Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-18

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lie affairs and that no more revenue ought
to be raised than is required to drfray the
expenses ofthe government, and for the gra J.
ual but certain cxliuctior Of The public delft
6: That Cpngr. ss las np pawef TO char
ter a National Bank that we brlievc snrh
an institution one of deadly hostility to the
best Interests of opr country, eapsernRs 10
our republican irs!ilNlians and the liberties
of the people, and calculated to place the
business Of the country within the control
Of concentrated money power, and above
the laws aud will Of the people; aud the re-
suits Of Democratic legislation in his aud
all other inanpial nleasnrcs upon whiili is.
sues have bepn made between the two oit.
cu! parties of the country, have demnnstra.
ted to practical men of all parties their
soundness, safety and utility in all business
pursuits.
7. That the separation Of the moneys Of
the government from all banking institutions
is indispensable for The satisfy at tie funds of
the government 4nd the rights Of tho people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson in the Declaration of Iudepen.
drrce, and sanctioned in the Constitution,
which makes ours the land of liberty, and
The asylum of the oppressed of every ma.
ton, have ever been cardinal principles in
the Democratic faith and every attempt 10
abrdge the privilege of becoming citizens
and owners of sell among us ought to be
resisted with the same spirit which swept
the alien and sedtion laws from our statute
book
8, That Congress has no power under tue
constitution to interfere with or control the
domestic institutions Of tile several Sta.es,
and that all such Suites are the Sole aud
proper iuigGs Of everything apprrtaining TO
their own affairs not prohibited by tie con.
stitntiou; that al! efforts of the aboilionisls
or others made to induce Congress to inter.
fere with questions Of slavery, or TO take
incpient steps in relation thereto, are calcu.
la ed to lead to the most alarming aud dan.
gerous consequences, and that all such ef.
! forts have an inevitable tendency to diminish
the happiness Of the poop lie and cndanger
/ the Slaplllty anu permanently vi 'ne Chio'l,
and ought no! /" be countenauced bt any
flirnd Of our political institutions.
Resolved. I hat the foregoing proposition
covers aud was intended IN ruhrace the
whole subject of slavery agitation in Cou.
rrcss, aud therefore the democratic party Of
the Union, standing on this national plat.
! form, will abide by and adhere to faithful
execution olashe acts known as the compro
mise measures settled by Congress, the acI
for "ecaimicg fuyiives from service or labor
included which act being designed to Garry
out an express pr vision of the constitution
cannot, with fidelity, thereto, be repealed
or so changed us to destroy or impair it
efficiency.
j Resolved, That the democratic party vii
resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress
or out Of it, the agitation of The SLAYER,
question, under whatever shape or color the
attempt may he made,
Resolved, That the proceeds Of the pub
lie lands ought to be sacredly applied 10 th
national objects specified in the constitution
and that we are opposed TO any law Tor tn
distribution of such proceeds among tn