New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-07-05
Democratic County Convention.


Pursuant to public notice given the
Democrats of Howard County met in
County Convention at the Court House
on Saturday, Jane. 10Th, 1861, for
the purpose Of electiny three Dele
gates to the State Convention, to be
held at Des NIoines. son ~r.a .. ga. .-
j. On motion, S. o. Daggett took the
r Perry G.. Nichols was elected secre-
tary. ... ..-...t
! On motion Of W. r. Mead, the Chair
appointed Committee Of five, on res
olutions. whereupon the Chair appoin-
ted as such Committee w. Il. Mead,
G. NJ. Mu:son. J. II. B. Harris, w.
Y. Wells and D. W. Fairchid.. .'
After a brief absence the Committee
reported unanimously upon the follow
ing resolutions, the sentiment of which,
though elsewhere embodied, meet their
cordial approval. ..,.-. t.,
On motion the report was received,
and the resolutions adopted unani'
III rusly: 5- 81. #' ..-,-
Where's, 1t is the duty of every
citizen who acknowledges allegiance to
the Constitution Of the United States,
and who support the hws'cf Congress
enacted in pursuance thereof, and who
obey and sustain the decisions Of the
Courts rendered thereon, to avow their
sentiments:
And Whereas, 1t has of late be.
come common to talk of the obliteration
of all party ties and distinctions; be
cause that the country is involved in
war, and that the duty in en.oins upon
all citizens to support the Government
forecloses all right or the part of the
Sovereign people to investigate the
causes conspiring to produce such war,
or the manuer and means used to pros
ecute it, or by which its progress is to
be arrested: '"'> Fl 1s'1'5" sd ~ s'D0
Therefore, Be it, byi.us Democrats
and citizens Of Howard County, iowa,
in County Convention assembled;
Resolved: That VIC are opposed to
any disbanding Of the Democratic
party, or Gifts organization, or of any
utilization of parties. or partizanship
for election purposes. with any, except
such as can from conscientious consid.
erations Of duty and patriotism, labor
to accomplish in matters of principle
and governmental policy, those objects
to effect, which are the purposes Of our
Federal Union; and the dearest objects
Of our political organization" ''.s 10
Resolved: That we'esteemsitathe du-
ty Of every lsw-abiding citizen to sus-
tain Mr. Lincoln in the proper, admin
listration Of the government, and in
using all constitutional and legal means
to suppress the rebellion ofhthe seced-
ling States, and in furnishing. all such,
if any there shah be, in any part Of the
Union that shall in any manner set At
defiance the legal and constitutional
uthority Of the United States govern
meht,, or that 'shallin any manner in.
|terfere to destroy the rights of proper.
ty guaranteed ~ to, the. ., people
| OF any. state under the laws thereof
and in the expression Of this sentiment
We abate no partSo Of our opposition y
the principles avowed by the hlepubli
can party IN the last Presidential con
test but re-affirm those held by TIKI
Democratic party proudly conscious
that it was only the conviction of theil
correctness that impelled the Republi
cans in the last session of Congress t
,. enact them into tho Territorial Bill
organizing all the then remaining ant
unorganized Territory Of the Unitet
| States, into the Territories Of Nevada