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Show 20 A POLITICAL TEXT-DOOK FOR 1860. DE)fOURATIC COXVE~TI0~-1852. J or the peop.lo, nn(l calculated to place th~ business ot the . . . country wtthln the control or a concontrale1l mone Tb1s Cu:~\·\):ltlOII :l.~$C IIlblctl at Balumorc on I p owttr, ancl that 1Ll>ove the Jaws and the "'11 ofthe peo le~ thl' J :-;t or Jun ',John vV. Da.vi~, of lnuiunu., u.ntl thn~ rhe re~ulls of Dernocmtic legl~ls\tion, In thls~nJ prc:;id<• tl anti the two-thirds rul wa ndoptcd. ull other financud meu.sur.es, upon which IHsues h tlVe been , l' 1 • )' • • made b.:twe~:n the two pohtlcnl parties oft he country have Gt'll. • raukllll 1 ICI'Ct', ol New llalllpShln' , WtlS demon~trulcJ to candid and pmcticul men of 11 1 T!OIII· lll!tte d f'O l' P rC::il' d cnt on t Il C 4,\)t I1 b a 11 ot, as t It ct· r souudncs•, snfer y, and util ity, In nll huslneas s p'puarsruteitss' foUo ws : Resolved, 'f hat the s~parnti~n ?f the moneys of th~ Government from lJ;wlong lnstltutton~, I~ Indispensable f?r the safety of tho funds or the Government , and the rrght~ of the people. 1. ~- :~. 4. ~- (i. I. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 1(), Hi. 11. JH. IU. tO. ~I. 22. 2:1. 21. 2:>. 2G. 21. 2~ 29. 80. Bl. 32. 3!1. 84. u:>. :Hi. 37. as. tl!l. 4 1). 41. 42. 4:1. 4-L 4;-i, 4!i. 41. 4 . -I~). 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H.. King, of A'n ... 1'2() Wm. 0. Butler, of Ky ... 21 G. J. Pil low, of 'J'err11... 2r1 Jtohl. 't range, of N. C . .. 28 'DI . H. At chi~o n, of Mt~.. '<!".. t . J)o wn~, o r L ll., .. 80 '. J . ltu ~ k. of Texas, .. 12 .J. ll. Well •r, of Cal .... 28 JeiJ. Uavis, of Mi :i~ ... ,. 2 llowell Cobh, of Gn.... 2 \~111. R King, of A In hn.n~rt, was uuauiruou 'ly l10lll tlla.tcd 011 the RC 'OIIti UalJot. 'l'IU: PI.A'O'OHM. Til<> Platform waR made up of rc::~olvcs. Here follow 1, 2, and:~, or that of 18"1 with 1 '> 3 l11H~ 4 of thrtt of' l Ill, HCe the m h~rc lof'ot:c)' t~ wl11t.:h were ad<lcd the fullowi•wo ·· ' , R eMbotd, 'l'hat it it~ tlte d •rt.y of every hranch of the ?ovet· r tlll ~ ut to enf:)l'cc aud pnr cticc the 1110• t ri ld eCO~lUII~Y 10 C<Jn<luCtllll{ Olll' puhlic afl.air·~, lllld thnt gDO Ill iii e 1 evcnuc ouglrt 10 he mi> ·d tlrau i ~ required to defray the u cce!'l~ary exp t· n~t~" uf rhe Oovernment and r'1 /;h~ ~-~ulu~\1 ~ut certain cxrinction of the pt:blic d ebt. •. .e~;u ed, Ih.~t Congre~~ Ira:~ no J>" wcr to charter a .\a roniLI lhlnk_;_ tlurt we t>dr e vc MilCh a!l in stitution one ).! leadly hostility to the uc~t llrt. • rc ~l~ of the countr 1&1 i t: rou!:. to our republican inst itutions aud the Iiberti!~ !lesolved, 'l'hat the liberal principles embodied b ~elltH'HOn in the Dc~lar_ntion o~ Independ ence, anrl san!. t_roned In the Con~trlut10n, wluch makes ours tho land ot liberty, und the asylum Of the oppressed of cver7nation hnve e ver been cardlnnl principles lu the Democrat!~ f<lill~ ; nn.d_ every attempt to nbridgo the privilege or beconung ~~ uzenli _and the owners ? f soil nmong us, ougM to lie rcs1stecl wrth the same splnt which swept the allen and ~edition lnws from our statuto book. R~oltved,, That Con~ress has uo power unclcr the Con· tltuttou to 111t e rferc wtth, or control the domestic insti· ~utlons of the seve1:al Stntes, and thut ~tuch States are the sole nn(l pt'<! J~e r JUdges of .eycrythlng appertaining ta their own nlhurs, and prohtbttetl by tho Constitution. ~hat all eU'orts