M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-09-19
DEMOCRATIC-UNION COUNTY
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let. Resolved, That we regard the
present condition OF the country, the
civil war in which the people are en-.
gagged, the effort to dismember the
Union and all the concomitant evils
which afflict us as q nation, as the legis.
innate result OF the successful teach.
lings Of the doctrine aud Lolicy of the
"lrrepressible Conflict ;" a doctrine
and policy which arrayed Northern
sentiment in antagonisn to the con-
stitutional rights OF tho people Of the
slave States and which proclaim an
'inepressible" and unceasing hostili.
Ity to the domestic institutions Of our
brethren ofthe South.
2nd. Resolved, That notwithstanc-
ing the prOvocatiou given to the peo
| pie Of the South by the manifestation
of hostility towards their institutions
by a majority of the people of the
North, we nnequivocally condemn the
course they have pursued to obtain a
redress of their grievances, believing,
as we do, that aided by the conserva.
tive people OF the Northern States, Of
all parties, their grievances would
have been redressed and their rights
and interests respected and secured in
a constitutional manner and by con-
stitutional means.
=, Sd. Resolved. That we are heartily
political heresy, unwarranted by the
Constitution; detrimental to the best
interests of the whole country, and
destructive of the Union and that glo.
rious heritage Of liberty bequeathed
to us by our fathers.
4th. Resolved. That our obligations
to the government, the duty we owe to
posterity and the advancement of po-
litical freedom throughout the world,
alike command Of US the preservation
and perpetuity Of our Federal Union,
and we hereby pledge the whole power
of the Democratic Party Of Vinton
county to every just and constitutional
means to maintain the same, whether
its destruction be attempted by the
iusiduous teachings Of the higher law
doctrine Of the Abolition Republican
party !; or by the open attack Of men
in armed rebellion against it.
5th. Resolved, That we are taught
aud admonished by tue experience Of
every free people whose political exis-
tence was extinguished by the as.
sumption of arbitrary power and the
violation OF fundamental principles, to
resist the enroacbment OF Executive
Prorogatives, we, therefore, emphati.
cally and unequivocally condemn the
assumption of unauthorized power by
the Executive OF the United States, or
by any officer Of the Government,
civil or military.
9th. Resolved, That we are IN 70.
v0 Of and stand upon the platform oi
tie Democratic Union Convention Of
Ohio on the 7th Of August, 1851 !;
and hereby endorse the position OF
Hon. Ii. j. Jewett, our candidate for
Governor, in his letter OF acceptance );
ard that we give to the Democratic.
Union Ticket our hearty support.
9TH. Resolved. That we arc in favor
ofeconolny in all public expenditures
and a strict accountability Of all pub.
lie officers, civil and military.
Sth. Resolved, That in view of the
great depression os all kinda Of prop.
erty, caused By the civil war we are
engaged in, and the increased diff.
cu!:;es encountered in gaining the
ability cpay taxes, justice demands
that tne State Government should be
economically administered, and to
this end we favcr a reduction Of all
salaries of State and County Officers
to the lowest point compatible with
the public interests.