LEWISBURG CHRONIC BY 0. N. WOKDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS. 4 An IxrEPKxnEN'T f amilt and News JocR.VAt. YEAR XIII....VIIOLE NUMBER, C37. LEWISBURG, UiNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1856. At $1,50 Ter Year, alttats ix Advance. LE. , Vac Correspondence of the "Chronicle." Lancaster., Juuo 10. 1S5G. Last wet It I paid a transieut busiucss visit to the City of rotbcrly IoTe. M this season of tlie year, 1 never 6aw neb an activity in he streets. This is caused by the facility vf couimuiiication between the city and cauutry as compared ." Vith what it was thirty years ago. Then, couutry uicrchauts Viaited the city but oucts or twice in a year ; now, they pur chase goods some half a dozen times a year. Then, in the tmsiucss season, the pavements were thronged with pudextri ; ns, and the streets with drays; now, the pavements arc uot '-ma crowded, but the streets are full of omuibuscs as well as iflrays, apparently in utter confusion, but I presume in reality acu otie Knows wtiere be is going. Uy this thoughts that strike my ear as I pass, I become ore assure! every day that Mr. lluchauan can Uot sweep ennsvlvauia. The idea is conveyed that the ouly difference : -letweeu his platform in Milton in 1SI4, aud the Cincinnati V -platform, in tbc center ot wbieu (iu tne language 01 uot. klanniug, on Saturday) be is placed, "tongue tyed," is, that ' hen be was willing to give the laboring man ten cents a day md find himself; now hs allows hiiu ouly bis corn and his iuney woulsey. The Old Line Whigs and Free Soil lemoc ; ats tell me to wait till November and I will find them all : ight side up. The friends of sobriety and good order say it ; s humiliating to see a man nearly seveuty years old catering u the lager beer fraternity, by importing to Wheatland, as le did week before last, large quantities of liquid fire.thereby ending borne to their distresM'd wives aud children druuken ; msbiuds and fathers, thres of whom (1 was told by an eye ritness)camc borne, linked arm in-arm, covered with mire: till worse, they say, thau old Mr.Wiikius' going last wiuter D HarrUburg, the bead aud front of the liiur league. Saturday inoruiug's papers announced a great ratification Reeling to organize al 1U o'clock in Ceuter Square, aud that - 9 number of slave-owners would be there to cram down the ''fliiroats of the freemen of Lancaster the Southern doctrine of I equal rights" guarantied to tbein by the Declaration of tadepeodcuce and the constitution ot MJ. About 11,1 toot trip to Center Niuurc, but could hud uo sigus of the meet- About - o clock I went again aud touud a motley crowd i-emhled in the Market House, with a rostrum erected at (e end cuosen, perbaps, because u more resembled an t'tion black on which human chattels are exhibited, tban c light of Center Square would typify and suffered the lfl:ction of a superficial tirade of Southern braggadocia and npudeut denunciation of the Northern principles of the klits of man, from the quite notoriuus nichardson of 111., Slowed by speeches of like character from Gov. lirown of ss., Oov.. Manning ot o.C., and t ol l restou of Ky. Lach aker took the true ground of the present democracy, viz. dt the Union was tottering to its foundation ! and could ly be saved by the clectiou of liuchauau, thereby coutiuu- ibe Mceudeucy of the slaveocracy I aud that they baa i 1 fiue all the way from Illinois ana tua eL ,n t(.n ug poor fcnnsylvauiaus the truth I aud urge us to join tbo HTiigs Id Democrats of the South (who were a unit) to bring about fat desideratum. If the true drift of their remarks could k seen by the audience, I have uo doubt they did good work ftr the Republican party, and l uon i know any uencr u (Jut could be made of fuuds than to buy those four men and ud them through the Northern Mates lrom tnis to me etion. Gov. Manning said be was a siavc-uonier, auu m uthern gentleman, aud be gloried in it ; aud yet he was lino in trust old Duck with the safe keeping of all bis t iperty, (negroes.) 1'reston said he responded lrom bis heart i chut Maouing baa faia, ana auueu iu oouiueiu 6iu..