The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-06-12
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
CIHCINNATI, June


The Convention met ut !.a!f.rast 10
O'Clock. The committee reported a plat
form Of resolutions:
The platform. after rr-afli'mins that Of
1852. ;lvrr,S to the American partv. Sta
ting that the D,,n"cr;lcy should clearly de-
ti,ic their relations thereto. Then follow
resolutions Stating, in substance, that the
foundation of the Onion having been built
upon entire freedom in matters of religion.
with no respect to persons or regard 10 rank
or place Of birth, no party can Justly he
deemed national, constitutional or in atcor-
dance with American principles, whicI,
bases its exclusive organization upon rel-
g'ous opinions or accidental birth-pIac
L: also rcitcratcs the declaration of former
conventions on the subject of slavery, and
the reserved rights of the States; and, to
more distinctly meet the issue will, Sec
tional party subsisting exclusively OH slave
ry agitation,
Rcsol"ca, That the Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in the
organic laws establishing the Territories of
Nebraska and Kansas, us embodyinr the
only sound and saf: solution of the slavery
question upon whicl, the great national
ilca of the people Of this country can re
pose in its determined conservatism of un-
ion and non-intcrfcrcncc hy Congress with
slavery in the States and Territories. That.
by uniform application of this Democratic
principle, the organization of the Terrific
RIGS, and the admission of new States with
or without slavery, as they elect, the equal
rights of the States will be preserved intact,
the original compacts Of the Constitution
maintained inv;oIate, and the pcrpcluation
AMI expansion of the Union insured to its
utmost capacity of embracing, in peace and
harmony, every future American State.
RESOLVED, That we rer"gnize the right of
the people Of all the Territories, including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the
fairly expressed will of the majority OF
actual residents, and whenever the number
of their inhabitants justities it, to form
constitution, with or without domestic slave
ry, and to be admitted into the Union
upon terms of perfect equality with the
other States.
RESOLVED, That in view Of the condition
of the popular institutions of the old world,
and the dangerous tendencies Of sectional
agitation, combined with IN attempt to en-
force civil and religious disabilities against
the right Of acquiring citizenship in our
own land, hi gll and sacred duty has de-
volvcd increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party Of this country, as the
party OF the Union, to uphold and main
tain the rights of every State and thereby
tho union of the States and to sustain and
advance among us constitutional liberty by
continuing to resist all monopoies and ex-
elusive Legislation for the benefit Of n few
at the expense Of many, and by vigilant
adherence to these prncip pies and 10 the
compromises of the constitution, which arc
broad AMI strong enough to embrace and
uphold the Union as it was, the Union as
it is, and the Union rs it shall be in the
full expression Of the energies and capaci-
ties OF this great progressive people.
The committee stated that tho Kansas.
Nebraska part Of the platform was adopted
with perfect apaninity. Tho committee
did not have perfect unanimity upon the
foreign policy suggested, but recommend it
heartily. J. -.
The following are the resolusions an
pended to the platform: a si.. - -.
j. Resolved, That the questions cor.
nected yithtoar foreign policy are inferior
to no domestic question whatever that,
the Etiine'has come for the people Of tl,e
United States tot;tleclaro themselves In
favor: Of free sens, and a .prorressivee free
trade throughout tue world, and. BY solemn
manifestations, to. place their moral infi,,-
encc by tho side of their saHeeessfnl csnu,.
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