New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-10-04
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Union Resolutions,

'9tn. without = ulSSerllnS VOICE. W Uo nv
believe there is q man in the State. except it
be a radical abolitonist. that will not heavti.
ly respond to thcns Let every man read
them carefully and un Understand them fully:
Resolved: That we the citizens of the 53rd
Representative District of Iowa this day as
scmblcd without distinction of party, hereby
the United States. our supreme and analtor
able attachment to the National Uricn, and
d fixed determination to do all in our power
to preserve them for ourselves and our pos
terity forever. We have no new articles Of
faith to proclaim to the people, but are con.
tent to broadly rest Upon the Constitution CT
our Government Us made by Washington and
Jefferson. and Madison, and rs by them ana
their compccrs cxpounIed with all its COM
promises and guarantees.
Resolved: That wh..o we freely admit that
every nation has u clear ard indctcaSiblc
right to change its own government, and ad-
minister its own concerns, in such manner
rs may best secure the rights and promote
the happiness of the people, and to this end
and for this purpose may peaceably assem-
bic. to consider such proposed change or al
teration yet we hold in utter adherence and
Setestation, and as subversive of the tunda
mental principles of = free and constitutional
government all schemes, come from what
ever source they may. that have for their OBJ
>iect, under the shallow and hyprocritical
pretext of "peaceable secession" the dis'nem-
berment of this great Republic.
Resolved That the present lcplorablc civ
il war for long wears courtcd by the radical
aboitionists Of the North, aea finally precip-
itated upon the country by the Southern dis
uulonists is without justtiablc cause or rsa-
sonable pretext; that the pretended right of
secession has no existence in the Constitution;
that to permit its practical assertion would
result in national degradation and the tes-
truction of the government, and that the Adj
ministration would be unfaithfl to its h Oh
and sacred trust. were it not to meet force
with force, and exert all its energies, and
employ all the resi- rces which a free people
have placed at It's disposal, to maintain its
rightful authority and to preserve the Union
with all its rights unimpaired.
Resolved: That the excuse offered for tie
great crime Of secession and the attempt to
destroy the Constitution anu diSnember the
Republic and for which the country is teing
deluged in blood, so far as it asserts the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln as Pre- sident to be
the cause, is too frivolous and contemplate
to require refutation. and when it is a well
known fact that his election was aided, ifnot
produced by their own treachery to their fell
low Democrats of the North the conclusion
became irresistible that the present rebellion
Is the result of a conspiracy Of no recent for
nation, but has hong been manifest in the
personal hatred and rancorous bitterness
with which radical abolitionism has at all
times assaled Southern institutions, and in
the fierce and angry response from tie fire.
eaters of the Southern section of the Repub-
lie, and which, in either section, only await
ed prctext sufficiently plausible to enable
the one element Of dscord, or the other to
intlame the public rainI and rally its people
to their standard and which reasonable con-
spiracy against the government first culmina-
ted in the South into open hostlltes what
ever the avowed, for the real purpose of
breaking up the Union. ...
Resolved: That a vigorous prosecution of
the war is imperatively demanded by every
consideration of duty and patriotism, that to
make proffers of peace except to guarantee
to the South full protection and assurance
in the full enjoyment Of all their rights un-
der the Constitution would be dishonorable to
our government; and that while we believe
the President is in good faith endeavorip,s to
put down rebellion, and restore the suprem-
acy of the Constitution, we pledge to him
and his Administration our united and hearty
support in whatever efforts shall be necessary
for the accomplishment of those objects.
Resolved: That in a great national emer-
gency like tnat now existing in the land
where the country is struggling for the main
tenancc of the very existence Of the govern
ment, party contention and party strife
among conservative men are alike incompata.
bic and inconsistent with that unity of pur-
pose and concentration OF effort in the loyal
States: which are necessary to crush out the
rebellion and put the Southern traitors to
flight, to both Of which purposes We feel as
loyal and law-ab;ding citizens fully pledged
to the government.
Resolved: That we regard all men as dis
loyal to the government who seek to make
this war have any other objects than the
suppression of rebcllioa, the enforcement of
the laws, the maintenance of the Consttu-
tion with full protection to every individual