Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-22

ficient population, como to form a.e government, preparatory to admission into the Union, they have a right to permit or exclude slavery,as to them may seem | best. | Resolred, That we utterly repQdiate the absurd doctrine that territorial leE Eislatu may do indirectly what the constitution al q laws will not permit 1t to do directly; and resort to the interruptions expedient of ''unfriendly legislation" or non-legisla- ton, to compass. the objects of a majority avoidance of the rights of citizens as guar antied by the constitution, would be an a, of bad faith, irreconciable alike with the obligations of citizenship and the princi- ples of sound morals. lA | Res0tged, That the territory or the United States is common property of the people thereof; that neither Congress nor the peo- pie of the territories can prohibit slavery | therein: that the constitution, as inter- preted by the Supreme Court of the United 1 States, guarantees to the saveholdcr the right to take his slaves into the territories, and hold them there as property, and pledge the federal government to protect him in the territory of the United States, and that all territorial enactments tending to G. stroy the doctrine so judicially determined by said court in the so-calicd Dred Scott decision, are unconstitutional, revolutionary and void
 ReSolred, That we recognize the supreme court of the United States as i coordinate branch of the government under the consti tuition, and the proper final arbiter bstween the State and the people of the staAs and terrtones upon all questions arising under that instrument, and that the peace and good order of society can bsAIhaintained only by yielding obedience to the constItu- ton and laws as eXpomded by that trlbu- nal
 Resolred That we disclaim all intention to be harsh to our opponents, but nevertho- less, truth demands that we should most solemnlv declare that the natural tendency of the principles and practices of the re.ub- licans and their allies, the advocates of squatter sovereignty, Is to promote diacorl and disunion, treason and murder, as prac- ticaly illustrated by the raid of john Brown at IIarper's Ferry.
 | ICSOttCU, IlldI We IdNG IuA4 SN'''ie'~''@ in the ability, integrity and patriotism ot the present national administration, includ- ing it's policy upon the SLAVERY QUESTION and earnestly deprecate all attempts to make capital against it by appealing to anti slavery prciudices, wherever they may exist
 Resolred That manifest destiny points to the acquisition of Cuba, and portions ot Mexico, essential to our prosperity and se- curity, and that we commend the foresight and patriotism of the President in his wise endeavors to obtain such acquisition by means in harmony with the friendly rela- tions of nations.
 Resolged, That the delegates representing Illinois in the nominating convention, to be held in the city of Charleston, on the twnty-third day of April next, De, and arc hereby instructed to cast their votes for the nomination of sound national democrats, without reference to residence or section 1t being fundamental principle ot demo cratic action, that there is in this nation no north, no south, no east, no west, but only one whole and common country.