of thd Abolitionists or others, made t~ 1nduce ConKrcss to interfere with questions of Slavery or to tnkc Incipient steps In r elation th e reto, nrc calcu: ltltcd to lead to the most alarming and dangerou~ consequences ; nnd th1lt all such efforts hn.ve uu Inevitable ten<lency tu dirnini~h t.he happiness of the p eople and endllnge1· the s tability an(l p e1'll11Lncncy of the Union' and OU!;ht not to be countenanced by any friend of our I> 1 olltl· cal Institutions. . Resoltved, That the foregoing proposition covers and Is rnte1!dcd to e lnl>mce, the wholl:l subject of Slavery aglta· tlon tn .uongrcss ; und therefore, the Democratic party or the Unron, s tand1ng on this Nu.tionatl>la.tform, will abide by, and rtollll're tu, a fuhhful execution of the a ciR known us the Corupromisc measures settled l>y the last Congress -:-the net for n:claiming fugitives from service or labor 1nclwlcd ; wl.dch act, being designed to carry out ao exprr.~s provt ~lOII of the Constitution cannot with fidelity thct·eto he n :pcalcd, nor so changeu ~s to destroy or iru· pair Its effi ciency. R e8otved, 'l'hat the Democratic party will r esist all ~tternpt:; at. ~-~·rH! wing in C?ngre!i~, or out of It, the ogita· tron or the Slavery qucst1on, undr.r whatever shape or colol' the attempt muy be made. [IIere follow the Resolutions of 1848 no-ainst the di. tl'ibution of the proceeds of th~ 17ublic Land Sale~, and nbrrainst the a.briclrrmcut of the • b veto power of the Prcstdent.] ~e,qo!Joed, That the Democrn.tic pnrty will falthfullr alltde by an(! uphold the principles lnlcl down in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution:; or 1792 and 170, and !n the rcpol't or !Hr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature 1n 17\H); that _iL a.dopt:; those principles ns com1titullng one of the mam foundati on~ of its political creed and Is resol vcd to carry them out iu tllcir obTlous mcaulng and Impor t. !?e.~oboed, 1'hat the war with Mc:xlco, upon all the pnnciples or pat.riolism anu the law of nations, was a J 11st a.n~l n eces~a ry war on our part, in which no A111cri· can Cit izen should have shown himself opposed to his country, ancl neither morally nor plty::~!cally by word or deed, g iven altland comfort to the encnry. ' R e.9ol!ved, 1'hat we l'l'j oice nt the restomtlon of frien<llf relat i~us with our sister ltepubllc of Mexico, and earnest ly des~re for her nil the blessing::~ and prOHJH!rity whicl we enJOY under Republican lnl!Litutlonii an<l we cou· l{ratulate tho American people on the llC!:il~lls of that war which hnvo so manifes tly ju::~ti fied tho policy 1UHI conduc~ ?f Lite Doruocmtlc party, and Insured to Lhc United States ln(l cmnlty for the ps\st, nnd security for the future. Resoloed, '!'hat, in view of the condition of populllt inMt.ltutlons in the olu world, a high und sacred duty is clevolve<l with lncrca::~ed r esponsibtl! t.y upon the Demo· cm cy or thi!i. country, as the party of the people, to up· h old and lltllllltnln the righls of e very Slate and thereby lhe Union of States, and to sustain and ad~l\nce among them co.nstituLional liberty, by continuing to resist all mono pol res a nu exclusive legisl ation tor the benefit of the few at the expense or the many, nml by n vigilant ami consttLnt adherence to those principles and compromisect of the CUNl;Tl'L'U'l'lON, wllich nrc broad enough ant! strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union ns it is, and the ~nion as It should b e, In the Cull expansion ot the energre~ and capnclty of this great nnu progressive people. NA.TIO~AL CONVENTIONS AND PLATFOR~[S. 21 FflEE D~~~£0CR.