...coming from the South. The Democratic platform of 1840 contained the following statement: "Resolved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence . . . have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith." But when it became evident that...

...election of 1884, the Democratic platform touted "the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson . . . which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation" as "cardinal principles in the Democratic faith." On the few occasions when the Whig and Republican...

...election of 1884, the Democratic platform touted "the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson . . . which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of everv nation" as "cardinal principles in the Democratic faith." On the few occasions when the Whig...

...other, was forcefully asserted in the Democratic Party platform of 1884. After calling the United States "the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation," the Democrats explicitly excluded the Chinese, who were described as "unfitted by habits, training,...

...reannexation of Texas, at the earliest practicable period." They also reaffirmed their republican foundation. "The liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the...and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation," they declared, "have ever been the cardinal principles in the democratic faith." 27 After the convention...

...platform of 1852 appealed to the people's "devotion to the Constitution."44 Democrats in 1884 extolled "the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the...Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution."45 In more recent times, Democrats in 1980 praised "the spirit of liberty which imbues...

...1868.] 572. The Democratic Platform of 1856 had declared that the principles of our Constitution made "ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation." but it had avoided any decided stand with regard to the domestic institution of slavery. Democratic...

...1868.] 572. The Democratic Platform of 1856 had declared that the principles of our Constitution made "ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation." but it had avoided any decided stand with regard to the domestic institution of slavery. Democratic...

...States or the citizens thereof. In reaffirming the declaration of the Democratic platform of 1856, that "the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson...in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned by the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every...