Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-05
The Denocratjc Platfosn.

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The platform adopted b the Csavsasion q
Charleston Was - t0ilows:
kesolced, That -, the iJemocracy Of The Union,
ia Convention assembled, do hereby ssciar. our
Affirmation Of the resOl ltiOns uuani0ously adoPt
~ and declared - apatform Of gsinciPIs. ~ tse
Democratic Convention % Cincinnati, IN the year
1850, believing that Den-cratic principles are
unchange.bie N their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
THAT portion Of he Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing to the slavery question 10 be following
Rssotoed, That W reitersts, with rem -wed eper.
~ Of purpose, The we'll considered declarations Of
| former conventions upon the sectional issue Of
| domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
| right. Of the States:
| i. That Congress has no power, 0nder the Con-
sttution to interfere with Or con.rsl he domestic
institutions Of the several states. snd that such
states are the sole and proper judges OF every
thing appertaining TO their own AFFAIRS not pro-
hibited 10 the Constitution that ell efforts OF the
| Abolitionists OF others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, or 70 take inciPicnt steps IN
violation thereto, are calculated to lead 10 tne
/ most alarming and dangerous consequences; ana
that all such Efforts have an inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger tho stability and permanency OF the mon.
and ought not TO be countenanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
was intended to embrace the Whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere to >
| faithful execution o. the acts known - tho Com
promise Measures act tied by the Congress Of 1850,
9TH. act for retaining futgtives from service or
labor" included; which act be ng designed to car
| nv out an express provision Of the Constitution,
4 cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 60
changed as TO destroy or impair its efficiency
3. That the Democratic party will resist all A.
tempts at renewing, in Congress or out OF u the
/ apitntsOn n the klaVerv Question. under W0ot~
ever shape or color the attempt may DO made.
| 4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
| abide BY and Uphold The principles laid down ~
the kentucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1928
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899 that j. aiop,s those pIinci
pies constituting one Of the main foundati' NJ
its political creed is resolved TO carry them
| out in their obvious meaning and inport
And that we may more distinctly meet tho issue
on which sectional party subsieting eAclusi oily
on slavery agitation, North anu - uth 70 the I01-
| stltution and the Union.
| l.. ResoLDed, That, claiming fellowship with and
| ,esiring the cooperation Of al who regarl the
presely alton Of the Union under ths Constitution
| IS pa.amount issue, and repudisting Sll section
al parties and patto ms, concerning domestic sla
very viii b seek /, mbroll the States, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
rtori. and whose avOwed purpose, II cOnsum-
| IN ted, must end in civil war and disunion-the
/ American Democracy recognize amt adopt the
/ principles COuNAlUcu LII tuC iSWos OSkeO-
fishing The Territ ries Of Kansas and Nebraska n
emhodying the only sound and safe solution at the
| slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this wh6,e country can re-
pose in its determined conservation III the Union
Non Interference by Congress whh slavery IN
.afs and Ter,itory.or in the Distrtct Of Columbia
2. that Thu was the basis Of the compromises
! Of ls5O, cnnfru.ed both by the Democratic and
VIII z parties, in Nationa' ConvenhOns-rati6ed
by the whole people in the election Of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization OF Territori.i
1 in 1854.
5. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
| acratie principle to the organization OF
| Territories, anil to the admission of uew States
| with or without domestic slavery, ~ they may
elect. the equal rights Of all the states will b.
preserved intact tho ori ;inal compacts Of ths
onstliution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petu,ty and expansion Of this Union in
ured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, il
pc CO and harmony, every futur, American
| state that may be constituted or annexed, with Z
republics form Of government.
| Resolved, That We recognize the right Of thu
people OF all the Territories, including Kansas and
| Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
express ed will Of q IN .j0rity of actual residents
aud whenever the plumber of their lnhabitant.
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into thu
| Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
| other states.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol
| lowing esoluiions
Resolyed. That it is the du.y Of the United
States to ford ample and complete protection t.
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whe Their native or foreign born.
Resolved. That one Of the necessities Of the age
in m litary, commercial and postal point Of view
| is speedy cOmmun ca ion between the Atlantic
and Pacific states, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If the govern
ment as will insure the construct Of railroad Il
the Pacific coast at the earliest practicable perioa
Realized, That the Democratic parry are in ia
vor Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms q
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resdrcd, That toe enactmentso OF State legisla
lures TO defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave law are hostile in character and subver
five TO the Constitution, and revolutionary il
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention I'D
ded the following resolution
| Resolved, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform that during the existence If ter
ritorial governments, the measure Of restriction
| whatever it may be, imposed by he federal con
stituion on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
,ure over the subject of the domestic relations as
the same has been shall hereafter be finally de
| termined BY the Supreme Court Of the United
states, should be respected by all good c'izeDs
AMI enforced with promptness and fidelity BY
every branch Of the general government.