Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-14

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Tibet posti.n d he Cisciunsti platform rslAt-
ing 70 the slavery eassaiea 10 The foaiowingj
Rssolced, That - reitsrats, with renewed sDss.
~ 4 pasposs The velt c0naidssed dsclasstioss Of
former Conventions upon the sectloaal issue Of
domestic slavery. and sessssaiag she reserved
/. That Ceagress las 70 power, under the Con-
don 70 inCofeeo With q cooIsol the domestic
institutions Of the several States. and that such
%tates srs the sole and proper judges Of every
thing sPpssstss.g = 49, 81. 800 - -.
Abolitionists o. others, made 70 luteners with
questions Of slavery, 70 take incpisnt steps in
violation thereto, are calculated 70 lead = the
NEST alarming and dangerous CONSCIOUSNESS ana
that ell such efv:ts have ~ inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people. and on
danger the stability and permanency OF the Union,
and ought not 20 be countsnanced by any friend Of
our political Institutions.
, That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended to embrace the whole subject Of
slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
lDaocratic party of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide BY and adhere 10
faithful execution o. the acts known - The Com
promise Measures settled by the Congress Of lb5O,
1.-THE oct for retaining futigtves from service or
labor" included which act be ne designed to car
ry ont an express provision OF the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 90
changed Is to destroy or impair its efficiency.
4. That the Democratic party will resist all ~
tempts 1T renewing, in Congress or out OF 1t the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color the attempt may 10 made.
4. That the Dsmo ratio party vii! faithfully
abide BY and uphold the principles laid down IN
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF '!sS,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in l7gv; that il alopts those pAinci
pies rs constituting one Of the main foundations
ot It's political creed 10 resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and Import.
And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which . sectional party substituting eAclusi' ely
on slavery agitation, North 81 nth, to the IoI
stltution and tho Union.
/. Resolced, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of al who regard the
presei vation OF she Union under the Constitution
ss paramount issue, and repudisting oil section
al parties and platfo ms, concerning domestic sa-
verv viii, seek t. ein broll the States and u in
cite to treason and armed resistance to Law in Ter
ritori.s and whose avOwed purpose, IT consum-
m tied, must end in civil war and disun:On the
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ. ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, rs
embudy the only sound and safe solution 81 the
"slsvery question" upon which the great national
idea If the people Of this wh6,e country can re-
pose in its determined conservation II the Union
: Non Interference by Congress sOiM Slavery in
ysate and Erritory,0r IN the District Of Columbia
2. that thi. was the basis of the compromises
of 1850, confirmed both BY the Democratic and
VIII z parties, in National Conventions-rati6ed
by the whole people in the election Of 1859, and
right, applied to thsorsani.a'ion OF Terri'ori''
5. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ocratis principle to the organisation Of
Territories, ami to the admission If new States.
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
elect. the equal rights Of oil the states will b..
preserved intact the original cOmpscts Of the
constitution maintained inviolate and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unien in
sured 70 its utmost capacity Of embracing, 10
pc and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form of government.
Resolced, That wo recognise the right OF the
people of all the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will Of > majority of actual residents
and whenever the number Of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with.
out domestic slavery, and Do admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
other states.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol
lowing esolutiOns
Res0lced That it is the du'y of the United
States to sfford ample and complete protection t.
ell its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolued, That one Of the necessities Of the age
in military, commercial and postal point Of visw
is speedy commun cation between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and tho democratic party
pledge such constitutional power II the govern
ment ss will insure the construction Of railroad "a
the Pacific At the earliest practicable peroa
Resolved, That the Democratic parry are in f..
vor of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms ~
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolved, That tae enactments OF State l.egisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi-
give slave Law hostile ncharacter and subvsr-
sive TO the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
ded the following resolution
Resolved, That 1t is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform that during the existence If tor
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be- imposed by he federal con-
stitutiou on the power Of the Territorial LeglslS-
,ure over the subject Of the domestic relations Is
the Same has been or shall hereafter be finally de
termined by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by all good ci,zens,
and enforced with prOmptness and fidelity BY
every branch Of tho general government.