Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-30


the great struggle strengthened and puri-
fed by sacrifice, more young, more exul-
( tant, progressive, and enspired with a
purer if not SO ostentatious q conscious
ness Of our great destiny, under Provi-
dence. move you, sir, therefore, that
this bill / have discussed prelimnarily
may be put on its passage.
Resolutions Passed at the Indi-
ana sth Of January State Com
ventiOn.
WHEREAS, The Democratic party hav-
! ing, from :he date Of its organization,
been in favor Of the maintenance Of the
Union and the preservation Of the Con-
stitution, and seeing in the present con-
dition Of the Country the deplo,able eff
fects Of departure from its time hon
ored and conservative principles and the
triumph of sectionalism and firmly be-
lieving that the Union and the Constitu-
tion can be preserved alone by the resto-
ration OF that party to power, we invite
all true Union men throughout the land
to unite with us IN sustaining it's organ
ization and carrying out its principles.
l. Resolved That we affirm and in
dorse the political principles that from
time to time have been put forth by the
! National Conventions of the Democratic
party.
2. That we are unalterably attached to
the Constitution by which the union of
the States was formed and established,
and that faithful observance Of its prin-
ciples can alone continue the existence of
the Union and the permanent happiness
of the people.
3. That the present civil war has
mainly resulted from the long continued,
unwise and fanatieal agitation in the
North Of the question of domestic slavery;
the consequent organization of a geo.
graphical party, guided by the sectional
platforms adopted at Buffalo, Pittsburgh,
/ Philedelphia and Chicago, and the devei.
} opment thereby of sectional hate and
jealousy; producing Gas had long been
foreseen and predicted by us) its coun
terpart in the South of secession, disunion
and armed resistance to the General Go
ernment, and terminating in a bloody
strife between .hose who should have
been forever bound together by fraternal
bonds, thus bringing upon the whole
country calamity which we are now to
meet as loyal citizens striving for the
adoption of that mode of settlement best
calculated to again restore union and har.
mony.
4. That in rejecting all propositions
likely to result in satisfactory adjust
ment of the matters in dispute between
the North and the South, and especially
those measures which would have secur-
ed the border Slave States to the Union,
and hearty cooperation on their part
in all constitutional and legal measures
to procure a return of the more Southern
States to their allegiance, the Republican
party assumed fearful responsibility,
and acted in total disregard of the best
interests of the whole country.
3, That if the party in power had
shown the same desire to settle by AMIGA
ble adjustments our internal dissentions
before hostilities had actually commenced,
that the Administration has recently ex-
hibited to avoil war with our ancient
enemy, Great Britain, we confidently be-
lieve that peace and harmony would now
reign throughout all our borders.
6, That the maintenance Of the Union,
upon the principles of the Federal Con-
stitution, should be the controlling OBJ
ject, Of all who profess loyalty to the
Government, and, in our Judgment, this
purpose can only be accomplished by the
ascendency of a Union party in the South
ern States, which shall, by a counter rev.
olution, displace those who control and
direct the present rebellion. That no ef-
fort to sustain or create such party can
be successful which is not based upon a
definite settlement of the questions at is
sue between the two sections and we,
therefore, demand that some such settle
ment be mainly additional constitutional
guarantees, either initiated by act of Con
gress or through the medium of a Nation
al Convention.
I. That the Republican party has fully
demonstrated its inability to conduct the
Government through its present Difficult,
ties,
8. That we are utterly opposed to the
twin hereses, Northern Sectionalism ant
Southern Secession, as inimical to tn,
Constitution, and that freemen, as they
value the boon of liberty and the peace o
the country, should frown indignant,
upon them.
9. That in this National emergency
the Democracy of Indiana. banishing al
feeling Of passion and resentment, vii
recollect only their duty to the Who'll
country, that this war should not b'
waged in the spirit of conquest or snhjn
cation, nor for the purpose of overthrow
ing or interfering with the rights or tn
institutions of the States, bnt to defenC
: and maintain the Union with the digni
7 ty, equality and rights OF the severa
r states unimpared and that as soon a
S these objects are accomplished, the wa
3 ought to cease.
3 10. That we will sustain, with all ou
| energies, war for the maintenance o
, the Constitution; but we are opposed t.
5 war for the emancipation ofthe negroes