The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-26

Loretto, Wm Blake
Munster, Peter Kaylor Jr;
Richland, George Grumbling
Gallitzin, David Watt;
Summitville. John Eckly;
Susquehanna, John Porter,
Summerhil, Jason Pringle;
Taylor, Ohm Roberts;
Washington, Michael Kline;
White, Joseph Hollen;
Wilmore, VIM X Carr;
Yoder, Edwin 4 Vickroy,
The Committee on Resolutions having
returned, their chairman reported the
following Resolutions, which, being read,
were, on motion, unanimously adopted
Res0Ired, That each returning campaign
makes more abiding our faith in the Peo-
pies Party, and the purity Of the purposes
of its organization, and that We are unal-
terably opposed to every form and species
Of Loco Focoism.
ReSolUed, That we congratulate the
people Of the whole country Ipon the fact
that Loco Foco misrule must speedily come
to an end. For the last eight years the
so-called Democratic Party has swayed the
reins Of government, and the evils which
it has entailed upon the people have be-
come intolerable. The spread Of Human
Bondage has been its leading object; that
wise economy which does the greatest
good to the greatest number has been stu
diously disregardcd the Federal Cousti-
tuition has been perverted into an engine
for the extension of slavery; domestic
peace and harmony have been bartered
away for sectional discord and fraternal
strife; fraud and corruption have tainted
almost every department of the general
government, from the highest to the low
est; industry has been prostrated, com
merce paralyzed, and our treasury made
bankrupt. The administration Of James
Buchanan, by its utter disregard of the
just claims of the whole country, and by
its shameless profigacy and wickedness,
has forfeited the confidence and respect of
the people, and brought upon US national
dishopor and disgrace. 1t is we'll that a
day of retribution will come on the second
Tuesday of November
PesOiced, That We contemn the absurd
dogma that the master has the right to
take his slaves into the territories belong
ing to this Confederacy, and have them
protected there under the Federal Con-
stitution. That it is a doctrine directly
antagonistic to the explicit provisions Of
the instrument itself, is at war with leg
islative and judicial precedent, and is
wholly inconsistent with the genius and
and spirit Of Republican institutions
That it is doctrine fit only to be pro-
mulged by pro-slavery Supreme Court
and to be made plank in the platform Of
a pro-slavery party.
Resoiued, That IL is not the purpose of
the Opposition, nor would it be wise. to
seek the abolition of Slavery in the States
where it now exists; nor do we intend in
anywise to interfere with any of the insti-
tutions pertaining to such States That
on the contrary, duly respecting the com
promises of the Constitution, and desirous
of maintaining all the reserved rights of
the States, We acknowledge, in its true
sense, the right Of the people of each State
to regulate and control their domestic az
fairs in their own way.
ReSoSred, That We duly recognize and
appreciate the dignity and the rights Of
Free Labor; that all experience has shown
that Free White Labor cannot prosper
upon the same soil with Slave Labor, and
that, regarding as we do the institution of
Human Slavery as an element Of political
weakness, and a great social and moral
evil, we hereby declare our uncompromi-
sing hostility to its extension into territory
now free, or which may hereafter be ac-
quircd by any action Of the general gov
ernment.
ReSolved, That our National Congress
being vested by the Constitution with the
right and power of making all needful
rules and regulations respecting the terri
rories belonging to the United States, we
claim for that branch Of government the
right, and we believe it to be its duty, to
take such Legislative action as shall ex
clude Slavery from such territories, and
secure to the people thereof that progress
in arts, Improvements and enterprise which
has so signally characterized all the Free
States of our Republic.
ResoLved, That we look upon the African
Slave Trade us a relic of barbarism; that
all attempts to reopen the same should be
Indignantly frowned upon by every friend
of Humanity and Progress and that all
violations OF the laws now in force against
it should be promptly ferreted out, and
punished with the utmost severity.
ResOtUed, That we are now, as we ever
have been, firm in our devotion to the
policy of protecting our Home Industry
against the depressing influence of Foreign
Capital and Foreign Labor. That we believe
the commercial prosperity and indepen-
dence Of our state and nation can in no
other way be so we'll attained and subserved
as by adopting and adhering to a policy
which Will secure to our farmers and
planters, remunerating prices for their |