Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-09-12
Resolutions passed by the New York Demo.
cratic State Convention.


the State Convention of the Democrats of New
York, at Syracuse, on Thursday:-
Resolred, That in this crisis the watchword
which should pass through the Democratic ranks,
calling them together and consolidating them in
one erect and determined mass, in defence of
our impcrrilled country, is the sentiment of
Andrew jackson, that 1.-THE Union must be pre.
served"
Resolred, That the claim of any State or
number of States, ola right to relinqnisb at will
their obligations and allegiance to the Union,
has no warrant in the Constitutions is ut war
with its letter and epirit; is incompatible with
good government and the preservation of public
faith and the enforcement of treaties and when.
ever this pretension has been advanced by Sec.
cssionists North and South, it has been resisted
and defeated by the Democracy who have ever
maintained, as they still! do, that secession is
revolution.
ReSolred. That the seizure Of the forts and
property belonging to the Federal Government
followed by the authorization ofprvateers against
the commerce of the loyal States, precipitated
the country into state of war that it is the
duty of the Government to prosecute the war
thus forced upon it. with all its power and re.
sources. and hot it is the duty of the people to
rally with arms and means to the support of the
Government, until tie struggle is ended by the
triumph of the Constitution and the Laws, and
the restoration Of the Union.
/ Rrsolred, That we hold next in guilt to the
faction which has risen in arms against the conn-
try, the politicians of the North who, for years,
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ton tending, intending, to ALLEVIATE the different
sections of the country, and to stir up between
them an irrepressbe conhic, based upon their
domestic institutions, which it was declared
could only terminate in the universal predom-
nance Of one section or the other.
Resolved, That to the infa!uaton of the same
class of politicians we can trace the threatening
proportions which this civil war has assumed,
and the catastrophes that have attended it. In
the language of one of their representative men
Congress adjourned having done and said moth.
ing to strengthen and encourage the Union men
Of the border States. The great and powerful
States of Virginia. North Carolina and Tennes
see we're lost to the Union while three other
STAGES, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri are
struggling to maintain their position in it be-
cause the Republican press and the Republican
representatives were bcguiIed into the popular
idea that they discharged their first and highest
duty in standing on the Chicago platform. And
later still, when the people had rallied, without
distinction of party to the defence of the Union.
the same predominant influence in the Republi.
can party, by debating political battles to be
fought, have. according to the same authority.
"added another year to the war, $1,000 600, 900
to the cost and opened graves for ID, 900 or 90
900 more soldiers"
Resolved, That as it was the duty of Con
gress, in the initiation of this conflict, to have
encouraged the loyal citizens of the South by
ample guarantees of their rights and by all Just
and honorable concessions, we believe it TO be
its duty now, while putting down rebellion with
armed force, to offer to the loyal people of the
disatfected States, the remedy which the Consti.
tuition provides for public grievances--a con,
venrion Of all the States for the revision and
amendment of that instrument
Reso1red, That the Democracy of this State
will sustain no war, nor countenance any peace
tending to the separation Of these States and
that they will regard any attempt to pervert this
conflict into war for the emancipation of slaves
as fatal to all the hopes Of the restoration Of the
Union.
Resolred, That it is the duty of the Admins
tration, initiating the patriotic spirit OF the peo-
pie, to abandon the narrow platform of the Chl.
ca 90 Convention, which stands condemned by
the suf1rages of nearly two thirds of the people,
and to step forth upon The broad platform of the
Constitution; to expel corrupt men from office
to exclude from its councils the advocates Of
separation or abolition, and to reconstruct its
Cabinet so as to conform to the altered condi-
zion of the country, and to command more large
ly public respect and confidence.
Resolved. That the right of fully and freely
canvassing the policy and measures of the ad.
ministraion in power, is right upon which the
pillars of the Republic rest, and is denied only
by tyrants To use the language of Daniel
Webster, it is a home bred right-a frcside
privilege. 1t has'ever been enjoyed in every
house, cottage and cabin in the nation. 1t is
not to be crowned in controversy. 1t is as I'M.
doubted as the RICH: of breathing the air and
walking on the earth. 1t is right to be main.
tanned IN reace and in war. 1t is light which
cannot be invaded without destroying consti'u.
' ,ona liberty. Hence this right shonld be
guarded and protected by the freeman of this
country with a jealous care, unless they are
prepared for chains and anarchy"
ReSolred, That We thank our brave army il
the field, and our navy upon the seas, for the
E noble devotion and courage they have shown in
rallying to the defence of the country in its
hour of peril and we will not forget that it is
f our duty to protect them from being the sport
and sacrifice Of politicians who order battles
from ideas of political necessity or the victims
of contractors, who make the peril of the coun
try the occasion of general spolation and pecu.
ation
ResOlred, That the hopes of the country de.
pend upon the unity and vigor of the Demo
cratic party in this crisis. That Democrat.
victory in this State would be hardly less aus.
picious to the cause Of the Union than the tri
umph of the Federal arms on the battle field -
, That, therefore, We hold those Democrats who
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