The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-08-08
FOR BREcKrNRIDeE AND ZANE
THE CONSTITUTION
And the Equality Of the Stateslt

Pursuant to- previous notice given in the
CadiE Ssatineb convention OF the Democrats
q HarrisOa ooanty favorable to the election o.
tbs gallant parrots and statesmen, BKEcklN-
IIDG and kANE, was held at the Court
Housssin cadix, oa Saturday, August 4, 1850.
The meeting was organized by calling George
Cook, Esq, of Athens township, to the chair,
and appointing Charles Patterson, Of Cadiz,
Secretary.
Ga motion the chair appointed j. NJ. Estep'
of Cadiz NJ. II. Phillips, of Athens, George
Allen, Of Rumley, Jacob Kali, of German and
Jacob Lewis, Of Archer township, a committee
to report, names Of. Delegates to this meet
ing, to attend the State ConEention to be
held at Columbus On the 7lh day of August
1850. - s.,- -. ...s-.-..,.-..,..-.,.- ~
The committee retired and in short time
returned, and. by their chairman, made the fol
lowing repert, which was unanimously adopted
! b Names Of Delegates to the State Convention.
TdGeorge Cook, Esq Athens; G. n. Allen,
.Cadiz;. J. NJ. Ettep. Esq, Cadiz; VIM. Reed,
Esq, Greene; Nj. H, Phillips, ESQ., Athens;
Henry V. d. Johnson, Athens; Z. f.. Molitt,
Greene; Jacob Kali, German; Thomas Craw-
ford, Archer; Samuel Sheplar, Greene; George
Allen, Rumley, John Mcconnell. Athens; Asa
Holmes, Short Creek; L. Heffling, Cadiz; Sher-
idan Busby, Rumley; 8. P. Baxter, Greene; Jno.
Beall, Cadiz; Joseph Brown, Athens; Charles
Patterson, Cadiz; Rein B. Handley, Esq,
Greene; R. NJ. Coultap, Stock; Jacob Lewis,
Archer; James Robson, Archer;J onathan West
Cadiz; Allen Maxwell, Esq, Greene; John w
Simmons, Cadiz; "A. P. McNutt Cadiz; Milton
Harvey, Moorefeld. -,r
The following resolutions were then offered,
ably discussed, and nimously adopted.
Resolved, l. That this meeting cordially ap'
prove the platform Of principles adopted by the
National Democratic Convention, which met al
the Maryland Institute, in Baltimore, on the
! 23rd day OF june last; and that We hail the
nomination of John c. Breckenridge, Of Ken
lucky, and Gen. Joseph Lane, Of Oregon, for
the offices Of President and Vice President o.
1.-the United States, upon the declaration of prin.
ciples, with sincere and hearty enthusiasm.
Resolved g That we deny and denounce the
doctrine OF the Republican party, that Con.
gress has the power and right to intervene and
prevent the emigration to the Territories Of the
| United States, Of citizens with their property
as recognized by the Federal Constitution, and
the Supreme Court of the United States; and
that we also deny and denounce the assumption
of the advocates of "Squatter Sovereignty
| that though each citizen may have the right tc
60 to the Territories with his property, yet thai
, the Territorial Government, organized under
the acts of Congress- may legally exercise such
| Intervention, as equally untenable and unconsti
] tutionsI, and that it involves the contradiction
that citizens may have rights, soijch rights, by
| the action of Congress or its agents, may be
| impaired or destroyed. f -.
Resolved 3. That the true constitutional and
Democratic doctrine is, that the Territories are
the common property OF all the States. and all
citizens being thereby joint O,0ne,s, oil have an
equal right to settle in them, with whatever
property they may legally possess: and as the
rights Of property are not derived from Con-
| eress. therefore Congress cannot int rvene for
the purpose ofdestroying or impairng the right
of any citizen to his property of whatever kind
as recognized by the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted States, but that it is its bounden duty,
! ,ohea necessary, to protect and secure the con
stitutional rights and privilege Of all citizens,
,oithout pastia1ity during the Territorial condi-
ton, and that when the number of the inhab
itants of any Territory, justifies it, the people
thereof in the language Of the Cincinnati plat
tiorm, "have ths right to form Constitution
with or without slavery" as the majority ma.
determine. gae ,.E '.. .fat r5
/ There being no further business before tn
meeting, on motion itadjourned sine die.
''''@s'+t GEORGE COOK, Chr'mn.