Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-31
Democrats, Read!
The Men who signed the National Demo
cratic Platform.

Al cratic T1etxoTm.
, In response to numerous inquiries, W
re-publish, to-day, the names of the Dem
ocrats who signed the remai kable instrumen
lpart Of which we published in yesterday
paper, as the Platform of the National Dem
ocrats of Muscatine. twas published in full
in the Enquirer, some two weeks since. Al
lit was decidedly prolix instrument covering
almost two columns, and, as we had some
Irega1d Tor the reputation Of our city and th'
feelings of the friends Of the gentlemen whose
names figure as signers Of this singular doc
ument, we did not publish it. Since ou'
publication Of the Platform, howevtr, public
curiosity has been excited to such degree
by the extraordinary character of it's contents
that it will not be satisfied, but demands the
names Of the soritsr and the signers Of this
unique production. We extract first the
salient, or what might be termed more popu-
larly the "salty," portions Of the Platform:
~ MUsoATINs, Iowa. June %, 1860.
q At q consultation meeting of number OF
Natior al Democrats, It was proposed to
organize Democratic Club.
The Chairman, GsN. ANsRL Humphreys,
appointed JOHN A. MoOokMIck, J. J. Hoops,
DR. G. P. HASTINGS and A. L. MASON q
committee to report Platform. - "
The Convention adjourns to July Sd, and
Messrs. Mccormick, Hoops, Hastings and
Mason retire for five days meditation on
political ethics and economy, and on the
eventful 80 they return, rejoicing, to the
Convention, bearing in their arms, as the
precious result OF their labors, the delightful
specimen of morals and rhetoric which we
exhibited to our readers last week. 1t
furnishes highly y-colored illustration Of the
wonderfully elevating influence exerted upon
the politics Of the country by our common
schools and our religious institutions, COM
monty alluded to as the Fourth Of July.
The following beautiful extracts will serve
to show the tone and character of the pro-
duction. They declare:
"TnAr THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN SLAVES IS
DISTINCTLY AND EXPRESSLY AFFIRMED IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
"That the citizen Of a slave State has tho
same right to go to a Territory soith his
properfg in slaves that the citizen Of free
State has to 90 there with his property in
0re, and horses. and ,ohile there both are
entitledto equal protection under The Consti-
tuition.
"That the Congress of the United States
has no right or authority to exclude slave
property from Federal Territory; nor can
Territorial Legislature, either by positive law
or by unfriendly legislation, exclude slavery
therefrom but, under the Constitution, the
Territorial Legislature are in duty and in law
BOUND to afford the same protection to slave
property as to other property while the Ter
ritorial condition remains; and, if the Legis-
lature of a Territory shall neglect or refuse to
become the duty Of CONGRESS 70 INTER
POSE, and PASS SUCH LAWS as wiu
AFFORD PROTECTION to SUCH PROP.
ERTY in the Federal Territories, until they
shall become sufficiently populated to enable
them to assume sovereignty IN their e,cn right.
"Assd the undersigned a0ould further declare
that they haze REPUDIATED Squatter
Sopersignty as ontagonistic to the principles
o. 1/eWOCTdcy, SbOveEStVe " He saynkS " H6
sovereign States Of the Union, and AT WAR
aoith the Constitution Of our country"
They denounce the Douglas Democrats of
the North as sectional:
"That they approve of the platform reported
by the committee of seventeen States at the
Charleston Convention, which was voted
down by the sectional Democrats Of the North,
and the small fraction from the South who
misrepresented the sentiments Of their con-
stituents."
They adore Buchanen, and endorse his
Administration in GALL ITS PARTS"
"And the undersigned further declare THAT
THEY APPROVE oP THE POLICY OF THE PATRIOT,
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, AND CORDIALLY AP.
PROVE AND COMMEND HIS AQM!NIsTR ALTON AS
TENDING IN ALL ITS PARTS TO PROMOTE TIE
NATIONAL HONOR, AS WELL AS TIE INTERESTS
THEREOF"
Their pledge:
"And to tho support of the principle,
contained in the foreg ling declarations, we
hereby pledge ourselves most firmly to
adhere.
SIN testimony whereof, we subscribe our
names, Gated at the city Of Auscatine, July
2lst, 1867"