- leu most heartily despised black republicanism, iree somsiu, .litionistn, know-nothingism, tectotalism and every other I ji thern "ism ;" that they (uigger drivers aud liquor league) ood on high ground, above all sectionalism, aud must cou ucr. Thia was an "ad captatiduiu" catch at the liquorites Lancaster (most heartily cheered by a liquor seller who ti retused a license laai vuun ioi ua.mg - j use,) and a legitimate consequence flowing from the con uct of Mr. Buehauan, since his nomination, above referred d It is said in private circles as well as in the public prints JUt he opened a gin palace at Wheatland, supplying it with Jld rye from this city aud with foreign brandies aud wines by feprefs from Pbilad. This is the man these nigger drivers kk the free-soil and temperance Democrats of Pennsylvania L, Minnort as a candidate for the White House V. You know t J am no poet, but the occasion almost tempted me to make a farody on a couplet, composed to illustrate a very different Subject ; ana ncre u is : 4 IVmnrrw-T, nplainrd by UVnl. rmminlt no marr tb rar : i A tvud, win OlKX ill,;r.lrtl. l.-o l.r. mlh-r u.lUf. Jbey dwelt upou uo other subject thau that of slavery. The Ipeakers were cheered with some feeble mauifestations,but it ras evidently an up-hill business, and I think the speakers lit it, for the last one requested that it tbey could not ciieer J . i ii -i .:i l. a il,.niinh ny better tncy snouia not cueer auy uum he .i..v.fc. t appeared to be couceded that it was a very small affair for i ratification meeting in old Lancaster. The intelligent part f tbe community did uot appear to be there. When tbe speakers "gloried ' iu being slave-noiaers anu outhern gentlemen, I thought if (iov. l'ollock wouij go 10 outU Carolma, and before an audience oi uov. .uauuiug a ople say that he was an anil slavery man and a geuueman f Northern pnuctples, (without "glorying in tne iact; nis mfort would be a coat of tar and feathers, instead ot tbe rnlause of the multitude. And yet in the face of this tact ILese niccer drivers would have the honest people of I euu a Lw that all thev want is fair play under the constitution, ibe privilege of going into the territory purchased by the lint blood and treasure ot tbc Aortn ana aomn wuu men lack chattels on the same fooling with the Northern man ith bis borses and hogs, only that their black cattle snau n on a level with the white Northern laborer, and the Sou- bern nigger-driver lord it over both white and black as they o now in tbe slave-holding Mates. The true issue is how before the people of the Uoion an ssue which twenty years ago I did not cxpoct to live to see. f the friends of Christianity and morality and the enemies 5f all oppressors, from the Czar of Russia dowu to the most petty tyrant in South Caroliua.will see eye to eye, under tbe 0Ttr-ruliug Providence of God all will be safe. If cotton principles prevail, then the Mavcocraey will be triumpuani.. Between this and November we must decide which we will serve, tbe dictates of rational freedom, or the behests of tbe slave aristocracy. Or, granting the position of the speakers on Saturday, that the "Uuion is in danger," (which is a most preposterous bugbear,) the issue may be defined to be that tbe nigger driving p-irty wants to save the Union by giving the Slaveocracy the supremacy ; and tbe Republican party wants to come at tbe same point by removing the inevitable CAUSE tbe extension of slavery. If the principles aud nutdut oyxrrini of the pfvlo dem ocratic party radiate in like character from its center here to tbe circumference of tbe Union, I feel in good cheer that the common sense of the American people will rise in its majesty and put its foot on the foul viper. And if I am not much mistaken, Buck and Berry (as they are familiarly called) will bave a harder job to draw after them the old Keystone State tban my father's yoke of oxen (of that name) bad to draw logs to a neighboring saw-null. As tbe Slave rarty has baptized the Free State party with tbe cognomen of "Black," I would suggest you return the compliment by putting op as tbeir fiag " Nigger-driving candidates for the Presidency: u Buck and Bkkry." J.F.L. Tnt Effect. Among the thousands of old line Democ rat who renounce the candidates and platform manufactured at Cincinnati, we notice from Maine. Hannibal Hamlin, a uiber of the U. S. Senate, and Lott Merrill. Chairman of tne Dem. State Com. In New York, Wm. C. Bryant, the P", editor of the AT. T.EveJ'oit Benj.Welch Jr., last Dem. Mate Treasurer, editor of the Buffalo Republic and tbe .nw.'jict U-unrr all, leading Dem. State journal. "Which is the true Free- REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. In National Convention, Philadelphia, Jane 18, 1S56, Judge WlLMOT, of Pa., from the Committee of Twenty-four, reported Preamble and Resolutions, which, after discussion and amendment, were unanimously adopted, as follows :J This Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past politic il differences or divisions, who are op posed to the repeal of tbe Missouri