall be, in the full expansion of
The energies and capacity of this great pro-
tresslve people.
Hesolced That the questions connected with
'he ioregn policy of the country are inferior
10 no domestic question whatever; that the time
mas come when the people of the United States
should declare themselves in favor of free seas,
progressive free trade throughout the world,
and by solemn manifestations place their moral
4AGence by the side of their successful ex-
ample
F,T"ired. That our geographical and political
Ps'on with reference to other States of this
"h'inent, no less than the interest Of our COM
1erce and the development of our growing
power, requires that we hold sacred the. prin
cplrs involved in the Monroe doctrine4 that
lArr bearing and import should admit Of no
nlsconsirustion, and should be applied with
uubendng rigiditv.
Re@oiced. That a great highway of Nature,
as vel as the assent of those States most i'm
heda'ely interested in its maintenance, has
Den marked out for free communication be-
'ren the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and
Ulsuldies one of the most important achieve
'',S realized by the spirit of modern times
I'' lne unconquerable energy of our people |,
--, 'LS result should be secured by the timely
@ I efficient control which we have right to
ann over 1t; that no power on earth should
suffered to impede or clog its progress; nor
''4d We allow any interference with the rela-
,'SI' winch 1t may suit our policy to establish
~" 'ne Governments of States within whose
uo'lhlon 1t lies; that we can under no circum-
1u'rS surrender our preponderanee in the ad-
IuFnFnt OF all questions arising out of it.
assured, That, in view of so commanding
a. interest, the people of the United States
.1lIot but sympathize with the efforts which
j.; -.e beng made 10y the people of Central Amer
~: Fesenerate that portion of the continent
ishmus. f'' ">
hesoired, That the Democratic party will ex-
- Oh The next Administration, that every prop.
S"oIt will be made to insure our ascendency
!. Lhe L.u..nr Ma,.;ss.