North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-10-01
II l. = OLU TIONS
Adopted at the late Democratic County Conve
held al Tnnk hnnnnck

held at Tunkhannock
lst RESOLVED That IRE unanimously endorse the
Resolutions Of The Democratic Sfq.e Contention held
at Harrisburg on The 4h Of July last
2d RESOLVED, Ik1tAte UNNECESSARY and injur-
ioS GIRL lcdr that is nop desoIattpg the contrv and
threatening the permanency of four enf ceased
to be political question from the time that Congress
refused TO adopt any measures Of honorable conspro
mise Of the difficulties that had grolrn out of North
ern and Southern sectioHditSR, and the consequent.
commencement of hOstiitieS in the bonbarinento of
Fort Sumter-tRdt from that time there has been bu!
one proper mode Of dealing nth the question. name
ly by keeping 1t distinct and separafe from poItics
to unite the lrhole North in the effort to bring the re-
6etion to an end By force; and This end all coaSerra
tire men are called upon to unite ?r rs in deter
mined Effort to create United North. by putting
d0lrn and driringt0 the RdUthGt iaiSguided and mis-
chier0uS faction r0se sole is 10 impair northern
atnity Of purpose and pnraiyze northern effort by
orerer intrudirg the most unfortunate, fatal and
disastrous Of all political issues (tbe issue Of Negro
emancipation upon the peoples coupSeLs bv perSis
emily stirling to the President into The a4op.
toa Qfd policy that must prore fatal to the Union By
seeking TO impair public confidence in the integrity
Of the administration and 6y creating in the ranLs
Of our armies suspicion and dstrust Of the fdeiy
and loyalty Of their leaders.
3D.. RESOLVED, That the SUSPENSION of politiol'
parties until the close Of the lrar is ony adrocatej
by The party in porer, and because IL is in porer-
ttot The utter hoHotcneSs and hypocrisy of The adre
Gates Of this policy IS Shoun by the fact that they ar,
scrupulousy careful TO keep up their opn poiitioI
organization and to keep all their political pachintT
in fuA operation, 1ceN By The fact thai in The
multitude Of ciUI appointments made and beng
made under Republican authortty none but Repub
licdns "of the StraighteSt sect" or renegade Demo
ocrats, are recognized.
4h RESOLVED That in all free governments thers
have always been, and must of necessity be at ea&
two political parties-that the integrity permanencr
of IN an
thority imperatively demand an opposition party
that without such party there would be no accounts
bility and without accountability no government cH
be trusted. 4" No Party" therefore, simply means
"let there be no opposition to the plundering of the
government by government officials and favored par
tlzans" 1t means, +" let the party in power remain
in power, without question as to the mode in which
power may be exercised" 1t means ''no criticism o.
the conduct of government officials whatever disaster
or ruin may follow" 1t means no discussion Of
measures of governmental pocvi 1t me ans silence,
| acquiescence, or Imprisonment
| 5th RESOLVED, That in sustaining the President
under the tremendous pressure to which ho has beer
subjected by the Radical wing, of his own party The
Democratic party has afforded ample and conclusr
evidence of its desire to give all its strength to the
suppresssoR of the rebellion and the restoration of the
Union and that the responsibility for that absence
unity of purpose in the North which is essential to
success rests solely with that party whose whole aim
has been to convert the ipto miserable crusade
against the uOneSllG INSTITUTIONS OF the southern Sates
and in doing So 10 overthrow the Constitution, ana
render disunon perpetual. Therefore,
9th. RESOLVED, That the arrest and imprisonment
of loyal Democrats by order of an administration thai
ignores the open and avowed treason of large BODY
of the members OF its own party, is monstrous exer
else of despotic power that the Democratic partyG
the North Is called upon to resist by all lawful AMI
constitutional means at its eommand-that it IS ~
part of the businessof Democrats to discourage enlist
mens and that this is the true motive af their ar
rest IS abundantly shown by the fact that those men,
bers of the Republican party who have constantly ap
persistently abored to discourage enlismcns becaus
the has not been prosecuted an unlawful and T
inous purpose (hat of negro emancipation have befI
allowed to continue theirlabors without even woda
censure from the government.