they shall be bounded, those on the Mississippi, by their Delegates into Congress, any of the by that river on one side, and the meridian said States, after the establishment of their of the lowest point of the rapids of the Ohio on temporary government, shall have authority to the other: and those adjoining on the east, by keep a sitting member in Congress, with a right the same meridian on their western side, and on of debating, but not of voting. their eastern by the meridian of the western cape of the mouth of the Great Kanawha. And the territory eastward of this last meridian, between the Ohio, Lake Erie, and Pennsylvania, shall be one State. "That the settlers within the territory so to be purchased and offered for sale shall, either on their own petition or on the order of Congress, receive authority from them, with appointments of time and place, for their free males of full age to meet together for the purpose of establishing a temporary government, to adopt the constitution and laws of any one of these States, so that such laws nevertheless shall be subject to alteration by their ordinary Legislature, and to erect, subject to a like alteration, counties or townships for the election of members for their Legislature. "That such temporary government shall only continue in force in any State until it shall have acquired twenty thousand free inhabitants, when, giving due proof thereof to Congress, they shall receive from them authority, with appointments of time and place, to call a convention of representatives to establish a permanent constitution and government for themselves: provided, That both the temporary and permanent governments be established on these principles as their basis: "1. That they shall forever remain a part of the United States of America. "2. That in their persons, property, and territory, they shall be subject to the Government of the United States in Congress assembled, and to the Articles of Confederation in all those cases in which the original States shall be so subject. 8. That they shall be subject to pay a part of the Federal debts, contracted or to be contract ed, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States. "4. That their respective governments shall be in republican forms, and shall admit no person to be a citizen who holds any hereditary title. "5. That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty. "That whenever any of the said States shall have, of free inhabitants, as many as shall then be in any one of the least numerous of the thirteen original States, such State shall be admitted, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the said original States; after which the assent of two-thirds of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be requisite in all those cases wherein, by the Confederation, the assent of aine States is now required, provided the consent of nine States to such admission may be obtained according to the eleventh of the Articles of Confederation. Until such admission "That the territory northward of the fortyfifth degree, that is to say, of the completion of forty-five degrees from the equator, and extending to the Lake of the Woods, shall be called Sylvania; that of the territory under the forty-fifth and forty-fourth degrees, that which lies westward of Lake Michigan, shall be called Michigania; and that which is eastward thereof, within the peninsula formed by the lakes and waters of Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, and Erie, shall be called Chersonesus, and shall include any part of the peninsula which may extend above the forty-fifth degree. Of the territory under the forty-third and fortysecond degrees, that to the westward, through which the Assenisipi or Rock River runs, shall be called Assenisipia; and that to the eastward, in which are the fountains of the Muskingum, the two Miamies of the Ohio, the Wabash, the Illinois, the Miami of the Lake, and the Sandusky rivers, shall be called Metropotamia. Of the territory which lies under the forty-first and fortieth degrees, the western, through.which the river Illinois runs, shall be called Illinoia; that next adjoining, to the eastward, Saratoga; and that between this last and Pennsylvania, and extending from the Ohio to Lake Erie, shall be called Washington. Of the territory which lies under the thirtyninth and thirty-eighth degrees, to which shall be added so much of the point of land within the fork of the Ohio and Mississippi as lies under the thirty-seventh degree; that to the westward, within and adjacent to which are the confluences of the rivers Wabash, Shawanee, Tanisee, Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri, shall be called Polypotamia; and that to the eastward, further up the Ohio, otherwise called the Pelisipi, shall be called Pelisipia. "That all the preceding articles shall be formed into a churter of compact, shall be duly executed by the President of the United States, in Congress assembled, under his hand and the seal of the United States, shall be promulgated, and shall stand as fundamental conditions between the thirteen original States and those newly described, unalterable but by the joint consent of the United States, in Congress assembled, and of the particular State within which such alteration is proposed to be made." On a test vote on adopting the anti-slavery Provision above, sixteen voted aye, and seven no; at the requisite majority of States failing to vote in the afirmative, it was lost. And three years later, the Ordinance of 1787, for the Northwestern Territory alone, was adopted. Forty-two years afterwards, Mr. Jefferson, only six weeks before he died, wrote as follows, in reply to a letter asking his views in regard to the ultimate eradication of slavery from the country. MONTICELLO, May 26th, 1826. DEAR SIR: The subject of your letter of April 20th, is one on which I do not permit myself to express an opinion but when time, place, and occasion, may give it some favorable effect. A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed bare. Although I shall not live to see them efforts of its friends than by the arguments of consummated, they will not die with me; but, its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance, and living or dying, they will ever be in my mosi patience, are the best advocates on questions fervent prayers. This is written for yourself, depending on the will of others. The revolu- and not for the public, in compliance of your tion in public opinion which this case re-request of two lines of sentiment on the subject. quires, is not to be expected in a day, or per- Accept the assurance of my good will and rehaps in an age; but time, which outlives all spect things, will outlive this evil also. My sentiments have been FORTY YEARS before the pub THOS. JEFFERSON. lic, and had I repeated them forty times, they Mr. JAS. HEATON, Middletown, Butler Co. Ohio. would only become the more stale and thread PARTY PLATFORMS IN 1856. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. [National Convention held at Philadelphia, June 17, 1856.] THIS Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States; without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present Administration, to the extension of Slavery into Free Territory; in favor of admitting Kansas as a Free State, of restoring the action of the Federal Government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, and who purpose to unite in presenting candidates for the offices of President and VicePresident, do resolve as follows: Resolved, That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution is essential to the preservation of our republican institutions, and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the Union of the States, shall be preserved. t United States was ordained and established by the people in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, and secure the blessings of liberty, and contains ample provisions for the protection of the life, liberty and property of every citizen, the dearest constitutional rights of the people of Kansas have been fraudulently and violently taken from themtheir territory has been invaded by an armed force-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, tyrannical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced-the rights of the people to keep and bear arms have 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 the right of an accused person to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury has been denied-the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against Resolved, That with our republican fathers unreasonable searches and seizures has been we hold it to be a self-evident truth, that all violated-they have been deprived of life, libermen are endowed with the inalienable rights to ty and property without due process of lawlife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that the freedom of speech and of the press has that the primary object and ulterior designs of been abridged-the right to choose their repreour federal government were, to secure these sentatives has been made of no effect-murders, rights to all persons within its exclusive juris- robberies and arsons have been instigated and diction; that, as our republican fathers, when encouraged, and the offenders have been allowthey had abolished slavery in all our national ed to go unpunished-that all these things have territory, ordained that no person should be been done with the knowledge, sanction and deprived of life, liberty or property without due procurement of the present Administration, and process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain that for this high crime against the Constitution, this provision of the Constitution against all the Union and Humanity, we arraign the Admiattempts to violate it for the purpose of estab-nistration, the President, his advisers, agents, lishing slavery in any territory of the United States, by positive legislation, prohibiting its existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorialgislature, 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. Resolved, That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery. supporters, apologists and accessories, either before or after the facts, before the country and before the world, and that it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of these atrocious outrages, and their accomplices, to a sure and condign punishment hereafter. Resolved, That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a State of the Union, with her present free Constitution, as at once the most effectual way of securing to her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to which they are entitled, and of ending the civil strife now raging in her territory. Resolved, That the highwayman's plea, that "might makes right," embodied in the Ostend Resolved, That while the Constitution of the Circular, was in every respect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would bring shame to interfere with questions of slavery ought to and dishonor upon any government or people that gave it their sanction. Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by the most central and practicable route, is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and, as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate construction of an emigrant route on the line of the railroad. Resolved, That appropriations by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors, of a national character, required for the accommodation and security of our existing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution, and justified by the obligation of government to protect the lives and property of its citizens. Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and co-operation of freemen of all parties, however differing from us in other respects, in support of the principles herein declared; and, believing that the spirit of our institutions, as well as the Constitution of our country, guarantee liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legislation impairing their security. be discountenanced, as they lead to dangerous consequences. That the Democratic party will abide by a faithful execution of the compromise measures of 1850, including the fugitive slave law, "which act cannot, with fidelity to the Constitution, be repealed, or so amended as to destroy its efficiency." That the Democratic party will resist all slavery agitation in or out of Congress. That they will uphold the resolutions of 1798. That, repudiating all sectionalism, they adopt the principles of the KansasNebraska bill-that is, the non-interference of the general government with slavery, which was the basis of the compromise measures. That they recognize the right of new States to regulate their domestic institutions, with or without slavery, as they please. That the party is in favor of State Rights, and against monopolies and special legislation for sectional benefit. On foreign policy, the convention resolved: 1. That it is time to declare for free seas, and progressive free trade throughout the world. 2. That our position requires a rigid enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. 8. That we should assert, and no power should impede, our free communication between the Atlantic and Pacific; and that we cannot surrender our pre SUBSTANCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLAT- ponderance in adjusting all questions concern FORM. [Convention held at Cincinnati, June 2, 1856.] The preamble states that the Democracy trust in the wisdom and patriotism of the American people; that Democracy is good, and Federalism of all kinds abominable. Whereupon they enunciate the following principles: 1. That the Federal Government is limited in power, under strict construction of the constitution. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8, declare against Internal Improvements by the General Government, the assumption of the State debts, protection to American industry, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the establishment of a National Bank, and commend the sub-treasury system as exactly the thing required. 9. That they are opposed to taking the veto-power from the President, because its exercise has saved the people from the dominion of the United States Bank, and from a corrupting system of internal improvements. 10. That it is a cardinal principle of Democratic faith that our country is the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, and every attempt to abridge facilities for becoming citizens ought to be resisted. And whereas a party has set up an adverse political and religious test, the Democracy declares its determined opposition to all secret political societies; that the foundation of the Union having been laid in religious freedom, no party is national or American which bases its organization upon religious opinions and accidental birth-place; and hence the crusade against Catholics and foreign-born, is neither justified by the past nor the future, nor in unison with our spirit of toleration or enlightened freedom. As to Slavery, the Convention resolved that Congress has no power to interfere with it in the States; that all efforts to induce Congress ing it. 4. That the Democracy sympathize with the efforts of the Central Americans, to regenerate the Isthmus region. 5. That the Democracy require the next Administration to make every proper effort to insure our ascendancy in the Gulf of Mexico, and maintain protection to the outlets whereby our products reach its waters. [Convention at Philadelphia, Feb. 22d, 1856.] 1. Acknowledges dependence on a Supreme Being. 2. The perpetuation of the Union is the only bulwark of Liberty. 3. Americans must rule America. 4, 5. No person who recognizes allegiance of any sort to a foreign power, ought to be put in office 6. The reserved rights of the States are recognized, harmony inculcated, and non-interference of slavery by Congress expressly commended. 7. The people of the Territories, who are citizens, ought to regulate their own domestic institutions, with the right of admission as soon as population will warrant. 8. That no State or Territory can admit to suffrage any except native citizens, unless previously naturalized under United States laws. 9. Twenty-one years' residence indispensable to naturalization; but no interference with present rights. 10. No union of Church and State; no interference in religion; no test oaths, except to forswear foreign allegiance. 11. Free investigation, and strict economy in expenses. 12. Enforce all laws while they exist. 13. Opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, the removal of Americans from office, and the corruptions of the Government. 14. Members of the party to subscribe to this platform. 15. Free and open discussion of political principles. Penobscot.. York.. 693 851 381 397.... [New County.] 417.. 2394 2019 457 114.... 1379 3126 757 64.... 2278 2690 211 154.. 3393 5270 726 Waldo Franklin Hancock Kennebec.. SENATE..... VI....Foster.... 8503; Wiswell...7567 227 512 1522 484 I. VERMONT-Continued. Gov. 1855. II. 9 Total......10398 3242..11964 3477.. 9675 3622 795 Walton's maj., 6132; Fletcher's, 8487; Royce's, 5258. Scattered on Rep. candidates for Congress, 1024. Caledonia... 2501 1033.. 2555 1117.. 1323 1331 766 Morrill Chase.FletcherKeyes RoyceClarkSlade Orange...... 3273 1560.. 3288 1798.. 2122 2069 639 Windham... 3406 616.. 3412 597.. 2511 975 399 Windsor...... 4515 1149.. 4338 1356.. 2443 1278 697 .38345 32789 422....16147 29997 6695 Fremont's maj 5134; Pierce's do. 7155. This is the actual result. The official (imperfect returns) was: Fremont, 37491; Buchanan, 31891; Fillmore, 408. Counties. York....... Total.......69429 44889 6659...51488 48373 10645 Belknap Carroll.. Cheshire LEGISLATURE. Kepublicans... 30; Democrat... Coos.... 1 CONGRESS. "Coalition. Rep Maj. I....Wood.....11215; Little .9776 1439 Grafton .. Strafford. II....Gilman...12953; Pillsbury..9670 3283 Sullivan IlI....Abbott,...10562; Ingalls....8252 - 2310 Gov., March, '56. GOVERNOR, '55. 5.... 1402 1231 1217 Cummings, Union.... 31384; Noble, Dem.... 29669 Windham.. 4068 742 47.... 2053 881 Total.... LEGISLATURE. 4 The Republican party was not organized in New Hampshire till after the State election. MASSACHUSETTS. Barnstable... 2667 703 PRESIDENT, 1856. PRESIDENT, 1852. Counties. Rep. Dem. Am. Whig. Dem. F. S. Fremont, Buch'n, Fillmore. Scott, Pi'ce. Hale. 300.... 1379 892 473 377.... 3579 2973 631 936. 3827 3267 2091 122.... 250 225 48 2612.... 6539 4576 3485 260.... 2552 1726 1218 631.. 3445 3458 757 832 277 3300 1425 1243 Middlesex....17222 7705 4095.... 8750 8925 4231 Nantucket.. 583 126 73. 329 189 189 Norfolk 8402 3697 2670. 3589 3454 2479 Plymouth.... 7228 1772 1496.. 2993 2080 2440 Suffolk .. 8582 5853 4648. 4868 5413 1600 Worcester....17971 4604 1129.... 7283 5966 7138 Total......108190 39240 19626....52683 44569 28023 Maj. for Fremont, 49324; Plurality for Scott, 8114. GOVERNOR, 1856. GOVERNOR, 1855. Counties. Frem. Am. Dem. Fill. Am. Rep. Am. Dem. Gardner, Beach. Gordon. Roek ell.Gard'r.Beach Barnstable... 2593 697 120.... 523 1253 588 Berkshire.... 4642 2772 184.... 2114 2230 2156 Bristol.. ....7972 2476 574.... 2513 4981 1903 98.... 79 176 Dukes.. Essex... 304 · 144 14922 4499 1337. 411. 58 Counties. GOVERNOR, 1856. GOVERNOR, 1855. Rep. Dem. Am. Whig Dem. Am. Wells. Ingham. Miner. Dutton. Ing'm. Min'r 853 4962 3677... 1944 4671 3139 1217 6911 5351.... 1311 6141 5580 984 3619 2913.... 1562 3079 3130 420 2743 2107.... 719 2144 2373 New Haven.. 1151 6699 5100.... 2046 5851 4946 Middlesex....16422 7693 1910... 5203 9057 6400 New London. 688 3741 3598.. 723 2467 4531 1.... 61 190 102 Tolland Franklin....: 2518 1335 Nantucket... 584 123 4385 7263 3884 370 1907 1511.... 325 1531 1820 Norfolk...... 8008 3716 1502. 2292 5262 2559 Windham.... 1057 2122 1751.... 532 1406 2509 Plymouth.... 6438 1783 830. 2562 3307 1464 Suffolk....... 8522 5826 2862... 2348 6010 4592 Total.......92576 40150 10388...36521 51374 34920 Bell, Whiq, received 7075; Josiah Quincy, Ind., 5634; and 1291 votes were returned as scattering. Majority for Gardner, 28038; Gardner's plurality in '55, was 14853. THE LEGISLATURE is almost unanimously Republican. Moses Bates, jr.d 1830 Daniel Fisher, a.1601 Hall's maj. 3663. II. Jas. Buffinton, r 11658 I. H.Wright, d...4593 C. R.Vickery, d..3314 VIII. 7212. III. W.S. Damrell, 10433 rell, 3921. IV. L. B. Comins, r..5188 VI. T. Davis, r.....10044 IX. 4172. C. L. Knapp, r.9616 Eli Thayer, r...8920 X. C. C. Chaffee, r.10902 XI. H. L. Dawes, r. 6823 Those marked r were supported by Republicans and Gardner Americans, except Mr. Thayer in the |