Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-13
D EsOLUTKoN9 ADOPTED nm RKsE
nEM0G RACW 9R A8y8As an STATE
E0MvESTEoN, SuAY ~, 1s6a.

CONVENTION 1UGX lTs feh2s
I. That the Constitution and The Union
and the laws must be preserved and main
tanned in all sheir Eightful supremacy,
and that the Rebellion, now in arms
against them, must be suppressed and
put down and thaE we are in favor of all
Constitutional meaaa for that purpose,
not merely by force Of arms, bnt by such
other measures aa eommoa sanse, reason,
and patriotism win readily suggest to the
governing powers.
2 That the txue interests of the eoan-
try, rs well % the dictates of humanity,
require that no more war or acts of war
should be prosecuted or done than are
necessary and proper, under the Consti-
tuition, for the pronpt and complete sup
precision OF the rebellion.
3. That the present war, as avo#ed BIZ
the President and Congress, and under
stood by the people, was commenced and
prosssated for the purpose Of suppressing
tha rsbslioas and preserving and Yindi-
eating the Constitution, tia Uaign and
the laws, aud for thai pssTpose oREs.
4. That the doctrines Of the secession.
ista and Of the abolitionists, as the latteg
are now represented in Congress, arr
alike false to the Constitution aud IRE
eonctlahls with the unity and peace oil
the country; the first have already in
volved as in g cruel civil war, and the
others (ths aboIieionista) Will leave to tbs
country but little hope Of the speedy res
toration Of union or peace, unless the
schemes of conascatio8, emancipation
and other unconstitutional measures
which have been lately carried and at
tempted to be carried through Congress
be rebuked by the people.
5. That the doctrine of State necessity
is unknown to our Government or laws
thai the Constitution and the laws arr
sufficient for any emergency, aud thai
the suppression Of the freedom OF speech
aud Of the press, and the unlawful arrest
Of citizens, and the SUSPENSION of tht
writ OF habeas corpus, in violation Of to-
Constitution. ia States, where the civil
authorities are unimpeded, is most dan.
gerons to civil liberty, and should be re.
sisted at the ballot-box by every freeman
of the land.
6. That this is 8 government Of white
men, and was established exclusively fol
the white raes; that the negroes are mol
sDtisled to, and ought not to be entitled
to political or social equality with tbs
white race, bat that it is our duty to treat
them with kindness and consideration
as an inferior and dependent races thai
the rigat of she several States 10 deter
mine the position and duties of the race
Is sovereign right, and the pledges 81
the Constitution require 10 aa loyal eiti-
zsns not to interfere Herewith. That
the party fanaticism or crime, whisheveS
is may be called, shas seeks 90 turn the
slaves Of the Southern, States loose &c
overrun the Moth, and enter into COM
petition With the white laboring classes,
thus degrading their manhood By placing
them oa "a equality With she negroes ID
their occupation, is insulting 20 our race
and merits our emphatic and unqualified
condemnation
Z. That the purchase Of the slaves, By
the Government, as proposed by the Pres
idsns, will impose an onerous and uuen-
durable burden, upon the present gen
GRAFTON and entail upon posterity gEiev-
Gus exsctious. d.. --
6. That Congress, in the enactment oil
the late Tariff aud Tax bills, AID the
President, by his approval of those acts,
have imposed uAgsir aud unjust enact
ususs upou the people at large, By dis
Crfmlnafing In these acts in favor of the
comparatively wealthy, and against those
vine gre least able TO bear the burdens oil
taxation.
Q. That We recur With patriotic pride
to the bravery and Valor of the officers
and soldiers of all che Iows regiments
exhibited ia the struggle upon many
bloody Reids in which sAey have been en-
gagged Gnd- that this Convention Ia be-
bait Of the Democracy Of this State ten
ders 10 them united testimony to their
vaiDr and devotion 70 che Constitution
and the Union; and offers ID. tbs friends
and families Of those who have fallen up
On the geld, isa sincere sympathy and
ceudoleuce. Al ..t.1 ~.
10. That viewing che giories OF the
past aad contemplating The gloomy real
ities Of the preseaas we hsiisve shere lie
NO hope in the future for the pespetniky
OF 'on system OF Governs snt, but hy pre-
serving the Consultation fuYioiasa and In
respecting it by both Government and
paopls as sacred deposition Of indyid-
uni and State rights
In an economical and systematic Ad-
Manifestation Of the Government by which
corruption viii be prsysntei, axsrava-
gaa0a restrained, axpeuditaras reduced.
asa heayy taxation rendered nnnsceasaFv.
Ia eulsiysaing among shs people that
spiris OF Americas fraternity. which ouas
kasw no Hoskhs NO South, 10 Eass, ne