M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-09


?. That the foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended TO embrace, the whole sub
jet Of slavery agitaton in COngress; and
therefore, the Democratic party Of the Un
ion standing on this national platform, will
abide by aud adhere to faithful execution
of the acts known as the Compromise meas
ures, settled.by the Congress of 1850; "the
act for reclaming fugilives from service or
labor" included which act being designed
to carry out an express provision OF the Con-
st,utiOn, cannot, with fidelity thereto, be
repealed, or so changed as to destroy or i'm
pair its efficiency,
3. That the Democratic porty will resist
all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out
of l., the Ogitatlon OF the slavery question
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made.
4. Thar the Democratic party will faith
fully abide by and uphold, the principles laid
down in the Kentucky and Virginia resou-
tons Of 1898, and in the report OF Mr. Mad-
son TO the Virginia Legislature, in 1883. that
it adopts those principles as constituting one
Of the main foundations of its political creed,
and is resolved to carry them outin their o5
yous meaning and import
Aud that we may more distinctly meet
the i-sue on which a sectional prfy subsist
ing exclusively on slavery agitation, Now re-
lies to test the Fidelity of the people, north
and south, 10 theConstiIutioasld the I'M
iOn-
!. Resolved, That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring the co-opeation Of all
who regard the',ppseryation of the Union
under the Constitution as the paEamount is
sue-ahd repudiatingHll sectional rartiesand
platforms acknowledgements slavery, which
seek to embroi, the States and incite 10 trea-
son and armed resistance 20 law in the Ter
ritories; aud whose avowed purposes, it con.
summated, must end in civil war and dlsun-
ion. The American Democracy recognize
and adopt tile principles contained in the or.
ganic laws establishing the Territories OF
Kunsus and Nebaskabs embodyNg the on
ly sound and saleasoiution Of tn slavery
question: upon which the great na,onal
idea of the people Of this whole counry can
xpOse in its determined conservatism of the
Uhion-:EoN INTERFERENcE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND Territory
Or IL TUE DIsTRcT OF COLUMBIA.
2. I hat this was the basis Of tie Compromi-
scs of 1850 confirmed BY both the Demo.
cratic aud Wing parties in national Conyen'
tions-ratfed by the Peopiein in the election
OF l6j2-and rightly applied to the organiza
ton Of Territories in 1884.
3. That by the Uniform application Of thi;
Democratic principle to the organization o
territories and 70 the admission oil new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they
may eect-lhe equal rights of all the States
win be preserved intact-the original com.
paCts Of the Constitutions s,nYaata aiIed inyio'
Iate-0nd tie PerpetNil ga Expansion oI
this Union insured TO- j epacity o.
embracing, in peace a. II nv every fu,
lure American State tISttpiag lteConsitut.
ed OF annexed, with a fepesiiCan form o.
government.
Rssolccd, That we recognize the right OF
The people of all the Territories, including
KauSds and Nebraska, acting through tx
legally and fairly expressed will Of a major.
ity oil actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitants justifes it; tc
form Constitution. with or rwithout domcs
NC slavery uEu w uuIIlttN INV NV CHl'l
rpor terms Of perfect equality with the 9th
er States.
Rcs0lred, finally, That in. view of thc
condition of popular institutions in the Old
World Cand the dangerous tendencies o! sec,
tional agitation, combined with the attempt
to enforce civil aud religious disabilities
against the rights of acquiring aud enjoying
citizenship, in our lGndl-a high and sacred
duty Is deyo,ved with increased responsiJi,i-
ty upon the Democratic party of this coun-
try as the party of the Union, TO uphold and
maintain the ghts ofevery State, and there
by the Unien OF the States; and. . TO- sustain
and advance among us constitutional liberty,
By continuing to resist all m0nopolies and
exclusr<G legislation for the benefit OF the
few, at the expense OF the many, and by a
vigiant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromisSs of the Constitu
lion, witch are broad eNgh and aroGE
enough to embrace aud uphold the Union p
it was, the Union as it is and thsGlon 4
it shall be, in the full expansion SOI the en-
ergiss and capacity Of ths great and proS'es
siySleople.
<LRs'rci, That therS a;e questions cen
nasted with the foreign policy of ulis coun
try (Which are inferior tono domestic ques
tion whatever, The time has come for tn
people Of ths, &ited Etr}es to declare them
selves in favor Office ieds aud pfogreisv
free. trade &rgUghout'Re world, and, b.
solemn manifestations, to place their mora
influence al the side of their successful ex
ample.
2. Rcsolvsd, That ou, geographical an
political position with reference to the othe
States otths continent, no less than the ii
teres, of our commerce and the development
Of our growing power, requires thatw sho'
hold as sacred the principles involved in tn
Monroe Doctrine: their bearing and impot
ad nit Of no misconeructon; they SHOULD !
applied with unbendins rigidity.
3. Rs8oLUcd That the. great highwa
which nature, as we'll as the assent of til
States most Immediately interested in il
maintdinance. has marked out for frt
. communication between the Atlantic All
Pacific oceans, constitutes one of the mo.
: Important achieve tments realized by the sp
itSoi modern times and the unconquerable er
. ergy of our people. That result should
S secured By timely and efficient exertIon
= the control Ghich we have the right
claim over it, aAd no power or earth 8ou
= be suffeed to impede or clog IFS prSgEss
7 any interference with the relations a me-
suit our policy to establish between our go
eminent and The Governments Of the Stat
5 wilin whose donations it lies. We Ca
under no circumstance, surrender our pr
ponderance in the adjustment OF question
arising out of it.