Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-07-11
Pennsylvania Democratic state Com
ventiOn.

At the Democratic State Convention which
was held at Harrisburg Pennsy on the
4th of July, resolutions were adopted sus-
tanning the Union as it was and the Constiuu-
ton as it is; declaring that the true and only
object of the war is to restore the Union and
enforce the laws; denouncing the reckless OK
travagancc of some departments Of the Fede-
raj Government and also the Republican party
as one of fanaticism and crime; opposing sec
tional legislation and sectional parties but
supporting the Government in the use Of all
constitutional measures to put an end to the
war. In addition to the above the following
resolutions were passed
:" Resolped T. That the Constitution and the
laws are sufficient for any emergency, and
that the suppression Of the freedom of speech
and Of the press, and the unlawful arrest of
citizens, and the suspension of the writ Of
habods corpus in violation Of the Constitution
in States where the civil authorities are unim-
peded is most dangerous to civil liberty, and
should be resisted at the ballot-box by every
freeman in the land.
"S. That this is Government Of white
mon. and was established exclusively for the
white race; that the negro race are not enti-
tied to, and ought not TO be admitted to po-
litical or social equality with the white race,
but that 1t IS our duty to treat them with
kindness and consideration as an inferior but
dependent race, that the right of the several
States to determine the position and duty Of
the several races is sovereign right, aud the
pledges Of the Constitution require us, as
loyal citizens, not to interfere Herewith
/" .. That Congress has no power to deprive
any person OF his property for any criminal
offence, unless that person has first been duly
convicted of the offence by tho verdict Of u
jury, and that all acts of Congress like those
lately passed by the House of Representative
which assume TO forfeit or confscate the es-
tates OF men for offences Of which they have
not been convicted by due trial by jury, are
unconstitutional and lead to oppression and
tyranny. 1t is no Justification for such acts
that the crimes committed in the prosecution
of the rebellion are of unexamped atrocity,
nor is there any such Justification as State ne
cessity known to our Government or laws"
Pertinent QuEsrIoNs.- The Louisville Demo-
crat, after publishing the resolutions OF the
so-called Union Convention in Indiana, and
approving Of the same, says
What are legitimate and appropriate
means to put down this rebellion, and what
are notR
" Was it necessary to put down the rebel
lion to abolish slavery in the District Of CO.
lumbar
- IL necessary 10 put uoWn tlis fcueillon
to tax the people of the whole Union TO pay
for the slaves that States may see proper to
emancipate?
g Is it necessary to put down this rebellion
to get up negro schools in North Carolina,
and support them at the Government expense
or, in fact TO get them up at all at any ones
expense2
Is il necessary TO put down the rebellion
to burden tue Treasury with millions TO sup
port runaway slaves?
els IL legitimate for a man with straps on
bis shoulders 10 proclaim martial law over
two or three States, and assume to abolish
slayery2
Does the Constitution allow, as punish
ment for treason, to eonfscate property at all ?
Is general conlscation consistent with
humanity if it were constitudonal2n