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rha Second DeOlaratiOn Of IndependenOe
Adopted in Philadelphia, June Is, 1856.


Adopted in Philadelphia, June Is, 1856.
This Convention Of Delegates assembled
in pursuance Of call addressed to the people Of the
United States without regard past political difsren
ces or divisions who opposed to the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise; TO the policy Of the present 3D.
mnisaton to the extension Of slavery into free terri
tory; restoring the act ion Of the Federal Government
to the principles Of Washington and Jefferson; and for
the purpose Of presenting candidates for the Offices Of
President and Vice President
/, Resolved That the maintenance Of the prnci.
pies promulgated in the Declaration Of Indepen.
dence aud embodied in the Federal Constitution are
essential to the preservation Of Republican nstitu
ous the Federal Constitution the rights Of the States
and the union Of the States must be preserved.
Q. Resolved, That with our Republican fathers,
we hold il to be a sefevident TRUTH that all are
endowed with the undenable right of liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness and that the primary object and
uerOr design Of our Federal Government was to Sc
cure those rights all persons within its exclusive ju.
risdicton that as our Republican fathers, hen they
had abolished slavery in national territory ordain'
ed that no person should be deprived Of hfe liberty
or property without due process Of law, it becomes
our duty to maintain this provision Of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate for the purpose Of es
tabshing Slavery in the United States by positive leg
sation prohibitingits extension therein: That we de
ny the authority Of Congress- territorial legisla
ture Of aDy individuals, association, or individuals
give legal assistance to slavery in any territory of tn
United States, while the present Constitution shall b.
maintained.
}. Resolved, That the C0nst tuition onfers ol
Congress sovereign power the territories Of th
: United States for their government and in the exer
else of this power, it is both the right and duty Ofth'
Congress to prohibit in tho territory those twin rel
les Of barbarism-POlygamy and Slavery.
4. Resolved, That while the constitution of th'
United States was ordained and established by the peo
pie, in order to "fOrm ore perfect union, establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for thu
common defence, and secure the blessings of liberty,
and contains ample provisions for the protect on Of tn
life, liberty and property Of every citizen the de are
constitutional rights Of the people Of Kansas have bee
raudulently and violently taken from them.
Their territory has beel invaded by an armed fore
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and ell
ecutive officers have been set over them, by whose
Eurped authority sustained by the military power
government, tyranical and unconstitutional laws hav
been enacted and enforced:
The rights of the people to keep and bear arms hav
been infringed:
Test oaths O an ex extraordinary and entangling natur
have been imposed a. a condition of exercising tn
right Of suffrage, and holding ofhce
The right Of an accused person to a speedy and pub
: lie trial byan impartial jqry has been denied
The right Of the people to be in their persons
houses papers and ecs against unreasonable searc
and seizure has been violated
They have been deprived Of life, liberty and proper
r ty, without due process of law;
That efGsed9n of speech and the press have beer
E abridged;
The right to choose their representatives has beer
made Of no effect;
Murders, rObberies and have been instigated
and encouraged, AnS the offenders have been allowed
to go unpunished;
That all these things have been done with the know
dge sanction and procurement of the prese4 admin
stratiOn and that for this high crime against the Con
stitution, the Union and Humanity arraign that Ad
" minisration the President his advisers agents, sup
pOrters apOogsts and accessories either before aC
the fact-beore the country and before the WORLD
It, that 1t is our 6xed purpose to bring the actual pep
of traitors of these atrocous Outrages and their pccompc
=, to a sure and condign punishment he eriter
. 5. Resolved That Kansas shall be immedate
admittedas State Of the Union, with her present fre
constitution as at once the most eectua way of secu
ing to her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and priv
eges to which they are entitled, and OF ending tn
# civil strife now raging in her territory.
6. Resolved, That the highwayman's plea tha
"might" embodied in the Ostend circular, was in ev
cry respect unworthy Of American diplomacy, an
would bring shame and dshOuor upon any goyernmen
b or people that gave 1t their sanction.
Z. Resolved, That Railroad to the Pacific G
cean by the more central and practical route Is in
: peEatvey demanded by tho interests Of the Who'll
country and that the federal government ought to
der immediate and efficient aid in its construction
'' and auxiliary thereto, the immediate construco
d ofan emigrant route on the line Of the Railroad
Is Resolved, That appropriations by Congress for th
improvement Ofrivers and harbOrs of national cha
acter required for the accommodation and security
our existing commerce. authorized by the constitl
tiOn and justified by the obligations of government
protect the lives and property Of its citizens.
Q. Resolved that We invite the afRiation and cC
operation Of the men Of all partes however dferin
from Us in other respects In support of tho principle
therein declared and believing that the spirit of o,
institutions, well The Consultation Of our countr
guarantees liberty Of conscience and equality Of rieh
a among citizens, We oppose all legislation impairir
o. their security"
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