The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-05-30

next Saturday; and If we had time to go W
would be there:--ED SENTINEL.
A CALL.
To the National DemOC ats of StnrI
County, Ohio.
The Charleston Convention has proved fail
ure. We al understand the causes oil the fail
ure The time-honored and conservative max
I'm Of the National Democracy, "PRrNcIpLEs
ASD NOT MEN," was ignored, or, for the tim
being, smothered, by .factlonists and impracti.
cable opposers of the present National Admin
istration, and the true and fundamental princi
Piles of the National Democracy.
In the language of the veteran Bayard, W,
have reason to believe, that, unfortunately
there were, in that Convention, too many "gam
bling politicians and place hunters" We be
lieve that our National Democracy ofthe Nortl
as to its numbers and its doctrines, was misrep
resented at Charleston. We believe and hold
that nothing can, or will, restore the Democra
cy to harmonious and united action, but promp
and thorough abandonment Of all strife fol
men in the selection Of Candidates, and instead
thereof the assertion and advocacy of doctrines
embraced in platform, the language Of which
can admit Of no conflicting constructions Our
Federal Constitution was made for no East no
! West, no North, no South, but for the whole
Union. 1t is no sectional instrument. Our
government must be administered under il, in
every place alike. No poll ical party can be
National unless its doctrines be the same in ev-
cry degree Of latitude and longitude through
out the Union. To perpctuate such Consti.
tuition, and secure for ourselves and posterity
the numberless blessings which it does, can
and will continue to afford, we believe it to be
the solemn duty of every National Democrat
of every patriotic citizen-of every lover o + free
government. secured by constitutional law, ITO
! frown down." and put down, all sectional agi.
tation, all sectional religious and political com.
binations or organizations, and most especially
all "unfriendly legislation" for any purpose to.
wards the people of any one part of the Union
by those of another.
"The truth is always expedient."-''it is
mighty and must prevail" We believe it is
the mission Of the National Democratic party
to maintain our beloved Constitutional Union,
against all pposition-against all and every
factionism and sectionalism, come in whatever
shape it may, And this we believe can most
easily, if not alone, be done by the avowal and
advocacy of doctrines the same, equally just,
and eqnaly applicable, under the Constitution,
in every portion Of our common country.
We believe, and hold, and will sustain and
endeavor by all honorable and fair means, to
bring into practical governmental operation the
doctrines proclaimed in the Platform reported
by the majority Of the Committee on Platform
in the Charleston Convention That Platform,
we assert, contains, upon the subjects treated of
the real sentiments and doctrines of the Ma.
t:onal Democracy throughout the entire Union
Especially do we hold:
1st. That Government organized by act of
Congress for territory, is provisional and tenn
porary, and that all citizens ofthe United States
have an equal right to settle in the Territories
thereof, with their property, OF every descrip-
tion, and that neither Congress, nor the Terri
:orlal Legislature can impair or destroy such
right; and also, that it is the duty of the Fed.
eral Government, in all its departments, to pro-
tect the rights ofperson or property in the Ter
ritories, and wherever else the Constitutional
authority extends.
End. And we do further hold, that the Peo-
pie Of Ohio, united as they are, under one com
mon Constitution, and enjoying the blessings of
the unity of one common government, with the
people of the other States in the Unioh, upon
every principle of comfy and good fellowship,
should cease their aggressions upon the people
and Institutions Of the Southern States. That
all hostile and unconstitutional laws against the
people of the South, appearing upon the Stat
ute Books of Ohio, should be, at once, repealed;
thus assuring our Southern fellow. citizens that
we are their friends, not their enemies.
The undersigned believe that crisis of the
greatest importance has arisen in the political
affairs of our country, and that it is now the
imperious duty of every citizen, freely and
frankly to make knewn his views and opinions,
as to the disturbing questions now agitating the
public mind. And the undersigned claiming
not only in name, but in theory and practice,
to be National Democrats, beg leave TO call on
every National Democrat of this county (but
none others who is ready to stand by and de-
fend the doctrines we have herein briefly stated,
to meet with US, in Mass Convention, to be held
at the City Of Canton, g @ als.am
On Saturd ay, June end, 1850,
At 2 O'Clock, P. NJ, in order that in conference
and friendly intercourse with each other, we
may elaborate and proclaim our intentions and
doctrines, in such manner as to obtain for them,
il possible, the approval and adoption Of evsry
patriotic citizen Of the country. eternal Wig.
ilance is the price of liberty" vigilant, con-
slant and honest attention to public affairs by
the People, can alone perpetuate free govern
ment, controlled by Constitution and Laws
'+ NATIONAL DEMOCRATS COME!
LET Us CONFER ToGETHER!! f
CANTON, May 18th, 1860.
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0EyThe Republicans are loud in their COM
nIo;nts AGAINST the ruffians who hroka nm Tho