Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-16


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Below W eivs he rsaSlutiosSof ~ Cinaianaa
National Ceaventioa, aloptst June 4th, 1854,
which nomisAtsd Jamss Dssheaan for PRECEDENT.
We shall. rom tiss to tine pablish those - the
creed of the Demosssey:
Resolced, That the foundation of this Union Of
States having been laid in, and it's prosperity,
expansion, and pre-eminsnt example In free gov.
ernment built upon entire freedom in matters Of
religious conccrnment and no respect OF person in
regard TO rank or place Of birth no party can
justly be deemed national, constitutional, or in
accordance with American principles which bases
its exclusive organization upon religious opinions
and accidental birth place And hence political
crusade in the nineteenth century, and in the
United States Of America, against Catholic and
ry or future prospects Of the country, in unison
with the spirit Of liberation and enlarged freedom
which disfinguishe the American system Of pop.
uar sovereignty.
Resolred, That We reitcrate with renewed ener-
gy of purpose, the we'll considered declaration 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 control tho domestic
institutions Of the several States, and that such
States are the sole and proper judges Of every
hibited by the Constitution that all efforts of the
abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress
to interfere with questions Of Slavery, to take
ncipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated
to lead to tae most charming and dangerous con-
sequences, and that all such efforts have an inev-
itaole tendency to diminish the happiness Of the
people and endanger the stability and permanency
af the Union, and ought not to be countenanced
by any friend of our political institutions.
9. 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 Of the acts known as the Com
promise measures, settled by the Congress Of 1885,
'the act for retaining fugitives from service or
labor" included; which act being designed to
carry out express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all
attempts at renewing in Congress or cut of it, the
agitation Of the slavery question, under whatever
shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1898,
and in the report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1893. that it adopts those principles
as constituting one of themain foundations Of its
political creed, and is resolved to carry them out
in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may moro distinctly meet the is
sue on which sectional party, subsisting ex-
cusively upon slavery agitation, now relies to test
the fidelity Of the peorle North and South, to the
Constitution and the Union
l. Resolued, That claiming fellowship with, and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
preservation of the Union under the Constitution
as the permanent issue-snd repudiating all Sec
tional parties and platforms concerning domestic
slavery, which seek to cmbroil the States and in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in the
Territories and whose avowed purposes, if con-
summated, must end in civil war and disunion
The American Democracy recognize and adopt
the principle contained in the organic laws es-
tablishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebras-
ka as embodying the only sound and safe solution
of the SLAVERY question" upon which the great
national idea Of the people of this country can
repose in its determined conservatism Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by Congress with Slave
ry in State or Territory, or in the District Of Co.
lumbia.
9. That this was the basis Of the Compromise
of Is5O-confrmed by both the Democratic and
Wing parties in National Convention-ratifed by
the people in the election Of l852-and rightly
applied in the organization Of Territories in 1854
8. That by the Uniform application Of this De-
cratic principle to the organization Of Territories,
and to the admission of new States, with or with
out domestic slavery, as they may elect-the equal
rights of all the States will be preserved intact
the original compacts Of the Constitution main
tanned inviolate-and the perpetuity and expan.
sion of the Union insured TO its utmost capacity of
embracing, in peace and harmony, every future
State that may be constituted or annexed, with q
republican form Of government.
Resolved, That We RECOGNIZES the right of the
people of all the Territories, including Kansas
and Nebraska, acting through the legally and
fairly expressed will uf majority Of actual resi-
dents, and whenever the number Of their inhabit-
ants justifes it, to form Constitution, with or
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tho Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
other States.
Resolved, finally, That in view of the condition
of popular Institutions of the Old World, and the
dangerous tendencies Of sectional agitation, COM
bined with tho attempt to enforce civil and relig
ious disabilities against the right Of acquiring and
enjoying citizenship in our own land-a high and
sacred duty is devolved with increased RESPONSE
bility upon the Democratic party of this country,
as the party Of the Union, to upheld and maintain
tho rights Of every State in the Union Of the
States and to sustain and advance among US con-
stitutlonal liberty, by continuing to resist all
monopoles, and exclusive legislation for the ben
eft of the few, at the expense of the many, and
by a vigNant and constant adherence to those
principles and Compromises of the Constitution,
which are broad enough and strong enough to
embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the
Union as it shall be, in the full expansion Of the
energies and capacity Of the great and progressive
people.
l. Resolued, That there are questions CONNECT
with the foreign policy Of this country, which are
inferior to no domestic question whatever. The
time has come for the people of the United States
to declare themselves in favor Of free and pre-
gressive free trade throughout the world, and by
solemn manifestations to place their moral in
huence at tho side Of their successful example.
2. Resolved. That our geographical and political
position with reference to the other States of this
continent, no less than the interest of our COM
merce and the development Of our growing power
requires that We should hold as sacred the princi
pies involved in the Monroe doctrine their bear.
ing and import admit Of no misconstructon; they
should be applied with unbending rigidity.
3. Resolved, That the great highway which
nature, as we'll as the assent Of those most imme-
diately interested in the maintenance, has marked
out for free communication betwsen the Allan
tic and the Pacific oceans, and constitutes one OF
the most important achievements realized by the
spirit of modern times and the unconqucrabie en-
ergy Of our people. That result should be secured
by a timely and efficient exertion Of the control
which We have the right to proclaim over it, and
no power on earth should be suffered to impede
relations which it may suit our policy to establish
between our Government and the States within
VIII ose dominion it lies. We can, under no circum-
stances, surrender our preponderence in the ad-
justment Of all questions arising out Of it.
4. Resotred, That in view OF so commanding
not but sympathize with the efforts which are
being made by the people of Central America to
regensrate that portion Of the Continent which
covers the passage across the Isthmus.
s. Rcsotred, That tho Democratic party will ex-
pect of the next Administration that every proper
effort will be made to insure our asccndency in the
Gulf Of Mexico, and to maintain permanent
protection to the great outlets through which are
emptisd into its waters the products raised out Of
the soil, and the commodities created by the in
dustry Of the people Of our Western valleys, and
Of the Union at large.