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CINCINNATI PLATFORM

CINCINNATI PLATFORM
adopted June 1855.
Resolved, That we reiterate, with renewed
energy OF p'arpose, the well-consdered decla-
rations OF former Conventions upon, the Sec
tional issue Of domestic Slavery, add concern.
ing the res erved rights of the States: ~
l. That Congress-has no power, under the
Constitution, to ntertersSwitkerscentrol~ tho
domestic institutions Of the several States,
aud that such States sre thu sole; and proper
judges OF everything appertaining to their
own affairs not prohibited By the Constitution;
that all efforts6f the .Aboaitionisti or Others,
made to Interfere with Questions of slavery,
or to take insipient steps in yiolstion thereto
are calculated to lead to the most alarming
and dangerous Consequences; and that all
such efforts havesan Inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness, of tho people and en-
danger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend Of our political institutions.
?. That the foregoing proposition covers
and was intended to embrace the whole snb-
;cct Of Slavery agitation in Congress; and
| therefore thu Democratic party of the Uaion,
standing on this national Platform, will abide
by, and adhere to, a faithful execution of the
acts known as the Compromise Measures,
settled by the Congress ct 1850, the "Act for
Retaining Fugitives from Service or Labor"
included: which act being designed to carry
out an express provision Of the Constitution,
can not with fidelity thereto be- repealed, or
so changed ~ to destroy or impairits eticisn-
3. That the Democratic party will resist all
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lit, the agitation OF the slavery question, under
whatever shape Or color the attempt may be
made. 49,. .....e. - "A
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide BY and uphold. the principles laid down
in the Kentucky, aud Virginia resolutions Of
1898, and on the report Of Mr.. Madison, to
the Virginia Legislature in 1899; that it
adopts those principles as constituting one Of
the' main toundatisns Of its political creed,
and is resolved to carry them out in their Oh
vious meaning and import. -s'
And that we may more distinctly meet the
issue on which a sectional party, subsisting
exclusively on Slavery agitation, now relies.
to test the fidelity of the North and South, to
the Constitution and the Union. -
l. Resolved, That claiming fellowship with
and desiring the cooperation Of all who re.
gard the preservation of the Union under the
Constitution as Q paramount issue, and rcpu.
date all sectional parties and platforms, con.
cerning domestic slavery, which seek to EN-.
broil tne States, and to incitc ostresson and
armed resistance to, law in the Territories
and whose atoHed purpose, if consumma ted
must end inv civil war and disunionAthe
American Democracy recognize and adopt
the principles contained in the organic laws
establishing the Territories of Kansas and
Nebr aska, as embodying The only sonnd and
safe solution of the slavery question" upon
which the great national idea of the people
Of this whole country can lepose in it's deter
mined conservation Of the Union-No Inter
ference by Congress Nth Slavery IN State ana
Territory or aa the District Of Coluuabsa.
2. That this was the basis of the compro
misses of 1880 confirmed both by the Demo-
cratic and Wing parties, in Nationai CoHven.
ti tic = BY the people in the election
I Of 1852, and rightly applied to the organiza
ton of Territories in 1854.
3. That by the uniform application of the
Democratic principle. to the organization O.
Territories and to the admission Of new States
eject, the equal rights Of all the States will be
preserved intact the original compacts of tl,t
Constitution maintained unyislated and the
Perpetulty and expansion of this Union insur.
ca TO Its utmost capacity of embracing, in
peace ana harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted CT annexed,
with republican form of government
ResoIred, That we recognize the right 81
the people of all the Territories, including
Kansas and Nebraska. acting through the
legally and fairlv-expressed will of the major
lty OF actual residents, and whenever the mum
Der of their inhabitants justies it, to form a
Consultation, with or without domestic slavery
and be admitted into the Union, upon terms
OF perfect equality with the other States.
! EXPLANATIONS OF TIL CINcIEArTl PLArFoRM
Adopted at Baltimore June 1859.
! Rescued, That We the Democracy Of the
Union, IN Convention assembled, do hereby
declare our affirmation of the resolutions
unanimously adopt ID and declared as plat
| form OF principles by the Democratic Conyen.
ton at Cincinnati, in the year 856 believing
that Democratic principles are Interchangeable
| in their nature when applied to the same
subject-matter.
RESOLVED. That it is the duty of the Uuited
States to afford ample and complete protec.
ton to all its citizens, whether at home or
abroad. and whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That one of the necessities Of the
age in military, commercial, and postal
pei' of view is speedy communication be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific States, and the
Democratic party pledge such constitutional
power of the Government as will lnsnre tho
construction of railroad to the, Pacific coast
ct the earliest practicable period. i-s 1a9
Resolved That the Democratic party ere in
favor Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms
as shall be honorable to ourselves and just to
Spain. e slsst H'4na
ReSolUed, That the enactmeu&s of State