St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-12

son, which 1t IS the imperative uuty OF IN
indignant People sternly to rcbuke and forever
silence. ,fe,l~,Ic "a ,w,s.,,~- r~~ x3s
/; 4. THAT :the maaintenainee inyiolate Of the
Rights of the. States, and especially tho right
of each State to order, and control its own
domestic institutions, according TO its own
Judgment exclusively, is essential TO that bal
ance of powers on which. the perfection, and
endurance Of our political fabric depends; and
We deneunce the lawless invasion by armed
force of the soil Of amy State ortTerritory,no
matter under Whit pretext, as among the gra-
vest Of crimes. z,:,i9 :-9I3I,G - ); v tQ5s !.
S. That the present Democratic Administers
ton has Tor exceeded our worst approximations,
in its measureless subserviency to the exaetions
of a sectional interest, as especially ,eyinced
in it's desperate exertions toforce the infamous
Lecom pton5 Constitution: upon the protesting
people of Kansas :; IN constituting the personal
relation between master and ervantto involve
an unqualified property in persons; in its
attempted enforcement everywhere. on. land
and on seq, through the intervention of, Con
gress and of the Federal Courts, of the extreme
pretensions of a purely local interest {; in its
general and unvarying abuse Of the power
Entrusted to it byfa confdiug people 4;!, =
IT, g.: That the people justly viewsswith alarm
the reckless extravaganza which upervades ev
cry department of the Federal Government;
that return to rigid economy and Sacconnta-
bility is indispensable to arrest the systematic
plumber of the public treasury by favored
partisans !; while the recent startling develop
ments Of frauds and corruptiens.atthet ederal
Metropolis, show that an entire change Of
administration isliuperatively demanded!
Z That the new dogma thatthe Constitution,
Of its own force, carries slavery into any Or
all of the Territories ofthe United States, is
dangerous political heresy, at variance with
the explicit provisions Of that instrument it.
self, with contemporaneous exposition, and
with legislative and judicial precedent; is
revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive
I Of the peace and harmony of the county"
/ g. That the normal condition of all the ter
ritory of the United States is that Of freedom!
That az our Republican fathers, when they
had abolished slavery in all our national ter
ritory, ordained that emo person should be
deprived Of life, liberty or property, without
due process Of law" it becomes our duty by
legislation, whenever such legislation IS ncces.
sary, to maintain this provision against all at
! tempts to violate.it !; and we denyathe authori-
~ of Congress, of territorial 1egislature,E or
Of any individuals, to give legal existence to
Slavery in any Territory of the United States,
| g. That We brand the recent re-opening Of
the African slave trade, under tie cover Of
our National Flag, aided by perversions Of ju-
| burning shame to cur Country andAge; and
| we call upon Congress to take prompt and ef-
| fcient measures for the total and final sup.
preston Of that execrable traffic. =!
| IL. That in the recent vetoes. by their Fed
eral Governors, of the acts of the Legislature
! Of Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery
in those Territories, we find a practical illus
tration of the boosted Democratic principle Of
Nom Intervention and Popular Sovereignty
embodied in the Kansas Nebraska bill, and a
demonstration Of the deception and fraud in
|volved therein. ~ ''2' q"
II, That Kansas should Of, ight be immedi-
ately admitted as a State under the Constitu-
! ton recently formed and adopted BY her people
and accepted by the House Of Representatives.
I IL. That while providing revenue for the
| support Of the general government by duties
upon imports, sound policy requires such an
adjustment Of these imposts as 10 encourage
the development Of the industrial interests Of
the whole country; and we. commend that
policy Of national exchanges, which secures
to the working men liberal wages, to agricul-
ture remunerating prices. to mechanics and
manufacturers nh adequate reward for their
skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation
! commercial prosperity and independence. e
| 13.. That We protest against any sale or
alienation to others 81 the Public Lands held
1by actual settlers, and against any view Of the
Free Honest cad policy which regards the set
tiers as paupers or suppliants for public
bounty; and We demand the passage BY Con
lgress Of the complete and satisfactory Home
stead measure which has already; passed the
House. ~ ,l;, 49,, -. =. ,fs..ss. +. 81,
Il. That the National Republican part party il
opposed to any change in our; Naturalization
Laws, Or any; State legislation BY which The
rights Of citizenship hitherto accorded, to i'm
| migrants from foreign lands shall be ahrid0ed