Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-20

~-z "a ooma1ee1ae la&sefl Aswy--s-z
The platform adopted By the Ceaventiea q
was - follows.
Ks.stsed. That - the npeersy q ~ Unios,
u COventid sssonpbledy 10 hreey dlares our
.di oo, q e. .sssl a;sns aa.sless s ssSs
llemserstic Dnvss ioaW Gins hnasi, r. shsJear
1853, AelisSIng t1At nemsnra(1o priae!ples afe
unchsngcsble in their nature when applied TO the
same subject matters.
lThs. portion Of he Cincinnati platform rslAt-
Ing 70 the slavery question 10 the following:
KssoI.sa, Thst ss ssitsrats, Nth renewed spsr-
~ o. purpose. the we'll coasidessd declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
right. Of the States:
stitstion TO inaerfcys WitA 81 eoossl Tho dusstic
institutions Of the several otstes. and that such
Mates are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining TO their own aGairs not ps0-
hibited 10 the C0nssitstion that al aorts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, TO take incipicnt steps in
violation thereto, ere calculated 70 lead - the
NEST alarmiag and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people. and en-
danger the stability and psrmanency Of the Union,
and ought not to be countenanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
3 That tho foregoing proposition covers and
was intended 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 o: the acts known Is tho Com
promise Measures, settled BY the Congress Of 1885,
1.-THE act for retaining futigtives from service
labor" included; which act bong designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto DO repealed, or so
changed IS to destroy or impair its efficiency.
5. That the Democratic party will resist all At
n in ant IF hA
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may b made.
4. That tho 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 1899; that il adopts those pinci
pies as constituting ono Of the main foundations
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 sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation North ana South. to the Con-
stltution and tho Union.
l. Resolced, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
presel walton OF the Union under tho Constitution
asa paramount issue, and repudiating al section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla
very, Will seek - embrel the States. and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance TO Law in Ter
ritories; and whose avowod purpose, if consum-
mtted, must end in civil war and disun;on-lhe
American Democracy recognize and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ. res Of Kansas and Nebraska ~
embodying the only sound and safe solution cf the
slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Ut the people Of this whrle country can re-
pose in its determined conservation of the Union
: Aon- Interference by Congress .oih Slavery in
State and 7erritory,or IN the District Of Columbia.
2. hat thi. was the basis of the compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both BY the Democratic and
Wig parties, in National CONFERENCE.-The
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization of Territories
in 1854.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ecratie principle to the organisation Of
Territories, and to tho admission Of new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
elect, the equal rights of all the States will be
preserved intact tho original compacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unien in
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, in
pc ce and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form Of government
Resolved, 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 q ma jority Of actual residents,
and whenever tho number Of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution. with or with.
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
- I'OsA ~Poo s0AAAAs Va POAsCSs 04O0Aty WIN soo
other !states.
And the Charleston Convention passed the fol-
lowing esOlutiOns
Resolred, That it is the duly Of tho United
States to ford ample and ,mplete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
ResotUed That one of the necessities Of the age
in . military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy commun' cation between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If tho govern
ment will insure the cons truction Of railroad to
the Pacific coast At the earliest practicable peroA
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f..
vor of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms ~
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolred, That the enactments OF State l.egisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi-
give slave law hostile in character and subver-
sive TO 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
cnnati Platform, that during the existence Of ter
ritorial governments, the measure Of restriction,
whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con-
sttution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
lure tho subject of the domestic relations as
the 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.