Compromise; to tbe policy of tbe present administration ; to tbe extension of Slavery into free territory ; in favor of the admission of Kansas as a free State ; of restoring the action of the federal government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson ; aud for the purpose of presenting candidates for ibe offices of President and Vice President, do 1. Rvtlve, That the maintenance of the principles, promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and embo died in the Federal Constitution, are essential to the preserva tive of our Republican lusiitutious,and that the Federal Con stitution, the rights of the States,aud tbe Union of the States must and shall be preserved. 2. AVwW, That, with onr Republican fathers, we bold it to be a self-evident truth that all men are endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal Government were to secure these rights to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction : That, as our Republican fathers, when tbey had abolished slavery in all our National Territory, ordained that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing slavery in tbe United States by posi tive legislation prohibiting its existence or extension therein : That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained. 3. Rwilirtl, That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the Uuited States, for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right aud the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery. 4. Remlcril, That while the Constitution of the Uuited States was ordained and established by the people "in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,insure domes tic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare,and secure tbe blessings of liberty," and con tains ample provisions for the protection of the life, liberty and property of every citizen, the dearest constitutional rights taken From' rlieu"SuSas uve 'een ,rauu'eu,'jr violently Their territory has been invaded by armed forces ; Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped authority, sustained by the military power of the government, tyranni cal and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced; The right of the people to keep and bear arms.has been infringed ; Test oaths of an extraordinary and entangling nature have been imposed as a condition of exercising the right of suffrage and holding office ; i The riclit of an accused person to a specay ana puunc uim bv an impartial jury has been denied; The right ot tbe people to oe secure m men papers and cffects.against unreasonable searches and seizures, bas been violated ; They have been deprived of lile, liberty ana property, without due process of law ; The freedom cf spcecn ana ot toe press oas uevu ui"i The right to choose their representatives has been mado of no effect ; j j Murders, robberies ami arsons have been instigated and encouraged, and tbe offenders have been allowed to go un punished ; . , , , That all these things have been done with the knowledge, sanction and procurement of the present administration ; and that for this high crime against tbe uonsiuuuon, iue uu.uu and humanity, we arraign that administration, the 1 resident, bis advisers, agents, supporters, apologists and accessories, cither U fre or after the fact, before the country and before the world ; and that it is our fixed purpose to bnug the actual perpetrators of these atrocious outrages, and their accomplices to a sure and condign punishment hereafter. 5 Wm, That Kansas should be immediately admit ted as a State of the Union, with her present free Constitu tinn, as at once the most effectual way of securing to ber citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to wbictt they are entitled, and of ending the civil strife now raging in her territory. . , 6 AVoW, That the highwayman's pica, that might makes right, embodied in the Ostcnd circular, was in every repect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would bring shame and dishonor upon any government or people that gave it their sanction. , , 7. Rewhot, That a Railroad to tbe Pacific ocean.by tbe most central practicable route, is imperatively demanded by tbe interests of the whole country, and that tbe federal gov ernment ought to render immediate and efficient aid in lU con Btrnction, and, as an auxiliary thereto, to the immediate construction of an emigrant road on the lino of the railroad. 