Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-18
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The platform adopted by the Convention ut
ChnEfeston was - folowe: -
kssoired. fhatvs, the Democracy q the Union,
thConventien assemblies, do hereby oeclsre our
afnrnaton Of the resolotions unanimepsly adopt-
ed and declsred = pletfofm q prindepies ~ the
Demoeratie Convsstion asCiusaanati.t 10 the year
1890, believing that Democratic principles are
Interchangeable in their nature when applied TO the
same subject matters.
That portion Of the Cincinnati platform reiat-
ing 70 the slavery question Is the following:]
Hssotued, That We reiterate, with renewed eper-
81 OF purpose, the we'll considered declarations OK
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-
sttutoR to interfere with control tho dom este
states the sole and proper Judges of every
thing appertaining TO their own affairs not pro-
hibited in the Constitution that all efforts of the
AbOlitionists others, made to interfere with
questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in
violation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
| that all such efforts have az inevitable tendency
TO diminish the happiness OF the people, and en-
danger the stability and permaneucy Ut the Union,
ana ought not TO be countenanced by any friend OF
our political Institutions.
2 That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intende~ 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 u
faithful execution 0. the acts known rs the Com
promise Measures, settled by the Congress o. $780,
the act for retaining fugitives from service or
labor, Included which act be ne designed To ear
| ry out express provision Of the Constitution,
cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed, or SO
changed a. to destroy impair its efficiency.
! ). That the Democratic party will resist all at
tempts at renewing, in Congress out of it the
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 1898,
and on the report Of Mr.. Madison to the Nirg MIA
Legislature in 1899; that il aiopts those plnei
pies as constituting one Of the main foundations
OF its political creed, ana 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, subsstlng exclusively
on slavery agitation, North anu South, to the Con-
stltuton and tine Union.
! l. Resolced, That. claim ng fellowship with and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the
| preservation Of the Union under the Constitution
as paramount issue, and repudating all section
al parties and platforms, concerning domestic sa-
| very which seek t. enbroll the States and to in
cite to treason and armed resistance to law In Ter
ritories and whose avowed purpose, If consuIn-
mated, must end in civil war and disun.on the
American Democracy recognize and adopt the
/ principles contained in the organic laws, estab-
fishing the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, AS
embodyin the only sound and safe solution Of the
slavery question" upon which the great atioDa
! idea Of the people of this wh"ie country can re-
| pose in its determined conservation of the Union
| = Aon Interference by Congrcss ,ruh Ndrery in
State and 7erritory,or IN the U4rtct o. Columbia
2. That this was the basis of the compromises
| Of 1850, confirmed both by the Democratic and
| Wing parties, in National Conventions-ratifed
| by the whole people in the election of 1882, and
rightly appliedto the organization Of Territories
in Sl54.
| 3. That by the uniform application of the Dem
ecrate principle to the organization of
Terri tories, ami to the admission Of States.
with without domestic slavery, as they may
elect, the equal rights of all the States will be
| preserved intact the orig nal compacts Of the
Constitution maintained inviolate-and the per-
petuity and expansion of this Union in
! sured t. its utmost capacity of embracing, in
pc and harmony, every future American
! state that may be constituted or annexed, With .
republican form Of government.
/ ResoLred. That we recognize the right Of the
people Of all the Territories, including Kansas and
Nebraska acting through the legally and fairly.
expressed will Of majority of actual residents,
| and whenever the number of their inhabitants
| justiies it, to form Constitution, with With
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
! other States.
| nd the Char eston Convention passed tho fol-
| lowing resoutions :
1
States to afford ample and complete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That one of the necessities Of the age,
in a 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 at the earliest practicable period.
Resoired That the Democratic party in ia
vor of the acquisition of Cuba such terms as
shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
i Res0ued That the enactments of State Legisla-
lures defeat the faithful execution of the fugi
give slave law hostile in character and subver-
sive to the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effects.
To the foregoing the Baltimore Convention ad-
ded the following resolution
Resoired, That ii 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 Lcglsla-
ture the subject Of the domestic relations as
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