Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-15

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The pIauora sdoPtsd ~ tks COsvsstioa q
Charleston vas - follows:
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~ end declesed - 3urm Of pgfn0 Pee N the
EDeWOcratic Cow etiea Is Cinsinaati u thsyesr
1880. bslisving eAst beurcr9ie principles ere
unchangeAbs N their nature when applied to the
same subject matters.
That possi..n Of The Cincinnati platform relAt-
ing TO the SLAYER question is the following
Rssolred, That Ne reitsrste, With rem we'd eper-
81 Of purpose. The wsl c0nsd estd declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery and concerning the reserved
right. Of the States:
|. That Congress has no power, under the Con-
stitution to interfere With " con.re he domestic
institutions of the several States. and that such
states are the sole and proper judges OF every
thing appertaininE TO their own Affairs not pro-
hibted in the Consultation that all efforts of The
Aboiitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery, or 70 take incpient steps in
violation thereto, ase calculated 10 lead 10 the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
| to diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
LANCER the stability and permanency OF the Mon.
and ought not to be couutenanced by any friend VI
our political Institutions.
| 2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
| was intende4 to embrace the whole subject Of
i
Democratic party Of the onion, stsIAisg on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere TO .
faithful execution oc the acts known Is he Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress OF 1850,
..the act for retaining futgitives from service u
labor" included; which act be ng designed to car
ry out an express provision Of the Constitution,
| cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, OF 30
| changed as to destroy impair its efficiency.
B. III It the Democratic party will resist ali at
tempts at renewing, in Congress or out Of il the
agitation OF the slavery question. unde- what
| ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
T. That the Demo ratio pirty will faithfully
| abide by and Uphold the principles laid down IN
| the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF i1ys
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
| Legislature in 1899; that il ADOPTS those pAnci
plies as constituting one Of the main foundati, u.
OF it's political creed, am is resolved to carry them
| out in their obvious meaning aud Import.
And that We may more distinctly meet the issue
on which a sectional party, subsi-ting exclusi ely
on slavery agitation, North anu Sc uth, to the on
| stltution and the Union.
| /. Resot0ed, that, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regari the
| preservation OF the Union under ths Constitution
| as pa. amount issue, and repudiatng oil section
| al parties and plato MS concerning domestic sla
very, viii h seek t. embroll the States, and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
| rtori and whose avowed purpose, il consum
IN ted, must end in civil war and disun:on-,he
American Democracy recognise ami adopt the
principles contained III the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territ ries OF Kansas and Nebraska a.
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 re-
| pose in its determined conservation ri the Union
Non Interference w Congress 10Th Sl0rery in
.State and 7er,itory,or IA the Dastrct Of Columbia
2. hat Thu was the basis Of the compromises
| Of $50, confirmed both by the Democratic and
| VIII x parties, in Nationa' Conventious-ratifed
kv,s MI, To-. al &c II
rightly applied to the organization Of Terrtori,!
! in 1854.
). That by the uniform application Of the Dem
| ocratie principle to the organization d
| Territories, ant to the admission If new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they ma,
| elect the equal rights Of all the States will b,
preserved intact the original compacts Of tn,
| institution maintained inviolAte-and the per
| petulty and expansion of this Union in
.ured to its utmost capacity of embracing, il
pc and harmony, every future American
state that may be constituted or annexed, with
republican form Of government.
| Resoioed, That We recognise the right Of thu
people Of all the Territories, In ludng Kansas AM
] Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will Of q majority Of actual residents
| and whenever the number Of their luhabitant
| justiies it, to form a Constitution. with with
nut domestic slavery, and be admitted into tn
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with tn
other tAtes.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol
| lowing ssolutions
| Resolued, That it is the du'y OF the Unitet
States to ford ample and c,mpie,e protection L
| all its citizens, whether at home abroad, ant
| whether native or fore gn born.
| Resoiced That one OF the necessities Of the AZ
in litary, commercial and postal point OF view
| is speedy commun ca ion between the Atlantis
and Pacific states, and the Democratic part,
pledge such constitutional power If the govern
ment rs will insure the construct Of q railroad +
the Pacific coast the earliest practicable peroa
Resolved, That the Democratic parry are in fa
vor Of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms a
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolved, That the enactments OF State Leysla
lures to defeat the faithful execution Of the fugi
give slave law are hostile in character and subver
i've 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary il
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad
ded the following resolution
Resolced, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform, that during the existence If ter
rtorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by he federal con
stitution the power Of the Territorial Leglsla
over the subject Of the domestic relations q
the same has been shall hereafter be finally de
termined by the Supreme Court of the Unite
States, should be respected by all good citizen;
and enforced with promptness and fidelity b.
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