Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-25

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Democratic Convention % Cincinnsti IN the year
1885, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable IN their nature whom applied TO the
same subject mattcrs.
THAT p0stou q The Cinsiuneti platform relat-
ing to the slavery question 10 the following
Rssolesi, That Ne seiteFate, with renewed eDef.
~ Of purpose the we'll considered declarations OF
former lonventions ,ppoas The sectio1lxl issue OF
domestic slsvsry. ard osncefniag the reserved
right, Of the States:
/. That Congress has no power, under the Con-
situffnu 10 intssfefe with - eo1ssea the dO0sste
institutions Of the several states. and that such
states are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertsining 70 their own affairs not pro-
hibited in the Constitution that all efforts OF the
Abolitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery OF TO take ncipisnt steps in
| violation thereto, are calculated 70 lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have ~ inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger the stability and permanency OF the MON,
and ought not TO be cOuntenanced ny any friend OF
our political Institutions.
| 2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
| was intended to embrace the whole subject OF
slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
Delnocratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere to .
faithful execution o: the acts known Is the Com
premise Measures, settled BY the Congress Of 1850,
"the act for retaining futigtives from service Or
labor" included; which act being designed to car
| ~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto DO repealed, OF 90
| Oh anged as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
| 3. That the Democratic party will resist all ~
tempts 1T renewing, in Congress- or out Of 1t the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
| ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
! I. That tho Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
the kentucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1875
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virgins
| Legislature in 1893 that IL adopts those pAinci
| plies as constituting ono Of the main foundation n
OF its political cree AMI is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
| And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North ana South, to the Con
| stltutiOn and the Union.
| l. Kesolred, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard ths
prcsei vation Of the Union under the Consultation
as paramount issue, and repudiatng ell section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla
! yery which seek to embr0ll the States and to in
cite TO treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, If consua
mated, must end in civil war and disunion-tht
| American Democracy recognise and adopt tha
principles contained in the organic laws, estab
fishing the Territ, ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, "
embodying the only sound and safe solution # thu
'.slavery question" upon which the great nstiona
| idea Of the people of this wh6le country can re
pose in its determined conservation 1t the unior
| = Nom Interference By Coagress With Narcry IL
State and 1erritory,or ~ the District of Columbia
| g. That this was the basis Of tho compromise.
i Of 1885, confirmed both by the Democratic ant
! Wing parties, in National Conventlons-rati6et
by the whole people in the election Of 1852, ant
rightly applied to the organization OF Territories
+! in 8i54.
3. That by the uniform application Of tho Dem
| ocratie principle to the organization o
| Territories, and to the admission Of new States
| with or without domestic slavery, as they ma.
elect, the equal rights of all the States will b.
| preserved intact-the original compacts Of tn
| Constlt ution maintained inviolate-and the per
petulty and expansion of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, il
| pc ce and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with
repu blican form Of government.
RESOLVED, That We recognize the right Of tn
people of all the Territories, including Kansas
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 tn
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with th
other states.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol
lowing resolutions
Kesolred, That it is the duty Of the Units
States to s ford ample and c,mplete protection 1
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, an,
whether native or foreign born.
Resoiced That enc OF the necessities Of the age
in military, commercial and postal point Of viev
is speedy cOmmun; cation between the Atlanti
and Pacific states, and the Democratic part
pledge such constitutional power Of the govern
ment as will insure the construction OF railroad
the Pacific coast At the earliest practicable peroa
Resolved, That the Democratic parry are in f.
vor of tho acquisition Of Cuba on such terms q
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resaced, That tae enactments OF State l.egsla
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law are hostile in character and subver
sive to the Constitution, and revolutionary il
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
ded the following resolution
| RESOLVED, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform that during the existence Of ter
| ritorial governments, the measure Of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla
ture over the subject of the domestic relations .
the same has been or shall hereafter be finally de
tcrmined by the Supreme Court Of the Unite'
States, should be respected by all good citizens
and enforced with promptness and fidelity b.
every branch Of the general government.