Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-23

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iSSe, believing that Dsaserstie priasipass ass
nnsasngesbls in their mature vhsn sPpissd TO the
THAT portion & he Cincinnati platforn rslas-
in& 70 The slavery Nusstiss - The folioving:J
Rssotosd, That We reiterate, With renewed e0es-
q q PssPess, The wslleeasiAsssd dsslasssaeas q
former Conventioss upoa the ssstioaal issue =!
domestic slavery. aad esaessnins The reserved
!. That Co1gress he's NO power, under the Goa
stitution 70 ntsrfsrs with Or control the domestic
inDei1ntioas = ~ sovegAl 6&aaeos Aa1 tAos saah
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hibited In the Consultation that al efforts Of the
Abolitionists Or others, mAde TO interfere with
questions Of slavery, o. 70 take incpsnt steps In
violssaoa thereto, ays eelcelatsd to led - the
NEST alarming and dangaross ooasequencss and
that ell such efforts have ~ inevitable tendency
to diminish The happiness Of the people, and on
danger the stability aad pernaneney Of The Union,
and ought not TO be couutenancsd by any friend Of
our political institations.
!. That The forsaoine peoposition covers and
| Was intended 70 embrace the whole subject Of
| slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
De,aocratic party Of the Union, staahisg on this
national platform, will abide BY and ad6 ere to
fsthfal exesution Of the acts known - the Com
promise Measures, settled BY the Congress Of 1885,
"the act for reclaimine futgitives from service
labor, included which aot being designed to car
~ out an express provision of the Constitution,
| cannot with fidelity thereto b repealed, or %
changed Is to destroy q impair il efficiency:
3. That the Democratic party will resist oil At
tempts Ut rensving, in Congress or out Of it the
| agitation OF the slavery question. under what
I ever shape Or color the attempt may b made:
Z. That tho Democratic party will faithfully
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1878,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison TO the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those plinci
pies ~ constituting one Of the main foundations
Ut its political creed ana 10 resolved to carry them
| out in their obvious meaning and import.
And that No may more distinctly meet the Issue
on which : sectional party, subeisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North and South, to the Con-
stltution and the Union.
l. ResoIoed, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of al who regard the
presel walton Of the Union under tho Consultation
Is paramount issue, and repadisting al section
al parties and platforms, conserving domestic sla-
very, which seek to embrol the States, and to in
cite treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose. If consun-
mated, must end in civil war and disun:on-ths
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic lAWi, estab-
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, -
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
''slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this whrie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
Nom Interference by COngress With Slavery IN
Sdts and 7erritory,Or IN the Distrct Of Columbia.
2. That this was the basis Of the compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both BY the Democratic and
by the whole people in the election Of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization Of Territoriei
/ in 8I5A.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem.
ecratis principle to the organization d
Territories, and TO tho admission Of sew States
with or without domestic slavery, ~ they may
elect, tho equal rights Of al the States will b.
| preserved intact the original compacts Of thu
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per.
petuity and expansion of this Unien in
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, il
Pc CO and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted Or annexed. with ,
| republican form Of government.
Resolved, That we recognise the right Of tn
people of all the Territories, including kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed viii Of majority Of actual residents
and whenever the number Of their inhabitaut
iusti6es it, to form Consultation, with or with
out domestic slavery, and Be admitted into tn
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with tn
. | other States.
land the Charleston Convention passed tho fol
Resolved, That it is the duty Of the Unitot
States to sford ample and c3nplete protection Z
all its citizens, whether 1t home or abroad, and
; whether native or foreign born.
Resolued, That ono 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 part,
|. pledge such constitutional power Of the govern
ment - will insure tho construction Of railroad d
the Pacific coast 1t the earliest practicable period
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f.
vor of tho acquisition Of Cuba on such terms D
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Received, That tae enactments Of State Legisla
lures TO defeat the faithful execution Of the fug
give slave Law arc hostile in character and subver
, sive 70 tho Constitution, and revolutionary il
, their effects.
J To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention id
ded the following resolution
Resolued, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform, that during the existence Of tor
ritorial governmental, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed BY the federal con
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla
ture over the subject of the domestic relations .
the Same has been or shall hereafter be finally de
termined by the Supreme Court Of the Unitet