Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-13
The Democratic Platform.


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Received, That -, the Denocncy q the U1Dn,
10 Conventisn aslDmbled, dDhGDby Sscar. eaT
affirmation = tho rsDlutions usanimeosly sdept-
"a and declaeed = ; plat5egm Of principles ~ NE
Democratic Convention - Cincinnati, in the year
1856, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature whom applied TO the
same subject matters.
That portion Of The Cincinnati platform rslAt-
ing to the slavery qusseisn 10 the following
Rssotred, That We reiterate, with renewed eper-
~ OF purpose, the we'll considered declarations OF
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery AID concssning the reserved
rights Of the States:
l. That Congress has no power, under the Cos-
stitution to interfere with or control the domestic
institutions of the several States. and that suoh
thing appertaining to their own ahairs not pro-
hibited in the Consultation that al efforts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made TO interfere with
questions Of slavery, or TO take incpient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated 70 lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have a. inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger the stability and permanency Of the Union,
and ought not to be- countenAnced BY any friend Of
our political institations.
2. That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended TO embrace tho 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 IS the Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress Of 1850,
"the act for retaining futigives from service or
labor," included; which act being designed to car
~ out an express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto DO repealed, or so
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
3. That the Democratic party will resist all At
tempts at renewing, in Congress or out Of it the
agitation OF the slavery question. under what
ever shape or color tho attempt may b made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
tho kentucky and Virgins resolutions Of 1895,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1892; that it adopts those plinci.
pies as constituting ono Of the main foundations
Of its political creed ana 10 resolved TO carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
And thatwe may moro distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
slavery agitation, North and South, to the Con-
stltution and the Union.
l. Kesolued, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of oil who regard the
preservation Of the Union under the Consultation
~ paramount issue, and repudiating al section
al parties and platforms, conserving domestic sa-
very, which seek 70 embrol the States, and to in
cite to treason snd armed resistance to Law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, if consum-
mated, must end in civil war and dsun;on-,h The
American Democracy recognise and adopt the
principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska ~
embodying the only sound and safe solution Of the
''slavery question" upon which the great national
idea of the people Of this wheie country can re-
pose in its determined conservation Of the Union
: Nom Interference by Congress scith Slavery in
State and 7srrtory,or in the District of Columbia.
g. That this was the basis Of the compromises
Of 1850, confirmed both by the Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventions atihed
by the whole people in the election of 1852, and
rightly applied to Reorganization Of Territories
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ocratie principle to the organization Of
Territories, and to the admission Of new States.
with or without domestic slavery, - they may
elect, the equal rights Of all the States will be
preserved intact-the original compacts Of the
Constitution maintained invioate-and the per-
petulty and expansion of this Unien in
sured to its utmost capacity Of embracing, in
peace and harmony, every future American
State that may be constituted or annexed, with .
republican form of government.
Resolved, That We recognise the right of the
people of al the Territories including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly
expressed will Of majority of actual residents,
and whenever tho number Of their inhabitants
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol-
lowing resolutions
Resolved, That it is tho duty Of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection to
all its citizens, whether ut home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That ono Of the necessities Of the age,
in military, commercial and postal point of view
is speedy communication between the Atlantic
and Pacific States, and the Democratic party
pledge such constitutional power Of the govern
ment will insure the construction Of railroad To
the Pacific coast at tho earliest practicable period
Resolued, That the Democratic party are in "a
vor of the acquisition of Cuba ON such terms ~
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Resolved, That the enactments of State Legisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law are hostile in character and subver-
sive 10 the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution
Resolved, That it is in accordance with the Gin
cinnati Platform, that during the existence Of ter
ritorial governments, the measure of restriction
whatever it may be, imposed by the federal con-
stitution on the power Of the Territorial Leglsla-
ture over the subject Of the domestic relations Al
the same has been or shall hereafter be finally de-
termined by the Supreme Court of the United
States, should be respected BY all good citizens
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch of the general government.