\. TIC CO~Vl~~TI0~-18.32. 10. _That nn permnnl''lt eettlcment of thtJ 1'1:\very 1.'1 F . S ·1 D I IJ , r . I questiOn can ho looked for except In the pnlctlcalre- ' IC . rcc· .. 01,. C'lllOCI' <lCY te 1\ ..L'IlllOila cognition of the truth thl\t ,'lavery is ~:~ectional :L11d I<'rce Couv 'lltrOrl at l1 ttshur~h, on the llth Augm;t, I llom national; by the total seJHLI'ation or th • Gcucral l 5'.!., 11 'III'Y \V d~OII, of Ma~H., pr ~iding. All Government fr~rn ~lavery, llrt ll the l'xercisc or it legiLi~ hc Free :-:t~dNl Wl'l'C repn•sentecl lO"' tl c. 'tl mate and constttu ~wnal Influence on the ~ide flf l'ree . . . , •, nt: ' I WI l dom; anrl by leav111g to the :-!rates the whole subject of DclawltrC, Vrr~1111:t, h.entu ·ky nn<l Maryland. 'lavery and the cxtmdition of f1q~itives from scrvrcc. John l' ll .dc, of N.ll., wus nolllinated for Presi- _11. 'fhat all men have a natural r ight tO!lportionoftlle dent wi t.l t G<'O. '-N . Julian oflndiana f'Ol' Vi•n. H.ollj und.that as the useofthes~t~isltHiillperr~ahlcto , .' , , , ! • ~' hfe, the nght of ull men to the !lOti rs as !lacreu as t.llelr 1 r e:o;uil-Ht. lhc Uonv •nLIOII udopLcd the lol· right to life itself. lo IIi ll g : 12. '!'hat the l'uhlic Lands or the v llited ~talc~ hetong to the Peopl e, and r:~ h o u l d u u t he sold to in.ll 1· id uaL1 nm· granted to corponLtionM, hut shoul(l he held :l~ a ~a ·rt·d trust. for the bene fit of the p eople IUI(i should be granted ln limited qu:wtilie!i, fn·e of cost, to landlc!:!::! s ·trier:~. I'I.An'OHM: llaving nt:sernb lcd in National C,>nventlon as the Democmcy of l he United "tatt•s, united by a common r esolve to maintain ri ght again~t wron~, and l<'rcedom ag~tindt ~lavery: contidin!{ in th!.' Intelligence patriotit~ nl, and d 1Hcrimina.ting j11sticc of tire 1\mcricsu; people putting our trust in Ood for lhe triumph of our cause' and invoking his guid:wcc in our c nde,lvors to a<lvo.uc~ It, we now :;uhmit to the candid judgrnent of nil men the followir1~ decluration of principle::! nod mc:L'!Ures : l. 'l'l11tt ~overn n 1cntM, deriTing their just powers from tlte conscut of the governed, arc in~titutc<l a.mong men to ccure to a ll tlll)se inali enable right~ of life liberty and the pnnmit of hnppin e:,~s with which they nre e ndowed hy the.r Crc:llor, an<! of which none can ue c1t•prh·ed lJy v:did l r~i!:l ln.tion , except for crime. ~- 'I'II1Lt tl1e true 111i~sion of American JJcmocracy Is to rn:d11_t.ain t,he Lih ·rlics of tho l'eople, the ~ovcrcignty of the ~trdl'~, :wd the perpetu ity o f the Union by t.he llll· (Wrtl:d applica tion to pnhlic atfairli w itho ~t scctionul tli~crimln aliunH of the fuudameutat' principles of hu· man right:;, t:.trict justice and an economical administ.raU\ 111. 8. '!'hat the Fe(lera.l Government is one or limited p o wers, d •ri vcd !!Oicly from the Cons I itution, and the g · ant~ of p011 cr th erein ought to be strictly construed by all t~re depa1_ tmenl::~ and n~ent!l of tho Oovernment., and It i~ 1nexped1ent and dangerous to exercise doubtful cou:~ tiLutionlli powerH. 