Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-30
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sion and pre-eninent example In free government
built upon, entire freedom ia matters q religious
concernnent and 40 respect Of persons IN regard to
rank or place Of birth, party can justly be deem
ed national constitutional, or in accordance with
American principles which bases its exclusive or
eanization upon religious opinions and accidental
birthplace; ara hence, political crusade IN the
nineteenth century. and I the United States Of
America against Catholics and foreign born, is
neither justified by the past history OF the future
prospects Of the country, nor in unison with the
spirit Of federation and enlarged freedom which Pc
euliarly distinguishes the American system Of pop
ular government
Resolved That we reiterate with renewed energy
Of puFpOse. the welconsidered declarations Of for
mer conventions upon the sectional issue Of Domes-
tic Slavery, and concerning the reserved rights OF
the States
l. That Congress has no power, under the COnsti-
tntion to interfere with control the domestic in
situations of the several States and that such States
the sole and proper judges Of everything apper
tanning to their affairs, not prohibited by the
Constitutions that all efforts Of the abolitOnists
others, made to induce Congress to interfere with
questions of slavery to take incipient steps in re-
laton thereto, are calculated to lead to the most
alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all
such efforts have inevitable tendency to diminish
the happiness Of the people, and endanger the sta
bility and permanency of the Union, and ought not
to be countenanced by any friend ofour political IN
stitutions
2. 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 this national plat
form, viii abide by and adhere to a faithful excu-
ton Of the acts known the Compromise measures,
settled by the Congress of 1850; "the act for re
claiming fugitives from service or labor" included:
which act being designed to carry out an express
provision Of the Constitution. cannot, with fidelity
thereto, be repealed changed as to destroy or
impair its efficiency.
8. That the Democratic party will resist all at
tempts at renewing. in Congress- or out Of II, the
agitation Of the slavery question under whatever
shape or color the attempt may be made.
4. That the Democratic party viii faithfully abide
by and uphold the principles laid down in the Ken
lucky and Virginia resolutions Of 1888, and IN the
report Of Mr. Madison 70 the Virginia Legislature,
in 1885, that it adopts those principles as constltu-
ting one Of the main foundations Of its political
creed and is resolved to carry them out in their OBJ
vious meaning and import.
And that we may more distinctly meet the issue
on which sectional party, subsistng exclusively
slavery agitation Low relies TO test the fidelity OF
the people, North and South, to the Constitution
and the Union
1. Resolusd, That claiming fellowship with, and
desiring the cooperation Of all who regard the pre-
servatiOn Of the Union under the Constitution the
paramount issue-and repudiatng all sectional par
| Ties and platforms concerning domestic slavery,
which seek to embro the States and ncite 70 trea-
son and armed resistance 70 law in the territories;
and whose avOWed purposes, if contaminated, must
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mocracy recognize and adopt the principles contain
ed in the organic laws establishing the Territories OF
Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying the only sound
and safe solution of the slavery question" upon
which the great national idea of the people OF this
whole country can repOse IN its determined cOnserV-
atism Of the -NON-NTEFERENCE BY CONGRESS
WITH SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES OR IN THE DISTINCT
! OF COLUMBIA.
2 That this was the basis of the Compromises of
| I85O-confrmed by both the Democratic and Wing
u al Anaw
/ pie in the election Of lS52-and rightly applied to
/ the organization Of Territories in 1854
g. That by the uniform application Of this Demo
cratic pricple the organization Of territories and
to the admission Of new States with or without do
nestle slavery, as they may elect-the equal rights
of all the States will be preserved intact-the orig
inal cOmpacts Of the Constitution maintained i1Tio-
/ iate-and the perpetuity and expansion Of this
Union insured to its utmost capacity Of embracing,
in peace and harmony every future American state
that may be constituted or annexed with Republi-
| can form Of government.
