The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-10

associates and VIC denounce those threats OF dis
unlun, in case of popular overthrow Of their as
tendency as DENYING the vItal principles of free
government, and Is an avowel OF contemplated
reason, which i Is the Imperative duty OF an in
digpant PEOPLE sterniy 10 -rehnke and forever al
!. That the maintenance inyiolate of the Rights
~ the States, and especially the right OF each State
to order and control its domestic institutions
according ia Its own Judgment exclusively, l.
=eptial 10 that balance of powers hich tine per
lection and endurance of political fabric de-
pends and denounce the lawess invasion by
armed force Of the soil OF any State Territory,
matter under what pretext as among he gravest
crimes.
g. That the present Democratic Administrator
has far eKceeded our worst appTehensiOns, in It's
measureless snhserViency TO the exaCtions Of sec
ti0na interest, especially eyiuced in its deSper
ate exertons 70 force the Infamous Lecemptcn Con-
stitution upon the protesting peope Of Kansas IL
constituting the personal relation between master
and servant 20 involve unqualified property III
persOus; in it's attempted enforcement, every here
land aud sea. through the Intervention OF Cou-
9ress and of the Federal Courts, Of the extreme
rretensious Of purely local interest anu IN lts
general aud unyaying sbuse Of the power riisred
TO it by a oouhding people.
s. That the People justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
ment OF the Federal Government; that return to
rigid economy and accountability Is indispensable
to the systematic plunder Of the public treas
ury by favored partSaus; while the recent startling
detelopIut q frauds and corruptious at the Fed
sraI Metropolis. show that entire change
administration is imperatiVel5 demanded.
7. That The new dogma that the Constitution, u
its own force, carries Slavery into any all of the
Territories Of the United States, Is q dangerous
political heresy at variance with the explicit n"
visions of that instrument itself with Coutempors
ueous exposition and with legislative and judicial
precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, aud
subversve of the peace and harmony OF tie country
6. That the normal condition of all the Territory
OF the United States il that Of reedVm: That -
our Republican fathers, when they had abolished
slavery ia all national territory, ordained that
no person should be deprived ri life, liberty,
property, without due process Of law, il becomes
duty, DV LEGISLATION, whenever such Legislation
Is necessary. maintain this provision Of the Con
stituton against all attempts to violate it; ami
deny the authority Of Congress- Of territorial lex
isafHre or Of any individuals, to give legal exist
ence TO Slavery in any Territory os the United
o. That We hraNi the recent te-oIeling 81 HI
African Slave TRADE, under the cover Of our M
tionai Flag, aided 10y perversions OF judicial power,
a crime against Humanity and Il burning shame
to Country and Ags; and call upon Congress
to take prompt and efficient measures tor tha total
and final suppression Of that execfsble traffic
IL. That in the recent yetoe5, by their Federal
Governor, Of the acts OF the legislatures OF kau.
sas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery ia those
Territories, find practical illustration Of the
bOastef Democratic principle Of Non Intervention
and Popular Sovereignty embodied in the kansss-
Nebraska bill, and demonsti alton of the deception
and fraud involved therein.
H. That Kansas should, Of right, be immediately
admitted State under the Constit ution recently
formed and adopted by her people, and accepted Is
the House Of Representatives.
;12. That, while providing revenue for the rul-
port of the general government by duties upon i'm
these imrosts to encourage the development Cf
the industrial interests of the whole country and
we commend that policy of national exchange, /
Nhich secures TO the working men liberal wages to
agriculture remunerating prices, rnechanics aud
manufacturers adequate reward for their ski I,
labor, aud enterprise and to the nation commercial
prosperity and Independence.
Is. That protest against any sale or aiiena- I
tion to othera of the Public Lands held by actual
settlers, and against any view OF the F1ce Home
stead policy hich regards the setters Paupers
o. suppIiauVs fer purlic bounty; aud We demand !
the passage bv Congress OF the complete and suits
factory HON stead which hiss already pas
0 me House
H. That the Republican party 10 opposed 90 any I.
change ia our Naturalization Laws, any State /!
legislation by which the rights Of citizenship hth
erto accorded to imLnigrants from foreign lands /
shall bs abridged or impaired and in favor Of Civ
Ing full and efficient protection 70 the rights Of
all classes OF citizens, whether native natural
ICED, both at home ami abroad
Is. That appropriations by Congress for River
and Harbor improvements III National character,
required for the accommodation and security Of
sxistiog commerce, are authorized ~ the Const
tuition, and justified by the obligation Of Govern
this yss and property fits citizens
l6. That a Railroad to the Pacific Ocean i i'm
3erGively demanded by tn, interests Of the whole
'onntry; that the Federal Government ought to
render i1nrnsdiste and efficient aid 10 it,
ion; and that, preliminary thereto, daily
overland Mail shorld he promptly established.
IL. Finally, having thus yet furth distinctive
principles aud vieVs, invite the operation Of
Ill citizens, however differing on other eueHrunS
who substantially agree With IL IN their a6rnanca
md support.