Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-26

The Democratic P1eo1oSos
Ths plataorn adopesd By Ne Osavsstion ct
Ch4nssebn vssa follow:
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a0smat1en Of ~ res1utieos u.aunossiy edops.
ID and declared plAsfo5m q ps3asipleD ~ the
Democratic Convention as Cincinnau in the year
1885, believing that Democratic principles are
snchangeAbis in their nature when applied 70 the
same subject matters.
THAT portion Of The Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing to the slavery question is the following
Resolved, That We reitsrate, With renewed spes-
~ Of purpose, the well considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
rights Of the States:
l. That Congress has no power, under the Coz
stitston, 70 interfere With c0atsel the domestic
institutions Of the several States. and that such
States are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining to their own Affairs not pro-
hibited in the Consultation that al efforts Of the
Abolitiopista or others, made 70 interfere With
questions Of slavery, TO take incipisnt steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences; and
| that al such Efforts have a inevitable tendency
70 diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger the stability and permansncy VI the Union,
and ought not TO be countsnanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended TO embrace tho whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere 70 .
faithful execution o: the acts known as the Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress VI 1850,
"the act for retaining futigitves from service or
labor" included which act being designed to car
~ out IN express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, 20
changed rs to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all At
tempts At renewing, in Congress or out OF 1t the
ait h. slorA andA hAt
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
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF 1898,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1893 that il adopts those plinci
pies as constituting one Of tho main foundations
Of political Creed ana 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
slavery agitation, North and South, to the Con-
stltutiOn and tho Union.
1. Resolced, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring tho cooperation Of oil who regard the
presel vation Of the Union under the Constitution
rs paramount issue, and repudisting oil section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla-
very which seek to embroll the States, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, II consum-
mated must end in civil war and disunion-the
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, -
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
'.savery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this who,e country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
Non Interference by Congress- wih Slavery in
STATE and Territory or IN the Dstrict Of Columbia.
,. That this was the basis Of tho compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both by tho Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventlons-ati6ed
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization Of Territories
in 1854.
.. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ocratis principle TO the organization Of
Territories, and to the admission Of new States.
with or without domestic slavery, Is they may
elect, the equal rights of oil the States will be
preserved intact-the original compacts of the
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, 10
State that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form Of government.
Resolved, That We recognize the right Of the
people of ell the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will Of . majority Of actual residents
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and DO admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
other States.
And the Ch1r'estOn Convention passed the tol-
lowing resolutions III
Resolued, That it is the duty Of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolped That one Of the necessities Of the age,
in military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and tho Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power Of the govern
ment Is will insure the construction of railroad Ia
the Pacific coast the earliest practicable peroa
Received, That the Democratic party are in f.
vor of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms ~
shall he honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
Resolved, That the enactments Of State llsgisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi-
give slave Law are hostile in character and subver-
| Aive to the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad.
ded the following resolution:
Resolred, 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 Leglsls-
ture the subject Of the domestic relations u
the same has been or shall hereafter be finally de-
termined by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by all good citisens,
and enforced with pr0mptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.