Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-08-02
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM,
Adopted by the Democracy of Iowa,
In state Convention Asse IN bled At
Dss Modes, July nth, 1861.

l. That the Constitution of the Union
and the laws must be preserved and main.
tanned IN all their righ,ful supremacy, and
that the Rebellion now in arms against
them, must be suppressed and put down
and that VIC are in favor of all Consttu-
tional means for that purpose, not merely
by force OF arms, but by other measures
as common sense, reason, aud patriotism
will readily suggest to the governing
powers.
2. That the true interests Of the coun.
try, as well as the dictates of humanity,
require that no more war or acts of war
should be prosecuted or done than are
necessary and prof er, under the Constitu.
ton, for the prompt and mplete suppress
sion Of the rebellion.
:. That the present war, as avowed by
the President and Congress, and under.
stood by the people, was commenced and
prosecuted for the purpose of suppressng
the rebellion, and preserving and vndicat,
ing the Constitution, the Union and the
laws, and for that purpose only
4. That the doctrine Of the secessionists
and Of the abolitionists, as the latter are
now represented 10 Congress, are alike
false to the Constitution aud irreconciable
with the unity and peace of the country
the first have already involved us 10
cruel civil war, and the others 1.-THE aboli
tionists) will leave to the country but little
hope OF the speedy restoration of union or
peace, unless the schemes of confscation,
emancipation, and other unconstitutional
measures which have been lately carried
through Congress, be rebucked by the
people.
5. That the doctrine Of State necessity
is unknown to our Government or laws
that the Constitution and the laws are
sufficient tor any emergency, and that the
suppression Of freedom of speech, and of
the press, and the unlawful! arrest of CHI.
zens, and the suspension Of the writ Of
hdbeas corpus, In violation of the Const:.
tuition, in States where the civil authorities
are unimpa!red, is most dangerous TO civil
liberty, and should be resisted at the bal
lot-box By every freeman Of the land.
=. That this is government Of white
men, and was established exclusively for
the white race that the negroes are not
entitled TO, and ought no! to be entitled to
political or social equality with the white
race, but that it is our duty TO treat them
with kindness and consideration, as an
inferior and dependent race that the
right of the several States to determine the
position and duties of the race is a SOY
ereign right, and the pledges Of the Con.
stltution, requires us as loyal citizens, not
to interfere Herewith. That the party
fanaticism or crime, whichever it may be
called, that seeks to turn the slaves OF The
Southern States loose to overrun the
white laLoring classes, thus degrading
their manhood by placing them on an
equality with the negroes in their occupa
ton, is insulting to our race and merits
our emphatic and unqualified conde,n-
nation.
I. That the purchase Of the slaves, by
the Govrrnment, as proposed by the Pres
ldent, will impose an onerous and unendu-
rahe burden, upon the present generation
and entail upon prosperity grevious exac.
tons.
s. That Congress, in the enactment of
the late Tariff aud Tax bills and the Pres
,'cnt by his approval ut those acts, have
imposed unfair aud unjust tnactmcnts
upon the people AT large, by diScriminat.
ing in these acts in favor of the compare
lively wealthy, aud against those who are
least able to bear the burdens oil taxation.
.. That we recur with patriotic pride to
the bravery and valUr Of the officers and
soldiers of all the Iowa regiments, exhib-
tied in the struggles upon many bloody
fields in which they have been engaged
and that this State tenders 10 them n
united testimony to their valur and devo>
ton to the Constitution and the Union
and offers to the friends aud families of
those who have fallen upon the field, It's
sincere sympathy and condolences
10. That viewing the glories Of the past
and contemplating the gloomy realities of
the present, we believe there is no hope in
the future for the perpetuity Of our system
of Government, but by preserving the Con-
sttn,ion inviolate and in respecting it by
both Government and people as sacred
depository OF individual AID State rights.
In an economical and systematic Ad.
minstration Of the Government by which
corruption will be prevented. extravaganza
restrained, expenditures reduced, and hea
w taxation rendered Unnecessary
1D cultiyating among the people that
spirit Of American fraternity, which once
knew no North, no South, no East, no
West, except as parts Of one unbroken
Union.
In submitting questions which nigh.
arise hereafter, affecting the legal rights
of States to the Judicial Tribunals and
no, to the Government.
And firmly believing in the efficacy of
the principles herein enuncia,ed, we im-
plnre the blessing Of God upon our eTarts
to have them applied to the administration
Of the Govern ment, and we appeal to our
fellow citizens who love the Consl ,ution
and the Union rs they were formed by
our fathers, to unite with us to preserve
the Constitution as it is, and to restore the
Union as it was before its harmony wa.
disturbed by abolition fanasicism, and its
bonds broken BY rebellion.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.