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Tn Second Declaration fIndep ndeaOs

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adopted ia Philadelphia, Jaae rs, 1856.
This Convention Of Delegates assembled
IN pursuance Of call addressed 70 tie people Of The
Unted states without regard 70 past political deren
ees or divisions Sh0 opposed TO the repeal Of the
issOur Compromise to the policy Of the present ad
uinstFatop; to the extension OF slavery into free terri
arv; restoring the action OF the Federal Government
70 the principles Of Washington and jefferson; and Of
the purpose Of presenting candidates f0r the Offices OF
President and Vice President
/. Resolved That the maintenance Of the prine
ples promulgated in the Declaration Of Indepen
ieuce and embodied in the Federal Constitution are
essential to the preservation Of Republican insttu
IONS the Fedora! Constitution the rights of the States
and the union Of the States must be preserved.
g Resolved, That with our Republican fathers,
We hold it to be selEevdent TRUTH that all men are
endowed with the undeniabe right Of liberty ana the
ursuit of happinessand that the primary object and
ulterior design OF our Federal Government was to Sc.
cure those rights to all persons within is exclusive u.
risdicton; that as our Republican fathers hen tie,
had abolished slavery in national teTritorv ordan.
ed that no person should be deprived of hfe liberty
or property without due process Of law, il beeumes
oar duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts violate it for the purpose Of es
bGshing Slavery in the United States by positive leg
sllhon, prohibiting its extension herein That We de
nv the authority Of Congress, or territorial legiss
ure oil any individuals, association or individuals Il
United States, while the present Constitution bail b.
maintained
3. Resolved. That the Coast tuition confers q,
'ongres sovereign power over the territories of tb
United States for their government and in the exer
else fthis power It is both the right and duty fthi
Congress to prohibit in the territory, those twin rel
cs OF harbarsm-Polygamy and Slavery.
| f. Resolved, That while the constitution of tn
United States ordained and established by the peo
ple in order to Storm ore perfect union, estabs
tiustice insure domestic tranquility provide for th
common defence and secure the blessings of liberty,
and contains ample provisions for the protection Il
ife liberty and property of every citizen the de re
constilutionarghs Of the people Of Kansas have bee
lfiaudulently and violently taken from them.
Their territory has beel Invaded by an armed force
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial aud ex
ecutiye officers have been set over them by whose
surpcd authority, sustained by the military power
government, tyranicsl and unconstitutional laws hay,
1een enacted aud enforced:
The rights Of The people to keep and bear arms hav
been inhineed:
Test oahs OF an extraordinary and entanging natur
1 have been imposed as a condition of exercising Il
right of suffrage, and holding office:
r The right OF an accused person to a speedy and pu
!. lie trial by impartial jury has been denied;
Tho right of the people to be in their person
houses papers and elects against unreasonable sear
@ aud seizure has been violated:
They have been deprived oflife, liberty and prope
ty, without due process Of law
That the freedom of speech and the press have bee
4 abridged;
The right to choose their representatives has be-
made Of no eifecti
Murders robberies and arsons have been instigatc
-. and encouraged and the offenders have been allow
10 20 unpunished;
n That all these things have been done with The kno'
led pe sanction and procurement of the present adni
istraton and that for this higi crime against the Co
Y sttutoa, the Union and Humanity we arraign that
ministration the President, his advisers, agents su
porers apoogsts and accessories either before aft
e the act--beiore the country and before the world
,, that it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perp
traitors of these atrOcous outrages and their accompC
le to sure and condgn punishment he erfter.
:, s. Resolved. That Kansas shall be immediate
)" admitedas State Of the Union, with her present f
I'd constitution at the most eectual way OF sec
ing to her citizens the enjoyment of the rights aud pr
" leges to which they are eutitled and OF ending
,e civil strife now raging in her territory.
N 6. Resolved That the highwaymans plea Il
10 ''might" embodied in the Ostend circular was in
y cry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, a
,. would bring shame and dishonor upon any governing
or people that gave il their sanction
Z. Resolved, That Railroad to the Pacific
cean BY the more central and practical route Il /
peratvey demanded by the interests of the who
country, and that the federal government ought to
d der immmediate aud efficient aid in its consructiC
and as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate constucti
l. ofan emgrant route on the line OF the Railroad.
IS Resolved That appropriations by Congress for Il
improvement ofrvers and harbors of a national cha
acter required for the accommodation and security
our existing commerce, are authorized by the consti
ton and justified by the obligations of government
protect the lives and property of its citizens
III 3. Resoved that we invite the aililiauon and C
operation Of the men OF all parties, however dierir
from us in other respects in support of tho principl
therein declared and believing that the spirit Of OF
institutions as well as the Constitution of cur oounr
l. guarantees liberty of conscience and equality OF rgh
among citizens, we oppose all legislation i'm iii
their security" aaa
Democratic Slave plaffnrm.