Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-28
The Denocrasic Pattern


he ysssssn aAspssa ~ ths Coavsntion ss
Charleston was follows.
kesoIeed. That we, the DEMOCRACY Of the Union,
- Ccsventiep aseolpbleds do hofsby doelars oar
em14stion dihe sDsol etsns unsui noQoly adept
a cd declassd e . pattern Of prtssipe b. the
DenecrAtic couvsation - CincinnSti, y the year
1861, believing thai uem-cr.eic principles are
interchangeable IN their nstsre whom applied TO the
same subject matters.
That portion Of the Cincinnati platform relAt-
Ing to the slavsrs question 10 The following
Rssolred, That We reitersts With rem. we'd eper-
81 Of purpose. the we'll considered declarations Of
Former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
right. Of the States:
l. That Congress las no power, under the Con-
stltution to interfere With consrsl the domestic
institutions Of the several States and that such
states are the sole and proper judges OF every
thing appertaining to their Owp anairs net pro-
hibted in the Constitution that all efforts Of the
Abalitionists or others, made to inter'e 9 with
questions Of slavery TO take iDcipient steps in
| Violation thereto, aie calculated to lead 10 the
| most alarming and dangerous consequences and
mat all such efforts have Al inevitable tendency
| to diminish the happiness Of the people. and en-
| Hanger the stability and permaneDcy Of the Union,
and ought not TO be countenanced BY ANY friend of
| our political Institutions.
q That the foregoing proposition covers and
| was intende. to embrace the whole subject OF
slavery agitation in Congress and therefore the
Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
| national platform, will abide by and slhere TO
| faithful ex' sution o: the acts known As the Gem
promise Measures, sc. tied by the Congress OF 1850
the act for retaining futigit.es from service
| labor, included; which act be ng designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the COnstituti,n
cannot with hdelity thereto be repealed, or SO
/ changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. III t the Democratic party will resist all At
| tempts at renewing, in Congress out Of it the
agitation Of the slavery question. unde~ what
I ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
| abide by and Uphold The principles laid Down in
| tho Kentucky and Virgins resolutions Of l79s,
| and on the report If Mr.. Madison 70 the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those piinci
Plies - constituting one of the naiu foundations
u its political creed, ana 10 resolved 70 carry them
out 10 their obvious meaning aud import.
| And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subs-ting e1clusi seiy
| on slavery agitation North anu South, to the Con-
| stltutiob and the Union.
| l. Resoloed, That, claiming fellowship with md
,esiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
presel walton OF the Union under the Constitution
| as pa amount issue, and repudiatDg oil section
al parties aud plato ms, concerning domestic sa
very, viii seek t. embroll the States and to in
cite and armed resistance to law in Ter
| ritori S !; and whose avowed purpose, II consun
m tied, must end in civil war AMI disun.on the
American Democracy recognize AMI adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing he Territ ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, Ms
emhodying the only sound and safe solution # the
| slavery question" upon which the great national
idea vi the people Of this vince country can re-
pose in its determined conservation 81 the Union
| Non Interference by Congress 10Th Ndrery IN
STATE and 7er,itory,or !. the Distrtct Of Columbia
| 2. hat this was the basis oil the c.mprv misses
| Of $50, confirmed bota by the Democratic and
| WI parties, in National Convent,ous-rati6ed
| by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
l rightly ed Ia q of TerrfOri.
| in Sl5i.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
| ocratis principle to the organisation OF
Territories, an to the admission # uew states.
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
| elect. the equal rights Of all the States will b.
preserved intact the orr .inal cOmpacts Of the
| constitution maintained inviOlate and the per-
pe,uIty and expansion of this Union in
| ured to its utmost capacity of embracing, iC
| pc ce AMI harmony, every future American
state that may be constituted or annexed, with .
| republican form Of government.
K~soioed, That we recognize the right Of the
people Of all the Territories, in ludng Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly.
expressed will Of q .jority of actual residents.
| and whenever the number OF thelr inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution. with with.
nut domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
/ other .tates.
| IAnd the Char eston Convention passed the fol
/
Resolued. That it is the du'y Of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection to
! I'll its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resoiced, hat enc Of the necessities Of the az"
in IN litary, commercial and postal point Of view
| is speedy commun ca ion between the Atlantic
| and Pacific states, and the Democratic party
| pledge such constitutional power Of the govern.
nent will insure the construct Of railroad to
the Pacific coast At tbs earliest practicable perios.
| Resoioed, That the Democratic party are in ia
| vor of the acquisition of Cuba such terms as
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resdoed, That tnr enactments OF State legisa-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fug-
give slave law are hostile in character and subver-
| i've TO the Constitution, and revolutionary in
| their effects.
| IT, the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
icd the following resolution
Resotced, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cnnat Platform, that during the existence If ter
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may he, imposed by he federal con-
| sttution the power of the Territorial Leglsla-
ure over the subject Of the domestic relations rs
the same has been shall hereai ter be finally de
| termined by the Supreme Court Of the United
states, should be respected by all good citizens,
| md enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.
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