Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-16

3. That BY the uniform application of this Demo-
cratic principle to the organization of Territories,
and to the admission of new States, with or without
domestic slavery, they may elect-the equal
rights Of all the States will be preserved intact
the original compacts of the Constitution maintain
ed inviolate-and the perpetuity and expansion of
this Union insured to its utmost capacity OF embra.
cling, in peace and harmony, every future Ameri-
can State that NAV be constituted annexed, with
a republican form of government.
Resolued, That we recognize the right Of the
people of all the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting acting through the legality and
fairly expressed will of majority of actual resi-
dents, and whenever the number Of their nhabit-
ants justifes it, to form a Constitution, with or
without domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon term: of perfect equality with the other
States.
Resolued, finally, That in view of the condition
of popular institutions of the Old World, land the
dangerous tendencies of sectional agitation, COM
bined with the attempt to enforce civil and regi-
Gus disabilities against the rights of acquiring and
enoying citizenship in our land, high and sacred
duty is devoi1ed with increased responsibility upon
the Democratic party % this country, as the party
ofthe Union, to uphold and maintain the rlghts OF
every State, and thereby the Union OF the State :;
and to sustain and advance among US constitution
al liberty, by continuing to resist all mOnopoes
and exclusive legislation for the few at the expense
of the many, and by viSilant and constant adher-
ence to those principles and compromises Of the
Constitution which are broad enough and strong
enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it was,
the Union as it is, and the Union it shall be, in
the full expansion of the energies and capacities Of
this great and progressive people.
/. Resolred, That there are questions connected
with the foreign policy of this country which in
feror to no domestic questions whatever. The
time has come for the people of the United Sta ties
to declare themselves in favor of free trade
Throughout the world and, by solemn manifestations,
to place their moral influence at the side of their
successful example.
2. Resolred, That our geographical and politi-
cal position with reference to other States of this
continent, less than the interest of COM
merce and the development of our growing power,
requires that We should hold as sacred the prnci-
piles involved in the Monroe doctrine; their bear
ing and impor; admit of no misconstruction; they
should be applied with unbendng rigidty.
3. Resolued, That the great highway which ma
ture, as well as the assent of the State most i'm
mediately interested in its maintenance has mark
cd out for free communication between the At
lantc and Pacific Oceans, constitutes one of the
most important achievements realized by the spir-
it of modern times and the unconquerable energy
of our people. That result should be secured by a
timely and efficient exertion of the control which
we have the right to claim over it, and no power
Oh earth should be sufficient to impede or clog its
progress by any interference with the relations il
may suit our policy to establish between our gov
eminent and the governments of the States within
whose domains it lies. We can, under no crcum
stance, surrender our prepOnderance in the adjust
ment all questions arising out of it.
1. RESOLVED That in view of so commanding an
interest the people of the United States cannot but
sympathise with the efforts which are being made
Dy the people of Central America to regenerate
that portion of the continent which covers the pas
sage cross the Interoceanic Isthmus.
5. Resolved, That the Democratic party will ex
pect Of the next Administration that every proper
effort will be made to insure our ascendancy in the
Gulf of Mexico and to maintain a permanent pro
ection to the great outlets through which are emp
tied into its waters the products raised out of the
SOIL and the commodities created by the industry
of the people of our Western valleys, and of the
Union at large.
Resolued That the Democratic party recognize
the great importance in political and commercial
point of view, of a safe and speedy communication
by military and postal roads, through own ter
rtory, between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts o.
this Union, and that il is the duty of the Fedora
Government to exercise promptly all its constitu
tional powL Cor the attainment of that object.