, 1856-07-25

UuT TtnuDlCdU lnSlllulluIl>, uul tut HDVi-
ties of the people, and calculated to place
the business Of the country within the con
troll of concentrated money power, and
above the laws and the will of the people !;
aud that the results Of democratic legiSla-
ton, in this and all other financial meas
ures upon which issues have been made be-
tween the two political parties OF the coun-
try, have demonstrated, to candid and
practical men of all parties, their sound
ness, safety and utility in all business pur-
suits.
l. That the separation of the moneys Of
the government from banking institutions
is indispensable for the safety of the funds
of the government and the rights of the
people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson in the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence, and sanctioned in the constitu-
ton, which make ours the land Of liberty
and the asylum of the oppressed of every
nation, have ever been cardinal principles
in the democratic faith, and every attempt
TO abridge the privilege Of becoming citi-
zens and the owners Of soil among US
Ought to be resisted with the same spirit
which swept the alien and sedtion laws
from our Statute books.
Q. That Congress has no power, under
the constitution, to interfere with or con-
troll the domestic institutions Of the several
States, and that such States are the sole
and proper judges of everything appertain-
ing to their own affairs not prohibited by
the constitution; that all efforts of the abo-
litionists and others made to induce Con-
gress to interfere with questions of slavery,
or to take incipient steps 10 relation thereto,
are calculated to lead to the most alarming
and dangerous consequences, and that all
such efforts have an inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness of the people and
endanger the stability and permanence Of
the Union and ought not to be counte-
nanced by any friend of our political insti-
tutions. n
4. Resolred, That the foreeoing propo-
sition covers, and was intended to embrace
the whole subject Of slavery agitation in
Congress, and, therefore the democratic
party of the Union, standing on this ma
tional platform, will abide by aud adhere
to faithful execution of the acts known as
the Compromise measures settled by the
last Congress, the act for reclaiming fu-
gitives from service or labor" included !;
which act, being designed to carry put an
express provision of the constitution, can
not, with fidelity thereto, be repealed or SO
changed as to destroy or impair its efi-
cheney.
5. Resolred, That the democratic party
will resist all attempts at renewing, in
Congress or out Of it, the agitation of the
slavery question, under whatever shape or
color the attempt may be made.
G. Resolved, That the proceeds Of the
public lands ought to be sacredly applied
10 the national objects specified in the con-
stitution, and that we are opposed to any
law for the distribution Of such proceeds
among the States, as alike inexpedient in
policy and rcpugnant to the constitution.
I. Resolued, That we are decidedly op-
posed to taking from the President the
qualified veto power, by which he is ena-
bled, under restrictions and responsibilities
amply sufficient to guard the public inter-
est to suspend the passage Of bill whose
merits cannot secure the approval Of two
thirds of the Senate and House Of Repre-
seutatives, until the judgment Of the pco-
pie can be obtained thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the cor
rupt and tyrannical domination Of the Bank
Of the United States. and from a corrupt-
inc system of general internal improve
ments
q Rssolrnd That the democratic marty
will faithfully abide by and uphold ne
princinles laid down in The Kentucky and
virginia resolutions of 70s and in he rc.
mort of, Mr.. Madison to the Virginia Leo.
isIature in 1899 that il adopts those pri6.
cipIes as constituting one of the main foun-
datiops of its political creed and is resolved
to carry them ont in their obvious meaning
and imnort
O. Re,olr-d That the war with Mexico
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