Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-24
The Democratic Platform.

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The platform adopted BY the Convention 1t
Charleston Vas ~ follows:
ia Convention assembled, DO hersby declare or
afirmstion Of the resolations unaninously adopt
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80, bell pinoaehat Democratic |nci1bs are
h.ng:es.e the! sna'are Wien bplisa to the
se0e subJOct mqSter4
THAT porti.oef HE CinciS nati plnAform~ v.l Al.
ing to the slavery question is the following
Rss0tced, That We reiterste, with renewed eper.
81 Of purpose, the veil considered declarations Of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue of
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
rights Of the States:
l. That Congress has no power, under the Con-
stitution to interfere with conssl the domestic
institutions Of the several States. and that such
states ars tho solo and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining TO their own affairs not pro-
hibited in the Constitution that all efforts of the
Abolitionists o. others, made 10 intssters with
questions Of slavery, or TO take incpient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such Efforts have N inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people, and
danger the stability and permsnency Of the Union,
and ought not to be countenanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended to embrace the whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress and therefore the
bcmOCIdGC party u INC OulOO, St1uulUg on t0le
national platform, will abide by and adhere to .
faithful execution o: the acts known Is the Com
promise Measures settled by the Congress OF 1850,
1.-The act for retaining futigtives from service or
labor, included; which act being designed to car
ry out an express provision Of the Constitution.
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, ouEo
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all at
tempts 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
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
the kentucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1895,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those pIinci
pies as constituting one Of the main foundations
Of its political creed AMI is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
And thatwe may more distinctly meet the issue
on which = sectional party subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North and South, to the Con-
| stltution and tho Union.
l. Resoloed, That, claiming fellowship with and
| desiring the cooperation of all who regard the
preservation Of tho Union under the Constitution
| rs paramount issue and repudiating al section
al parties and Platforms concerning domestic sla
very, which seek to embroll the States. and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
rltories !; and whose avowed purpose, if cOnsum-
| m tied, must end in civil war and dsun;on-,he
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ, res Of Kansas and Nebraska as
embOdying the only sound and safe solution Of the
"slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Vt the people Of this whcie country
pose in its determined conservation of tho Union
= AOn- Interference by Congress tcih Slavery IN
State and 7erritory,or IN the District Of Columbia
2 l hat this was the basis of the compromises
Of $50, confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventlons-ra,ifcd
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 tho Dem
| ocratie principle to the organization OF
| Territories, and to the admission If new States
| with without domestic slavery, as they may
| elect, the equal rights Of all the States will b.
preserved intact the 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 &C and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
| republican form Of government.
Resolved, That VIC 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.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol :
/
Resolued, That it is the duty Of the United
States to sfford ample and complete protection to
| all its citizens, whether at home abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resoiued, That one of the necessities of the age,
in a military, commercial and postal point of view
| is speedy commun; cation between the Atlantic
end Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If the govern
as will insure the construction OF railroad to
the Pacific coast At the earliest practicable periol.
! Resolved, That the Democratic party are in ia
vor of tho acquisition of Cuba on such terms as
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
| Resolred, That the enactments OF State Legisla-
lures defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave Law hostile in character and subver-
sive 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
| their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
| ded the following resolution
/ Resolued That it is in accordance with the Gin
cnnat Platform, that during the existence Of ter
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con-
stituton on the power Of the Territorial Legsla-
ture the subject of the domestic relations a.
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