Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-04

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The platform adopted By the Convention ct
Charleston was - follow:
Resolssk Thsews. the psneHsey 81 the Union,
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|ee and ded rcd = en- form. Of pHn4plso y the
DSnocratie Conspntt q Ciecinnat 10 - year
1889, believing AhaE DsAsdJoAis F5lssiples ere
Interchangeable in their nature whom applied TO the
same subject matters.
THAT portion Of the Cincinnati platform rslAt-
ing to the slavery question is the following j
Rsso1rsd, That W rsitsrats, With renewed eDer-
81 Of purpose, the we'll considered declarations Of
former Conventions upon the sectional issue Of
domestic slavery. and concerning the reserved
rights Of the States:
sttuon TO intsrfere with Of control the dom este
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-
hibited in the Consitution that al efforts Of the
Abolitionists or others, made to interfere with
questions Of slavery or to take incipisnt steps in
violation thereto, are calculated TO Iced 70 the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency
TO diminish the happiness Of the people, and en-
danger tho stability and permanency OF the U nion,
and ought not to be countenanced BY any friend OF
our political institutions.
g. 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 IS the Com
promise Measures settled by the Congress OF 1885,
the act for reclsimine futigtives from service OF
labor" included which act being designed to car
| ~ out an express provision Of the Constitution
cannot with fidelity thereto BE- repealed, or 60
changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
| g. That the Democratic party will resist al It
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| agitation OF the slavery question. under what
| ever shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party will faithfully
abide by and uphold the principles laid down in
| the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions OF l19s
and ON the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that il adopts those plinci
pies as constituting ono Of the main foundations
Of its political creed, and is resolved to carry them
| out in their obvious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsisting exclusively
on slavery agitation, North and South, 70 the Con
stltutiOn and the Union.
l. Resol0ed, That, claiming fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of al who regard thu
preser ystiop of the Union under the Constitution
Is paramount issue, and repudisting al section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic STA
very which seek to embroll the States. and to In
cite to treason and armed resistance to law in Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, II consum
mated, must end in civil war and disunion-tht
| American Democracy recognise and adopt thu
| principles contained in the organic laws, estab
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, ~
embed wing the only sound and safe solution OF thu
"slavery question" upon which the great nauona
| idea of the people Of this Whole country can re
pose in its determined conservation Of the Unioz
= Nom Interference By Congress Wih Nacery ~
STATE and Territory, or In the Distrct Of Columbia
| 2. That this was the basis Of the compromise.
of 1850, confirmed both BY tho Democratic and
Wing parties, in National Conventlone.ratihec
by the whole people in the election OF 1897, ant
rightly applied to the organization Of Territories
| in Sl54.
3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ecratis principle to the organisation q
| Territories, and to the admission Of new States
with or without domestic slavery, as they may
elect, the equal rights Of oil the States will b
preserved intact-the original compacts Of tn
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per
| petulty and expansion of this Union in
sured to its utmost capacity OF embracing, II
peace and harmony, evcry future American
| State that may be constituted or annexed, with
republican form Of government.
Resolved, That We recognise the right of tn
people Of all the Territories including Kansas ant
| Nebraska, acting through tho legally and fairly
| expressed will Of . majority Of actual residents
and whenever the number of their inhabitaut
justifes it, to form Constitution, with or with
| out domestic slavery, and be admitted into thu
| other States.
land the Charleston Convention passed the fol-
| lowing resolutions j
Resolred, That it is the duty OF the United
States to afford ample and complete protection e
| al its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That one 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 If the govern
ment Is will insure the construction Of railroad t.
the Pacific coast at the earliest practicable period
Resolved, That the Democratic party are in f..
| vor of the acquisition Of Cuba on such terms u
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain
Received, That the enactments of State Legisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution Of the fug
give slave law are hostile in character and subver
sive TO the Constitution, and revolutionary il
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 Leglsa
ture over the subject Of the domestic relations
the same has been or shall hereafter be finally do
termined BY the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by oil good citizens
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch Of the general government.