Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-15
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This convention Of delegates assembled in pursuance
of call addressed to the people Of the United States
without regard to past political differences divisions
who opposed to the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise; to the policy Of the present Administration; the
extension Of slavery into free territory; in favor the
admission of Kanzas Free State; of restoring the
ton of the Federal Government the principles Wash
gton and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting
candidates for the offices of President and Vice President
de-
l. ResolUe, That the maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration of independence, and
embodied in the Federal Constitution essential to the
preservation of Republican institutions; that the
Federal Constitution the rights Of the States the
union of the States, shall be preserved
2. ReSOiUed, That, with Republican fathers, we
hold to be self evident truth that all euowed
with the nalenabe right of life liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness; and that tie primary object and Interior
design Of federal government secure those
rights to all parties within its exclusive jurisdiction; that
our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry in all our national territory, ordained that person
shah be deprived of life liberty or property without due
presses Of Law, becomes duty maintain this pro-
vision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate
it for the purpose OF establishing slavery in the United
States by positive legislation prohibiting its existence
extension therein; thst deny the authority OF Con-
gress of territorial legislature, Of any individual
soeiaton Of individuals give legal assistance slavery
in any territory Of the United States, while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
s. ReSO ICED, That the Constitution c0nfars upon Con
ress sovereign power the territories of the United
States for their government ard that in the exercise Of
this power is both thErght and the duty Of Congress
to prohibit in the territories those twin reca of barbarsm
poiygamy and slavery
RESOLVED That while the Constitution Of the United
States ordained and established by thu people ia or
der to form more perfect unon establish justice insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the Defence and
the blessings of iberty and contains ample pro-
visions fer the protection of the life liberty and property
OF ry Citizen the dearest constitutional rights Of the
people of Bauzas have been 1raudulenty and violently
taken from them:
Their territory has been invaded by armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and
utve officers have been set hem, by whose usurped
authority sustained by the military power of the govern
ment, tyranncal and unconstitutional laws have been
ed and enforced;
The rights Of the people to keep and bear arms have
been mfr nged;
Test oaths Of an extraordinary and entangmg nature
have been imposed condition of exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding office;
The right Of an accused person to speedy and public
trial by an impartial Jury has been denied;
The right Of the people to be in their persons,
houss papers, and Effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures, has been violated;
They have been deprived of life liberty and property,
without due process Of law;
That the freedom of speech and Of the press has been
abridged;
Eh right to choose their Representatives has been made
Of no effect;
Murders robberes, and arsons have been instigated
and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed to
20 unpublished;
That all these things have been done with the knowl-
edge, sanction and procurement of the present Admins
traon, and that for this high crime against this Constu
ton, the Union and humanity, arraign that Admins
aon the President, his advisers, agents, supporters
apogsts and accessories either before after the facts
before the country and before the world and that it is
fixed purpose bring the actual perpetrators of these
atrociou outrages and their accomplices and
condign punishment hereafter.
s. ResoiUed, That Eanzas should be Immediately
mited state Of the Union, with hsr present free
sitlton, at the most eCtua way of securing
her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to
hch they entitled, and OF ending the civil strife
raging in her Territory.
ResOiUed, That the hiehwayman's plea that might
makes right, embodied in the 0stend circular
ry respect unworthy of American diplomacy and would
bring shame AMI dshonor upon any government that
gave il their sanction.
ReSOiUed, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the most central and practical route, imperavely de-
manded by the interests Of the whole country and that
the Federal Government ought render immediate and
efficient aid in its construction and auxiliary there
to- the immediate construction Of emgrant route
the line of the railroad,
ResOiUed, That appropriations by Congress for the
improvement of rivers and harbors, of national charac-
ter required for the accommodation and ury Of our
existing commerceare authorized by the Constitution AMI
justified by the obligation Of government protect the
lives and property Of its citizens
g. Res0iUgd That invite the utilization and cooper
alton Of The men Of all parties however differing from
in other respects in support of the principles herein de
cared; aud believing that the spirit OF institutions,
as well as the Constitution OF country, guarantees lib
ery Of conscience and equality Of rights among citizens,
we oppose al legislation mpairing their security.