Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-21

ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRACY OF IOWA
Nv ySrATE CONVENTION ASSEMBl.rD III.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 18th. 1862.

lysrATE CONVENTION AssEMBL ID.
Des Moinss, Iowa, July 18th. 1862.
!. That the Constitution and the Uoion and
tie Laws nust be preserved an dfn al intai ed In
al thsir r'ghtful supremacy, aud that the re
teiiion Low In srms'sgaibst them, mus, be suu.
prssscd ana put down and that We are 10
tavor OF the employment Of all constitutions
0esus isE taat purpose. not merely by force Of
arms. out oy snch other measures a. common
sense. rses"o sod patriotism will resdily cog.
| 9sst ~ the goveroing powers.
.. Shat the true interests Of the country, as
veil ss the dictates Of humanity. require that
90 more war or acts Of war should be prosecu.
teo or zone thsn are necessary and proper un.
| der the Constitution, for the prompt and com
pl.te suppression Of the rebellion.
| 3. That the present war, as avowed bv The
President and Congress, and under.to d by
the people. was commenced and prosecuted
for the purpose cf sup ressing the rebellion.
ana Preserving Ant vindicsting the Consti,u.
| ton. the Union and the lave, and for tAa. Dur.
pose only.
4. That the doctrines OF the seceeeionists and
OF the abolitionists. ae the latter are now rep
resented in Congress. are alike false to the
Constitution and irreconci'abie with the unity
and peace Of the country; The first have a.
| ready involved us 10 q cruel civil war. aud the
others the abolition,ste) i'll leave to the coun
try but lit le ho; of the speedy restoration Of
union or peace. unless the schemes of conf ca.
tion and emanciDation. and other uuconstitu
tionai measur.s which have lately been carried
and attempted to be carried through Congress,
be rebnked by the people
8 That the doc trine of State necessity is un
known to our Government or lave F.; that
ho fN,r ~ II L.
emergency. and that The suppression of tn
freedom of speech. and u the press, and the uo
lawful arrest OF citizens, and the suepen sion Of
the writ OF habeas corpns, in vocation OF the
Constitution, in States where the civil aulbori-
ties are unimpeded. is most dangerous to civil
I liberty, and should be resisted at the ballot
box hy every freeman Of the land.
8. That this is govern ment of white men
and WAS established exclusively Tor the white
| race; that the negroes are no. entitled to, and
ought not to be admitted to political or social
eqnallty with The white race, but thgt it is our
duty to treat them with kindness and consid
| GRAFTON, as an inferior and dependent race !;
that the right of the several states to deter.
mine the position aud duties of the race is a
sovereign right. and the pledges Vi the Coast.
tion require US as loyal citizens no, to intsrfere
That the party fanatie,sm or crime, " hichever
1t may be called. that seeks to turn the slaves
OF the Southern States loose 10 overrun the
North, and enter into competition with the
white laboring classes, thus degrading Their
manhood hE placing item on an equality WITT
| negroes IN their occupation. is insulting TO cur
race aud merits our emphatic and unqualified
con demnation.
! government, proposed by che President, wall
api uncomfortable kre dan
| upon the present generation, and entail upon
poeterty gtievoue exactions,
8. That Congress, in the enactment of the
| late Tariff aud Tx bills. and the President
by bis approval Of those acts have imposed
Unfair and unjost enactments upon the people
at large, by diecrimina ating 10 these acts in ia
vor OF the compare ively wealthy. and sg4inst
those who are least able to bear the bur.
dens Of taxation.
9. That we recur with patriotic pride to the
bravery and valor Of the officers and soldiers
Of all the Iowa Regiments exhibited in the
| struggles, upon the many bloody fields in
which they have been epgaged-And that this
Cow veDtion in behalf of the Democracy Of thie
State tenders to them united testimony to
their vslor and devotion TO the Constitution
and the Union and offers to the f.iends and
families of those who have fallen upon the
y
10 That viewing the glories Of the pas. ard
contemplating the gloomy realities Of the
present. " believe there 10 DO hope in the
future for the perpstuisy Of our system Of
Government. but by preserving the Constitu
| ZION jnvioiats and in respecting it by both
Government and people as o sacred deposit Of
| individual and State riphte.
In an economical ard systematic AdmiDis-
tration Of the Government by which corrup.
ton will be prevented extravaganza restrain
ed, expenditures reduced, and heavy taxation
rendered unnecessary.
In cultivating among the people that spirit
Of American fraternity, which once knew no
North, no South. no Esst no West, except as
parts Of tie unbroken Union.
In submitting questions which might arise
hereafter. affecting the legal rights Of States
| to the Judicial Tribunals and not to the Ex
ecutive or Legislative branch Of the Govern
m-nt.
And firmly believing in the efficacy Of the
principles hereiL enunciated. we impore the
blessing Of God upon our efforts to have them
applied to the administration Of the Govern
ment. and We appeal to our fellow citizens
who love the Constitution ard the Union
they were formed by our fathers, to unite With
US to preserve the Constitution as it 10. and to
restore the Union asit vas before its harmony
was disturbed by abolition fana.icism. and Its
tonds broken by rebellion.
"THE OLD HARrFoRD"-W. F. Ross,
AGENT. METROPOLITAN BunDlxG.-The Hartford
Fire Insurance Company (charttred A. D.
lSl0) has just made its one hundred and
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