Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-17


The p,a,f,,m aaop,ed by the Convention at I
Charleston was as follows. ~
Resoired, That we, the Dernocracy0 OF the Union,
ia Convention assembled, do hereby decisra
Affirmation of the resolutions unensmousy adoi
ed and declar ed q pla form Of pies ov c
Democratic Convention q, Cinci nnati IN the year
1850, believing that Democratic pfincipies "'o
Interchangeable in their nature when appliea " 'n'
same subject matters. -
That portion Of the Cincinnati platform reia'-
ing 10 the slavery question is the following >
ResoireI, That we reiterate, with renewed eper
~ II purpose, the weil-consdered declarations "
former Conventions upon the sectional issue %
domestic slave y, and concerning tue restfeu
ri at. OF the States:
That Congress has no power, under the Con-
stitution to interfere with control the domestic
institutions Of the several states. ana that suen
States are the sole and proper judges OF every
thing appertaining to their own affairs not pro
hbtei IN the Cons titutlon that all Efforts o the
AbDlitlonists Or others, made to interfere with
questions If slavery to take incipieai steps ID
4 violation thereto, calculated to leai 10 the
/ most alarming and dangerous consequences ana
that Ill such efforts have az inevitable tchdehcy
! 10 diminish the happiness OF the people, ana en-
Hanger the stability and pernanency Of the mon,
and gu ght TO be countcnanced BY any iilehu oi
! our political installations.
. That the foregoing proposition covers ana
wa intcnler 70 embrace the whole SUBJECT -
slavery agitation in Congress: aud therefore the
Democratic party Of the Union, STANDING on TINS
national platform, will abide by and adhere to a
faithful execution .: the acts known as he Com
promise Measures settled by the Congress u aaO,
the act for retaining futgtives from service Or
labor" included which act be NJ. designed 10 car
ry out an express provision OF the Constitution,
cannot with hdelity thereto be repealed, Or so
changed to destroy or impair It's einciency
3. lhtt the Democratic party will resist all at
Tempt at lng, IN congress or out o. II the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may be made
4. That the Democratic party Will faithfully
abide by aud uphold the principles land down IN
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF i.5o
| and on the report us Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
legislature III 1893 that il adopts those pincl
Piles as constituting Of the main ioundatltn'
81 It's political creed AM is resolved to carry them
out IN their obvious meaning and rapport.
And thatwe may moro distinctly meet the issu'
On which y sectional party, subslsing exclusively
On slavery agitation. North ana South, to the on
stitution and the Union.
l. Resoirs4, That, cla,mi ng fellowship with ant
desiring the cooperation Of al who regari TN
preservation Of The Union under the Constitutoi
asa paramount ISSUE and regulating all sectloh
al parties and platforms concerning domestic STA
very which seek - embroll the States, ana to IN
cite to treason and armed resistance TO law IL Ter
ritores and whose ayowed purpose, II consuih
, ntted must end in civil and disun.ou- tn
American Democracy recognize ana ad3ps N
PRINCIPLES contained in the organic laws, estab
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebras ka a
, cnbodving the only sound and safe solution 81 IN
slavery question" upon which the grea' nahoiia
idea Of the people OF this wh' ie country can re
[ pose in its determined conservation OF the ohlo
= ion- Interference By Congress ,cHh Sdrery !
st.ite and Trritorq, or IN the DiSrtct Of cokambtG
4 9 That this was the basis OF the csmpronise
Of 1850 confirmed both by the Democratic an
Wing parties in Natona! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
by the whole people in the election Of 1857, an
/. rightly applied TO the organization OF TERRITORY
n in l5i.
: 3. That by the uniform application of the Den
u ocratie principle to the organization
t Terrtor AM to the admission Of new state
with or without domestic slavery, as they ma
elect, the equal rights Of all the States Will
J. preserved intact the original compacts % u
ls Constitution maintained inviolate-and the pc
, petulty and expansion OF this Union y
sured to its utmost capacity OF embracing,
l. peice and harmony, every future Amerct
= State tn It may be constituted or annexed, with
republican form Of government.
IL R.sofred That recognize the right OF u
e people Of all the Territories. including Kansas Al
ns Nebras ka, acting through the legally ana lairi
= xpressel will Of maj ority Of actual reslden
y, and whenever the number of their inhabitan
10 iustifes it, to form Constitution, with or wit
= out domestic slavery, and be admitted INTO =
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with 7
"a other states
"a And the Charleston Convention passed the Il
lowing -esolutons
s. Pes0lr4d That it is the duty VI the Unit
it. States to afford ample and complete protection
i All its citizens. whether at home or abroad, al
whether native or foreign born
ne Resoluel, nat OF the necessities OF the az
m in a military commercial and postal point Of We
is speedy communi cation between the Atian
.. and Pacific States and the Democratic par
OF pledge such constitutional power OF the Cover
,s ment as will insure the construction oil rairoad
the Pacific coast at the earliest practicable perlt
III Resolred That the Democratic party are IN
ld yor Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms
-, shall be honorable to ourselves and just u spa
- Resolred That the enactments OF State Legs
~ lures to defeat the faithful execution OF the fu
IT,. give slave law are hostile ncharacter and suby
:. sive To the Constitution, and revolutionary
> their effects
IN To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention I
n dcd the taliOwin. resolution
Re.oired, That it is in accordance with the
ae cinnati Platform, that during the existence =
% ritorial governments, the measure OF reStrIc"
"a whatever il may be, imposed by the federal c.
% stitution on the power Of the Territorial legls
lure over the subject Of the domestic relations
lie the same has been or shall hereafter be hnay
!. termined by the supreme Court OF the I'm
W States, should be respected by all good ciuze
IS and enforced with promptness and hdeii'y
,a- every branch Of the general government