Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-09-18
''solutions Of the New York Demo
ctatic State Convention.

lACuse;
ReSotsed, That in this crisis the watch
word which should pass through the
. Democratic ranks, calling them together
aud consolidating them in one erect and
o..,.ir p, cd mass in defence OF our imper-
,T' ,tTF oa,n,rv is the sent .ment OF Andrew
ioc,rson that " The Union must and shall
DE preserved .
\ Re!oiccl That the claim of any State or
number Of States Of right to relinquish
a, will their obligations and allegiance TO
,be Union has no warrant in the Consti-
tptIon-is at war with its letter and spirit
is incompatible with good Government,
and the preservation Of public faith, and
the endorsements Of the treaties, and
whenever this pretension has been advan.
ced by secessionists North or South, it
has been resisted and defeated by the De-
mocracv, who have ever maintained as
they still do, that secession is revolution.
Resotcd, That the seizure of the forts
and property belonging to the Federal
4 Government, followed by the authorize
ton Of privateers against the commerce of
4 the loyal States, precipltated the country
into a state OF war; 4; that it is the duty of
the Government to prosecute this war thus
forced upon Us with all its power and re-
sources, and that is the duty of the people
TO rally with arms and means to the sup
port Of the Government, until the strug-
rle is ended by the triumph of the Con-
stitution and laws, and the restoration OF
the Union.
Resoivsd, That we hold next in guilt TO
the faction which has risen in arms
against the country, the politicians of the
North. who for years have organized and
sustained a system of agitation tending
and intending to alienate the different
sections Of the country, and to stir up be,
tween them an "irrepressible conflict"
based upon their domestic institutions,
which. il was declared could only termi'
nate in the predominance of one section
oyer the other.
ResgIecd. That to the infatuation of
the same class OF politicians We can trace
the threatening proportions which this
"cyii var" has assumed and the catastro-
phes that have attended il. la the lan>
guage OF one of their representative men,
Congress adjourned, having done and
said nothing to strengthen and en- courage
the Union men Of the Border States. The
crca. and powerful States of Virginia.
North Carolina and Tennessee, were lost
the Union, while three other States
Mar Nnd, Kentucky and Missouri-are
struggling to maintain their position in it,
4 because the Republican press and the Re.
rrtiican representatives were beguiled
into the popular idea that theydischarged
.ueir irst and highest duty by and
m the Chicago platform :" and later still,
wien the people had rallied, without dis
Y 'tiuction Of nalty, to the Union, the same
predominant influence in the Republican
party, by debating political battles to be
1tougkt," have, according to the same au-
shortly, added another year to the war,
anu opened graves for fifteen or twenty
.Iousand more soldiers"
II Rcyoleed, That as it was the duty OF
Congress, in the initiation OF this conflict,
TO nave encouraged the loyal citizens OF
tha South by ample guarantees of their
..hts. and by al Just and honorable con.
cr-sions, We t,lieve it to be its duty now,
wh.ie putting down rebellion with armed
Force, 10 offer to the loyal people of the
3dIsuucctcl States the remedy which the
f,oustitution itself provides for public
grievances, a conv sntion Of all the States
Boz the revision and amendment of that
Instrument.
RfsoLsd That the Democracy of this
: ie will sustain no war nor countenance
rItiN peace tending to the separation oi
hthrse States, and that they Will regnrd
Ansng attempt to pervert this conflict roi
emancipation Of slaves rs Iqtal to all the
lopes 2. bea res .uration of the Union.
Re0O.0ed That il is the duty of the Adj
ll,iuistratio ;,o;,at;r, tLa ,at triotic sniri
OF the people, TO abandon the harrow
p,atiorm Of tie Chicago Convention
Nhich star, . condemned by the suiiraSe'
her.,v NV two thirds Of the people, aod ''
,,ep forth upon The broad platform ol lh'
Coastitution, to expel corrupt men from
cf;ce. 10 exclude from The advocates O
senaration and abolition, and to recon
stTuct its Cabinet so as to conform 10 me
altered condition of the country anu u
command more largely the public Iespec
and confidence.
Pcsoloei, That tho right Of fully anC
freely canvassing the policy and measure
of the Administration in power is essentla
TO constitutional government; II is
right upon which The pillars of our Re
public rest, and is denied only by tyrants
TO use the language of Daniel Webster
at is a homiied right fresile privilege
II has ever been enjoyed in every house
cottage and cabin in the nation; 1t
NOT 10 he denied in controversy. 1t is q
uodoubted as the right of breathing tn
ar and walking on the esrth. 1t is
rirht 10 be maintained in peace and wal
1t is a right which cannot be invade
without destroying constitutional liberty
Hence this right should be guarded am
protected by The freemen of this countr
with Jealous care unless they are prepal
-ed for chains and slavery" ,-.
Reso1oed, That we thank our brave arm
in the field, and our navy. upon the sea
for the noble devotion and heroic cours,e
they have shown in rallying TO the q:
n. Tense of the country in its hour OF PERI
n and we will not forget that it is our du'
IS to protect them from being the sport an
sacrifice Of politicians, who order battle
from ideas OF political necessity, or tn
victirls of contractors, who make the pc
i b of ne country The occasion of generi