Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-09-28
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or THE
Democratic Union Convention
OF LUZERNE COUNTY,
Hold q, wlltes.Bsrrs. sep,enue.r 10Th, 1861.

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Hold ., wiites.Bsrrs. September 10th, 1851.
The Committee on Resolutions have in
structed their Chairman to submit the fol-
lowing as their report,
That having only had few minutos to
devote to the subject of resolutions, and
having spent that time in in.erohanging
cur views on the subject, and having found
that no one of the Committee had drafted
set of resolutions which embraced the
entire views Of the Committee, and having
examined the resolutions passed BY our
sister county of Wayne, in mass meeting
assembled, the Committee unanimously
agreed to endorse the said resolutions lex.
cepting only those of local character },
and recommend that the Convention adopt
the same as expressing the views of the
Democracy Of Luzer ne, and thereby send
greeting to our Democratic friends to
whom We have been Congressionally Joined
by recent act of the Legislature, and as
sure them that We can heartily strike
hands in maintaining the political faith of
our fathers.
WHEREAS, 1t has been customary time
out of mind for the Democracy of Luzerne
county to assemble here in County Con-
venton and give formal expression to their
views upon all important questions, both
Of general and local character which are
calculated to affect the welfare of the peo-
pie, and
WHEREAS, First and above sll other
matters, We are called upon to consider
the present gloomy condition of our once
happy and prosperous country, and con-
suit together upon the measures best cal
culated to restore it to its former unity and
greatness, preserve its free institutions and
spare its people from oil those indescriba-
BILE and widespread calamitios which
must result from sectional hostilities and
fraternal bloodshed, therefore
! /. Rssolued, "That it is now more tha
ever incumbent on the Democratic masses,
and all loyal and conservative citizens, to
maintain the National organization of the
best party in the land-the old National
Democratic party-founded by Jefferson,
upheld and maintained by Madison, Mon.
roe and'J Jackson and blessed and sactfied
by the dying voices of Clay, Webster and
Douglas. That its high mission is now as
heretofore, to stand firm, unfaltering and
faithful by its principles and trusts, as the
only means to restore harmony, good faith
and Union among the people Of the now
discovered States, for the truth of which
We appeal to the history Of the country in
its Administration of the Government for
the last sixty years.
2. ReSolued, That to the Union Of these
States into one eonfederacy I'VE are indebt-
ed for our happiness and prosperity at
home, and for all that renders US honorcd
and respected as nation among foreign
Powers; that this Union was contaminated
and the Constitution framed and adopted
BY our fathers in the spirit Of eonciliation,
concession and ompromise-upon the
great basis Of Justice and Equality, anl
that upon complete recognition OF these
fundamental principles, they rested their
hopes Of its perpetuity.
3. Resolved, That VIC regard the culti-
vaton of sectional feelings and preiudiees,
and the formation of sectional parties, as
in direct opposition to the wise counsels Of
the Father of his Country, as tending di.
rectly to the dismembermsnt of this Con-
federacy, to the destruction Of tho founda-
tons upon which our Government rested :,
and as the prime cause Of the present dis.
traetcd state Of affairs in our country.
4. Resolved, That we stand second to
none in our love for and adherence to the
Union, and we are ever ready and willing
to give it our most hearty support, and
stand committed to any measures neeessa-
ry to It's preservation in its integrity and
the spirit in which it was formed.
5. ReSoivsd, That we treat with con-
tempt the charges and insinuations Of our
opponents, that we are Secessionists or
Disunionsts; had We labored for years
past, with one half the zeal, to scatter the
seeds Of disunion broadcast throughout the
North, that they have done since their SEQ
tional organization and nominations in
1856 and 1860, the charge would be true
to the letter bat being in favor Of the
Union as our Fathers framed it, we have
used all proper efforts on all possible occa-
sions, on the stump and in the press, to
disarn fanaticism and rebuke the insane
teaching Of the so called Republican party.
6. Res2foed, That VIC disapprove of the
doctrine of Secession, regarding it as un-
sound in theory and fatal to the interests
Of the Nation in its practical effects and
that we will sustain the Government to the
fullest extent in all legal efforts to resist
rebellion, but at the same time we hold
ourselves ready to receive all honorable pro
posals Of peace whereby our distracted
country may be restored to its former
happy and peaceful condition.
I. Resolved, That the disunionists Of
this Country are of two classes-frst, those
who go for peaceable Secession from the
General Government, and the establish
ment of Southern Independent Confede.
racy; second, those who favor prosecu-
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