Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-08-04
THE DEMOCRATIC pLATFoRn.

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! Resolred, That we, the Democracy {
the Union in Convention assembled, d
hereby declare sur affirmation OF the rest
iu.ions unanimously adopted ard declare
as platform OF principlesby the Demo
cratic Convention at Cincinnati, in tn
year 1856, believing that Democ pria
ciples are interchangeable in their natur
applied 10 the same sdbjec, matters.
The portion Of C,ncintlati platform rea
ting to the slavery question is as follows
Resotced, That we reiterate, with re
newed energy Of purpose, the well consid
cred declarations OF former Convention
upon the sectional issue OF domestic s!a
very, and concerning the reserved rights 0
the Several States:
/. That Congress has no power, undc,
the Constitution, to interfere with or con
troll the domestic Institutions of the sever
al States, and that such States are the sol,
and proper judges OF everything apper-
tanning TO their own affairs not prohibited
by the Constitution; that oil efforts of tn.
Abolitionlsts or others, made To interfer,
with questions of slavery, or to take incl
pieot steps in violation thereto, are calcu
! lated to lead 10 the most alarming and
dangerous consequences; and that al
such efforts have an inevitable tendenr,
to diminish the happiness of the people
aud endanger the stability and permanen.
cy OF the Union, snd ought not 10 be conn
lenanced by any friend of Our poiitica
institutions.
z That the foregoing proposition covers
and was intended to embrace the whole
subject OF slavery agitation jnConeress
and therefore the Democratic parry of the
Union, standing on his national platform
will abide by and adhere TO 4 faithful exc
cuton OF the acts known 90 the Conprom
ls Measures, settled b. the Congress o,
1880, "the act for reclaiming fnritivrs
from sersice or labor, included; which
act being designed to carry out an express
provision Of the Constitution, canpo, with
fidelity thereto be repealed. or 81 changed
as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
). That the Denocracv party will resist
all attempts at renewing. in Congress or
out OF II the agitation OF the slavery ones
uon, under whatever shape or color the
attempt may be made
=. That the Democratic party will faith
iulIy abide by and uphold the princi Piles
laid down in the Ken,ueky and Virginia
resoiutlons OF 1898, and on the report OF
AE. Madison to4the Virginia Legislature
IN i199;. that j, adopts those prineipl ples as
constituting one of the main foundations
OF It's political creed, and is resolved to
carry them out in their obvious meaning
aud import.
And that we may more distinctly meet
the Issue ON winch a sectional parry. Suh.
sistLg exclusively on slavery agitation,
AQrih Am. taaSsnn san.L-+n.tLss ransiitnaif.n ~..'
: !. Resolred, TEa,, claiming the fellow.
ship with and desiring the Corporation Of
all who regard the preservation Of the
ynlon under the C1nsritrtlon as para
mount issGe, and repudiaring all seciioual
parties aud platforms, concerning dpme.tic
slavery. which seek to enbroil the States,
and TO incite to treason and armed res ist.
ance t. law 10 the Territories; and whose
avo~ed purpose, if eoBsumated. must end
80 civil war and di.usioa-ihe American
democracy recognize and adopt the rrin-
Gpies contained iaJhe organic la W.. es,ab
fishing The ferritGreSoi Kansas and Ne
braska, as enrsd5insathe only SQUAD and
.ale solution OF ~ "savery question "
upon which the great national IDEA OF the
people Of this whole county can repose in
its determined conservation OF the Upon
Non Iaterterenee by Coagress uith .sioetry
IN STATE and Territory, or IN tie District
Of Columbia.
z. That this was the basis of the COM
promises Of 1850 confirmed both by tie
Democratic and Whig parties, in National
Convenpons-ra,ified by the people in the
election. of 1852, and rightly appl d to
the organization Of the Territories in 1854
3. That by the uniform application Of
The Democratic principle TO The organ
DkatiSn Of Territories, and to til cad
mission of new~Staies, with or without do
nestle slavery, as they may elect, the
equal rights of all the States will be pr
served irtact-the original compacts OF
the Constitution maintained inyiolate-
and the perpetuity and expansion Of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity Of
embracing, in peace and harmoay, every
future American Stale that may be consti
tuted or annexed, with republican form
Of government
ReSotred, That we recognize the right
Of the people Of all the Terre'ories in
eluding Kansas and Nebraska, acting
through the legally and tairly-expressed
will of majority Of actual residents, and
whenever The number Of their inhabitants
justifes il, to form . Constitution with or
without slSsery, and be admitted into the
Union npox terms Of perfect equality with
the other Statsa.
(And the Charleston Convention passed
the following additional Resolutions I
Rcso'red, That it is the duty OF the Uni
ted States to afford ample aud complete
protection to all its citizeps, whether at
home or abroad, aud whether native or
foreign born
Reseired, That one Of the necessities OF
the age, in military, commercial and post.
al point Of view. is speedy com M nnnication
between the Atlantic and Pacific saies,
and the Democratic party pledge qich !.
stitntional power Of the governnrat IS
will insure the construction Of railroad
to the Pacific coast at the earliest pracli.
cable period
Resoised, That the Democratic par
are in favor Of the acquisition OF Cuba on
such terms as shall be honorable to our
selves and just to Spain.
Rtsoired, That the enactmen,s OF State
Legislatures to defeat the faithful execu,
tion of the fugitive slave Law are hostile in
character and subversiye to the Gonsiitu.
tion, and revolutionary Ia their eaccta.
To the foregoing tlia Baltimore Conyen.
tion added the following resolution
Resolved, That ii il ia accordance with
the Cincinnati Platform, that during III.
existence Of Territorial governments tn,
measure OF restriction, whatever it ma,
be, imposed by the federal constitution el
the power Of the Territorial Legi.hiur,