8 BaoW, That appropriations by Congress for the im provement of rivers and harbors of a national character, re quired for the accommodation and security of an existing commerce, are authorised by the Constitution and justified by the obligation of government to protect the Iivca and property of its citizens. 9. RrvJvnl, That we invite tbe affiliation and co-operation of tbe men of all parties, however differiog from us in other respects, in support of tbe principles herein declared, and believing that the spirit of our institutions, as well as the Constitution of our country, guarantees liberty of eon- - j i:. r.t ;,At mnnir eitiaens we oppose all PCiencc mil rquamj ----- -0 - legislation impairing their security. Hr. Fremont's Views before bis Nomination. Nkw You. April 29, 1856. GmfUmtn-l have to thank you for ihe honor of an invitation to a meeting, this evening, at the Broadway Tabernacle, and regret that o.her ensagemenls have interfered lo prevent my P sent. I heartily concur in all movements which have f..r heir obircl to repair ihe mischiefs arising from the violation of good faith in Ihe repeal of the Missouri Compromise. I am opposed to Slavery in ihe abstract, and upon pnnc.pl" U and made habitual by long settled L inflez.ble ,nthe belief that it ooRht not to be interfered w,,h where it nowez.sts under the shield of Slat Sovereignty , I i am as indelibly opposed to us extension on this continent beyond ila present limits. With the assurance f respect for v-nrselves, I am very respectfully yours. J. C. FRbMUJ 1. Hon. E. I. Moroi. and others. Committee. FREMONT'8 civil services. The Military aud Scientific services of Col. Fremont m which be displayed the very highest Executive qualities are well known to the World. ... . He acted for a time as pro tem. Governor of California, and was elected to the U. S. Senate from California for two years. In both stations, bis career was honorable. 3 His most eminent civil service was that by which (in connection with Chs Robinson, now of Kansas, and other kindred spirits,) California became a Free State. Although brought op in the Democratic faith, a Free Soiler always. WM L. DAYTD.V, of New Jersey, is about 50 yearn of ire, and of good talents and liberal attainments lie serve with honor I a Judge in the State, and -a. a Whig .member of tbe CS.Scnate, where ho distinguished himself " bj r a firm opposition to Slavers claims. Ui homa is at .Nmia From Um Wilkve-BaiT Beeord of trie TIsr. THE EVIL OF SLAVERY. Messrs. Editors In these days when every Democrat who denounces tbe repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and tbe un blushing outrages committed by Missouriau outlaws against the rights of tbe free peo ple of Kansas, is published as an Aboli tionist it may not be out of place to pub lish a chapter on the subject of Slavery from tbe notes of Tuomas Jefferson on tbe State of Virginia, 2ud American Edi tion, 1791, Page 22Q i " There must be an nnbappy influence on the uiauuers of our people produced by tbe existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boister ous passions, the most uureiuiuing despot ism ou the one part,and degrading submis sions on tbe other. Our children see Ibis, and learn to imitate it; for man is an im itative auimal. This quality is tbe germ of all education in him. From bis cradle to bis grave, he is learning to do what be sees others do. If a pateut could find no motive either in bis philanthropy or bis self-love, for restraining the intemperance of passion towards bis slave, it should al ways be a sufficient one that his child is present. But generally it is not sufficient. Tbe pareut storms, tbe child looks on, catches tbe liuCauients of wrath, puts on tbe same airs in tbe circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily txrrciird in tyranny, can not Out U Uamui by il villi odiouM jtrculiaritia. Tbe man must be a prodigy who can retain bis manners and morals undepraved by such circum stances. And with what execration should tbe statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half tbe citizens thus to trample on the rights of tbe other, transforms those into JuiMt(.and these into ennnies.dcstroys tbe morals of tbe one part, and tne amor jMtruc ot the other J For if a lave can iiave a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which ho is born to live and labor for another : in which be must lock up the faculties of bUTaarmidW'tihJite.as far as depends on ment of the humtn race, or entail bis own miserable condition on the endless genera tions proceeding from him. With the morals of tbe people, their indutiry also is destroyed. For in a warm climate, no man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him. This is so true, that