M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-12

t'HN1' VI 'ilS PrNp'Cs olu NHunuBSl tliS eAd'
bIiiy and perminency OF the Union, and
ought not TO be coun,enanced by any friend Of
our political institutions.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended TO embrace, the whole sub
jet of slavery ogitaIion in Congress; and
therefore, the Democratic party Of the Ua-
ion. standing on this nJtional platform, will
abide by and adhere to faithful execution
of the acts known as he Compromise meas.
ures, settled by the Congress Of 1850; "the
act for recaiming fugilyes from service or
labor" included; which act being designed
to carry out an express provision Of the Con-
stiution, cannot, with tile,ity thereto, be
repealed, or so changed as 10 destroy or i'm
pair its efficiency.
g. That the Democratic party will resist
all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out
ol il, the ogittlon Of Tie slavery question
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made.
4, That the Democratic party will faith
fully abide by and uphold, the principles laid
down in the KeE lucky and Virginia resoIu-
tions Of l79S, and in the report of Mr. Madi-
son 10 the Virginia Legislature, in 1889. that
it adopts those principles as constituting one
.UI the main foundations Of its political creed,
and is resolved to carry them ouIin their OBJ
yious meaning and import
Aud that we may more distinctly meet
the issue on which a sectional party, subsist
ing exclusively on slavery agitation, now re-
lies to test The fidelity the people, north
and south, 10 The Constitution aud the I'm.
lOu-
]. Re3olued. That claiming fellowship
with, aud desiring the cooperation OF all
who reglrd the preservation Of the Union
under the Constitution as the paramount is
sue--ahd regulating all sectional parties and
platforms CmcGmibgdOmestic slJyery, (which
seek to embro, the States and incite TO trea-
son and armed resistance 20 law in the Ter
ritories; aud whose avowed purposes, il con.
,ummated, must end in civil war and disun-
ion. The American Democracy recognize
and adopt the principles contained in the or.
.gnnic laws establishing the Territories Of
Kansas and Nebraska as cmbodying the on.
Iy sound and safe solution Of the "slayery
question upon which the great national
idea Of The people Of this whole country can
rcpOse in its determined conservatism of the
Uniou-.NoN INTERFERENCE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND TGRMTORV
OR Is TUE DIsTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
,. That thswas the basis Of the Compromi-
scs Of 1850 confirmed BY both the Demo-
cratic and Wing parties in national Conyen.
tions-ratif.i by the people in the election
Of l6j2-and rightly applied to the organiza'
ton Of Territories in 1874.
3. That by the IN form application of this
Democratic principle to the organization Of
territories and to the admission of new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they
may eleCt--tho equal rights of all the States
viii be preserved intaCt-the original COM
ratts of the Constitution maintained invio-
lgte---and the perpetuity and expansion of
this Union insured TO its utmost capacity of
embracing, in peace aud harmony, every fu-
ture American State that may be con nsiitut-
ed OF annexed, with a republican form OF
government.
Rssolred That we recognize the right of
the people Of all the Territories including
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through Tie
legally and fairly expressed will of major.
ity OF actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitants Is justifes it; to
form "A Constitution, with or without. doucs.
tic slavery, and be admitted into the Union
pom terms Of perfect equality with the 9th.
r. States.
Pls9'rcd, finally That in view Of the
condition of popular institutions in the Old
World (and the dangerous tendencies o! sec
ional agitation, combined with the attempt
10 enforce civil and religious disabilities
igainst the rights Of acquiring and enjoying
in our laud)-a high and sacred
luty is devo,yed with increased responsibi,i- !
y upon the Democratic party Of this coun-
Try as tie party Of tue Union, to uphold and
maintain the rights oreyery State and there
by the Union Of the States; and to sustain
md advance among ue constitutional Liberty,
by continuing TO resist all monopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit Of the
few, at the expense Of the many, and by
yiril0nt and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises Of the Con5titu-
tion. which are broad enough and strong
enough to embrace and uphold the Union as
it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as
it shall be, in the full expansion of the en-
argies and capacity Of this great and progress
size people.
[. Resolold, That there aYe questions con-
aactcd with the foreign policy of this coun-
Try, which are inferior t0nO domestic qu5s-
ZION whatever, The time has come for the
people Of the United States to declare them
selves in favor Of free seas and progressive
free trade throughout the world, and, by
solemn manifestations, to place their mora
al the side Of their successful ex
ample.
2, Re8olred, That our geographical ana
political position with reference to the other
States OF this continent, no less than the in.
.erest of our commerce and the development
Of our growing power requires that we sho'd
held as sacred the principles involved in the
Monroe Doctrine: their bearing and import
admit Of no miscousiruction; they should be
applied with unbendns rigidity.
5, R58OlrGd. Thet the great highway
which nature, as well as the assent of the |.
States most Immediately interested in its
has marked out for a free F.
between the Atlantic aud
Pacific oceans, constitutes one of the most |
important achievements realized by the spir-
it Of modern times and the unconquerable en-
ergy Of our people. That result should be !
secured b. timely and efficient exertion of
the control which we have the right to
claim over il, end no power on earth Should
be suffered to impede or clog its progress by
any interference with the relations it may
suit our policy to establish between our gov