Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-19
YORKVIIIH, S. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1856.

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the Judgment Of the people can be obtained
thereon, and which has saved the, American
people from the corrupt and tyrannical do,
minion Of the Bank ofsthe United States,
and from5a corrupting syatem Of general In
+ternal Improv -.
Resolped That the Z Democratic party will
faithful abide BY and uphold the principles
laid down In The Kentucky and Virginia
resolutions Of 1872 and lT9s, and in the re.
mort Of Mr.. Madison to;the Virginia Legis-
lature in 1899 that It adopts those. princi-
pies as constituting onesof the main founda-
tons Of its political creed, and is resolved
to carry them out on their obvious meaning
and import.
That in view of the condition of the pop
utar institutions in the Old World, q high
and sacred duty is involved with increased
responsibility upon the Democracy of this
country, as the party fthe people to uphold
and maintain the rights of every State, and
thereby the Union of the States-and to sus.
tain and advance among them, constitutional
liberty, by continuing to resist all monopo-
lies and exclusive legislation for the benefit
of the few, at the expense of the many, and
by vigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises of the Constitu-
tion-which are broad enough and strong
enough to embrace and uphold the Union as
it should be-in the full expansion Of the
energies and capacity Of this great and pro-
gressive people.
The following are the supplementary res
olutions in relation to the Kansas.N Nebraska
question, and the foreign policy of the gov
ernment:
And, arhereas, Since the foregoing declar-
alton was uniformly adopted by our prede-
cessors in National Conventions, an adverse
political and religious test has been secretly
organized by party claiming to be exclu-
sively Americans, and it is proper that the
American Democracy should clearly define
its relations thereto: Therefore,
Rcsolued, That the foundation of this un-
ion of States having been laid in its prosper
ity, expansion, and pre-emisent example in
free government, built upon entire freedom
in matters of religious concern, and no res
pect of persons in regard to rank or place Of
birth, no party can justly be declared nation
al, constitutional, or in accordance with A
merican principles, which bases its exclusive
organization upon religious opinions and ac-
cidental birthplace.
That We reiterate with renewed energy of
purpose the we'll considered declarations Of
former Conventions upon the sectional issues
of domestic slavery, and conccring the re-
served rights of the States; that we may
more distinctly meet the issue on which
sectional party, subsisting exclusively on the
slavery agitation, now relies to test the fidel
ity of the people, North and South, to the
Constitution and the Union.
Resolrea, That claiming fellowship with,
and desiring the cooperation of all who re-
gard the preservation of the Union under
the Constitution as the paramount issue, and
repudiating all sectional parties and plat
forms concerning domestic slavery, which
seeks to embroil the States and incite to trea-
son and to armed resistance to law in the
Territories, and whose avowed purposes, if
consumated, must end in civil war and dis
union, the American Democracy recognise
and adopt the principles contained in the Or
ganic laws establishing the Territories Of
Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the on
ly sound and safe solution of the slavery
question upon which the great national idea
of the people of this whole country can re-
pose in its determined conservatism of the
Union; non-interference by Congress with
slavery in States and Territories; that this
was the basis of the compromises of 1850,
confirmed by both the Democratic and Wing
parties in national conventions, ratified by
the people in the election of 1852, and right
ly applied to the organization of Territories
in 1854; that by the uniform application of
this democratic principle to the organization
of Territories and the admission of new
States, will be preserved intact, the original
compacts of the Constitution maintained in
violate, and the perpetuation and expansion
of this Union ensured to its utmost capacity
of embracing, in peace and harmony, every
future American State that may be constitu-
ted or 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 through the
fairly expressed will of the majority of actu-
al residents and whenever the number of
their inhabitants justifcs it, to form con-
stitution, with or without domestic slavery,
and be admitted into the Union upon terms
of perfect equality with the other States.
Reso1rcd, finally, That by the condition
of the popular institutions of the old world,
and the dangerous tendency of sectional ag-
itation, combined with the attempt to enforce
civil and religious disabilities against the
right of acquiring citizenship in our own
land, the high and sacred duty is dcvolved
with increased responsibility upon the DEM
ocratic party of this country, as the party of
the Union, to uphold and maintain the right
of every State, and thereby the Union of the
States; and sustain and advance among us
constitutional liberty by continuing to resist
all monopoles and exclusive Legislation for
the benefit of the few, at the expense of the
many. And, by the vigilant adherence to