The Placer herald., 1864-10-01
TIE D GMOCRATIC CREED.

THE 3MOCRATIC CREED.
As LAID DOWN NNp REITERATED IN SEVERAL Demo
| CRATIC CONVENTIONS or ALI. THE STATES, INCIUD-
tNG TUE ClNCINNArt CONVENTION or 1856.
Rcs0i0cd, That the Democratic party will faith
fully abide ny andnph I'D the principles laid down
| in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1898,
and in the report OF Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1879; that it adopts those prnci-
pies constituting one OF the main foundations OF
its political creed. and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import Ctn-
| ci}eudh Platform.
Kentucky Resolutions OF 179S.
Drafted by the pen Of Thomas jefferson.
Res0ired That the several States composing
| the United States of America, are not united on
| the principle of unlimited submission to the Cen
eral Government, but that by compact under
the style oil Constitution for the United States,
and of amendments thereto they constituted
General Government for special purposes, dele
gltcd to that Government certain delinltlve pow
ers, rcserving each State to inself the residuary
mass of right to their own seli-goyernment, and
that whenSOever the General Government assumes
unlelegated powers, its acts are unauthorized,
void and of no torcc that to this compact each
State acceded as State. and is IN integral party;
aud its CO. States forming, to ITSELF the other
party; ana the Government. created by this com
pact was not made the exclusive or final Judge of
the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since
that would have made its discretion, and not the
constitution, the measure of its powers; but that
a in all other eases Of compact, among powers
having no common judge. each party has an
equal right to Judge for itself as well OF inirac-
lions as OF the mode and measure of redress.
2. Resolved, That the constitution of the Unit
ed States having delegated to Congress a power
to punish treason, for counterlrting the securities
and current coin of the United States, piracies
and feloncs committed on the high seas, and Of
fences against he law Of nations, and no other
crime whatsoever ana it being true. a general
principle. and one of the amendments to the con-
Stituton having also declared 'thlt the powers
not dele gated to the United States by the con-
situton, nor prohibited by it to the States. are
reserved to the States respectively or to the
people, )" therefore. the Act off Congress. passed
on the lth Il " of July. l79S.' and entitled 'au
act in addition to the act entitled an act Tor the
punishment OF certain crimes against the United
States;" rs also the act passed by them on the
27th of .uue. l79S. entitled IAN act to punish
frauds committed on the bank Of the United
States (and all OF their other acts which as
sumes to create, define. or punish crimes other
thtn those enumerated in the constitutional are
altogether void and of no force, and that the
power to create define. aud punish such other
crimes is reserved and of right appertans solely
md exclusively to the States, chwlthin its own
territory.
s. Re,oloed, That it is true, as general prin
! ciple, aud is also expressly declared by one OF
the amenlm1nts to the constitution, that the
| "nowers not delegated to the United States by
| the constitution nor prohibited by ittothe States,
are rps rived to the States respectively. or to the
people" aud that no power over the freedom OF
lgion freedom o speech or freedom OF the press
being delegated to the United States by the con
stituton. nor prohibited by it to the States all
lawful powers respecting the same did OF right
remtin and were reserved to the States or the
people: that thus WAS manifested their detcrml-
nation to retain to themselves the right OF Judg-
ine how far the RIGHTEOUSNESS oil speech ana OF
the press may be abridged without lessening their
useful freedom: and how TAR those abuses which
cannot be separated from their use should be
tolerated rather than the use be destroyed and
thus also they guarded against all abrdgment,
by the United Stotes, Of the freedom OF religious
opinions aud exercises, and retained to themselves
the right OF protecting the same, rs this State
by wv passed tue general demand OF ITS
citizens. had already protected them from all
human restraint or intererencc; and that, IN adj
dition to this general principle and express de
claration another and more special provision has
been nude by one of the amendments to the
constitution, which expressly declares. that Con-
eress shall make no law respecting an establish
mant of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof. Or abridging the freedom OF speech or OF
the press, thereby guarding IN the same sentence,
and under the same words, the freedom OF rel-
gion OF speech, aud of the press, insomuch, that
whatever violated either throws down the sane
tuirv which covers the others, and that libclS,
flsehoods and dctdmltion equally with hcresy
aul false religion are withheld from the cOgn
Wv
act OF the Congress OF the United States, passed
on the l4h of July. l79S, entitled IAN act in
addition to the act entitled an act Tor the PUNISH
mant OF certain crimes against the United States.
which does abridge the freedom OF the press is
not law but is alto gether void and OF no force.
/ Res0l9sa. That alien ltiends are under the
Jurisdiction aud protection Of the laws OF the
states wherein they are; that no power over them
has been delegated to the United States, nor
prohibited to Individual states distinct from their
,',t ,,,,li - toip trIIp as a ppn ~
ertl principle, and one of the amendments to the
constitution having also declared that 1.-THE pow
pr5 not delegated to the United States are rcserv-
ed to the states respectively, or to the people
the act Of tn, Congress OF the United States,
D used the 22d day Of July, 1898, assumes power
over aliens not delegated to the constitution, is
not law, but is altogether void and Of no force.
s. Resoired, That in addition to'thc general
principle as we'll a. the express declaration, that
powers not delegated are reserved, another and
more special provision inserted IN tn; conStitu,
ton, from abundant caution has declared that
'.thc migration or importation OF such persons as
any Of the States now existing shall think proper
to admit shall not be prohibited by the Congress
prior to the year lS0S;' that this commonwealth
does admit the nigratiOn Of alien friends descrlb
ed as the subject of the said act concerning alcns
that a provision against prohibiting their mlgra-
ton i provision against all acts equivalent
thereto. or it wonld be nu%tory; that to remove
them when migrated is equivalent to the prohi-
bition Of their m grafton, and is therefore. con
trary to the said provision of the constitution,
and void
6. Resoloea That the imprisonment of person
under the protection Of the laws OF this common
wealth on his failure to obey the simple order of
the President to depart out Of the United States,
us is undertaken by the said act entitled ian act
concerning aliens. y is contrary to the constitution,
one amendment to which has provided that mo
person shall be deprived Of liberty without due
process of law" and that another having pro-
vidcl THAT in all criminal prosecutions the ac
cused shall enjoy the right to public trial by an
impartial jury. to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusaton to be confronted with
the witnesses against him, to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and