Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-12
Democratic Mass Conventions.

Pursuant to a CALL Democratic Mass Conven.
ton assembled at the Court House on Monday,
the 9th inst, at o clock P. NJ. On motion Ell
Worries, Esl, Secretary.
l.. R. CRlrcHr;ELD, Esq, read the following
resolution, which, on motion was unanimously
adopted:
RcSolred, That all Democrats from this county
in attendance at the State Convention on the
ith of JULY are hereby appointed and constituted
Delegates to said Convention, with full power to
advise together and cast the vote of the county.
On motion, Committee of iive consisting of
]. A. EsnLL, l.. ALLISON, WILLIAM REED, J r.
McINrIRE, and JoHN PuMRoY, was appointed to
report resolutions for the onsidcraton of the
Convention. After II brief absence the Com
mittcc reported the following:
Resolued, That consider the workings Of
the twin political hercsies of Abolition and Sc
cession the true of the unhappy condition of
our beloved country; both aiming ut TIE same oh.
jcct, the destruction Of the Union of our fathers,
which, with Washington, we revere rs tie pal.
ludium of our liberties and its preservation as
necessary to our existence as free people.
RcsoLUed, That we. will use all honorable law.
full and Constitutional efforts to crush rebellion
and to drive the discussion of the slavery ques.
ton from the halls of legislation, that our beov-
cd country may be restored to the peace and pros
pcrity that characterized the administrations of
Washington, Jefferson, Madison Monroe and
Jackson.
Rcsolred, That VIC will sustain the President in
all his efforts to sustain the Constitution it is,
to restore the Union as it was, until peace and
order shall be established in every quarter of our
once prosperous and happy, though now distracted
and bleeding country.
ReSoired, That in this great national cmcrGcn-
cy all true Union men, banishing all feeling of
mere passion or resentment, will rccolcct only
their duty to the whole country; that this war
should not be "waged upon our part in any spirit
of oppression, nor for any spirit of conquest or
subjugation nor for the purpose of overthrowing
or interfering with the rights or established inst
tutions of the States, but to defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution, and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpared; and that
rs soon as these objects are accomplished the war
ought to cease"
ReS0lucd, That the noble and patriotic sons of
"Little Holmes" and their fellow soldiers in
arms, who have gone forth to restore the Union
to what it to defend the Constitution as it Is,
and to enforce the laws entitled to our sym
pathcs and support, and to the gratitude of those
who would enjoy the political heritage bequeathed
by our fathers; and as the Republican majority
in the Ohio Legislature has denied them the priv
ilege of voting, it becomes the solemn duty OF
those at home to so vote at the coming elections
''as to aid them in maintaining the Constitution,
and thus defeat those who would disgrace our no.
bic army and its gallant leaders by making it
the instrument in consumating their abolutlon dis
union schemes"
Resotped, That we admire the patriotic course
of Valentine B. Horton and Hon. Carey A. Trim
BILE, members Of Congress from this State, elect
cd by the Republican party, who have abandoned
their political friends and associates in their mad
abolition schemes, nobly withstood the tide OF IA
naticism and voted with the Democratic members
against the shameless attempts Of the Republican
majority to divert this war from its original ano
only lawful purpose, viz; the preservation of tho
Constitution and the Union, and the enforcement
of the laws.
Resolved, That as worthy sons of honored sires
it is our duty to make the same sacrifices to pre-
serve the Constitution and Union that our revou
tionary fathers made to establish them, and tt
that end we pledge our lfves our fortunes anC
our sacred honor, for all Constitutional and lega
purposes; but we deny the Constitutional author
ity and the legal right of government o purchas,
negroes at the public expense, and the more bit
terly will we resist at this time when we are bur
dened with national debt which an hundred year
of heavy taxation will not obliterate.
"ResoLped, That the frauds and peculation
during the first year of the present dminstratol
are most astounding and alarming, and 'eXceed il
amount the entire expenditure of the govemmen
for all purposes for the same length of time unde
the preceding administration we demand that tn
offenders be exposed and severely punished, whe
ther they be cabinet officers or foreign ministers
governors of States or members OF Congress
military generals or private contractors"
Resoiped, That the action of the General A;
sembly of the State Of Ohio in keeping open tn
doors for negro immigration into the State,
take possession of the homes of our gallant vo
1 L
vile competition, meets with our decided disal
probation. rEI
Resolred, That the proceedings of this Cover
vention be published in the Holmes County Farm
er, Ohio Statesman and Crisis
The report was received with hearty cheer
and unanimously adopted by the Conventions
The Convention was addressed by Messr
UHL, LEADBETTER, Worries and others.
On motion, adjourned.
G. +. Worries, ELI GLASGO,
Scc'y Prest