Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-26

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have bees chssen q meetings held With.
out distinction Of party 10 the several
COUNTIES Of the state, and most Of them
have been specially charged by the Ian
gua2e OF their commission 70 'asoure ouI
brethren Of the southern states, that We,
- state, are opposed TO the schemea
Of the immediate abolitionists, and that
We will to the utmost of our ability de.
fend and sustain the constitution Of the
United States, and that compact by
which We are united - one people"
Sensible Of the importance OF declar-
ing frankly and accurately the general
sentiments Of Pennsylvsnia on this sub
ject, the convention, after full consul'a-
ton, has adopted, in the nama Gifts con-
stitucnts, the following resolutions:
Resolced, That the government ofthe
United States, has no constitutional
power whatever, over the relation Of
master aud slave, in any Of the states Of
the Union.
Resolved, That whether congress does
or does not possess the right Of legisla-
ting on the subject of the abolition OF
slavery within the district of Columbia,
it would be unwise and impolitic in the
extreme, to assert or exercise such right
as any attempt to do so would impair the
harmony and mutual confidence Of the
statt 8, If not peril the integrity Of the
Union.
Rtsolced, That each state has the ex-
elusive right under the constitution, to
Judge Of, establish, aud maintain within
its own borders, its own system of do>
mestic policy; and that every attempt
by tie citizens of one state to denounce
or inyoAelate the estabHs/ael institutions
Of another, is un,carranted by the consti-
tuition, and hostile to tie peace and Aar-
mony Of the Union.
Resolved, That no state could be just
ly required to recognize Is valid, under
the constitutional compact Of the states,a
measure Which should violate its intern
al security napeace, or abroyate the
rights Of property Of its citizens and
that we pledge ourselves to unite with
the people of the other states, in oppos
ing such infractions Of the constitution,
and in maintaining the domestic repose
of every member of this confederation.
In the foregoing preamble and resolu'
tons the constitutional compact, by the
comprehensive and conciiatory provis-
ions OF which the members Of this con-
federacy are bound together, are duly
considered in the noble and patriotic
spirit in which it was originally formed
and adopted; and the right to interfere
in the domestic policy or legislation o.
our sister states promptly and emphatic
cally dissvowed. But this view Of the
slavery question was that ofthe Nation.
al Democracy then and now. How
widely different is the doctrine Of the
'irrepressible conflict" party of the pres.
ent day! How does the declaration OF
GREELY of the New York Tribune,
"thdt rather than tolerate national slav-
cry as 1t moo EXISTS, let The Union be
dissolved at once," agrec with the resolves
OF the convention of the " Friends Of the
integrity Of the Union % How does
the announcement Of tho New York
Courier and Enquirer-the organ OF
WM. Ii. SEwARD-that the south shall
be wAipped into acquiescence,agree with
the calm and honorable expressions of
CAMERON, STEVENS and M'MICHAEL
before the advent of Abolitionized-Re.
publicanism /! The position of the Dem
ocratic party on this question of domes.
tic slavery, has not changed. 1t has
been the same for sixty years, and will
SO continue as long as the Republic shall
endure.