of tbe proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their ouly firm basis, a conviction in tbe minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of bod r that they are not to be viola ted but with bis wrath 7 Indeed, trcmUe fur my country when I rrjlcct that Ood i$jut ; that his justice can not slerp for ever : that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of tbe wheel of fortune, an exchange of situ ation is among possible events : that it may become probable by supernatural interference I Tbe Almighty bas no at tribute which can take aide with us in such a contest. But it is impossible tu be tem perate and to pursue this subject though tbe various considerations of pobcy, of morals, of history natural and civil. We must be contended to hope they will force tbeir way into every one's mind. I think a change already perceptible, since the origin of the present Revolution. Tbe spirit of tbe master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust, bis condition mollifyiug.the way I hope preparing under tbe auspices of heaven, for a total eman cipation, and that this is disposed, in the order of eveuls, to be with tbe consent of tbe masters, rather than by tbeir extirpa tion." Thomas Jefferson was tbe great apostle of American Democracy tbe father of the Democratic party the writer of the Declaration of Independence the immor tal champion of human liberty, whose me mory will live for ages after tbe dark spirit of progressive Slave Democracy would have buried the Declaration, tbe Consti tution, aud the temple of Liberty, in tbe dust. " 1 tremble fi-r my country when I refect that God is Just : that his justice mn not slee for ever. ' Read it, Franklin Pierce read if, Jas. Bucbauan read it, Stephen Arnold Doug W read it. H. B. Wright read it, Democrats read it, Freemeu of America I and then answer tbe question, bow can I expect to save my cuuuirj imm uvrfu,u. and the curse of a God of justice if I ad vocate the extension of slavery into free territory against justice, knowledge.reason, God, liberty aud true ueuiocracy i A Democrat. .Similar to that of Jefferso.i was tbe language of Washington, Madison, HemBF. and tbe other leading Heroes and Statesmen who fought our Revolution and who formed our Constitution. Mb. Buchanan on thb Platform. In reply to the congratulations of the Key stone Club, at Lancaster, Mr. Buchanan avowed his adherence to the platform, and saidt "Gentlemen, two weeks since I should have made vou a longer speech, but now that I have been placed upou a platform of tchich I most heartily approve, and being the representative ot the ureal Democratie party, a" not simply James Buchanan, I must square my conduct aecoratng so mat ttlatfurm. and insert no new plank nor take me from it. That platform is suffi ciently broad and national for tbe whole Democratie party. This glorious party, now. more tban ever, bas demonstrated that it is the true conservative party of tbe Constitution and tbe Union. Party?" Mead ! and then decide. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. In National Convention, Cincinnati, June 4, 1850, Mr. IIali.et, of Mass.,froui the Committee, reported the Platform adopted at Baltimore in 1852, with additions as follows : Aud whereas, since the foregoing declaration was uniformly adopted by our predecessors in National Conventions, an adverse political and religious test bas been secretly orgauised by a party claiming to be exclusively American, it is proper that tbe American democracy should clearly defiue its relations thereto, aod declare its determined opposition to all secret political societies, by whatever name they may be called Resolved, That tbe foundation of ibis Union of States having been laid in. and its prosperity, expansion, and pre eminent example in free government built upon, entire freedom in matters of religious coucernment, aud no respect of persons in regard to rank or place of birth, no party can justly be deemed national, constitutional, or in accordance with Amer ican principles, which bases its exclusive organisation npop religious opinions and accidental birthplace; and hence, a political crusade in the nineteenth century, and in tbe United States of America, against Catholics aud foreign bora, is neither justified by tbe past history or the future prospects of tbe country, nor in unison with tbe spirit of toleration and enlarged freedom which peculiarly distinguishes the American system of popular government. Resolved, That we reiterate, with renewed energy of pur pose, the well-considered declarations of former conventions upon the sectional issue of domestic slavery, and concerning the reserved rights of tbe States 1. That Cougress bas no power, under the constitution, to interfere with or control tbe domestic institutions of tbe several States, and that such Slates are tbe sole aod proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the cooititulion ; that all efforts, of tbo aboli tionists or others, made to iuduce Congress lo interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to tbe most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish tbe happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any triend of our political institutions. 