Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12

poiltlcai system, ana re puolation oi lHe guar
antees of the past and the hopes of the future.
Resolved, That in the repeal of the act
known as the Missouri Compromise act, and
the passage of the act organizing the Terrific
ries of Kansas and Nebraska, free from uncon-
stitutional restrictions. the last Congress per-
formed work of patriotic sacrifice IN meeting
the demands of sectional excitement by un-
shaken adherence to the fundamental law.
Resolved, That this legislation cannot be
deemed unnecessary, but that it was cxpedi-
ent to meet the questions of which 1t dlspos-
ed, and which could never admit of more ca
sy settlement than at present. That we rccog-
niZe in it the application to the Territories OF
the United States, of the rule of 'Fequal and
exact Justice to all men, of all sections of the
confederacy, which was designed by the fra
mers of our government, and which was de-
fined as one of its essential principles by the
immortal Jefferson.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsyl-
vania, following the counsel of some OF the WI
sest statesmen of the north and south, were
ready on more than one occasion IN the past,
to extend the Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific, so as to make it the basis of final set
! tlement of the question of slavery IN the Ter
ritories; but when the proposition was reject
| ed in 1S4S, on the ground that 1t involved an
undue concession TO the south, by the very
| men who now clamor for a restoration OF the
Missouri line, there seemed to be but one wise
alternative LETT. and that TO refer the whole
question of slavery in the Territories to the
| people thereof, to be regulated as they might
| deem proper and we therefore cheerfully eX
tend our hearty support to the policy oil the
! government as recognized in the Compromise
measures of 1860 and embodied inthe laws orga-
| nizing the Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska.
Resolved, That unerring indications point
| to the Hon. JAMES Observation-Disclosures
alike by his high personal character, his tried
Democracy, his great abilities, experience and
! eminent Statesmanship-as the nations choice
for the office of President of the United States,
! for the term commencing on the 4th OF March,
! 1857 and that we do hereby instruct our dele
| gates to the National Convention to assemble
| in Cincinnati in June next, to use their efforts
! TO secure him the nomination TO that office.
| Resolved, That at period when sectional
! ism, in its worst aspects, attempts TO under
mine the foundations of the federal constitu-
| tion, and when an abolition majority aspires
to supremacy in the popular branch Of the na-
tional legislature, and with the prospect of diff
! fculties with foreign nations, who for their
purposes may seek to intercept and stay the
progress of free institutions on this continent,
! in order that they may more effectually arrest
| the advancing footsteps Of our republican ex-
ample, the statesmanlke qualities of James
Buchanan-his long and well tried services in
defence of the Constitution-hiS intimate
! knowledge of all our relations with foreign
countries-and his large and enlightened OK
perience-point 10 him as precminently the
man to lead the victorious columns of the
! Democracy in November next.
Resolved. That we fully endorse the admin
istration of President PIERCE as national, faith
! full and eficient-fully equal to all the impor-
! tant emergencies which the country has had to
encounter, and that he has worthily maintained
| her interests and honor at home and abroad.
tions based upon single principle inrnical to
| our government and Constitution, and in the
| Of flaT
behold dangers to our peace and prosperity, if
not to our perpetuity, which should cause cv-
| cry good citizen to ponder we'll the steps Of
of his political action; and that we earnestly
| invite the lover Of his country, of whatever
name or creed, to join US in upholding the
Constitution in its purity, and tran shifting it
| unimpaired to our successors.
Resolved, That whatever cases of dissatis-
| faction with the working of our laws and insti-
tutions may exist in different sections of the
! country, the proper remedy is 10 be sought in
the temperate exercise of the right of discus
sion, and the balot-box that all other evils
! are insignificant in comparison with that of
danger to the Union; that all others can wait
the sure ameioration of time, if the Union be
maintained; but that disunion would at once
| prove the destruction Of our present interests
and happiness as a people, and the death
kneil of our hopes.
Resolved, That it was upon the soil of Penn
sylvania that independence was declared and
the Federal constitution constructed and that
1t therefore becomes in special sense the du-
ty of Pennsylyanians to watch over its safety.
| as secured by the great charter of the Union +;
to resist the first approaches of danger to its
perpetuity, and forever to cherish and main
tain 1t inyiolate, as the palladium of our hap
piness, political, social and civil.
Resolved, That all vacancies that NAV take
place in the delegation to Cincinnati now Sc
lected, shall be filled by majority of the whole
number there present, and that the said deleca-
tion shall have full power and authority among
themselves to regulate by whom and how their
votes shall be given in the Convention.
Resolved, That the Democratic State Central
Committee shall require pledge from each
eiector, to vote for the candidates for Prcsi-
dent and Vice President of the United States
| who may be nominated by the Cincinnati Con-
! ventlon, and in case of the neglect or refusal
OF any elector SO to do within n reasonable
| time, the State Central Committee be and
they are here by empowered to substitute
CRUSADE AGAINST FREE-MAsoEs.-The Ken.
sington, Jamaica, Morning Journal, of Janua-
ry 10, says: ssNot long ago, we noticed in our
| paper an order from the Pope to the late Vicar
Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church of
this Island, through the Right Rev. DR.. Nieu-
windt, Bishop Of Cytrum, to excommuncate all
persons protesting Free Masonry in Jamaica.
This order or rescript, Father Bento Fernan-
! dez refused to obey. We now learn that bis
Holiness has sent similar instrument direct
to the present Vicar Apostolic, Father Dupev-
ron, ordering him to discountenance Free Ma
sons, and persons connected with other secret
societies; who are connected with his commu-
mon, because their tenets, being unknown,
may be dangerous to the State (what State p
al