, 1864-06-29

Their manifc@to and Declaration OF
Principles

LoU1sy1LLE, Tresday, June os-The Ken
tucky Stnte Democratic Convention mel
this forenoon. Hon. c. WicklitIe was ap
appointed permanent President Nine Vice.
Presidents and three Secretaries were alse
appointed. The following resolutions were
adopted:
Renlr<d, That fhe people are the supreme aor.
ere3Rns, and the constitutions which they have
ordained are the supreme government, and that all
assailants and enemies either et the people Or oI
their government nre traitors a1e, whether the1r
treason be manifested bY 'aupp1essing free etec-
tions, by claiming tho press, hy establishing po'
l!,1cal basti1ef, and BY ridcustng or repudiattng
the ohseTvance Of oatha and consultations.
Rt9afrtd. That In the Interpretation Of the Con-
tttpttoD, we are guided by the declarations Of It's
authors, and by the deliberations Of the Federal
and explained and expounded BY Jetfarson and
Madison, aud hy decisions OF the Supreme Court.
Rssore1. That guided by these rights, We
or more sovereign States Was never contemplated
as possible, or authorized By the Constitution,
ard It was pronounced By the makers an act OF
{a sa'ed1l & The pSople St the 1atsd stss
ton and avoid from themselves and their pos.
tetity the slavery Of military despotlsm and pub
lie debt, the interest upon which CAL never be
that Interrogation Of all unconstitutional edlcts
and pretended lave, au immediate afmfstice. and
National Convention for tho adjustment Of our
tiou from unlimited calamity and ruin. " -,
Rttosted, That the Administration now in pow
er has attempted to strike down State sovereign
ty: has tntcrfered With the right Of suffrage re-
fnres has deprived eitizsns of thcis iires, ill.,
critics and property, without due process or law
ithaa placed military above civil power asainst
the spirit Of Tee govefnment, and tha Presfden
has unhlueh!nEly proclaimed the Constitution he
has sworn to support to bs no longer Of any force
Or effect whenever be msT deteteTm1ne it
ehould be diezegarded: the party In power
hare deladed the people INTO the granting of men
and money to their unrestricted control for the
which they hive nscd and are stil. using, ior the
baee end OF oTerthroWin@ State 1nstltltuhons, ad~
Fanc1ng mere party interests and establishing
them r permanent and despottc poEer.
free dominion, End the writ Of ha5eas corpus
ia protect the PEI so1al liberty Of every c1tltizeu
essentials Of free government aud free pep
pie will have snd rnslntatn them ct al hazards.
posel to the elevation Of the African race 70 Gill
to cont,ol the white ftecnnen Of our country.
R<S0|red, That the overthrow OF the arrogant
and corrupt party IN power shall be primary
object With every freeman, and portion 81 the
assembled, do declare 1t to be our duty, as well az
that Of all good citzens, to defeat the election Of
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson to tbs
oftlces Of President and Vice President OF the
United States; that the delegates from this con:
in Chicago, pledge our united efforts to support
the nominees Of that Contention.
l3<fosEed, That Committee be, and are hereby
appointed Democratic Central Committee for
Ksnu VIII f2.s to az 81 Eas.actss that
to make any reasonable adjustments By which ALL
opponents Of the Abolition administration can
be united In the support Of one electorsl ticket,
and with general power to act for the party