Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-04

Charleston vas % follows:
IDttSss9. 1hxs Ne Dsmocrscy 81 shs Uaion
ia Convention assembled, do hereby declare out
smrp4tion of thu Sesol atiQns unanimously adopt.
q ga dec od asa p.y IN o. principles By e
Democssticse onventio1t s Cincinnati, 10 the 81
1854, hoiise1ng thak3 Democratic principlsd pc
unch ankcao1e IN thu nature when applied I'd be
same subject matter.
That portion Of the Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing to the slavery question 10 the follovingJ
RssoIee1, That We reiterste, with renewed epsr.
| " Of purpose, the we'll considered DECLARATIONS ~
former conventions upon the seciiona' Issao y,
| domestic slavery, and concerning the Isseiscu
| r,ghts Of the States: -.------- ...-., -. -
stituton To interfere with or contrsi the domestic
institutions Of the several states. and that such
states are tho solo and proper judges Of every
/ thing appertaining TO their own anairs not pro-
hihissd IN che CopssfssssCni that Al edofs Of the
| Abolitionsts or others, made " interfere with
questions If slavery, Or 70 take incipisut steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead 10 the
| most alarming and dangerous consequences and
| that all such sGU.ts have m inevitable tendency
| to diminish the happiness Of the people, and on
danger the stability and permanencyof tho Union,
aud ought not TO be countenanced by spy friend Of
| our political institations.
2 That the foregoing proposition covers and
| vas intended TO embrace tho whole subject Of
| slavery agitation in Congress and therefore tee
Deaoocratic party Of the Union, standieg on this
national platform, will abide BY ana sdnefc 70
faithful execution o: the acts known ss the Com
promise Measures, settled by tho Congress Of 1850
1.-The act for retaining iutigitves from service OF
labor, Included which act DO ing designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 70
changed to destroy OF impair its smciency;
g. That tho Democratic party will resist Oil ~
tempts ut renewing, in Congress or out OF 1t tho
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
.ver shape q co o tho attempt Isy DO made. :,
4. That the Democratic party Will faithfully
abide by and uphoid the principles laid down in
the X kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF l70s,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virgins
Legislature in 1899 that il adopts those painci
PIES as constituting ono Of the main foundations
II its political crecJ ana is resolved to carry them
out in tneir obvious meaning and import
And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which = sectional party subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, Noith anl &c uth 10 the Son'
stltution and the Union.
l. ResotcSd, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the co cooperation Of oil who regarl the
presei vation Of the Union under tho Constitution
as a paramount issue, and repudiatiny ell section
al parties and plato: ms, concerning domestic sa
ycry which seek u embToll the States. and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, II cons0m-
m tied. must end in civil war and disuni0n-the
American Democracy recognise ana aoops the
princ pies contained in the organic laws, estsb-
ishn9 the Territ. ries Of Kansas and Nebraska, ~
enbodying tho only sound ana safe solution 81 the
slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of tne people Of this Whole country can re-
pose in its dotes mined conservation Of tho Union
Nom Interference ~ Longress W'M Slavery IN
STATE and Territory,or IN the Dassrict Of Coansbid
2. that thi. was the basis Of tho compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both by the Damocrst'c and
VIII z parties, in National Conventions-ratifed
by the whole people in the election Of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization OF Territories
ia Sl54.
3. That BY the uniform application Of the Dem
ocrate principle to the organisation OF
Territories, AM 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 mainta ned inv iolate-and tho per-
petuity and expansion Of this Union in
ured to its utmost capacity of embracing, 10
pc and harmony, every future American
state that may be constituted or annexed, with .
repub lcan form Of government.
Rxsoloed, That We recognize the right Of the
le pe Of oil the Territories, including kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expires, ed will Of majority Of actual residents,
and whenever tho number Of their inhabitants
iustifes 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.
[And the Char eston Convention passed tho fol-
lowing resolutions
Resolred, That it is tho du'y Of the Unitsd
States to ford ample and c1mplete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
ResoiUed, That one Of the necessities Of the age,
in military, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy commun; cation between the Atlantic
and Pacific States and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If tho govern
ment will insure the construction Of railroad to
the Pacific coast the earliest practicable peroa.
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f.
vor Of the acquisition Of Cuba such terms Is
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
Received, That the enactments Of State Jegisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave law are hostile character and subver
sive TO the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To tho foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution
Resolved, That it is in accordance with the Gin.
cnnati Platform, that during the existence Of ter
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction,
whatever it may be, imposed BY The federal con-
sttuton on the yer Of the Territorial Leglsla
ture the subject Of the domestic relations Is
the Same has been shall hereafter DO finally de-
termined by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by all good citisens,
and enforced with prOmptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.