Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-10


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chaa1u6na vaara6sIle- ~
ase&H ha1Ia ~ $3.50 {the ukieo.
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DeSpes.sjS Con ~ ~, snnai5Ih thesyoas
1855, bsiisviae tAas DsDserasie psiseipiee ass
unshsnseabls Il their nstuss vhso applisa - he
saUe saSiset uattses.
THAT poetioa q he Cineinnad platfmn rslAt-
iag = ~ slsvssg eseseieo - Ne following j
Rssolss1, That ~ rsisssses, with rssevsd sssr.
n Of purpose the veil eooaidesed deslasasioas Il
former Convensioas upoa he seee,oaaI iasss =
domestic slavery. and eoaeesning The reserved
rights Of the 8te&0:
J. Thas Ceagteo hae % power, undsr the Coz
stitution TO intsfses With q control the domestic
i1stitations q The seSeenl $780, sd 49, a1aA
States are the sole sud proper judges Of every
thing aPpereAining e sasas avn aAaiss Dos peo-
hibitsd n the Consoseoon thaa ~ escorts u The
Aboaittonis0 q others 0a0e 70 tntedeso viii
questions Of siaveSys - to taee aeepseos steps -
violation therotos ase ealsulatsd 70 led = Ne
meat alarming ana dangerous Consequences asd
that I'll such efforts have - inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness q the people, And en-
danger The stability asd Permansecy q me unioa,
and ought not TO Do countenanced ~ Any friend y
our political Institutions.
,. That the foregoing psoposatiSn covers ana
was intended 70 embrace the weos subject q
slavery agitation IN Congre.; and therefore the
Democratic party o. tas Union, ssaediee % snis
national platform, VAL aoade ~ ana aanere 20
faithful execution Q. me scu Known - the Com-
promise Measures, settled ~ tne Congress O iooV
''the ect for rociaamio9 Iuue'uves nun scVics o.
labor, included; which .ct oe,ne des1gned 70 car
~ out % expires: provinon q me consultation,
esnno. ~i.n n s.. .nea" ; :; ;.;s " -
changed . TO destroy OF impair its Smclency.
5. That tho Demccfauc party VII 1es'ss 81 -
tempt. ut renewing, IN VongEes: or OUT o. II the
agitation OF the slavery qeestaoa. uno@ wose
ever shape q color tns s.:emP. nay p maze;
I. That the Demoa!atic parry VIZ 'a!tntuny
.ode By and Uphold The principle. laid dow 20 7ds n
and on the report OF Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature IN ivy tnat ~ sdoPts snose Pnnei.
pies ~ constituting one o. the msin ioun0snC0s
OF Its political creed' ana - resoseo c."y 'ne"
out 10 their obvious meaning snu l"PoIt.
And that We may more dieuneuy meet ~ is.1e
on which sectlonsi party saosisune eAc,us.!eIy
on slavery agitation, North ana South, to the Con-
stltufion ana the Union.
l. Kssotced, lhat,cla'ming ienowsnlP wtn ana
desiring the c0-opcranon q 81 wno !egs!u :ne
rreselv walton OF the Uhion unoet tno O0nsuse.ion
Is paramount issue, ana rspsdisuse Oh secticn'
al parties and platforms, Conserving domcsuc sis-
very, which seek to embroil the States and 70 m
cite to treason and armed resistance TO isw 10 Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose: y cossum-
mated, must end in civil war and d'san;on-.he
American Democracy recognize ana s0oPs the
principles contained in the organic laws, cstab-
fishing the Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska, -
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
''slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this wheie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of tho Union
~ Nom Interference by COngress 1stA IS0cesy N
.S0ts aud 1erriory,or ~ tie Dsstr'ct Of Cotsst'a
2. That this was the basis Of the COMPROMISED
Of 1850, confirmed both BY the Democratic and
Wing parties, in Nations, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BY the whole people in the election Of 1852, and
rightly applied to Reorganization Of Territories
in Sl54.
3. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ocratis principle to the organisation d
Territories, and to the admission Of new States,
with or without domestic slavery, ~ they may
elect, the equal rights Of oil the States will be
preserved ntact-,he original compscts Of the
Constlt ution maintained inviolats-and the per-
petu,ty and expansion Of this Union in.
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, ia
pc CO and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with 4
republican form Of government.
Resolved, That wo recognise the right Of the
people Of ell the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through tho legally and fairly
expressed will Of majority Of actual residents
and whenever the number Of their inhabitant,
justi6es it, to form Constitution. with or with.
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into thu
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with tn