Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-16
The Democratic Platform.

The platform adopted by the Convention at
Charleston was rs follows
ResolUed. That we, the Democracy Of the Union,
il Convention assembled, do hereby declare our
afhrtna alton Of the resolutions unanimously adoIt
ed and declared as platform of principles By the
Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, In the year
1880, believing that Democratic principles are
unchangeabie IN their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
Tha. portion of the Cincinnati platform reAt-
lng to the slavery question is the following
Rssotced, That We reiterate, with renewed eDer-
gy 81 purpose he well considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue OF
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
rigAts Of the States
]. That Congress has no power under the Con-
sttuton to interfere with control the domestic
III titutons Of the several states. and that such
states are the sole and proper Judges OF every
thing aPpertaining to their own affairs not pro-
hlbitei IN the Constitution that ali efforts of the
abOlltionists or others, made 10 interfere with
questions Of slavery, to take incl ient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarmin and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have az inevitable tendency
10 diminish the happiness OF the people, and
Hanger the stability AMI peTmanencyo Of the nien,
and ought not 70 be countenancel by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
2 That the toregoin. proposition covers and
wa iutealc> 10 embrace the whole subj Get Of
slavery agitation In Congress and therefore the
Democratic party OF the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere 10 II
faithful! cx esuton o. the acts known as he Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress of 1880,
the act for retaining gitives from service
labor, included which act be ng iesig ned TO car
ry out express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, SO
changed a. to destroy or impair it, efficiency.
3. Ihat the Democratic party will resist all at
tempt~ at renewing, in Congress or out Of il the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape Or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party wall faithfully
abide by and uphoid the principles laid down in
the kentucky and Virginia resolutions of l19s.
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature III 1893 that 1t a iopts those pNnci
pies as constituting one Of the main ioundati, rs
OF its political creed an is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and rapport.
And that we may more distinctly meet the issue
on which a sectional party, subsl,tlng exclusively
slavery agitation. North anu nth, to the Ion
stltution and the Union.
!. Eeso'red, That, clalrni ng fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regari the
preservation OF the hion under the Constitution
as a paramount issue. and regulating all section
al parties and platforms concerning domestic sia-
very, which seek t. embroll the States and to IN
cite 10 treason and armed resistance 10 law in Ter
ritorirs and whose avowed purpose, If consun-
mated must end in civil war and diSuiion- the
American Democracy recognize and adopt the
prime es,contalncd in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ ries Of Kansas and Nebra ka,
embudying the only sound and safe solution "t the
slavery question upon which the great ma onal
idea Of the people Of this whfie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation II the ! Mon
ion- Interference by Congress 10Th Sdrery IN
Stat md Trrttory,0r n the Dt1ract ot Coiumbta.
. that this was the basis oil the compromises
If 800 confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventions ratified
by the whole people in the election of 1892, and
rightly applied to the organization OF Territories
in sl54.
;. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ecratie principle to the organization Of
Territories ana to the admission II states.
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
elect the equal rights Of all the States will be
preserved intact the original compacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviolatc and the per
petuIty and expansion Of this Union in
-ured 10 its utmost capacity OF embracing, IN
pc and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
republics form Of government.
ReSoiced, That we recognize the right OF the
people Of all the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
express, ed will Of a jorty of actual residents
and whenever the number Of their inhabitant Is
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
other states.
nj the lhar est0n convention passed the fol-
lowing -esolutons
Resolced, That it is the duty Of the United
States to affotd ample and complete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolced That of the necessities of the age,
in military, commercial and postal point of view
is speedy commun,c Cat ion between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power 81 the govern
tent as will insure the truction Of a railroad to
the Pacific at the earliest practicable period.
Resolved, That the Democratic party in ia
yor Of the acquisition Of Cuba such terms a.
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
Resolced That the enactments OF State l.egis
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law are hostile in character and subver
>ve 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution
ResoIced. That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform that during the existence Of ter
rtorial governments, the measure Of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by he federal con
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Legsla
lure over the subject Of the domestic relations as
the same has been shall hereafter be finally de-
terlnined by the Supreme Court Of the United
states, should be respected by all good citizens,
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.