Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-09-25

W HEkEAs, l ne tnfee great polltlcdi par
ties of the nst ion have presented their can-
diGatss for President ard Vics-Pres;deni,
together with the platform of pr nriPles, by
whi' they severaiy aspire To control the
General Government; il becomes our duty
in he exercise of our inaliensbls rights 20
determine which Of them are emitted iD our
suffrages;
And whereas, The Democratic p,riy has
made the extension Of Slavery the para
mount object of government, and deny the
right of Congress to preSest its extension
into the Territories. IN doing this they
taye departed from the principles and prac-
iiee Of George Washington, who signed 4
bill to prevent the extension Of Slavery into
the Northwestern Territory; they have
departed from the principles and practice Of
Thomas Jefferson, who framed The above
bill, and as President signed seseral other
similar bills; they have departed from the
principles and practice Of James Monroe.
Andrew Jackson, and James K Polk, who
prevent the extension Of Slavery. They
have DEL arted from the established practice
of eur General Government during the frat
sixty years OF its existence: a dIasily, they
and James Buchanan OF 1856 have departed
from the principles Of James Buchanan of
1919. who then dec Jared that ",hose mem
bers Of Congress who voted against the rx-
tension oil Slavery were entitied 10 the
wsrmest thanks OF every friend of human
liberty; and in making these departures.
they have undone the wofk Of the greatest.
statesmen Of the past generation in the re-.
peal Of tie Missouri Comprsmise, and have
brought ns 10 sectional strife and civil war;
And whereas, the Amer icsn party refsses
10 take issue in this question which is forced
upon the nation, and thos BY failing TO in
terfere they tsciily aequiesec in the extern
sion Of Slavery;
And whereas, the principles announced By
the Philsdelphi. Convention. which nomi-
naied John e. Fremont and WIN. L. Day
ton, accord " ith the principles of the foun-
ders Of our Government, and if adopted will
tend to restore US te that state of peace and
prosperity from which We have fallen; there
fore, we declare
lst. That we will give our Lsarty supper,
TO the nominees Of the Republican party.
End. That Slavery is local institution
and can only exist within the limits of those
States whuse laws legalizs it.
3rd. That in accordance with the estat-
lisned practice of our Government trsn its
organization until the year ,lS4s, Congress
has the power to prohbil the extension of
Slavery.
4th. That in the language of Daniel
Webster we will "under no circumstances
consent 10 the further extension of the area
of Slavery in the United States or to the
further increase Of Save representation in
the House OF Representatives
5th Thai the citizens Of the whole Union
should be admitted into the Territories upon
al equal footing, and that no citizen when
in TerritorV should exercise any rights de-
rived from the State from whence he came
that are at variance with the rights CON-
mon to ALL
9th. That we deny the right of Congress
t, interfere with the peculiar institutions"
Of the States. ard that the rights of the
States and the Union Of the States must
and shall be preserved.
7'h. That we recognize no geographi-
cal divisions no local interests, no narrow
sectional 'prejudices, that the rights, privil-
eges and liberties which we demand ss our
inheritance, We concede to be the inheri-
tance of all the citizens OF this Republic.
sth. That we Mil maintain those great
rights hich the Constitution declares inyi-
olable--ireedom OF speech and of the press,
the free exercise of reiigious belief, and the
right of the people peaceaby to assemble
and tc petition tie Government for redress
of grievances.
The following is the electoral ticket for
The State of Virginia: