Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-09

d. n. RICnARDSON, Editor. g.
MONDAY MORNING. JUNE .. 1869.
"That the maintenance invio'ste OF
the rights of each State, and espec'sly
the richt of each State 70 contsol sao
order ia own domestic institutions 90
cord;no 10 it, own judgment exclusively,
!. ss.ent;al to that balance Of power on
which the perfection and endurance Of
our political fabric depends"
We have taken the above extract
from the Chicago platform, the coust'tu'
ton Of the Republican party. 1t is one
Of the planks Of that platform. 1t IS
one of the few plaoks OF that structure
with which no Democrat, no honest,
loyal citizen Of the United States can
find fault. 1t is worthy in every respect,
Int has been found in most miserably
mean company. Time has proven that
it was a mere trap to catch the unsus-
pecting-a bait to conceal treacberous
hook, on which many good man was
Inadvertently caught.
There 10 not one man in hundred in
the Republican party to-day who has
any desire to see the spirit Of the ex-
tract above quoted carried out. The
acts Of Republicans in Congress with
some honorable exceptions, who vote
with the Democracy show that they
have no further ueo for such planks.
They claim, with other Abolitiooists,
that Gov. Stanley was sent to North
Carolina, not to carry out the laws Of
that State, but to subvert them, to
trample them under foot. They claim
the right to NEEDLE and interfere with
the local laws Of every Southern State
to emancipstc at will, and confiscate at
pleasure. This is the manner in which
Slate rights are held inviolate.
The portion Of the platform above
printed was never intended to be part
Of the policy OF the Republican party.
There is not common honesty enoug b in
the organization, nor never was, to carry
ont such policy.
Resolced By the House of Represe n
iatives Of the Congress Of tie United
States, That the present deplorable civil
was has been forced upon the country
by the disunionists of the Southern
States now in revolt against the Constl-
tutional Government and in arms around
the Capital that IN this national emer-
gency Congress, banishing all feeling Of
mere passion or resentment, will recol-
lcct only its duty to the whole country !;
that this war is not waged upon our
part in any spirit of oppression, nor
for any purpose of conquest or subju-
cation, nor for the purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions of those
States; but to defend and maintain the
supremacy Of the Constitution, and to
preserve the Union, with all the digni-
ty, equality aud rights of the several
States unimpaired; and.that as soon as
these objects arc accomplished the war
ought to cease"
Such was the policy laid down almost
unanimously by Congress at its special
session during the Summer Of 1861.
We say there was scarcely member
who did not, as his name was called, say
age to that resolution. How has the
pledge there made been kept? What
of scores of Republican members of
Congress who are endeavoring with
might and main to procure the emanci-
patton Of slaves, without q shadow OF
Constitutional authority to do SO. Are
they defending the supremacy of the
Constitution ? No. They declare bold
ly that the Constitution was not made
for these times-that it was a peace
document, and that it stands between
them and their fanatical ends, conse-
qncntly, away with it. 1t declares that
no bill Of attainder shall be passed by
Congress !; therefore away with it. 1t
declares that the general government
shall not infringe upon the estab
Eshed Institutions of States; therefore
away with it. It declares that private
property shall not be taken for public
proposes without just compensation,
and that no man shall lie deprived of
his liberty except in due form OF law,
therefore away with it. Such rcstric.
tons as that document imposes are not
iu unison with the feeling Of the Adolf.
ton element Of the day. They call
alond for higher law aud new order
Of Government. The Union as it was
sa stencil in their nostris, and the Con-
stltution as it is, is worthy only of their
contempt.
1t is with such political villainy as
this that the Democracy are called up.
nto battle. Every Democrat from the
youngest to the oldest is required to
stand up and give his voice for the
Union and the Constitution. Let them
faily through all the land, and show 9
solid opposition to these reviIers of ths
law of tho lorI