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Show 4DO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. R. Grannm for Vice Presi<1ent, and adopted the following . as their views. This was the las~ national convention ever held hy that party : 11 Rcsolt•P.d, 'l,hat the scncs of resolutions known as the compromise, including the fngitivc slave lu.w, arc received nnd acquiesced in by the "\Vhig party of the Unitecl Slatrs as a . clUement iu principle and sub. lance-a final settlement- of the dangerous and exciting subject which they embrace; and so far as the fugitive slave law is conccme<l 1 we will maintain the same, and in. ist on its strict enforce-ment until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legi 'lation again. t evasion or abuses, but not impairing its efficacy ; and we deprecate all future agitation of the slavery que Lion as dnngcrons to the pefl.ce, and we will discountenance all efforts at the renewal or continuance of snch agitation in Congre s, or out of it, whenever, wherever, or howsoever the attempt may be made, and will maintain this system of measnres as policy essential to the nationality of the Whig pal'ty and tho integ1·ity of the Union." In 1856, the Democratic convention at Cincinnati nominat cd .Tamrs Bnchanan for Pre. idcnt, and John C. Breckenridge for -Vice-President, and adopted the followina resolu-tiun on the ~lavery qncslion : , 0 "Resolved, ':rhat the American Democracy recognize and adopt the principles contained in the orgnnic laws establishing the Territories of ICansas and Nebraska as embodying the only sound and safe solution of the 'slavery question,' upon which the great national iclea of the people of this whole country can repose in ils determined conservatism of the Union,-non-interfercnc~ by Congress with , lavery in State and 'rerrilory, or in the DL trict of Colnmbia ;" 11 That this was the bn. is of the Com promises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and 'Whig parties in national conventions,-ratified by the people in the election of 18!)2,-an<l rig-htly appliNl to the org-anization of the NATIONAL COXVENTIONS. 491 Tcrdtories in 1854; That by the uniform application of this democratic principle to the organization of 'rerritorics a11 cl to the a<lmi8 ion of new States, wit.h or without domestic slavery as they ma.y elect, the equal righls of all will be pr •s<•rvecl int.act,- the original compacts or the Constitution maintained inviolate,-and the perprlnity aud expansion of this Uuion iusurcd to its utmo .. t capacity of embracing in peace and hnrrnony any future American State 1 hat may be constituted or annexed with a republican form of government." 'rhe same year the R epuLlican convention at Philadelphia nominated J ohn C. Premont for Pl'esident, and V{illiam L. Dayton for Vice-President, and adopted the following us its pln.tform on ,·lavery. " R e.'wlved, That, with our republican fathers, who, when tbcy had aboliHhctl slavery in all onr national territory, ordained that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, ot· property, withont dne proc ss of 1a.w, it becomes our duty to m:tinlain this provision of the Con. titntion against all attempts to violate it, for the purpose of establi.·hing slavery in the United SlateR, lJy positive legislation prohibiting its cxi ·Lcnec or extension 1hprcin. "Resolved, That we deny the authority of Congress, of n, territorial legislatnf'e, or uny individual or as ociation of indiviclnals, to give legal existence to slavery iu any territory of' the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. Re:olvecl, That the Constitution confers upon Cbngress sovereign power over the terri torics of the United Stales, for their government; and that, in the exercise of this power, it is both the duty and right of CongTe,s to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism-polygamy and slavery." The American conven tion nominated Millard Fillmore for Pre. idcnt, and Andrew J. Donelson for Vice-J>rcsident, |