Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-30

wh ;ch Nominated James Buchanan for President
We shall, from time time, republish those as the
creed Of the Democracy
Resolred That the foundation OF this Union Of
States having been laid in, ana us prosperity,
EXPANSION, and pre- eminent example in free gov.
erpment built upon entire freedom in matters of
religious concernment, and no respect OF person in
regard to rank or place of birth no party can
Justly be deemed national, constitutional, or in
accord nce with American principles which bases
its exclusive organization upon reiigious opinions
and accidental birth place. And hence political
crusade in the nineteenth century, and in the
United States of America, against Catholic and
foreign born, is neither justified by the past hsto-
nv or future prospects of the nor IN unison
with the spirit Of liberation and enlarged freedom
which distinguishes the American system of pop.
ular sovereignty.
ResoIred, That we reiterate with renewed ener-
py of purpose, the well 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 ar control the domestic
institutions of the several States, and that such
States are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining to their own affairs not pro-
hib;ed by the Constitution that all efforts of the
abolitionists, or others, made to induce Congress
to interfere with questions OF Slavery or to take
incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated
to lead TO tie most 8IHIMiHS ouu dangerous con-
sequences, and that all such efforts have an inev-
table 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 1850.
1.-THE act for retaining fugtives from service or
labor included; which act being designed to
carry out an express provision OF the Constitution
cannot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That tho 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.
a. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1898,
and in the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 799. that it adopts those principles
political creed, and is resolved to carry them out
| in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the is
sue on which q sectional party, subsisting ex-
clusvely upon slavery agitation, now relies to test
the fidelity Of the peorIe North and South, to the
| l. Resolged That claiming fellowship with, and
desiring the corporation Of all who regard the
| preservation Of the Union under the Constitution
| as the permanent issue-vnd repudiating all Sec
tional parties and platforms concerning domestic
slavery, which seek to embroil 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
J Observation-Disclosures by Congress with Slave
ry in State Territory, in the District of CO.
| lumbia.
| 2. That this was the basis Of the Compromise
of 1s5O-confrmed by both the Democratic and
| Wing parties in National Convention-ratifed by
the people in the election of ls52-and rightly
applied in the organization of Territories in 1854
| 3. 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 its utmost capacity Of
embracing, in peace and harmony, every future
State that may be constituted or annexed, with a
| republican form of government.
| Resolved, That We recognizs 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 q Constitution with OF
| without domestic slavery, and be admitted into
the 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
bned with the attempt to enforce civil and relig-
ous 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
stitutlonal liberty, by continuing to resist all
monopolies and exclusive legislation for the ben
eft of the few, at the expense Of the many, and
by vigflant and constant adherence to those
principles and Compromises Of the Constitution
which are broad enough and strong enough Il
embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the
Union rs it shall be, in the full expansion Of the
energies and capacity of the great and progressive
people.
l. Resotced That there are questions CONNECT
with the foreign policy Of this country, which arc
| inferior to no domestic question whatever. The
time has come for the people of the United State.
to declare themselves in favor of free seas and pre-
gressive free trade throughout the world, and by
solemn manifestations to place their moral in
| fuence at tho side Of their successful example,
= Resotred. That our geographical and political
position with reference to the other States Of this
continent, no less than tho interest Of our CON-
merce and the development Of our growing power
requires that We should hold as sacred the prnci
pies involved in the Monroe doctrine their bear
ing and import admit Of no misconstruction; 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, mas 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 tho unconquerablc en-
ergy of our people. That result should be secured
by 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
or clog its progress by any interference with the
relations which it may suit our policy to establish
between our Government and the States withiA
VIII ose dominion it lies. We can, under circum-
| stances, surrender our preponderence in the ad-
justment OF all questions arising out Of it.
4. Resoiced, That in view OF so commanding
an interest, the people Of the United States can
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. Resolced, That tho Democratic party will Ok
pcct of tho next Administration that every ProLer
effort will be made to insure our ascendency IN the
Gulf Of Mexico, and t. maintain Permsnen'
protection to the great outlets through which are
emptisd into its waters the products raised out Of
the soil, and the eommodities created BY the IN.
dustry q the people u ear Wsstetn valleys, ana
Of the Union ct large.