Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-03
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONvEN.
TON.

ou' ePoSo 10 too uu''ScO W PuVieu t"o
proceedings in full, but We give as full
synopsis as our columns will admit.
The following were the otiicsrs Of the
convention:
President-S. HAMPSTEAD, Of Dubuque.
Vice PresidentI-S Rees. Of Webster;
Ansel Humphrey, of Musca,ine; James
Pollard of Davis; A. H. Palmer, Of Pot
tawatamie.
Secretaries-Jas. A. Sewers. Of Mahas
ka; L. Racquet. Of Union; William Ora.
ham, Of jackson.
A committee. consisting Of one person
from eaca judicial District. represented.
was selected TO report resolutions. The.
committee consisted Of Juhn A. Johnston,
2ud District; Joel futile. 3rd; D. S
Tannehll. 5th Tho,. Macon. 9th; WIN.
Graham, It'll; l.. b Patterson. 9th; John
Hodgdon, 9th; D. D. W. Carver, 10Th;
G. p. Kellogg, llth. They reported the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted:
The People of the State of Iowa who
regard the Constitution of The United
States , its judicial relations 10 States
and |eolle ms interpreted by the Supreme
Court, and its political principles AS snun
ciated from time to time Ivy the Democratic
party. and rs applied BY several successive
Administrations in carrying On the gov.
eminent OF the United States. being as.
sembIed by their Delegates in convent on,
in the Capitol a, Des Moiues, on the oath
day OF July. 1851, do make and proclaim
to their ieIto citizens of the Sister States
of the Union the following declaration:
Whereas, in the vicissitudes which are
incident to all governments, to human 50.
cieiy and to civilization. the government
and people of the United State. have be.
come involved in civil war which threat
ems 10 be alike disastrous to the form uf
Government which experience has proved
to be most con1ucive " the happiness OF
mankind and TO result ia imposing upon
the present and future generations oner.
Gus burdens which it should be the duty
OF q government to avoid, it becomes an
incumben, duy upon the people for whose
benefit alone government is instituted and
who having the rish, to either alter or
abolish when it ceases to be administered
for their happiness and prosperity, have
also the tight to determine aud to direct
how it shall be administered when they
lind il departing from the princi Piles upon
which it WAS founded and to he precpi'at.
ing into war and ruin the fabric Of civil
society, instead OF preservin. the people
IN peace, promoting their prosperity and
securing their rights. Viewing therefore,
dispassionateIy, the present. conditions of
our country and with the single purpose
Ut making an ctfvr. to aver, impending
and other threatened cslami,ies and OF
restoring peace, founded upon that fra
ternal patriotism which gave birth 10 tn.
American Union, and which preserved its
integrity till the election of President
upon u principle which was hostile 10 the
Constitution OF the United States and an.
tagonislic 10 the vested right OF the PEG
pie of nesrly half the States OF the Union,
do declare,
lst Resolred, That We regard the pres.
ent condition pt the country, the civil war
in which the people are engaged, the ef.
fort 10 dismemher the II Mon ard all the con
comitant evls,which afilic, us as Nation,
rs the legitimate result Of the successful
teaching of the doctrine and policy of the
lrrepressible Conflict; doctrine and a
policy which arrayed Northern sentiment
in antagonism to the Constitutional rights
Of the Slave States and which proclaim
an " irrespr-ssible and unceasing hcstil
ity to the domestic institutions OF our
brethren of the South
End. Resoleed, That no,withsia nding the
proSocation given To the people of :he
South by the manifestation OF hostility
towards their Institutions by a majority of
the people OF the North, We uaey uiyocally
condemn the course they have pursued to
obtain n redres, Of their grievances. be-
lleving as we do that aided by the conser.
va,ive people of the Nor,hern States. their
grievances would have been redressed and
their rights and interests respected and
secured in Constitutional manner and
by Constitutional means.
Sd. Rcsolrei, That we are heartily on.
posed to the ductrine ct Secession a polit
zeal heresy, unwarrantabe by the Consti
tuition. detrimental to the best interests Of
the whole country, and destructive of the
Union aud that glorious heritage of liberty
bequeathed TO Us hy our fathers.
4ih. Resoired, That our obligations n
government. the duty we owe to po>,rrity
and the advancement Of political freedom
Throughout the world. alike command OF
us the preservation OF our fed. raj Onion,
aud We hereby pledge the whole power of
the Democratic party to every Just and
constitutional means I" maintain tn. same,
whether lis destruction be att mpted bv the
insidi"us teachings If the higher law doc
trne Of the Abolition Republican party:
or hy the open attacks vi men in armed
rebellion against il.
9Th. Resotced, That as We are taught
and admonished by the experience OF ev.
cry free people whose political existence
WAS extinguished by assumption Of arLi
trary power and the violation of funda-
mental principles to resis, the encroacb-
ment Of Executive P,erogatives. We. there.
fore. emphati"ally and unequivucally con.
denim the assumption of unauthorized
power by the Executive Of the United
States, or W any officer Of the Govern
ment.
9th. Resolced, THAT our Union VA,
formed in peace. and can never be perpe,.
uated by force Of arms, and that q repuo.
lican government held together BY the