Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-13

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D oeratie Co ksnsJ6n as Qkei.7 8, i The yinx
iSS0, believing that Demscraeis principl0 ~
unchsngeabis in their nature whom applied - the
THAT portion Of The Cipciunati plstform rsist-
ing TO the slavery question 10 the following:
Rssotssd, That ~ roitsrats, With Seaewsd soes-
~ Of purpose the well considered declarations Of
former Conventions spos ths sssssoaal Issue u
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
]. That Congress has no power, under the Cen
stitution to interfere with contrel the domestic
institutions Of the several states. and that such
States az the sols ana propR 3sdgss u every
thing appertsining TO their Own a9airs net pre-
hibitsd in the Conssitution that all efforts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, - take recipient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated TO lead = the
most alarming and dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have ~ inevitable tendency
danger tho stability and permanency Of the Union,
and ought not to be countsnanced BY any friend Of
our political institAtions.
:. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended TO embrace the whole subject Of
elavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
Dsmocsatic party Of tho Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide BY and adhere to
faithful execution Of the acts known - the Com
promise Measures settled BY the Congress Of 1850,
'the act for retaining futgtives from service or
labor" included which act being designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 60
changed Is to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist oil At
tempta at renewing, in Congress or out Of it the
agitation Of the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
>h;In hv md n Drin nl0a laid 0OWn n
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1913,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in l799 that il adopts those plinci-
pies constituting one Of the main foundations
Of its political Creed and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
And that wo may more dis tlnctly meet tho issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation North and South, to the Con-
stltution and the Union.
/. Resolved, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of al who regard the
prese, vation Of the Union under the Constitution
rs paramount issue, and repudiating oil section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla-
very which seek to mbroll the States. and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to Law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, If consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disun;on-the
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, cstab-
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska,
embodying the only sound and safe solution OF the
'.slaveFy question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this whcie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
: Nom Interference by Congress scitA Slavery in
STATE and 7srvitory,or IN the District Of Columbia.
:. That this was tho basis of the promises
Of 1850, confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventions-ratfed
by the whole people in the election of 1859, and
rightly applied to the organization of Territories
3. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ocratis principle 70 the organisation Of
Territories, and to the admission Of new States.
with without domestic slavery, IS they may
elect, the equal rights Of all the States will be
preserved intact-the original c0mpacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviOlate-and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unisn in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, IN
pc CO and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, With .
republican form Of government
Resolved, That wo recognise 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
justi6es it, to form Constitution, with or with.
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into tho
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
other States.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol-
lowing -esolutions
ResOlUed, That it is the duty Of the United
al its citizens, whether ct home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Res0lred, That one of the necessities of the age,
in military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and tho Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power Of tho govern
will insure the construction Of railroad to
the Pacific coast ct the earliest practicable perioa
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f..
vor of tho acquisition Of Cuba ON such terms -
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resxced, That the enactments Of State Legisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution Of the fug
give slave law are hostile nchsracter and subver-
sive 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution.
Resolved, That it is in accordance With the Gin
cinnat Platform, that during the existence Of tor
ritoral governments, the measure of restriction,
whatever it may be, imposed BY The federal con-
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Legsls-
ture the subject Of the domestic relations Is
tho Same has been 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