...for the safety of the funds of the Government and the rights of tb people. CITIZENSHIP. 9. 1 Aved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned iT the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and th asylum of the oppressed of every nation,...

...elected Presi• dent in 1856, was unequivocal in this matter. It recited: "That the liberal principles sanction,ed in the Constitution which makes • ours the land of liberty and the asylum j of the oppressed of every nation have been cardinal principles of the Democratic faith; and every...

...in perpetuating this delusion. In the Democratic platform of 1840 we find the following: "Resolved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson...and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours a land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles...

...in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours a land. oT liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation,...been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith." This was reaffirmed in the Democratic platforms of 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856. Finding its advocacy...

...The Democratic party of the same year had the following resolutions in their platform: ' ' Resolved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson...Independence and sanctioned in the constitution, which make ours a land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal...

...principles embodied by Jefferson Principles in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned reammTed." in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of...been cardinal principles in the democratic faith. Resolved, That the foundation of this union of n^ States having been laid in, and its prosperity, exGovernment...

...president. Although the Democratic platform on which he stood with smug hypocrisy described this as "the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation," and glibly declared for the squatter sovereignty advocated by Senator Douglas as "the only sound and...

...States, and from a corrupting system of general internal improvements. 10. That the liberal principals embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,...Democratic faith, and every attempt to abridge the privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit...

...indispensable for the safety of the funds of the government and the rights of the people. "9. Resolved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson...Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which make ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal...

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