M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-01

our political institutions.
Z. That the foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended TO embrace, the whole sub
Iect OF slavery agitation in Congress-; and
therefore, the Democratic party Of the Un-
ion, standing on this national platform, will
abide by and adhere to faithful execution
of The acts known as the Compromise meas
ures, settled by the Congress of 1850; "the
act Tor retaining iugiuves from service Or
labor,' included; which act being designed
to carry out an express provision of the Con-
stitution, cannot, with fidelity thereto, be
repealed, or so changed as to destroy or inn
pair its efficiency
8. That the Democratic party will resist
all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out
Iol 4, the agitation 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 resolu-
tions of 1893, and in The report Of Mr. Mad-
son 10 the Virginia Legislature, in 1899. that
1t adopts those principles us constituting one
OF the main foundations of its political creed,
and is resolved to carry them out in their OBJ
vious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet
the issue on which sectional party, subsst.
ing exclusively on slavery agitation, now re-
lies to test the fidelity of the people, north
and south, 10 The Constitution and the I'm.
ion
|. Resolredr That claiming fellowship
with, and desiring the cooperation Of all
who regard the preservation of the Union
under the Constitution as the paramount is.
sue-and regulating all sectional parties and
platforms concerning domestic slavery which
seek to embroi! the States and inc;te to trea-
son and armed resistance to law in the Ter
rltories; aud whose avowed purposes, if con.
summated, must end in civil war and dsun-
ion. The American Democracy recognize
and adopt tie principles contained in the or.
ganic laws establishing the Territories OF
Kansas Bnd Nebraska as embodyng the on.
| y sound aud safe solution of the "savery
question: upon which the great national
idea of The people Of this whole country can
repose in its determined conservatism of the
Union--NoY lNTERFLRENcE BY CONGRESS-
WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TERRITORY,
OR IN THE DIsTRicT OF COLUMBIA.
@, That this was The basis ofthe Compromi-
ses of 1850 confirmed BY both the Demo-
cratic and Wing parties in national Conven.
tions-ratife1 by the people in the election
Of le52-and rightly applied to the organiza.
tion OF Territories in 1851.
3. That by the uniform application Of this
Democratic principle to the organization of
al 90 ha r..
with or without domestic slavery, as they
may elect-the equal rights of all the States /
will be preserved intact-the original COM
pacts of the Constitution maintained inyio. /
late-und the perpetuity and expansion of
this Union insured 10 its utmost capacity of |
embracing, in peace and harmony, every fu-
ture American State that may be constitut-
ed OF annexed, with a republican form Of
government.
Resolved. That we recognize the right of
The people of all the Territories, including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through tie
legallyand fairly expressed will of major.
ity OF actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitants iustifies it; to
form a Constitution, with or without domes.
lie slavery, ard be admitted into the Union
pom terms Of perfect equality with the 9th.
n States.
Pfsolred, finally, That in view of the
condition Of porular institutions in the Old
World (and the dangerous tendencies o! sec.
ional agitation, combined with the attempt
o enforce civil and religious disabilities
against the rights of acquiring and enjoying ,
in our land)- high and sacred
luty is devo'ved with increased responsible
" upon the Democratic party of this cOun-
Try as the party of the Union to uphold and ,
maintain the rights Ofevery State, and there
Iy the Union Of the States; and TO sustain
md advance among us constitutional liberty,
~ continuing to resist all mOnopolies and
Exclusive legislation for the benefit Of the
ew, at the expense Of the many, and by a
'igiIant and conItant adherence to those ,
principles and compromises Of the Constitu-
ion, which are broad enough and stroEg Z
enough 10 embrace and uphold the Union as |
t was, the Union as it is, and the Union as
t shall be, in the full expansion of the en-
rges and capacity oi this great and progres- .
i've people, =.
|. ReSolDsd, That there are questions con- |
lected with the foreign policy of this coun- s
ry, which are inferior 10 no domestic ques-
ion whatever. The time has come for the
,eople of the United States to declare them
elves in favor Of free seas and progressive >
rec trade throughout the world and, by
oemn manifestations, 10 place their moral I
influence al the side Of their successful ex. l.
Imple.
Q. RcSolred, That our geographical and
political position with reference to the other
States OF this continent, no less than the in.
erest of our commerce and the development
If our growing power, requires that we sho'l
IolI as sacred the principles Involved in the
IOnroe Doctrine: their bearing and import
d Init Of no misConstruction; they should be
pplied with unbendins rigidity.
g. ReSol0ed. That the great highway
which nature, as we'll as the assent of the
tates most Immediately interested in its
has marked out for a free r
between the Atlantic and
'acific oceans, constitutes one Of the most L
important achievements realized by the spir- o
I Of modern times and the unconquera6le en- n
rgy Of our people. That result should be r
ecufed By timely and efficient exerton Of !
he control which we have the right TO =.
lain erit, and no power on earth should |
,e suffered to impede or clog lis progress BY c
my interference with the relations it may |
uit our policy to establish between our gov ,
,rnment and the Governments OF the States
within whose dominions il lies. We can