4. Th:LC the Constitution of tho Unlle<l Stutes, ordained to form a mo1·e p erC -ct Union, to c::~t.aulish Justice nnd ~e c urc the hles~i ng!l of Liberty, expres~ ly denies to the Gc ncntl (lo,·crnrnenL ILll power to deprive any person of II fu, l.hcrty o t· property wit.hout due procesM of law; and therefore, tire Onvc rnment, ho.ving no more power t~ make a Rl_avc than to make IL king, and no wore power to c~lahlrsh Hi a very ti11Ut to c~:~tal> lish o. l\lonarchy S!rr~~ld at ouee p_r·oceecl to r elieve itself from all rcspon: 8rhrllt:Y fo,r the e:<HitenCe O( ~lavery, wherever it possesses con:;tttutJou ;d power to legislate for it.s extin ctio n. ::>. That, to the pcnwver-lng and impo rtunate demnndtt of the ~l:l\'e power for more Sla.ve States new :::11tve Territories and the natiorralizatlon of .'ltLv~ry our distinct llllll rlual lWHwe1· is- no more ~l:lvc ~tlltes no 'Ia ~\! Territory, no natio11alized 'Ia very, and no n:lti~nal l.egrslalion for the t•xtm<litloll of ~lave~ t.i. '!'hat Sl.wery is a sin against (l oci n.nd n crime again:~l uuw, which n•> hun1:ut cuactnlent'uor usage can make right ; anrl thll.L Uhrihti:tnity, humanity and patriot· l:tm al rl<e u<'rLHLn•l its abolition. ' 7. 'l'h~t t.l~l~ l•:ugit.i ve ::)l:tv~ A.ct of 1 50, is repugnant to the Uon~lltut ron, to t.he pnoc1ple:1 of the common law t u the Hp irit of ChristiiLn ity, and to the sentiments of Lhc civilized world. We therefore deny its IJinding force upon the Arneric:Ln peoJIIO, !Lilu demauu ltii immediate ami total repeal. . That til e_ doctrine that 1Lny hum1m law Is a finality, anrl not t.uloJ.CCt to modillca.tion Ot' repeal, 1:~ not iu 11cconlance 11 rth rite crcetl of Lhe founders of our (Jovemmcul, arul i d:w~crous to the lihertics of the people. _!). '!'hat th•· .\•·ts of Uo11grcs~, kuown LUI the Uompro· m.se ~l ca~url.'~ of I, 50, by making the rtdmi::~slon of a ~01 erei~u ~l a ic contiug~ ut upon the adoptlorr of oth er llll!t~l'lure,; clem:wdc!l by tile s pecial intcrt-st of Slavery· hy their 0111hsion to ~~~~~nw :ec freedom in the free 'l'erri: t.or_e.:l i. hy th ck llltl'lllpt to i1npoHe uncon~:~tituli o nal lrnii.:LtrOIIH on the power of Uongre~s and the people-to .a rlrn;t. 11('\V l' liLk~; li,v Lhcir provision!i for the assumpt. H)Il of live million::> o( tile ~tate dt:IJL of 'l'exaH lllld for til ~ p:~.Ynl ~nt of lii' C mi lliou~ ruore, ancl thtl ce.s~ion of a !al').(l' r er r rr o y to !.he K:~rue 't ll t\! under menace tUi nn I .dtH'e lllelll: t~ the l.elilr((lli:!hlllellt of !l go'OU II(iless 1 claim, lllld IJ_v tlr.l' tr IHI'at;IOll of the Hovere1gnty of Lhe State:~ and the !lht'rlici:l of the people th:·ough the enactment of an llliJrl:-it. opp. t•s~ivc, <.l.lld uncon~titut.iouall<'ugitive f:lJ •.ll'l' l,ll\1'1 lL e JII'OVt'<i to lJe int:O IIH IStenL with all the prrn c. l'lt·~ at 11l rnll,.ilnS of De111ncracy, and wholly inacle· 'lr 'tl(' !'~ the t~ettle mt·nt of the que~tlom:~ of which they a re dauncd Lo l>e all adju.itmeu ~. 1S. 'J'hat a due regard for the Federal Uom1Litution a. sound adrulnistmtive policy, demand that the fund~ o f the General Governm •rrt be kt>pt separate fr orn Banking institutions; that inland nnd ocean postage should be reduced to the lo we11t pott::~ible point; that no more revenue should be ru.ised tha.n is required to defmy the s tl'ictly necessary expenses of the public service and to p;q' o1t the public Debt.; and that the power ll.D(\(;atronagc <;f the Government shou ld be dimlnil'lh •d, by the abolition of all unnc.cessary oniccs, salaries, and pl'ivilcg.:s, nnrl hy the electiOn, by the people, of all civil oOictJrs in the ~('!'v ice or the United ::ltateM, so far as may be cousistent with tire prompt. and cllicicut tranl!action of the pul>lic uu11l· ness. 14. 