Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-07

country, nor in unison with the spirit Of
federation and enlarged freedom which
peculiarly distinguishes the American
3systemof popular government.
Resolved, That we reiterate with re-
newed energy of purpose, t6eSWell- cSn-
sidered declarations Of former Cenyea-
tons upon the sectional issue Of DomSs-
tic Slavery, and concerning the reserved
rights Of the Ststes.,--
l., That Congress- has no power under
the Constitution, to interfere with OF con-
troll the domestic institutions Of thA sew
eraI States, and that such States ard the
sole and proper judges Of everything ap-
pertaining to their own affairs, not pto-
hibited BY the Constitution; that all II
forts Of The abolitionists or others, mad
to induce Congress to interfere with
questions Of slavery, or to take incipient
steps IN relation thereto, are calculated
to lead to the most alarming and danger
GUS consequences and that all such eff
forts have an inevitable tendency to di-
minish the happiness Of the people, and
endanger the stability and permanency
of the Union, and ought not to be counte-
nanced BY any friend of our political in
stitutions. ,z1F E
2. That the foregoing proposition COW
ers, and was intended TO embrace, the
whole subject Of slavery agitation in Con-
gress and therefore, the Democratic
party of the Union, standing on this ma
tional platform, will abide by and adhere
to faithful execution of the acts known
as the Compromise Measures, settled by
the Congress of 1880; "the actor re-
claiming fugitiyes from service or labor, :"
which act being designed to
carry out an express provision Of the
Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there
to, be repealed, or so changed as 70 de-
stroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will re-
isist al attempts at renewing, in Congress-
and out Of it, the agitation Of the slavery
question, under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made. Il
4. That the Democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the prin-
ciples laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions of 1898. and in the
report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature, in 1899; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main
foundations of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their OBJ
yioas meaning and import. f:.t
And that we may more distinctly meet
the issue >on which o sectional party,
subsisting exclusively on slavery agita-
ton, now relies to test the fidelity of the
people, North and South, TO the Consti-
tuition and the Union :: .-&.a. n
!. Resolved, That claiming fellowship
with, and desiringth the cooperation Of all
who regard the preservation of the I'm
ion under the Constitution as the para
mount issue-and repudiating all sec
tional parties and platforms concerning
domestic slavery, which seeks to embrpil
the States and incite to treason an arm
ed resistance to law in the Territories i
and whose avowed purposes, if consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disun-
ion-the American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in
The organic laws establishing the Terri
,ories of Kansas and Nebraska rs embo
lying the only sound and safe solution
Of the " slavery question upon which
he great national idea Of the people of
his whole country can repose in its de-
conservatism of the Union II
Non interference by Congress with sla.
'ery in State and Territory, or in the
D istrict of Columbia. ..
g. That this was the basis of the Com
of l850-confmed by both the
Democrtic and the Wing parties in ma
ional conventions-ratifed by the people
n the election of 1852, and rightly appli-
ID to the organization Of Territories in
1854, >-~.+f = --r--,ss I'D
8. That BY the uniforms application Of
his Democratic principle to the organi-
.ation Of Territories, and to the admis-
sion of new States, with or without do.
nestle slavery, as they may elect-the
equal rights+of all the States will be pre-
served intact-the original compacts Of
The Constitution maintained inviolate-
md the perpetuity and expansion Of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity Of
in peace and harmony, every
,uture American State that may be con-
'tituted or annexed, with republican
form of government. II.
RESOLVED, That we recognize the right
Of the. people of all the territories, includ-
ng Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
he legally and fairly expressed will Of a
majority Of actual residents, and whenev-
pr the number of their inhabitants iusti-
les it, to form constitution, with or
" ithout domestic slavery, and be admit
ted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States. -.
Resotoed, finally, That in view of the
condition of popular institutions in the
Old World, (and the dangerous tenden-
cies of sectional agitation, combined with
the attempt to enforce civil and religious
against the rights Of acquir-
ing and enjoying citizenship in our own
and, } high and sacred duty is involved
with increased responsibility upon the
Democratic party Of this country, as the
party of the Union. To unhold and main