The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-19
DIS Mouxrs, Iowa, Jan. sth, 1861.
70 C. DUNHAN:

10 c. DUNHAA:
DEAR SIR:-At a meeting of the Republican,
,,esent at TIE Capitol from various parts OF Iowa
and this day assembled at the Office of the Sec
,e,sr, Of State, at the suggestion Of II. N
Uo,ie ESQ, Chairman of the State Central Com
ni,tee, Hon. Elijah Sells was chosen Chairman
and Hon ]. B. Grinnell, Secretary. The Chair
man stated the object of the meeting to be the
.,pression, as far as practicable, of public cen
,;mer,t touching the present national difficulties
Committee to report Resolutions was appoint
ed consisting Of Governor Kirkwood, and Hons
" L. Norris, John Kasson and John Teesdale
After consultation, Mr.. Kasson, for the Commit
tee, reported the following resolutions, which
we're adopted and the Chairman Of the State
Central Committee was requested to procure the
printing of them in proper form, and to trans
mi, them to other parts Of the State for sigma.
lures, and to be forwarded, as signed, to the
members of our Congressional delegation.
Respectfully, your obt serv't,
II. NJ. HOXfE.
Inasmuch as the existing national difficulties
have, in effect separated the people of the Uni
ed States into two great classes, -respectively
the Friends and the Enemies of the present Con
silution and Union of States,-and now demand
4 IN earnest expression Of sentiment on the par,
4 IF all adherents of law and order, the under
signed. citizens Of Iowa, Republicans, and sup
i,orters Of Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the Pres
itency of the United States, make the following
declarations, believing that they faithfully rep
l.. nf sha
/, Iowa, as well as of the great body of the
,.ope of the Northwest.
/ That the present Constitution, formed BY
ls,,ssmen and patriots of unquestio,ed ability,
I,,,ionality and fidelity to popular rights, is,
lr,hout amendment, superior to any fundamental
Law of government now known to the world,
or which can now be devised by modification
shereof, or amendment thereto.
| 2. That the Union Of States, created and per-
3s,uated thereby, became, within the scope of
HAT Constitution, a compact, permanent gov
arnment, one and indlvsible, no mode OF, or
lrthority for, dissolution being provided thereby.
, s That the permanent existence OF the Union
iy whole under the Federal Constitution, was
I,1e mos, essential consideration inducing the
Estates, SUCCESSFULLY accedn to the same, to
i,eek and accept union Herewith, in order to
l.ecure thereby, in exchange for rights surrender
Id and obligations assumed, greater strength
l,sinst foreign aggression, greater security Of
omestc tranquility, and to promote the gener-
d welfare.
T. That no evils have arisen under this Con-
.iution and Union at all comparable with the
iNils of disunon; and none for which an ade-
isate remedy can not be provided within the
bowers aud forms of the present government.
g. That of the alleged evils now existing, two
taly have assumed q considerable prominence,
y the alleged occasion for the present distur.
ltnces one the embarrassment, in one section
the country, attending the recovery of fug
lres from service and labor; and the other, il
bother section of the country, the insecurity O
IA, liberty and the rights Of suffrage and opin
La, both of which should be in good faith cor
kcted in the communities in which they occur
9. That, denying all right in the federal gov
sspt to interfere with the domestic institution
liz State, we also declare that all laws of an,
I%te designed to conflict or actually conflict
liz. with the Federal Constitution, or rights o
rsons or property Hereunder, should be re
raled.
I. That We recognize with deep qualification
In abiding attachment to the Constitution anc
niOn which they are sworn to support, on the
bart of the Government and people of several o
he Southern States, and pledge ourselves t
Itsnd with them on the trusted platform o
Constitution, tie Onion, and the enforcement o
H. Lars, and to the remedy of all evils existing
kih the letter or the spirit of that Constitution
That we have undiminished faith in tn,
, Iblity patriotism, integrity, and impartiality o
EOn ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and believe that unde
|, Ia administration all rights will be respecte,
. lnd enforced; and the general prosperity, re
isaly checked by the unwarranted and sedi
Gus Disturbances in a portion Of the countr,
pin again return with the experience of his pa
, tric!ic and national administration.
o. That the voice of the people constitution
Nv expressed, the provisions Of the Constitu
! on and the Laws, the obligations of all of.icia
!. lths, compel us to the declaration that no con
y cons or compromises can be annexed to tn,
!. nguration of lawfully elected President
y lae to the perpetuity of the government Sc
y vrg as the Constitution remains unviolated; an,
y aG under all existing circumstances, the pre-
lsus,ion of the noblest government in history
Y IL security of the whole country against foreg
Erression, and domestic discord and strife, tn
- lnor of the national flag and the general we
lr each and all demand the conservation c
Y Be Union, the determined retention of all ns
~ 3uual Notifications, and national property, an
y Be enforcement of all constitutional laws.
TO- That the conduct of Major Anderson j
'Otectng, to the extent Of his means, the ms
slnd forts and national honor at Charleston
:. aerits, as it receives, the warm approval OF a
- Surotic citizens, and reflects honor upon hin
9qen his native State, and upon the nation.
JB GrinuelI, Poweshiek county, + w Paine
r. Dubuque county, II G Stewart, Lee county,
6 adendy, Blackhawk county, N L Morris, Johl
o. county II Shephard johnson county,
, *gden, Guthrie county, George Sprague, Butte
anty, L H Cutter, Wright county, Samuel
rksood, Elijah Sells, w Cattell, W Jone
Nos b Miller, Lewis Kinsey, Geo G Wrigh
Pos + Withrow, FM Mills, John A Kasson,
wills, John Teesdale, w P Davis, Stewa
apodrell, Thos Mitchell, c Brownell, H Luz
lib Stewart.
ID e A correspondent of the Cincinnati 6;
-. S.s;.a1xGxlS exi,.as tho follo