The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-26
Resolutions


common sense, reason and patriotism will read
ily suggest to the governing powers.
2. That the true interests Of the country as
we'll as the dictates of humanity, require that no
more war or acts of war should be prosecuted
or done than are necessary and proper for the
prompt and complete suppression of the rebel
lion.
3. That the present war, as avowed by the
President and Congress, and understood by the
people, was commenced and prosecuted for the
purpose of suppressing the rebellion. and pre-.
serving and indicating the Constitution, the
Union and the laws, and for that purpose only.
4. That the doctrines of the secessionists and
of the abolitonists, as the latter are now repre-
sented in Congress, are alike false to the Const.
tuition and irreconcilable with the unity and
peace of the country; the first have already in
volved us in . cruel civil war, and the others
the abolitionists) will leave to the country but
little hope of the speedy restoration Of Union or
peace, unless the schemes of con6scation, eman.
cipation, and other unconstitutional measures
which have been lately carried and attempted to
be carried through Congress- be rebuked by the
people.
s. That the doctrine Of estate necessity" is
unknown to our Government or laws that the
Constitution and the laws are sufficient for any
emergency, and that the suppression of the free
dom Of speech, and of the press, and the unlaw-
full arrest of citizens, and the suspension of the
writ of da6eas corpus, in violation of the Const-
tuition, in the States where the civil authorities
are unimpeded, is most dangerous to civil lib.
city, and should be resisted at the ballot box BY
every freeman of the land. ,,s -.,s,rr
g. That this is a government of white men
and was established exclusively by the white
| race; that the negro race are not entitled to-,
and ought not to be admitted to political or So
cial equality with the white race, but that it is
| our duty to treat them with kindness and con-
alteration, as an inferior and dependent race;
that the right of the several States to determine
the position and duties of the race is sovereign
right, and the pledges of the Constitution re-
quire US as loyal citizens not to interfere there.
With. That the party fanaticism or crime,
whichever it may be called, that seeks to turn
de slaves of the Southern States loose to over
run the North, and enter into competition with
the white laboring classes, thus degrading their
manhood by placing them on an equality with
the negroes in their occupation is insulting to
our race, and merits Our emphatic and unquali.
fed condemnation.
I. That the purchase of the slaves, by the
government, az proposed by the President, will
impose an onerous and uncomfortable burden
upon the presents.generation, and entail upon
posterity grievous exactions. .........
s. That Congress, in the enactment of the
late Tariff and Tax bills, and the President by
his approval, have imposed unfair and unjust
enactments upon the people at large, by discrim-
mating in these acts in favor Of the compare.
lively wealthy, and against those who are least
able to bear the burdens Of taxation.
9. That we recur With patriotic pride to the
bravery and valor Of the officers and soldiers of
all the Iowa regiments, exhibited in the strug-
giles, upon the many bloody fields 10 which they
have been engaged-and that this Convention
in behalf of the Democracy of this State tenders
to them a united testimony to their valor and
devotion to the Constitution and Union; and
offers to the friends and families of those Who
have fallen upon the field, our sincere sympathy
and coincidence.
10. That viewing the glories Of the past and
contemplating the gloomy realities of the pres
ent We believe there is no hope in the future for
the perpetuity Of our system Of Government,
but by preserving the Constitution inviolats and
in respecting it BY both government and people
as sacred deposit Of individual and State
rights. -.
In an economical and systematic Administra.
ton Of the Government BY which corruption
will be prevented, extravagance restrained, ex.
penditures reduced, and heavy taxation render.
ed unnecessary. s. .,,.s
In cultivatng among the people that spirit Of
American fraternity, which once knew no North,
no South, no East, no West, except IS parts Of
our unbroken Union.
In submitting questions which might arise
hereafter, sfecting the legal rights Of States to
the Judicial Tribunals, and not to the Executive
or Legislative branch Of the Government.
And finally believing in the efficacy Of the
principles herein enumerated, We implore the
blessing Of God upon our efforts to have them
applied to the administration Of the Govern.
ment and We appeal to our tellow-citiseus who
love the Consultation % it is and to restore the
Union as it was before its harmony was disturb
ed by abolition fanaticism, and its boads broken
BY rebellion. .,,gsss en- b..