RESOLVED That we recognize the right Of the peO-
pie of all the territories, including Kansas and Ne
braska, acting through the legally and fairly ex-
pressed will Of majority Of actual residents, and
whenever the number of their inhabitants Justlhes
it. to form constitution, with 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 in the Old World land the
dangerous tendencies OF 6ecIOnal dBlLablOnl COLI
hined with the attempt 70 enforce civil and religious
disabilities against the rights Of acquiring and en-
JOying citizenship in our Rnd) high and sacred
duty is deyOlyed with increased responsibility upon
the Democratic party Of this country as the party OF
the Union tOuphOd and maintain the rights Of every
State and thereby the Union Of the States; and to
sustain and advance among Us constitutional liberty
by continuing to resis all mOnopies and exclusive
legislation for the benefit Of the few at the expense
Of the many, and by vigiaut and constant adhe-
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Constitution, which are broad enough and strong
enough TO embrace and uphold the Union as 1t was,
the Union as it is and the Union it shall be- in the
full expansion of the energies and capacity Of this
great and progressive people.
l. Resolved That there are questions connected
with the foreign policy Of this country, which are
Inferior TO no domestic question whateveT The time
has CONE for the people of the United States to declare
themselves in favor Of free seas and progressive free
trade throughout the world, and, by solemn nantes
tati0ns to place their moral influence by the side Of
their successful example.
2 Res0lUed That our geographical and political
position with reference to the other States OF this
continent less than the interest Of our commerce
and the development Of our growing power.
requires that we should hold sacred the princI-
pies involved in the Monroe Doctrine; their bearing
and import admit Of no miseOnstruct0n; they should
be applied with unbendIng rigldlUy.
3 BsSOlUed, That the great highway which nature
well TIE assent of the States most Immediately
a free communication between the Atlantic and Pa
cific Oceans constitutes one of the most important
achievements realized by the spirit of modern times
and the uncOnqUerable energy Of our people. mat
result should be secured by timely and efficient
exertOn Of the control which we have the right to
claim overit and ne power on earth should be sui
fered TO impede clog its prOgrgs by any Interior
with the relations it may sus1Our policy to es-
tablish between our government and the govern
meets Of the States within whose domInIOns 1t les
We can under no circumstances, surrender our pre-
pOnderance in the adjustment Of Questions growing
out Of it
L. Resolred That in view of so commanding an
interest the people of the United States cannot but
sympathise with the efforts which are being made by
the people of Central America to regeRerat9 that
portion Of the continent which covers the passage
across the InterOceanc Isthmus.
8. ReSOUed, That the Democratic party will ex-
pect Of the next Administration thateVery proper eff
fort will be made to insure our ascendency in the Gulf
of Mexico and to maintain permanent protection
to the great outlets through which emptied into
its waters the products raised out of the SOIL and
the commodities created by the industry Of the peO-
pie Of our Western valleys, and Of the Union at
large. B. +. HALLETT, Chm.
Now AxD THEN.-The BELL. DOUGLAS organ of
yesterday speaking of the National Democratic
ticket, says:
The pigmy endeavors Of Ehe Administration press
in this State TO get up enthusiasm for their Yam
ceyite Ticket, is exciting the Fidicule and disgust
even Of their own followers. Their eagerness to
whip in stray sheep from the flock who exhibit
Douglas symptoms cOmpels them to resort TO such
sensation headings as "MOre of the Grand SWell;'
The Ball Rolling on and such other bOmbastic eX-
pressiOns. to give their feeble ticket appearance
Of strength-when they must feel from the cold re-
ceptiOn which the announcement Of the SecedeFs'
nominations has met with in Tennessee, and especial
ly in Nashville, that they have not the ghost Of
chance 70 carry one State in the Union.
On the oath Ult our contemporary used the fol-
lowing emphatic language:
Some of the leaders, (of the Tennessee DemOCra-
Cyl it is true, are for swallowing everything and
going to Baltimore for Douglas he is, if necessa
~, without even a twO-faced resolution. But the
rank and file will not follow in such course of
decentralization. They cannot be induced TO sup
port Douglas and SquatUer Sovereignty. They nave
been taught by the very men who are now willing
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