2. That the foregoing proposition covers, and was intended to embrace, the whole subject of slavery agitation in Con gress; and, therefore, tbe democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere tO a tallului cacuuuuu uf u auui tuu.u aav wuifi.i.iM measures, settled by the Cougress of 1850, " the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor" included, which act, being designed to carry out an express provision of the constitution, can not, witb fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so changed as to impair or destroy its efficiency. 3. That tbe democratic party will resist all attempts at questibo, nnder"wtff ClQCPUt f it, the agitation of tbo slavery made. - - k 4. That tbe democrat!. r,rtv will faithfully abide by ani uphold the principles laid down in the rveu. ndVirvioia resolutions of 1708, and in the report of .Mr. Madison to the Virginia legislature in 17U'J; Ibat it adopts those principles ss constituting one of the main foundations of its political creed, aud is resolved to carry them out in their obvious meaning and import. And that we may more distinctly meet the issue on which ... i i -i a sectiona; party, subsisting exclusively on slavery gii now relies to test the fidelity of tbe people, North sud South, to the constitution and tbe Union Resolved, 1. That, claiming fellowship with, and desiring tbe co-operation of, all who regard the preservation ot tbe Union, under the constitution, as the paramount issue, and repudiating all sectional parties and platforms concerning domestic slavery which seek to embroil tbe States and incite to treason and armed resistance to law in the Territories, and whose avowed purposes, if consummated, must end in civil War and disunion, the American democracy recognise and adopt the principles contained in the organic laws establish ing the Territories or Kansas ana ixenrassa, as einuouv.ua. tbe ouly sound and safe solution of the "slsvery question' upon which the great national idea of the people of this whole country can repose in its determined conservstism of tbe Uuion Non-interference by Congress with slavery in State and Territory, or in the District of Columbia. 2. That this was the basis of the compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic aud Whig parties in national conventions, ratified by tbe people in tne eiectiui oi 1852, and rightly applied to tne organisation oi -lerruones in 1854. 3. That by the uniform application of this demoeratio principle to the organization of Territories, and to tbe admission of new States, with or without domestic slavery, as they may elect, tbe equal rights of all the states will be nrcnerved intact, the original compacts of the constitution maintained inviolate, ana tne perpetuity anu ezpausiun vi this Union insured to its utmost capacity of embracing, in peace and harmony, every future American 8:ate that may be constituted or annexed, wun a repuuiicu w government Revived, That we recognise the right of the people of all tbe Territories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly -expressed Will of a majority of actual residents; and, whenever tbe number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form a eonstitution, with or without domestic slavery ,and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with the other States. Rtoolved, finally. That, in view of the Condition of pop ular institutions in tbe Old World, and the dangerous ten dencies of sectional agitation, combined with tbe attempt to enforce civil and religious disabilities against tbe rights of acquiring and enjoying eitisenship in our own land, a high and sacred duty is devolved, with increased responsibility, npon the democratie party of this country, as tfiB party of the Uuion, to uphold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby tbe Uuion of the States, and to sustain and advance among ns constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at