M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-09-27

an inevitable tendency 10 dmlhsh the hap /
piness OF the people, and endanger the sta.
bilily aud permanency of the Union, and
ought not 10 be ecounienancedb by any friend of
cur political institutions.
.. That the foregoing proposition covers,
aud was intended to embrace, the whole sub
ect Of slavery agitation in Congress; and
therefore, the Democratic party Of the Un- !
ion, standing on this national platform, will
abide " and adhere to faithful execution
of the acts known as The Compromise meas
ures, settled by the Congress of 1850; "the
act for reciaiming fugilives from service or
labor" included; which act being designed
to carry out an express provision of the Con-
stiIutiou, cannot, with fidelity thereto, be
repealed, or so changed as to destroy or i'm
pair its efficiency
3. That the Democratic party will resist
all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out
Of il, the agitation OF the slavery question
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made. ....
4. THAI the Democratic party will faith.
fully abide by and uphold, the principles laid
down in the Kel lucky and Virginia resolu-
btions of 1898, and in the report Of Mr. Madi-
son TO the Virginia Legislature, in 1899. that
it adopts those principles as constituting one
Of the main foundations of its political creed,
and is resolved to carry them outin their OBJ.
vous meaning and import
And that we may more distinctly meet
the issue on which sectional party. subsist.
ing exclusively on slavery agitation. uJw re.
lies to test the fidelity of the people north
and south, to the Constitution and the Un.
ion
|. ResOIued, That claiming fellowship
with, aOd desiring the cooperation Of all
who regard the preservation of the Union
under ne Constitution as the paramount is
sue-and repudiating all sectional parties and
platforms concerning domestic slavery which
seek to embroi the States and incite to trea-
son and armed resistance 10 law in the Ter
ritores; and whose avowed purposes, il con.
summated must end in civil war and disun-
ion. The American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in the or
ganic laws establishing the Territories OF
Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the on
ly sound and safe solution of the "slavery
question: upon which the great national
idea of the people Of tlis whole country can
repOse in lis determined conservatism Of the
Union--NoN INTERFERENCE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRITORY,
OR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
g. That this was The basis ofthe Compromi-
ses of 1850 confirmed by both the Demo-
cratic and Wing parties in national Conven
tions-ratife1 by the people in the election
Of l8b2-and rightly applied to the organiza-
tion Of Territories in 1854.
3. That by the uniform application of this
Democratic principle to the organization Of
territories and to the admission of new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they.
may elect-the equal rights of all the States
will be preserved intact-the original COM
paCts of the Constitution maintained nvio-
late-and the perpetuity and expansion Of
| this Union insured TO its utmost capacity of
embracing, in peace and harmony, every Gu-
ture American State that may be conblitut-
ed OF annexed, with republican form OF
government.
Resolved. That we recognize the right OF
the people of all the Territories, ncluding
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through Tie
legally and fairly expressed will of a major
ity OF actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitants justifes it.; to
form Constitution, with or orwithout domes.
tic slavery, and be admitted into the Union
rpor terms of perfect equality with the 9th.
er States.
RcS0lred, finally, That in view of the
condition of popular institutions in the Old
| World (and the dangerous tendencies o! sec
tional agitation, combined with the attempt
to enforce civil and religious disabilities
against the rights of acquiring and enjoying
citizenship, in our land)-a high and sacred
duty is devolved with increased responsible
ty upon the Democratic party of this coun-
try, es the party of the Union, to uphold and
maintain the rights ofevery State, and there
by the Union Of the States; and to sustain
and advance among us constitutional liberty,
by continuing TO resist all mOnopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit of the
few, at the expense Of the many, and by
vigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises of the Constitu-
| tion, which are broad enough and strong
enough to embrace and uphold the Union as
it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as
it shall be, in the full expansion of the en-
ergies and capacity OF this great and progies-
sive people.
t. ReS0lOcd, That there are questions con-
nected with the foreign policy of this coun-
try, which are inferior 10 no domestic ques-
ton whatever. The time has come for the
people OF the United States to declare them
selves in favor of free seas and progressive
free trade throughout the world, and by
solemn manifestations, to place their moral
influence al the side Of their successful ex.
ample.
9. Re8Oled, That our geographical and
political position with reference 10 the other
States otthis continent, no less than the in
terest of our commerce and the development
of our growing power, requires that we shod
holl as sacred the principles involved in the
Monroe Doctrine; their bearing and import
admit Of no misconstruction; they should be
applied with .unbendine rigidity.
8. Rs8olucd. That the great highway
which nature, as we'll as the assent of the
States most Immediately interested in its
maintanance, has marked out for free
communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, constitutes one of the most
important achieve ments realized by the spir-
it ofinoaeIn times and,the uneonguerable en-
ergy of our people. That result should be
secured By timely and efficient exertion Of