M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-09-12
DEMOCRATIC-UNION COUNTY
PLATFORM.


1st 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 afilict us rs q nation, as the legit-
Innate result OF the successful teach.
Iings Of the doctrine and lolicy Of the
I"lrrepyessible Conflict :" a doctrine
and a policy which arrayed Northern
sentiment in antagonism to the con-
slitutional rights Of the people Of the
slave States and which proclaim al
"iTeprcssible" and unceasing hostili-
! ty to the domestic institutions of our
brethren ofthe South.
End. Resolved, That notwirhstand.
ing the provocation given to the pco
t,le Of the South by the manifestation
ofhostility 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 conserya,
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
opposed to the doctrine Of secession, a
political heresy, unwarranted by the
Constitution; detrimental to tie 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
= postcrity and the advancement Of po
lit'cal freedom throughout the world
e alike command Of us the preservation
D and perpetnity of our Federal Onion
G and we hereby PLEDGE the whole power
Of the Democratic Party of Vintor
S county to every just and constitutional
: means to maintain the same, whether
its destruction be attempted by the
e insiduous teachings Of the higher law
D doctrine Of the Abolition Republican
r party or by the open attack of mel
e in armed rebellion against it.
] 5th. Resolved, That we are taugh
e and admonished by the experience o
every free people whose political ex;s
], tence was eXtinguished by the as
h sumption Of arbitrary power and thu
violation Of fundamental principles, tC
t resist the enroachment of Executive
t Prorogative5, we, therefore, cmphati
cally and unoquivOcally condemn the
I assumption Of unauthorized power by
1Ithe Executive Of the limited States, on
cIby any officer of the Government,
! civil or military.
9th. Resolved, That we are in fla
vor Of and stand upon the platform OF
Ike Democratic Union Convention OF
Ohio on the Tin Of August, 1861 ;
and hereby endorse the position of
Hon, II. j. J5wett, our candidate for
Governor N his letter OF acceptance ;
ard that we give to the Democratic.
Union Ticket our hearty support.
7th, Resolved. That we are in favor
Of feconomy in all public expenditures
and a strict accountability Of all pub,
lie officers, civil and military.
8th. Resolved, That in view of the
great depression os all kinds Of prop
crty, caused by the civil war we are
engaged in, and the increased diff
cu.&es encountered in gaining the
ability tHpay taxes, justice demands
that the State Government should be
economically administered, and to
this end we favor a reduction of all
salaries of State and County Officers
to the lowest point compatible with
the public interests.