tbe expense of the many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to those principles and compromises of the constitution which are broad enough and strong enough to embrace and uphold tbe Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be in the full expansion of the energies and capacities of this great and progressive people. The foregoing were adopted unanimouJy. The following were adapted by very large majorities, the Pennsylvanians voting in tbe affirmative on each : 1. Rrsolced, That there are questions connected with the foreign policy of this country which are inferior to no domes tic questions whatever. Tbe time hss come for the people of the United States to declare themselves in favor of tree sess snd progressive free trade throughout the world, and by solemn manifestations to place their moral influence at the side of their successful example. 211 to 49 2. Resolved, That our geographical and political position With reference to other States of this continent, no less tbsn the interest of onr commerce, snd the developement of eur growing power, requires that we shoulJ hold as sacred the principles involved in the Monroe doctrine ; their hear'ng and import admit of no miscoustruciion j they should be applied with unbending rigidity. 239 to 22 rTbis, of eonrse, refers only to those secret societies that j A. . .(sr..t. .i.h the democracy, and does not include the Sa Nicht, Tammany, Miami, and other similar ejsoeuttoBS that uphold the democratic piauorm j 3. Resolved. That the great highway which Ifatnre, as well as the assent of the States most immediately interested in its maintenance,has marked out for a freo communication between the Atlantic and tbe Paciffj oceans, constitute on of the most important achievements realised j tt spirit ot modern times and the unconquerable energy of onr people. That result should be secure i by a timely aud efficient exer lion of the control which we have the right to claim oyer it ) and no power on earth should be suffered to impede or etog its progress by sny interfcreuco wiiu lu relations it mi J suit our policy to establish between our government snd the governments of tbe States within whose dominions it lies. Wj can, under no circumstances, surrender our preponder ance in the adjustment of all questions arising out ot it. 199 to 57. 4. Resolved, That, in view of so commanding aa interest, the people of the United Slates can not but sympathize with tbe efforts which are being male by the people of Central America to regenerate that portion of the continent wUieh covers the passage across the iuteroceanic istnmus. 222 to 43. 5. Resolved, That tbe dcm.icratie party will expect of tba next administration that every proper effort will b made insure our ascendency in the ja!f of Meiicj ; and to main tain a permanent protection to tbe rcat outlets through which are emptied into its waters the prndners raised ont of the soil, snd the commodities created by tbe industry cf the people pf our western alleys,and of the Union at large. 229 to 36. B. F. HALLETT, Chairman. June 5, 185G. B. F. Ilallet, from the committee on res olutions, reported the following : Resolved, That the Adininisuaiioa of Franklin Pierce hat been true to the great interests of Ihe country. In tbo face) of the most determined opposition U has maintained the laws, enforced economy, fostered progress, and infuse a iuUg rity aud vigor into every department of the government at borne. It has signally improved our treaty relations, exten ded the field of commercial enterprise, and vindicated the rights of American citisen abroad. It has asserted with, eminent impartiality tbe just claims of every section, aod baa at all times been faithful to tho constitution. We, therefore proclaim our unqualified approbation of its measures and it policy. Resolved, That tbe resolutions in regard to the foreign policy of the government are tue expression of the opinion of tnis convention, and are not to be exacted as articles of party faith. These resolutions were adopted unanimously. Tbe following resolution was proposed by a member and neat aJ.uud. after much oonoeition '.1 lieso'cl, Taax tue ucmocrano lmj importance, iu a political and commercial point of view, oi a safe and speedy communication through our own territory between the Atlantic and Pacifio coasts of the Union, and that it is the doty of the federal government tolkercise all its proper constitutional power for the attainment of thai object, thereby binding the nnion of these States in indisso luble bonds, and opening to the rich commerce of Asia