Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-25

= Tho Demeesalke RAa16ssm.
CT, ans platform adopted BY the Convention At
Chsrieston was ~ follows:
nes0teed, That wA the Democracy OF tn Union,
IA coasentton assembled, do hGIeby declare eur
mfmeeon = the RESOLUTIONS uuanmoasly adopt
~ T ana eececed = pa,forn Of prinotPler BY the
Demoesatic Convention q Cinci Goati, II the year
1850, believing thas Dsnscratis principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
That portion Of The Cincinnati platform reiAt-
ing 70 the slavery question is the following
Hssotced, That We reiterste, with renewed cper
81 OF purpose, the we'll consid cred declarations of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery, and concerning the reserved
rights of the States:
stiution to interfere with control the dom este
institutions Of the several states. and that such
States the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining to their own affairs not pro-
hibitcd in the Constitution that ali efforts Of the
Abolitionisu or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, to take incpient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead 70 the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness of the people, and on
LANCER the stability and permanency Of the Unisn,
and ought not to be countenanced by 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
Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere to .
faithful execution o: the acts known IS the Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress Of 1850,
"the act for retaining futgtives from service or
labor" included which act being designed to car
ry out an express provision of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or SO
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all At
Yatp nf . 3 h.
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That tho 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 it adopts those pIinci
plies as constituting one OF the main foundations
Of its 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 q sectional party, subsistng exclusively
slavery agitation, North anu South, to the Con-
stltuton and the Union.
l. Resolced, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation OF Oil who regard the
preservation of the Union under the Constitution
as q paramount issue, and repudiating oil section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla-
very which seek t. embrol the States, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, if consum
mated, must end in civil war and disun:on-ths
American Democracy recognize and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing he Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, as
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
slavery question" upon which tho great national
idea Of the people of this Whole country
pose in its determined conservation III tho Union
Non Interference by Congress 10Th Sdrery in
State and 7erritory,or in the Di4rict Of Columbia.
2. That this was the basis of the compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National CenventIons-ratihed
by the whole people in the election Of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization Of Territories
in Sl54.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ocrate 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 compacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petulty and expansion Of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, in
peace and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
republican form Of government.
Resoloed, That We recognize the right Of the
people of all the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will Of ma jority of actual residents,
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form a Constitution, with or with.
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
And the Oh areston Convention passed the fol-
lowing -esolutions
Resolged, 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.
Resolved, That one Of the necessities Of the age,
in a military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States and the Democratic party
ti~dse saul. UuIistitutionaI P""ol 49,.
en will insure tn cons ruction of railroad to
the Pacific coast at the earliest prac period.
Resoircd, That the Democratic party are in ia
Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms as
sh all be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
Reso{red, That the enactments OF State Legisla-
lures defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave law hostile in character and subver-
sive 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 thu Gin
cinnat Platform, that during the existence Of ter
ritora governments, the measure Of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by the federal con-
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
ture the subject Of the domestic relations as
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 citizens,
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.