Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-19
The De~ocratic Platform.

The Democratic Platform.
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"a and declared platjbru Of psteci Pses BY the
Democratic Convention % Cincinnati, in the year
1855, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
That portion Of the Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing TO the slavery question 10 the following
RssoLced, That ~ reitssats, with renewed eper.
gy Of purpose, the we'll considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery. and conserving the reserved
right. Of the States:
!. That Congress has no powor, under the Con-
stitution - interfere with eenlgel The domestic
institutions Of the several states. and that such
states ars the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining to their own affairs not pro-
hibited 10 the Consultation that al efforts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made " interfere with
questions Of slavery, 70 take incipient steps in
violation thereto, are calculatod 10 lead - the
most alarming and dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have ~ inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people. and en-
danger tho stability and psrmansncy Of the Union,
and ought not to be c0untensnced BY any friend Of
our political Institutions.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended to embrace the whole subject Of
e'~'ciy e6t0tIou III NOu&IeSS3 SOu tuctcIOI0 tu0
Democratic party Of the Union, standing ON this
national platform, viii abide by and adhere TO
faithful execution OF the acts known Is the Com
promise Measures settled BY the Congress Of 1850,
the act for retaining futigtives from service
labor, included; which act being designed to
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 60
| changed IS to destroy or impair its efficiency.
5. That the Democratic party will resist all At
tempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic pnrty 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 1899; that il adopts those pIinci
pies as constituting one Of the main foundations
OF its political creed, and 10 resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and inport
And thatwe may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North anu Sc uth, to the Con-
stltution and the Union.
!. Resoloed, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of oil who regard the
presel walton of the Union under the Constitution
rs paramount issue, and repudiatiug al 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, if consum-
mlted, must end in civil war and disun;on-ihs
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ, res of Kansas and Nebraska rs
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this whcle country can re-
pose in its determined conservation oi the Union
: Non Interference by Congress wih Slavery in
State and Territory in the Uistrct of Columbia
2. hat this was the basis of the compromises
Of $50, confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventons-rati6ed
BY the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization of Territories
| in 6l54.
8. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
| ocratie 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 tho per-
petuity and expansion of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, in
pc CO and harmony, every future American
state that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form of government.
Resolved, That we recognise tho right Of the
people OF all the Territories including Kansas and
| Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly.
expressed will Of q majority Of actual residents,
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
justfes it, to form Constitution, with or with.
| out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
| Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
| other states.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol-
| lowing esolutions
Resolved, That it is the duty Of the United
States to sfford ample and complete protection to
| all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolved That ono of tho necessities Of the age,
| in military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power Of the govern
ment will insure the construction of a railroad to
the Pacific coast At the earliest practicable perioa
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f..
vor of the acquisition of Cuba on such terms as
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
Resolved, That the enactments OF State Legisla-
lures defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi-
give slave law hostile in character and subver-
.ive 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution.
Resolued, That it is in accordance with the Gin.
cinnati Platform that during the existence Of ter
rtorial governments, the measure of restriction
| whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con-
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
,ure over 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.