Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-07-31

9th do John Hodgdoa,
I'd do Jsal futile, vrsarsz
6th d. 1houaas Masaa,
/ sth do I. 3. Paslsrsoa,
10Th do ID W Carver,
!, llth do Kellogg.
Il Convention adioarnea aaails3 O'Clock.
AsTRasoos sxssIos.
, Convention met pursuant TO adjourn
Il ment. After . pEotractea ahssaen, ID
committee on Resolutions made rspor
| BY Gen. Hodgdsn Of Dubuque, Chairmaa
WHICH, after sfsw slssraaons, was adopt
90.
/ PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
| The People of the State of Iowa wht
regard the Consultation af The uaiEe.
| States in its Judicial relations 20 State
and people - Interpreted By the Suprem
Court, and it's political principles IS enun
eiated from time 10 tiae by Tbs Demo
aratie party, and a. appalled, By seyera
successive Administrations In carryins
on the government of the United States
being assembled by their Delegates Il
eonvantioH, ia the CapitoI at Des Moines
on the 24sh day OF Juiy, 1881, do make
and proclaim 10 their fsliNw citizens O!
che Sister States of - Nnioa shg follow.
ina declaration: ~
WHKRxAs, In The gicfssitudes which ara
Incident TO all governments, TO human
society an to civilization, the government
and pscpae Of she United States have be-
come involved in q civil wgr which threat
ems to be alike DISASTROUS 10 the form Of
Government which experience has proved
| to be moot conductive 70 the happiness OF
mankind and TO result in imposing apon
the present and future generations oner-
Gus burdens which it should be the duty
OF q government having any regard for
the veil being Of the people TO avoid, it
becomes an incumbent duty upon the peo-
pie for whose benefit alone government Ia
instituted and who having the righs to
either alter or abolish when it ceases to
DO administered for their happiness and
prosperity have also the right to deter
mine and TO direct how il shall be admin
iRteFed when they find it departing from
the principles upon which il vas founded
and to be preeipitating iAto war and ruin
the fabric of civil society, instead of pre-
serving the people IN peace, promoting
THAR prosperity and securing tEaiE Eighas.
Viewing, therefore, dispassionately, the
present condition Of 3nr distracted eoun-
try and with the single purpose of max
ing an effort to avert impending and 9th
eE threatened ealamities and of restoring
peace, founded upon that fraternal patri-
otism which gave birth to the American
Onion, and which preserved it's integrity
till ths slsssion Of . President upon .
principle which was hostile 70 the Consti-
tuition Of the United States an antago-
nistie to the vested rights Of the people
of nearly half the Stases of the g nIon,
do declare,
lss. ResolusS, That we regard the pres
ant condition Of the country, the civil war
in which the people are engaged, the effort
to dismember the Union and all the con-
eomitans evils which AfflieE us as Nation,
as the Legitimate result of the successful
teaching Of tbs doctrine and policy of the
"Irrepressible Conflict :" doctrine and
q policy which arTayed Northern sentiment
ia antagonism to the Constitution rights
of the people Of the Slave States and
which proclaim an 'eirrepressible" and
anceasing hostility 70 the domestic insti-
tuEions Of our brethren Of the South.
ID. Resoleed, That notwithstanding the
prorocation given TO the people Of the
South By the manifestation Of hostility
towards their Institutions By a majority
of the people Of the North, We unequiYo-
csliy condemn the course thsy have pur-
sued 20 obtain redress OF their grfev-
ances, believing as No do that aided by
the conservative people of the Northern
States, their grievances would have been
redressed and their rights and interests
respected and secured in q Constitutional
manner and By Constitutional means.
Cd. Rssolusd, That We are heartily OPP
posed to the doctrine Of Secession, po-
Iitical hsresy, unwsErautsd by the Con-
stitution, detrimental to the best inter
ests Of the whole country, and destruct-
i've Of the Union and that glorious herit-
age Of liberty beqasathed TO Us BY our
fathers.
4Eh. Resolved, That our obligations to
government, the duty we owe ~ pastaEity
and the advancement Of political freedom
throughout the world, alike command Of
us the preservation and perpeGaity Of our
Federal Union, and We hereby pledge the
whole power Of the Democratic party 10
every just and constitutional means to
maintain the same, whesheg It's dessruc-
ton be attempted By the insidious teach
inga Of the higher Law doctrine Of the Alb
clifton Republican party; or By the open
attacks Of men in AIMED rebellion agalnas
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5sh. Resolved, That Us we are taught
and sdnonished By the experience Of ev-
cry free people whose political existence
was extingaished By the Rasanpsion %
arbitrary power and the violation Of fun
damsntai principles, to resist the en-
croachment of Executive ProrogatiTes,
We, therefore, emphatieaEiy and unequiv-
ocally condemn the assumption of unau-
tnoriEed power By the Exscutive of the
United States, or By any officer Of the
9th. Resolssd, "That our Union was
formed IN peace, and can never be perpet-
aased by force Of arms and that repuh-
liean government held together BY the
sword beeomes military despotism."
It'll. Rssolpsd, That the Democratic
party are In favor Of % Convention Of the
aiferens States OF the entire Union, as
Rocn - the same aAn Be prepsrly bad, for
Hueh legislation a may secure equal aud
fall rights to all sections 81 shis Union,
and full representation Of all tha States,
snd removal Of tbs agisasion 81 the
question of sIAvsyy from ths hills ii Con.
Ersss md the States of shis Unf0n.
4 esh4 Receives, Thas wa rsnaasasa the
modern heresy that the iStaaea II this Con
federaoy never had an independent exist
aues dissines from the Federal aosarn-
meat, and are indebted for their present
position Ia the Union 10 ahaa Government
as gross insult 20 the common sense Of
khN saankry. Assd shameimsa Sal kaaxSryx,