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Inc American Democracy recognize and adopt
e Ihe principle contained in the organic laws estab-
nsIing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska as
empouylng the only sound and safe solution to the
slavery question" upon which the great national
uea OF the people of this country can repose in its
Heaerllned e conservatism of the Union-Non-inter-
e.enoe py congress with slavery in State and Ter
rltory, or In the District of ColHmbia
"a That this the basis of tbo Coronroro;o
9r OF, looo-conhrmed by both the Democratic and
W mhlg parties IN National Convention-ratified by
the people IN the election of lS52-and rirbtI1 on
piled to the organization of Territories in ieSI
D. Ihat oy the uniform application of this Demo-
cratic principle to the organization of Tarr;toriao
and to the admission of new States, with or with
out domestic slavery, as they may elect-the ennal
rights Of all the States will be preserved intact
the original compacts of the Constitution main
tanned inviOlate-and the perpetuity and expan-
sion OF the Union insured to its utmost capacity of
embracing, in peace and harmony, every future
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
republican form of government
hesotced, That we recognize the right of the
people OF all the Territories including Kansas and
a, mepraska' acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will of majority of actual residents
and whenever the number of their inhahitantS
Justies it, to form Constitution with or r;tbnnt
domestic slavery, and be admitted info tho ITnion
States. A
Resolved, finally, That in view of the condition
OF popular institutions in the Old World and the
dangerous tendencies of sectional agitation com
glous disabilities against the right of acquiring
and enjoying citizenship in our own land-a high
and sacred duty is devolved with increased resp0n
slbllty upon the Democratic party of this country
as the party OF the uiOn, to uphold and maintain
the rights of every State in the Union of the
States; and to sustain and advance among us Con-
stiutional liberty, by continuing to resist all mo-
nop0les and exclusive legislation for the benefit of
the few, at the expense of the many, and by Wig
liant and constant adherance to those principles
and Compromises of the Constitution, which are
broad enough and strong enough to embrace and
uphold the Union it was, the Union as il shall
be- IN the full expansion of the energies ana ca
paclty of the great and progressive people
l.; Hesolced, That there are questions connected
with the foreign policy of this country which are
inferior to no domestic question whatever The
time has come for the people of the United States
10 declare themselves in favor of free seas and pro
gresslve free trade throughout the world, and bv
solemn manifestations to place their moral infu-
ence at the side OF their successful example
,. Resoired, That our geographical and political
position with reference to the other States of this
Continent, no less than the interest of our com
ihefce ana the development of our growing power,
requires that we should hold as sacred the prnci-
pies involved in the Monroe doctrine Their bear
ing ana import admit of no mscOnstruction: they
should be applied with unbending rigidity.
D. hesotred, That the great highway which ma
ture, as well as the assent of those most Immediate
~ interested in the maintenance has marked ont
for free communication between the Atlantic and
the Paclilc oceans and constitutes ore of the most
modern times and the unconquerable energy of our
people. That result should be secured bv a timely
and efficient eXerton of the control which we have
the right to proclaim over it, and no power on
earth should be suffered to impede or clog its pro-
gress by any interference with the relations it NAV
suit our policy to establish between our Govern
ment and the States within whose dominion it lies
we can, under no circumstances, surrender our
preponderance in the adjustment of all questions
arising out of it,
4. Resolced That in view of so commanding an
interest, the people Of the United States cannot but
sympathize with the efforts which are being made
by the people of Central America to regenerate
that portion of the Continent which covers the
passage across the Isthmus
.. ResoiUed, That the Democratic party will ex-
pect of the next Administration that every proper
effort Will be made to insure ascendancv in the
Gulf of Mexico, and to maintain a permanent pro-
lection to the great outlets through which are
emptied into its waters the products raised out of
the soil and the commodities created by the indus
try OF the people Of our Western valleys, and of
the Union at large.