Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-29

The platform adopted by the Convention at
Charlcston was - follows
Resoioed. That We, the Democracy Of tho Union,
Ia Convention assembled, do hereby declare our
animation Of the resolutions unanimously sdopt-
oil and declared ~ a platform Of principles By the
Democratic Convention - u ncinnsti, in tho year
$780, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied 70 the
same -nbje matters.
That portion Of The Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing to the slavery question In the following
Hssotred That We retersto, with renewed eDer-
~ Of purpose, the we'll considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery and concerning the reserved
rights Of the States:
|. That Congress has power, under the Con-
stitution to interfere with or control the domest
institutions Of tho several states. and that such
States are tho sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertainng To their own affairs not pro-
hibtei in the Constitution that all efforts Of the
AboitIonists or others, made TO interfere with
questions Of slavery or TO take Incl pcnt steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness of the people, and
danger the stability and permanency Of tho Union,
and ought not to be countenanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
| 2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intendes to embrace the whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress and therefore the
Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere TO
faithful execution OF the acts known as tho Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress Of 1850,
| the act for retaining tutigitives from service
! labor, included which act be ing designed to car
ry out an express provision Of the Constitution,
| cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or so
| changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all at
| tempts at renewing, in Congress out Of it the
| agitation OF the slavery question. under what
| shane u color the IN he mi
4. That the Democratic party 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 1893 that IL adopts those pIinci
Piles as constituting one of the main foundati MS
OF its political creed, ana is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and Import.
And that we may moro distinctly meet the issue
on which sect onal party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation North ana South, to the Con-
stltuiion ard the Union.
|. Resotrtd, That claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
preselyato Of the Union under the Constitution
as paramount issue, and repudiating 2l section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sa-
very, which seek t. embroll the States and to in
cite treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories /; and whose avowed purpose, if consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disunon-:he
| American Democracy recognize and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
HsulnR Tie VI AdnsAs anu NEBRASKA, as
embodying the only sound and safe solution of the
"slavery question" upon which tho great na tional
| idea Of the people of this Whole country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
| -Aon Interference by Congress- ,oith Sarery IN
State and 1erritory,or IN the Di4rict of Columbia
| 2. That this was the basis of the compromises
| of 1850, confirmed botn by the Democratic aud
Wing parties in National Conventions-rati6ed
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization Of Territories
| in Sl54.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
! 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 nvolate-and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unisn in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, 10
| pc ce and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form Of government.
| Resoired, That We recognize the right of the
people Of all the Territories, including Kansas and
| Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly.
| expressed will of majority of actual residents
and whenever the number Of their inhabitants
| justifes 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.
| And the Chare ston Convention passed the fol
| lowing resolutions =
Resoleed, That it is the duty of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection t.
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
| whether native or foreign born.
| Resolved, That Of the 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 cons tructon Of railroad to
the Pacific coast At the earliest prac Bile perioa
| Resolved, That the Democratic party are in ia.
! vor of the acquisition of Cuba on such terms as
| shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
| Resotced, That the enactments of State Legisla
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law hostile in Oh aracter and subver.
sive to the Constitution, and revolutionary in
| their effects.
| To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
| ded the following resolution
Resofced, That it is in accordance with the Gin.
cinnat Platform, that during the existence of ter.
| ritora governments, the measure Of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con-
stitution the power Of the Territorial Lcglsla
ture the subject of the domestic relations q,
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.