Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-01-25

suggestion of II. NJ. lIoxrE, Esq, Chairman
Of the State Central Committee. Hon. ELIJAH
Sstfs was chosen Chairman, and Hon. j. B.
GsrxxsLl, Secretary. The Chairman stated
tho object Of the meeting to be the express
sion, As Ear as practicable, of public sentiment
touching the present national difficulties
A Committee to report Resolutions was APP
pointed, consisting Of Governor KRKwooD,
and Hons NJ. L. MoRRrs, JONI A. KAssoS,
and Joux. TEEsDALE. After consultation,
Mr.. KAssos, for the Committee, reported the
following Resolutions, which were adopted;
and tho Chairman of.thc State Central Com
mittee was requested to procure the printing
of them in proper form, and to transmit them
70 other parts Of the State for signatures, and
to bo forwarded, as signed, to the members
Of our Congressional delegation.
We place the Resolutions before our rea-
des with pleasure, believing the doctrine
which they enunciate to be the sound doc
trine, and the position occupied by the great
Northwest upon the all-absorbing question
which so agitates our country, and threatens
its destruction.
fnasmuch as the existing National difficult
ties have, in effect, separated the people Of
the United States into two great classes
respectively the friends and the enemies of
the present Constitution and Union Of States
and now demand an earnest expression Of
sentiment on the pare of all adherents oflaw
and order, the undersigned citizens Of Iowa,
Republicans and supporters Of Abraham Lin
coin for the Presidency of the United States,
make tho following declarations, believing
that they faithfully represent the sentiments
Of the Republican party in Iowa, as well as
Of the great body Of the people of the North
West @
/. That the present Constitution formed
by statesmen and patriots of nnquestioned
ability, nationality and fidelity to popular
rights, is, without amendment, superior to
any fundamental law of government now
known to the world, or which can now be
devised by modification thereof or amend
ment thereto ......
2. That the Union of States, created and
perpetuated thereby, became within the
scope Of that Constitution, compact, per-
p,anent government, one and indivisible, no
mode Of, or authority for dissolution being
provided thereby.
8. That tho permanent existence Of the
Union as q whole, under the Federal Consti-
tuition, was the most essential consideration
inducing the States, successfully acceding to
the same, to seek and accept a union there
with, in order to secure thereby in exchange
for rights surrendered and obligations assum-
ed, greater strength against foreign agrees
ion, greater security Of domestic tranquility,
and to promote the general welfare.
4. That no evils have arisen under this
Constitution and Union at all comparable
with the evils Of dlsunion; and none for
which an adequate remedy can not be provi-
dcd within the powers and forms ofthe pres
cnt Government. .s
s. That Of the alleged evils now existing,
two only have assumed considerable prom
inencc, as the alleged occasion for the pres
ent disturbances: one, the embarrassment,
in ono section Of the country, attending the
recovery Of fugitives from service and labor;
and the other, in another section of the coun-
try, the insecurity of life, liberty, and the
rights of suffrage and opinion, both of which
should be in good faith corrected in the conf
munitics in which they occur.
6. That, denying all right in the federal
government to interfere with the domestic
institutions Of State, we also declare that
al laws Of any State designed to conflict or
actually conflicting, with the Federal Con-
stitution, or rights of persons or property
Hereunder, should be repealed.
Z. That We recognize with deep gratifica-
ton an abiding attachment to the Constitu-
ton and Union, which they are sworn to
support, on the part of the Governors and
people of several of the Southern States, and
pledge ourselves to stand with them on the
trusted platform Of the Constitution, the I'M
son and the enforcement Of the Lans, and to
the remedy of all evils existing in conflict
with the letter or the spirit of that Constitu-
ton.
8. That We have undiminished faith in the
ability, patriotism, integrity, and impartial
ity Of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, and believe
that under his administration all rights will
bc respected and enforced: and the general
prosperity, recently checked by the unwar-
ranted and scditious disturbances in a por
ton Of the country will again return with the
experience Of his patriotic and national adj
ministration.
0. That the voice Of the people constitu-
tionally expressed, the provisions of the Con-
stitution and the Laws, the obligations of all
Official oaths compel us to the declaration
that no conditions or compromises can bel an
nexed to the Inauguration Of a lawfully cleo
ted President, none to the perpetuity of the
government, SO long as the constitution re-
mains unviolated and that under all exis-
ting circumstances, the preservation of the
noblest government in history, the security
of the whole country against foreign aggres-
sion, and domestic discord and strife, the
honor of the national flag, and the general
welfare, each and all demand the conserva-
ton of the Union. the determined retention
Of al national property. and the enforcement
OF MI constitutional laws.
10. That the conduct Of Mai. Anderson in
protecting to the extent Of his means, the ma
tional forts and national honor at Charleston,
merits, as it receives, the warm approval of
eli patriotic citizens, and reflects honor upon
him, upon his native State, and upon the ma
ton.
sAArL }. HARDWOOD. JOHN A. KAssON,
IJAH SELLS, N. w. MILLS,
Nv. CATrELL. JOHN TrESDALE
J. ". JONES' w.P. DAVIS.
AMOS D. MILLER, STEWARD GOODRICH,
LEWIS KINSEY THOS MITCHELL,
GRO. g. WRIGHT, 9. c. BROwNELL,
raOe. p. wITHROw, s.H. LUNT
=. ~ MILLS. B. STEWART,
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