'l'hnt River and Harbor l rnprovcm •nts, when necessary to tho safety a nd convenience of commerce with foreign na tion~, or among the severn! l:\tatc!:4 are ohj ecltl of U!lt.ion:ll con?ern; an.d i~ is the duty of Co ngrc:~~, ir1 the exercrse of tts constJtut.wnal powen1, to vrovidt: for the same. 15. That emigrants and exiles (rom the ol<l wol'l1l should lind a cordial welcome to homes of comfort n11<1 field::~ of enterprise in the new; and cver,v Jlttcrnpt tc abridge t!1eir vrivilege of h •co111ing citizen~ ancl owner11 of the so1l among u~, ought to IJe re:.h1 terl with irrUcxible determination. 16. Tl~aL every nation ha!! a clear righL to niter or change 1ts own government, and to !Hltuini::~ter iL~ own concems in such man~er as may hcst !lecure t.he right:~ ~md promote t~e llllJllHil_CSS Of the pe(Jplc; and forciKn Interference wrth that right 1:; n du.ngerou!:4 violaLion of the law of nations, ngaim;t which nil independent !{OVcm· ments should protest, nne! endeavor uy all proper means to prevent; and especially is it the duty of the Ameri· can G ovc mrnen~, representing the Uhief ltcpuiJIIc of the world, to protest ngnio:;t, and by all propel' mean::! to p~· event th~ lntervent.i o r~ of kings and emperors again t Nat10ns seek1ng to e:;tal>ht~h for thelllselves ltepublicu.t• or constitutional government!!. 17. 'l'haL the Independence of Hayti ought to he recognized by our Government and our commercial r elations with it placet! on th~ footin rr of the most favored nations. 0 18. That as by tho Constitution, "the citizens o r cnch S_tato sh~ll. be C~tiLied to all the privih·ge:i and immunitieS Of Citizens Ill the Reveml ::States" the p ractice of imprisoning colored seamen of other' ~lutes while the vessels to which they_ belong lie in port, an\1 rcfusirt~ the e xercise of the nght to bring s u eh cases before the ~uprcme Uourt ~f t.he. United ~r.utcs, to t (':;t th • l q~aliry of su ch procec dlngll, IS n flagran t vioi!Ltion of tlru ()on· stitut.ion, nnd an in vasion of the r i~ltt~ of tl•e cirlzcnll of other Stales u tt.edy inco nsistent w11.h the prof••s.'iiOnll made IJy the slaveholders, that. 1 hey wi:,lt 1 he provision~ of tho Constitution fa.ithfully obdcn•t·d by every ~tate in the Uuion. 19. '!'hat we rec(>mmerHl the int rodu\:lion intu all treaties he1·eaftcr to be ne!;otiated IJetll'cvn tire t: nir ed ::itate:t ancl foreign nation~, of !lOrue provi,ion for rhe a1nicable tlettlemcnt of dillicultle:; by a re::.ort Lo t!l!cisi ve a r b i· trations. 20. That tlte Free Dernocmtlc P~t rty is not organizeu to aid either tiro Whig or 1hnoocmtic 11 in ~o: of the ~;rent Rla.ve Uompro!llisc par'l.y of the nation, bur 10 defc<lL them hoth; anti that r epucliat.ing an(! ruuouncin~ both, ll:t h opelessly corrupt, !Lil(luttc.Jrly unworthy 1>f co rdidcnce the purpo~e of the 1<'1·ee J)ernocracy Is to Lake po~~t'Sii Ot; of the .l!'ede ral Government. and admiuh,ter 1L fur t.ho !Jetter prolect.ion of tho ri KIIt~ aud iuterest:i of Lhu 11 hulu veople. 2l. That we iuscribc on our uanner, Free :-'~>I I ~·ree Rpeech, .l!'ree Lahor Ulld !<'reo ;\I eu, nncl under lt will fight on nnd fl~;l1t ever unt1l a triuruphant victory ::~hall rew1trd our CAertlons. 22. 'l'h tLt, upon tl1i~ Platform the Convention prcqent ~ to the Ac. rlcan poople lotoS a ca.nuiu11Le for Lhe oilice of |
