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The Second DECLARATION T mdep ndence

Ine SECOND USCldIaJlOn u luQep tnQenC0
adopted IN Philadelphia. J,He IS, 1856.
This Convention Of Delegates assembled
in pursuance Of call addressed to the people Of the
United States without regard to past political daeren-
ces divisions who are opposed to the repeal OF me
Missouri Compromise; to the policy Of The present ao
ministraton 70 the extension OF slavery into iree tet'
tory; restoring the aetion OF the Federal Government
TO the principles Of Washington and Jeersoni ana iof
the purpose Of presenting candidates Tor the ohees OF
President and Vice President
| 1 Resolved That the maintenance Of the princi-
ples promulgated in the Declaration OF lndepen-
Ijeuee and embodied the Federal Constitution arc
essential to the preservation Of Republican institu-
tions the Federal INTUITION, the rights Of the States
and the union Of the STAKES must be preserved.
3 Resolved, That with our Republican fathers,
we hold it to be sefevdent TRUTH that all men are
endowed with the undenable right Of liberty aud the
pursuit Of happiness and that the primary objec. and
ulterior design Of our Federal Government was to Sc.
cure those rights 10 oil persons within its exclusive ju-
risdictOn; that as Republican athers hen they
tad abolished slavery in national territory ordain-
ed that person should be deprived Of hie liberty,
or property without due process of law it becomes
duty to maintain this provision Of the Constitution
gainst all attempts TO violate il for the purpose Of
tabshing Slavery in the United States by positive leg.
station, prohibiting s extension therein That de-
ny the authority Of Congress, territorial legisa.
ure of any individuals association individuals to
Uged States, while the present Constitution hall be
maintained.
3. Resolved. That the Constitution coniers on
congress sovereign power over the territories Of the
United States for their government and in the exer.
Use Of this power il is both the right and duty ofths
Congress to prohibit in tho territory those twin rel
les Of barbaTism-Polygamy and Slavery.
L. Resolved, That while the constitution Of the
Un ted States ordained and established by the peo
lle in order to "lorm perfect union, establish
ustice insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defence, aud secure the blessings Of ilerty,
md contains ample provisions for the protection Of tn
e, liberty and property Of every citizen, the deares
constitutional rights Of the people Of Kansas have beer
trauduenily and violently taken from them.
Their territory has beel invaded by an armed force
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and ex
cutive officers have been set over them by whose
| s'nred "rthOrity sustained by the military power
government, 'yranical and unconstitutional laws hav
been enacted md enforced:
Tne nights Of the people to keep and bear arms hav
been iniringed:
Test oaths Of an extraordinary and entanglng natur
have been imposed as a condition of exercising tn
light Of suffrage, and holding Office:
| The right Of an accused person to a speedy and pub
lie trial bya n impartial jury has been denied;
The right of the people to be secure n their persons
houses papers and lecs against unreasonable searc
| and seizure has been violated:
! ty, without due process Of law;
That the freedom of speech and the press have been
abridged;
The right to choose their representatives has beer
made of no eiect
Murders, robberies and arsons have been stigateC
and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed
to go unpunshed
That all these things have been done with the know
ledge sanction and procurement Of the present admin
stration and that for this high crime against the Con
stitutioa the Union and Humanity arragn that Ad
mnistraton, the President, his advisers agents. sup
porors apoogists and accessories either before ae
the act-before the country and before the world AM
that it is fixed purpose to bring the actual perpe
traitors of these atrOcous outages aud their accompce
to a sure and condign punishment he erfter.
| 5. Resolved. That Kansas shall be immedate
admtedas State of the Union, with her present FREE
constitution, at the most eectuaI way Of secur
ing to her citizens the enjoyment Of the rights and priv
ieges to which they are entitled, and OF ending tn,
civil strife now raging in her territory
| G. Resolved, That the highwaymans plea tina
"might" embodied in the Ostend circular was in ev
cry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, ant
would bring shame and dishonor upon any government
or people that gave IL their sanction.
| T. Resolved, That Railroad to the Pacific O.
cean by the more central and practical route il i'm.
perltvely demanded by the interests of the whole
country and that the federal government ought to rem
derimmmediate and efficient aid in its construction,
and as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate construction
ofan emigrant route on the line Of the Railroad
Resolved, That appropriations by Congress for the
imp ovement ofrvers and harbors of national char.
acter, required for the accommodation and security of
our existing commerce, authorized by the constu.
tion and justified by the obligations of government to
protect the lives and property of its citizens.
g. Resolved that we invite the afiliaton and CO.
operation OF the Of all parties, however differing
from US in other respects in support of the principles
therein declared and believing that the spirit of our
institutions well as the Constitution Of our country,
guarantees liberty Of conscience and equality OF rights
among citizens, oppose all legislation impaiing
their security"