Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-07-18
Dubuque County Democracy

Dubuque County Democracy.
The Democrats Of Dubuque county
met in convention On the 18th inst, and
unanimously adopted the following res
olutions, upon which every true Demo
craat in the State will have no hesitan-
cy in writing his full endorsement:
ResoIvsa, That we regard the present
condition of the country, the civil war
in which the people are engaged, the ef-
forts to dismember tho Union and all
the concomitant evils which afflict us as
. nation, as the legitimate result OF the
successful teaching of the doctrine and
policy Of the "IrrepressibIe Conflict !"
q doctrine and a policy which arraycd
Northern sentiment in antagonism TO
the Constitutional rights Of the people of
the Slave States, and which proclaim an
"I,repressible" and unceasing hostility
to the domestic institutions ofour breth-
rem Of the South.
Resolved, That notwithstanding the
provocation given to the people Of the
South by the manifestation OF hostility
towards their institutions by majority
Of the people OF the North, we unequiv-
ocally condemn the course they have
pursued to obtain redress Of their
grievances, believing as we do that aid
ed by the conservative people Of the
Northern States, their grievances would
have been redresscd aud their rights
and interests respected and secured III a
Constitutional manner and by Constitu-
tional means.
Resolved, That we are heartily op-
posed to the doctrine OF secession, q DO.
litIcal heresy, unwarranted by the Con-
stitutioD, detrimental to the best inter.
ests Of the whole country, and dcetruct-
i've Of the Union and that glorious her.
itage of liberty bequeathed to US by our
fathers.
RESOLVED, That rs it was under the
influence OF democratic principles that
the Constitution was adopted and the
Union of the States was formed, and that
it was by conforming the administration
of the Government to Democratic poll
cy that Territory was acquired from
~hich new States were created and ad.
United into the Union, the Democratic
party will not suffer its relation in the
Union to be usurped by q seasonal lac
ton whose first political contest vas
fought against conservatism under .
flag symbolic Of sectional Union of six
teen States, and whose fundamental
principles and administrative policy are
hostile to the principles of the Constitu-
ton, and consequently destructive Of the
Union, and as the Democratic party de-
spite the opposition Of federalism which
was but another name for Republican
ism, added State after State to the
Union, and star after star to the Union
flag, the Star Spangled Banner, it will
now % ever defend, preserve and pro-
tect the Constitution and the Union.
Resolved, That as We are taught and
admonished by the experience Of every
free people whose political existence was
extinguished by tie assumption Of srbi-
trary power, and the violation OF iunda-
mental principles, to resist the cncroach-
ment OF Executive prerogatives, We,
therefore, emphaticaily and uaequivo.
cally condemn the assumption Of unau.
thorised power by the Executive Of the
United States, an ! BY any officer OF the
Government
Resolved, That the present condition
Of the country presents such contrast
to that which the people experienced for
the long period Of time during which the
Government VS. administered in &C.
cordance with Democsstic and couseya-
vivs principles and policy, and We owe
NO ourselves and 70 our posterity to
MAKE IN edost - restore the Govern.
meat TO the condition under which our
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va % long secuVsd and sejoyed. ge
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