Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-11

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Tho paatscsn aAoptsd ~ he Ceavsnsien at
Casriseton ~ - follows
kesatess. Thas ws,e y Demoeaey Of ths Union,
Y Conveetioe asssu6led, do hereby declare %;
emrmatsen OF Tie resDlstions 0oasinoanly sdop1.
~ and declared = eplasfosn q pFiscipIe1 BY tAe
1000, oslieving that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied TO the
same subject matters.
THAT portion Of The Cinciunati platform rslat-
Ing y The slavery question 10 the following j
Hssotred, Thetve reiterate, with renewed sDer-
81 Of purpose, the well considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectionai 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 conlrsl the domestic
institutions Of the several otates. and that such
states are the sole and proper judges OF every
thing appertaining TO their own Affairs not pro-
hibted in the Combination that all efforts Of the
Aboiti0nists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery 70 take ncipient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have An inevitable tendency
| to diminish the happiness Of the 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 subject Of
| slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the
| Democratic party Of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere to
| faithful execution o. the acts known Is the Com
promise Measures, Sc. tied by the Congress Of 1885,
the act for retaining futigitves from service or
labor, included; which act be ny designed to car
| ry out an express provision Of the Constitution
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or 20
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
D.. That the Democratic party will resist all at
tempts at renewing, in Congress or out Of it the
agitation OF the slavery question. unde. what
ever shape or color the attempt may be 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 Virgins
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those plinci
pies as constituting one Of the main foundati1u rs
OF political creed ana is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party subsisting exclusi sely
on slavery agitation, North anu South to the Con-
| stltution and the Union.
| /. Resolred, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
preservation OF the Union under the Constitution
asa paramount issue, and repudiating all section.
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sla.
very, which seek t. embroll the States, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter.
| ritories and whose avowed purpose, if consun
mlted must end in civil war and disun;on-ihe
American Democracy recognize and adopt the
| pIluclplcs COnt1iUcO IN Tue organic laws, 09t2O
fishing the Territ. ries of Kansas and Nebraska
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
| 'slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this who,e country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
| - Aon- Interference by Congress- wih .y2dccry IN
State and 7erritory,Or In the Uistrct of Columbia
2. That this was the basis of the compromises
of 1850, confirmed both by the Democratic and
| Wing parties, in National COnventl0ns-rati6ed
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to the organization Of Territories
ia 1854.
3. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ocratie 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 BIZ
preserved intact the original compacts Of tn,
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per
petulty and expansion of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity of embracing, il
pc ce and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with
republican form of government.
Resolved, That We recognize the right Of tn
people of all the Territories including Kansas an,
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will of q majority Of actual residents
and whenever the number of their lnhabitant
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into tn
Union upon terms OF perfect equality with th
other states.
And the Charleston Convention passed the fol
lowing esOlutions
Resolued, That it is the duty of the Unite,
States to ford ample and 1mplete protection t
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, ant
whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That one of the necessities Of the age
in a military, commercial and postal point Of viev
is speedy commun cation between the Atlanti
and Pacific States, and the Democratic part,
pledge such constitutional power VI the govern
ment will insure the cons truct"n of railroad Il
the Pacific coast at the earliest practicable perioa
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in ia
vor Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms q
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolued, That tac enactments OF State l.egisla
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law hostile in CHI racter and subver
sive TO the Constitution, and revolutionary il
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
ded the following resolution
Resolved, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform, that during the existence If ter
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be- imposed by The federal con
} stitution on the power of the Territorial Leglsa
'ure over the subject of the domestic relations q
the same has been shall hereafter be finally de
termned by the Supreme Court of the Unite
States, should be respected by all good citizens
and enforced with promptness and fidelity b.
every branch Of the general government.