an auuw6 :- ' P.eifin to the Mississippi river. All RalWeel by Pierce una -- Ca i-iiaiiou meetiug was held in Washington, the Sat urday evening after the nomination, when Stephen A. Docola sail he came before tbe meeting with a hearty good will to indorse and ratify the action of the National Convention at Cincinnatti. He came no as a matter of form, not in the compliance with a custom, bnl with heart and soul in the cause. lie came to congratulate) them npon the unanimous sdoption of a platform which commands the approbation of every democratic heart; to congratulate them upon tha nomination of a candidate fot presidency aod vice presidency worthy to stand npn that platform, and to receive tbe unanimous support of every democrat The platform and standard bearers were worthy of each other each acceptable to the whole democracy of the entire country. He felt more heart in this contest than any he had ever before been engaged in One of the great principles of their faith was the equality of the States, and tbe right of self-government in the Territories, eubject t the limitations of the eonstitution ; or, in other words, the grot principle of the Nebraska bilL There were no more anti-Nebraska democrats now tban there were white b lack birds lo be found. Tbe platform endorsed tbe Nebraska bill J .and what more to be des'red was to be frond in the resi due of the platform, and he cordially responded K every lause therein embraced Tbe p.atf.im was equal.y explicit in reference to the disturbances in relstion to the Territory of Kansas. Il declared that Treason was to be punished, and resistance to tbe laws was ta be put down.. ....The proudest honor which bis successor could desire to have paid to him wiiM bo to say that he had been as faithful to the constitution a id tbe Union as had been Franklin Pierce. Mr. Douglas said ti-t he felt it s) duty and a privilege to have the opportunity of saying, under Circumstances when there was no danger of misapprehension, what every dem.nrnt had iu his heart to say, tnat tna couo- . I r : a aI: Jmintalrw. try owed an immense, uuuying oongn w iu.... tinn for the fidelity with which the eonstitution has beeu up held and guarded If 1 ne a friend in this Union wh loves me,regrds my opinion.or has any respect for my mem ory, let him put bis shoulder to the wheel, and do every thing . -V. . - . i .in.:M. .i.tAW M in bis power lo win great aim j- President FlIRCB said : It is cheering to mw tuai iu action of the late convention places the statesman and patri ots, who are to lead us now, upon a piaiiorm raenucai, in scope snd spirit, with that which I accepted with full con viction of my judgment and wit'u every scnunK'nt of my heart, and that they are to occupy it with tbe standard low ered never aa inch, so far as tho strict construction of tha constitution and tbe vindication of the eonsentional nghta of every portion of the Union are concerned.' The foregoing we copy from tbe Washington V o of Ibe 12tb insl. The same paper of the 13th inst elates thai in a ratification speech at New York, Mr. Dooolas said :J In regar 1 to this present election, our enemies are in tha babitof asking the question : How can James Buchanan stand npou the platform which bas been made for ns at Cin cinnatti r I ask, and do it with emphasis, how can James Huchanan, with his antecedents, stand on any other platform than the one made at Cincinnatti? Our opponents have been in the habit of saying tha' tHey have made a Douglas platform, and then pat Dbanan on it. I ask you to examine this matter for a moment, and yon will find that James Buchanan and myself occupy identu aby the am jk sition, and have done so for years, cn this slavery question in all its phases. Mr. Buchanan endorses and approve It nil. The following is an extract from bis fcrasal Letter accep ting his Nomination, dated Wheatland, neat Lantaster, Jane 18, 1858. GUtlimes : In accepting the Nomiost!n, I need scarcely say that I accept in the same spirittha Resolutions constituting the Platform of Pnrvples erertM bv the Convent5on. To this platform I intend o COHHHB myself throughout tbe canvass, believing that I HAVS NO EIGHT, as the candidate of tbe Pem v-rat'e party, by answer- appears, tluJ, that rime, Dowjlas, Buchtnan, ani the Cincinnati Platf.rm, are a unit, OS! AND OMTWrBLl I and under their name, .7- Slaveholder, boast that they wdl carry every Southern State, and establUk Slavery in Kansas! " "1 L-..min fullv tbe abave Platforms,and say whieh is most truly Democili wbieli fw?W ? fcbsrtjj l rt
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