Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-23

The platform adopted by the Convention 1t
Charleston was - follows:
ResolUed. That We, the Dsmocrasy Of the Union,
ia Conveotioa asssmbled, do hereby deolsr. ous
affirmation Of the resolutions uaAaimosdy adopt
% and declared - aplatform u principiG By the
Democratic Conversion &C Ciucinuasi, 10 che yess
1856, believing that Denscratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
That portion Of lhe Cincinnati platform relat-
ing to the slavery question is the followng:l
RssoIced, That We reitsrsts, with renewed eper-
81 OF purpose, the well considered declarations Of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue of
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
rights of the States:
!. That Congress has no power, under the Con-
stitution to interfere with or control the dom
institutions Of the several states. and that such
states are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining TO their own Affairs not pro-
hibited in the Constitution that AL efforts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, or to take ncpient steps in
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all suck efforts have Al inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger the stability and permanency Of the Union,
ana ought not to be countenanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
=. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intende< 10 embrace the whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress and therefore the
Democratic party Of the Onion, standing ON this
national platform, will abide by and adhere to .
faithful execution o: the acts known rs the Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress Of 1850
1.-The act for retaining futigitives from service or
labor, included; which act being designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 80
changed rs to destroy or impair its efficiency.
8. That the Democratic party will resist all At
tempts At renewing, in Congress or out Of it the
agitation OF the slavery question. under Whist
ever shape or color the attempt may 10 made
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
the kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1898,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1893 that il adopts those pIinci
pies as constituting one of the main foundatit ms
OF its political creed and is resolved to carry them
out IN their obvious meaning and inport.
And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North and South, to the Con-
stltutiOn and the Union.
l. Resolred, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of oil who regard the
preservation of the Union under the Constitution
as a paramount issue, and repudiating Ill section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla
very, which seek ID enbroll the States and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, if consun-
mated, must end in civil war and disun;on-the
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Terrt. ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, as
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this whcie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of tho Union
Non Interference by Congress uith Slavery in
State and 7errstory,or in the Di4rct Of Columbia.
2. That this was the basis of tho compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both BY the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventlons-rati6ed
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization of Territories
in 1854.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ecratie principle to the organization Of
Territories, and to the admission Of new States.
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
elect, the equal rights of all the States will be
preserved intact-the original compacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petulty and expansion Of this Unisn in
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, 10
peace and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
republican form Of government.
Resolved, That We recognise the right of the
people Of all the Territories including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly.
expressed will Of a majority of actual residents
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with.
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
other States.
And the Charleston Convention passed tho fol-
lowing -esolutiOns
Resolved, That it is the duty OF the United
States to afford ample and complete protection 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 a military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If the govern
men will insure the tructiOn Of railroad to
the Pacific coast at tho earliest practical BILE period
Resolved, That the Democratic pan aro in "a
vor of the acquisition Of Cuba on sucn U0l15S Is
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolved, That the enactments Of State I.egisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution Of the fug-
give slave law hostile in aracter and subver-
,ive TO the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention nd
ded the following resolution
ResoiUed That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnat Platform, that during the existence of ter
ritoral governments, tho measure Of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by The federal con-
stitution the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
ture over the subject Of the domestic relations as
the same has been shall hereafter be finally de-
termincd by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by all good citizens
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.