The Nevada journal., 1861-06-14
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS,

adopted by the bloomfield Republican Conren-
tion-hetd at Lake City, June 9th, 1S6l-har-
ing convened to elect Delegates to the Nerada
County Convention
WHEREAS, Under our Government, blessings,
greater and more numerous, are guaranteed to
those who are party to it than are guaranteed
BY any other government on earth TO its citizens
or subjects; and.
Whereas, Certain unscrupulous pzrtisaEs-
whose love Of political prefsrment sxcelling
their devotion to the country, having banded
together for the purpose Of monopolizing those
blessings TO the detrimcnt and deprivation Of
others Of their natural and Constitutional rights,
thereby sowing the seed Of domestic discord,
and at the same tine to accomplish their fell
designs, increasingly lsboring to sngsndsr
sectional hate, but being folsd in their .ttempt,
have deliberately planned, and are now attempt
ing the overthrow and destruction of this, our
model government and glorious Union and.
Whereas, As our Government was founded
upon certain eternal and immutable principles
God given trut 80 t forth in the Declar a. ion of
| American Independence and is indebted for its
present existence and hope for future, as also
the Nation for her unequalsd growth and pros
perity, to their maintainancs; therefore, be it
Rs,oired That if we would maintain eur Gov
ernmsnt and perpetuate ths uncqualed prosper
! ity of the past uust maintsin those vital
principles upon which it was founded. And to
best accomplish this, it is our duty to give our
unqualified support to that political organization
which is the exponent of those principles.
Resofred, That the Republican Party is the
only National Political Organization having for
its object the maintainancs of those principles
upon which our Government was founded, and
to which it is indebted for its present existence.
Resoired, That we support the Republican
party for the sake of the Union, and eensure the
policy, and those who support it, of supporting
| the Union for the sake of party, as dcduced from
the recent speech of Stephen A. Douglas, before
the Illinois Legislature, in which he cautioned
his Democratic friends against committing them
selves to treason on account of their late defeat
Resolred, That the reputation Of the princi-
pies set forth in our Declaration of Independ-
ence, entertaining disparaging thoughts
thereto, is repudiating the authors and support
ers of the same is unbecoming a sovereign cit
iIen and is detraction from the attributes Of our
Creator. And to the name of John c. Calhoun,
and those who entertain like views, should the
stigma of treason attach for the perpetration of
this foul offence.
Resotrsd, That those politician and partisan
journals which have labored to retain power by
creating domestic strife, and by falsehood have
succeeded in engendering sectional hate. the
manifestation of which we now Witnessing
and have to deplore, are guilty of n higher crime
than our language can express, and should be
Stunned, lodthel and detestcd by every true
liver of his Country, Constitution and Liberty.
Resotred, That those who aided in the election
of James Buchanan have no cause for complaint
in his latter actions, since they indorsed the
platform and administration of his predecessor,
placing him upon the former and pledging him
to carry out the latter. That if Gauss for COM
plaint they have it is to be found in the support
they gave, and in his Endorsement of the same.
Resolred, That in the present deplorable state
of the country no cause for alarm, but
have every reason to hope for a bright and glo-
rious future for her, because in her ability and
manifest will to vindicate tho majesty Of the
law and prove the competency of man for self
government, We have the most unboundcd con-
fdence.
! Resolred. That we arc Republicans because of
tho principles professed and sustained by that
organization; because that organization is the
creature of tho people, and has at heart the sal
vatisn of the Union, by sustaining the princi-
Piles upon which it was founded and that Re
publicans we will remain SC long as that organ
ization remains truo to itself, to equal law and
impartial justice, freedom of speech. freedom of
the press and freedom of the ballot box: firm
in the belief that he who best serves his country
! best serves his fellow man and best serves God.
, Rcsoired, That we are for the Constitution as
it is. with the construction of its authors, and n
faithful execution of the laws.
; S. RICHARDSON, Chairman.
DR.. F. KILLER. Sec'y.