Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1862-08-28

"Ollh L 1NOuHCy was appointed 10 SelecJ |
permanent officers, and after brief absence |
they submitted the following:
President, Charles l. DUPONT.
Vice Presidents, l.. L. Wales, r. Clyde,
benjamin 5. Booth, Joseph IIossinger, JAS
'. Moore and Andrew Eliason, Of New
Castle county VIM. Denney. Wilson Can
non, Joshua X. Clements, James b. Amber
son, David Taylor and Thomas Wallace, of
Kent; l-aban l.. Lyons, Thomas Burton,
Gideon Is. NAPLES, Hicks ID. Hooper, AL
bert Curry and John Steele Of Sussex.
Mr.. DUPONT took the chair, and returned
his thanks for the honor conferred on him
On motion, Lewis Thompson, Il. Wales,
and W. G. Spruancc, Of New Castle county;
DR. VIM. Cummins, n b. Smthers and j.
K. LOfand, of Kent jacob Moore, John
A. Hazard and Jacob Kinder, of Sussex,
were appointed to report business.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
ut y O'Clock
The convention met at the hour dcsigna-
ted, after which the list of delegates was
called.
The committee on business reported the
following resolutions, which were read bv
y. Is. Smithers, and unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The Union party of the State
OF Delaware, i'll Convention assembled, dis
carding all merely political difficulties, and
uniting upon the simple but all sufficient
platform OF the Constitution. the Union and
the suppression of the Rebellion, do
Ec<oire, |. That our first and primary al
lcgiancc is due to the Government Of the
United States an allegiance from which we
can be abSolved by no act ofany State Con-
vcntiOn or other State authority whatsoever,
and that rs a consequence of such allegiance,
| we hold ourselves bound to defend that Gov
eminent against all enemies, whether they
may be foreign foes or domestic traitors.
,. That the civil strife in which we are
engaged has been forced upon the nation
| by the wicked and causeess acts of those
who have long cOnspired its destruction,
the result Of n conspiracy which eliminated
III open rebellion upon the preteXt of Pres
idential election, lawfully conducted, an
election which the conspirators themselves
had predetermined should happen as the
occasion for revolt-a revolt which was pre-
| ciptated during the administration of the
President of their own choice, and while
themselves, in power in the Senate and
Cabinet, were welding the authority of the
Government to their own advantage and
prosttuting their official functions to the
destruction of the Union they had sworn to
preserve. To the prosecution of war so
| Just, so righteous, so necessary, we pledge
| the Union men of the State of Delaware
and we only ask Of the Government that it
shall by all means, and at whatever cost.
conduct it firmly and vigorously until it is
fully, finally and permanently ended by the
utter suppression of the rebellion.
3. That in this contest there are but
two partieS-patriotS and traitors he who
is not for the Government is against it. and
he who counsclS peace with armed rebels.
or who endCavOrS to thwart the operations
Of the Administration in its conduct of the
war by raising partizan issues. based upon
false allegatiOns-tecmical bubbles and APP
peals Unpopular prejudice upon the absurd
and thrcadbare preteXt, negro equality,
though he may cloak his hypocrisy under
the garb Of 1.-THE Constitution as it is and
the Union rs it was" is traitor at heart
and only waits a favorable opportunity to
make his treason manifest by overt acts
4. That we emphatically deny the charge
alleged by our opponents, that the Govern
ment Of the United States. in dealing with
! this most foul rebellion, has acted either
) harshly or niuStifiably toward the individ-
ual citizen {; but, on the contrary, we believe
!, that in all its acts it has been influenced bV
the sole desire to prevent the schemes OF
base conspirators that it has done no more
than the cxigency reasonably required, and
we maintain that i'll SO far at least as oul
own State is concerned, it has exercised 8
leniency which, while it may have been cred
!. liable to its generosity, has tended to EN-.
holden those who's in our midst, sympathizC
, with rebellion. .:..
D. That in the prosecution of this wal
it is the right is the duty of the Gov.
ernment to use all the means in its power
for the suppression of the rebellion and the
restoration of its supremacy over the whole
: land. That no life is too valuable to be
lost-nO expense too great to be incurred
and that while we deny that this war is OIL
ought to be prosecuted for the purpose o
the extinctiOnaof African, Slavery, we see
: no reason why the slave Of the rebel should
not he liable to seazure as any other proper.
ty, nor why the negro should not be made
to throw npl eptrehchments on the one side
to maintain, as well as on the other TO de-
stroy the Government. - .,..t,t. ..s ....
8. That we render our thanks to the
brave mpn everywhere who are arrayed in
arms in defence of the Government of the
, United States, but We point with espeeia
pride, "a. the noble Yolpnteers from our owI
, State, Who have rallied around the Flag o
tie Union, and we confidently pledge thai
IN this, the last and greatest struggle for in
dependence, they will not only discharge
their duty tp their country, but, BY thei
deeds, viii, Illustrate that. they are the in
! heritors not only, of the loyalty but of TIN
uncomfortable courage which renderedillus
trious thGif, Revolutionary Fathers. 81 !.
/, 1)IThdflin the Official acts of Abraham
Lincoln, as President Of. the United States
! he has demonstrated rare combination o
: integrity and capacity, which has, not oph
: pst itlle eS4i titiohsi af hisS friends. but ha
! now the, tribute of admiration from ithos,
No. l..N.a Al.