Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-07-26
The Party Platforms on the Sla.
very Question,

"As = Ah htAOEhns Oh the Sll.
very question.
Inquiries are frequently made as to the points
oil difference respecting the Slavery question, in
the various platforms of the parties now enter.
ed Into quadrilateral canvass for the Presiden-
cy.
PLATFORM OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL UNION" CON-
'ENThN AT BALTIMORE. BELL AND EyERETT.)
Whereas experience has demonstrated thai
platforms adopted by partisan Conventions o.
the country have had the effect to mislead and
deceive the people, and at the same time to wi.
den the political divisions of the country, by the
creation and encouragement of geographical and
sectional parties; therefore
Resolued, That it is both the part of patriotism
and of duty to recognize no political principle
other than the Constitution of the cou,atru the uq-
ion of the States and the enforcement of he Lans
and Shat, as representatives of the Copstitntion.
al Union men of the country. in National Con.
vention assembled, we hereby pledge ourselves
to maintain, protect, and defend. separately and
unitedly these great PRINCIPLES of public liberty
and national safety against all enemies. at home
and abroad. believing thereby peace nav once
more be restored to the country, the lust rights
of the people and of the States re-establis6ed.
and the Government again placed in that condi-
tion of justice, fraternity, and equality. which.
under the example and Constitution of our ia
thers. has solemlv bonpd every citizen Of tho
United States, to maintain more perfect union.
establish Justice. insure domestic tranouill;tv
provide for the common defence. promote the
general welfare, and secure the blessings of lib
erty to ourselves and our posterity.
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NLr'ooLA AND hAAAiN-)
!. we copy rom the platform cnly tne resoiu-
lon relaru1ng ing the slavery issue.
oe.e'.eN' fna' the new gllli' 'na1 .ne Coh-
stitu'ioh, Vi its oMh iorce' calries sle1y Inio
@ u aiie ,es VI 'ne ont.eu o'aeS
10 POn..s"l f 9. 20. VIZ
- 'islon' VI 'n"s Ine.i u'nen.
VII ,i eAPost.on anu WIN
"iiu Jue'ei"i Pieeeuen.' 10 iesoiuIoH-
and harmony of the couptrv-
E;othth That the normal condition of all the
territory of tbe limited States is that of freedon,
That as our republican fathers, when they had
abolished slavery in all our national territory,
i:e .nat no person snoula De deprived OF
lic, noeIty or properly, without que process OF
iaw, Ge0ch"eS our duty' ey fey'sia1ton @neneoer
saot Iegss.'cn =. ss McceSsary' 70 ma'n'om Mas pro
e:sSon y Me C0'S'',a~som cgosnS' aH ane"pss 70
O.od'e G -. ana ,re ae,ty "e duAn2r@y q congress
1srr1oT1e' Legsadeare' or any anasv'dud1s'
20 g.oe ,sqes e1sSteh'ce 70 ad'efy IN any 1erTHory
q uI ne G"9ea T otdses;
,e W''n .1n nil1 we oiana tne reeehI re-openlng
y, :ne siaSe t,aue unuer lne cover oi our
na.Ioiai has, aueu " PerVelsiohs oi Juoiciai
power .ls crime agaihs. humanlty'a burning
CONGRESS- to t,te I,roro,, ,rS afio;ont
for tho tot.l and fn.I srn,,ros.;o,, of tb,+ 60
cradle traffic.
Tenth. That in the recent vetoes by the Gov.
ernors of tbe acts of the Legislatures of Kansas
and Nebraska. probibitipo slavery in those Ter.
ritories. we find a practical illustration of the
boasted Democratic principles of noninteryen-
ton and popular sovereignty, embodied in the
Kansas and Nebraska bill, and denuncia-
tion of the deception and fraud involved there
in.
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n,IT,,oor 49,, @ . sN..U'' nn Wiz
COY >-'D
Inc IolloWlng resolution was ADOPTED oy the
Charleston Convention:
Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Un-
ion, in Convention assembled, hereby declare our
q 16frmdrce of The resolutions unanimously adopted
and declared as Platform of Principles Jy the
Democratic Conrcntion at Cincinnati, in the wear
1856, believing that democratic principles are
in their nature, when applied to
'n1 Tsn l.inT suGlee' matters.
me Dousias party oeing mus !neAoraoiy
:on'li'le1 70 the supper! oi tne oecision IN oi tne
in the Territories. "it becomes important TO know
precisely what that decision" is.
DECISION OF THE U. S. SUPREME COURT IN THE DRED
SCOTT CASE.
Tn the 18th vol. of Towards Renorts. nage
,95, it is stated that the Supreme Court Of the
United States decided in the Dred Scott case as