Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-29
The Denocsaltc Platfern.

The platform adopted BY the Convention IT
Charleston WAS - follows:
Resoloed. That Ne, the Democracy Of the Union
la Convention assembled. do hereby declare our
affirmation Of the resol ltions unsnimousy adopt
ed and declared - platform 0f principles b. the
democratic Convention ss Cincinnati, IN the year
1850, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable IN their nature whom applied to the
same subject matters.
That portion Of The Cincinnati platform rslat-
ing to the SLAYER. question is the following i
Resolved, Thut We reiterate, With renr wed epsr
81 Of purpose, the we'll considered declarations o,
former Conventions upon the sectloual issue Of
iomestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
right Of the States:
l. That Congress hss no power, under the Con-
,titution to interfere with conssl he domestic
institutions Of the several otates. and that such
states are the solo and proper judges OF every
thing appertaning TO their own affairs not pro.
hibted 10 the Consultation that eli efforts Of The
Aboitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions of slavery, or to take incpieut steps in
violation thereto, are calculated 70 lead to the
most alarming and dangerous Consequences and
that all such Efforts have ~ inevitable tendency
to diminish tho happiness Of tho people. and en-
LANCER the stability and peEmanencyo d the Unien,
and ought not to be countenanced by any fricad Of
our political Institutions.
was intended to embrace the whole subject Of
.lavery 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 - he Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress OF 1850,
the act for reclsiming futigitves from service or
labor, included; which act DO NJ designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto DO repealed, or %
changed IS to destroy Or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all A.
tempts 1t renewing, 10 Congress or out Of it the
ssnttN ~<NkA h u1aU~ - -AAA
ever shape o. color the attempt may DO made.
I. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
tho Kentucky and virginis resolutions Of 1898,
and on tho report u NJ. Madison ~ the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those piinci
pies az constituting ono Of the main foundations
u its political creed, 10 resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and inport.
And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsistng sxclasi ELY
ON slavery agitation North anu 81 nth, to the Con-
stltution and the Union.
/. Resolved, That, claiming fellowship with and
'esiring the corporation Of I'll Who regard the
presei walton OF the Union under the Constitution
paramount issue, and ,'udiating Ill section
parties and plato: ms, concerning domestic sla
very, Viii seek I, Gu bro the states, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to Law in Ter
ritori~s and whose avowed purpose, il consum-
mated, must end in civil war and disun;on-ihe
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ ries Of Kansas and Nebraska,
embodying the only sound and safe solution ri the
'-slavery question" upon which the great national
idea Of the people Of this whe,e country can 70
pose in it, determined conservation n the Union
Non Interference BY Cosgress ~isA Slavery !.
Sdss and 7srritory,0 in tie District Of CoIasbia
:. that this was the basis Of the compromises
Of 1850. confirmed both by the Democratic and
VIII g parties, in National Csovsnt,ons- ratified
~ ILL ~: ~ Ne
rightly spilled to Reorganization Of Tsrritori.s
10 1854.
:. That by the uniform application Of the Dem
ecratis principle TO the organisation Of
Territories, and TO the admission Of oew States,
with or without domestic slavery, - they may
preserved intact THE original eoupacts Of the
constitution maintained inviolsts-snd the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unien in.
cured to it, utmost capacity Of embracing. il
Pc CO and harmony, every future American
state thSt may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form Of government.
Rsso!ced, That No recognize the night OF the
people Of oil the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly.
expressed will Of N 4j0Tity Of actual residents,
and Whenever the number Of .heir inhabitants
justi6es it, to form . Constitution. with with.
out domestic slavery, and DO admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
otheK states.
(And the Charles Convention passed the fol-
lowing ssolutions
Resolved, That it is the day Of the United
States to ford ample and ,mplete protection to
ell its citizens, whether 1t home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resoiued, That one Of the necessities Of the AZ
in . m lit~ry, commercial and postal point Of view
is speedy commun CO ion between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power If the govern.
ment will insure the eonstrucsi Of rsilrcad to
the Pacific coast ct tho earliest practicable psrios.
Resolued, That the Democratic parry are in e
vor Of the acquisitions Of Cuba on such terms ~
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resotued, That to- enactmentsoi State I.sgisls-
lures defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave Law are hostile in character and subver
five 70 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To tho foregoing the Baltimore Convention sd-
ded the following resolution
ResOlued, That it 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-
stitutioD on the po~er Of the Territorial Legsls-
ture over the subject Of the domestic relations
the same has been OF shall hereafter be finally de
termined BY the Supreme Court Of the United
states, should be respected by oil good ci'sens,
and enfosced with pTOmptness and hdeiity BY
every branch Of the general government
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