The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-10-27

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been sesrtely org 'nizsi 10y party claim
ing to be exclusively merican, it is prop
oe that the American D emocracy should
clearly define its relations thereto, and
declare its determined opp osition to II
secret political societies 10y whatever name
they be called: f4te Ellis
| Resolued, That tho foundation Of this,
Union of States having been laid in; and
its prosperity, expansion and pre-eminent
example in free government built upon
entire freedom in matters of religious con-
cernment, and no respect of PERSONS In
regard to rank or place of birth; no par
ty can be justly deemed natiom, consiitu-
tional, or in accordance with Amcrican'
principles, whic bases its exclusive organ
ization on religious opinions and acct den-'
tai birth places. .s... e..
Aud hence political crusade in tho
nineteenth century, and in the United
States of America, against Catholic and
foreign born, is neither justified 10y the
past history or the future prospects of til.
country, nor in unison with the spirit of
liberation and enlarged frccdola which
peculiarly distinguishes tho American sys-s
TEN Of popular government.
RESOLVED; That we reterate with re-
J newed energy Of purpose, the well eonsid-
cred declarations of former Conventions
upon the sectional issue of Democratic
Slavery and conc erning tho reserved
rights Of the States. sraya a-. .lsi
|. That Congress has no power uu-s
| der the Constitution, to interfere With OF
control the domestic institutions OF tho
several States, and that such States are
the sole and proper judges of everything
appertaining to their own affairs, not pro-
| hibted by the Constitution; that NIL eff
1 orts of the Abolitionists and others made
to induce Congress to Interfere with ques
tons Of slavery, or to take incipient meas
ures in relation thereto arc calculated to
lead to the most alarming and dangerous
! consequences; and that all such efforts
have an inevitable tendency to diminish
the happiness Of the people and endanger
the stability and permanency of the I'M
ion, and ought not to be encouraged by
any friend of our political institutions. lib
q. That the foregoing proposition
covers and was iuten ded to embrace the
whole subject of slavery agitation in Con-
gress, and therefore the Democratic party
of the Union, standing Oh this national
platform, will abide by and adhere to a ?
| faithful execution of the acts known az
the Compromise measures Of 1850. 'an
act reclaiming fugitives from service or,
labor included; which act being design
ed to carry out an express provision Of
the Constitution, cannot with fidelity
thereto, be SO changed as to destroy or
impair its efficiency. 81 .-7siaf af+t N
8. That the Democratic party will re-
sist all attempts at renewing, in Congress,
or out Of it, the agitation OF slavery ques-
tons, under whatevar shape or c,lor
the attempt may bcmade.
q. That the Democratic party Will
faithfully abide by and uphold, tho prin-
ciples laid down in the Kentucky and Vir-j
ginia resolutions of 1898, and in the re-
port of Mr.. Msdison to the Virg nia Leg
stature, in 1893; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main.
foundatione of It's political creed, and is;
resolved to carry them out in their obvi-e
Gus m"aninn and import. e ,aa
And that we may moro distinctly meet
the issue on which a sectional party, SUBJ
sisting exclusively on slavery agitatioIig
now relies to test the fidelity of the PEG.
| pie, North or South, to the Constitution
and the Union - 4as,. .saaa ar I'D
| |. Resolved; That claiming fellow
ship with and desiring the cooperation
of all who regard the preservati' n of
/ the Union under the Constitution as the
paramount issuc--and rcpudating all
sectional parties and platforms concern
| ing domestic slavery which seek to sm->
broiI the States, and incite to treason and
armed resistance to law in the territories,
and whose avowcd purpose, if consumma-r,
ted, must end in civil war and disunion---'
the American Democracy recognize and
adopt the principles contained in tho or
! ganic laws establishing the Territories Of
Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the
! only SCUM and safe solution of the sla-a
very question upon which the great Ma
tional idea of the people of this whole
/ country can repose in its determined COM
1 servation of tho Observation-Disclosures
by Congress, with slavery in State OF
| Territory, or in the District of Columbia
! 2. That this was the basis of the
Compromises of 1850--confrmed BY
both Democratic and Wing parties in
national ratifed by tho
people in tho election of 1952-anI.
rightly applied to the organization Of Ter
! ritories IN 1854. IS a5 a158s9Io.
/ 8. That by the uniform application Of
this Democratic principle to the organiza-
ton of Territories, and to the admission
of new States, with or without domestic
slavery, as they may eleet-thc equal
| rights of al the States will be preserved.
intact--tAe original comFacts ofthe Com
stitution maintained inviolate, and the
perpetuity and expansion of this Union
insured to its utmost capacity OF enbra-
cling in peace and harmony, every future
American State that may be constituted
or annexed, with republican, form OF
government. ~ 81 a1n
i RESOLVED; That we recognize the
right of the people of all the territories,
including Kansas and Nebraska, acting
through the legally and fairly expressed
Will efs majority Of actual residents, and