New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-08
RESOLUTIONS

| hEOULUIlUNO
adopted By the Democracy Of Iowa, in State
Contention Assembled Des Moines July
17th, 1862. ,
!. That the Constitution and tho Union
and the Laws must be preserved and main
TONED in all Their rightful supremacy, and
| that the Rebellion now in. arms against
them, must be suppressed and put down; and
that VIC are in favor ofthe cmployment ofs ali
constitutional means for that purpose, not
merely by force of arms, but by such other
measures as common senses reason and patri-
otism will readily suggess'to the governing
powers.
2. That the true interests Of the country,
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
proper under the Constitution for the prompt
and complete suppression Of the rebellion.
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 suppression ofthe rebellion
and preserving and vindicating the Consti-
tuition; the Union and the laws, and for that
purpose only.
4. That the doctrines of the seccssionists
! aud of tho abolitionists, Us the latter arc now
represented IN Congress, are alike false to the
Constitution and irreconcilable with the un-
ity and peace OF the country the first have
already involved us in cruel civil war, and
the others the abolitionists) will leave to the
country but little hope of the speedy restor-
alton OF union or peace, unless the schemes of
coniscation, emancipation, and other uncon-
| stitutienal measures which have been lately
carried and attempted to be carried through
Congress, be rebuked by the people.
S. That the doctrine ofState necessity is
unknown to our Government or laws; that
the Constitution and the laws are sufficient
tor any emergency, and that the suppression
of the freedom of Speech and of the press,
and the unlawful arrests of citizens, and the
suppression of the writ of habeas corpus, in
violation ofthc Constitution, in States where
the civil authorities are unimpeded. is most
dangerous civil iitorty, ,.r,a slaadld be re-
sisted at the ballot-box by every freeman of
the land
e. That this is a government of white men
and was established exclusively for the white
race that the negroes are not entitled to-
and Ought not to be admitted to political or
social equality with the white race, but that
| tits our duty to treat them with kindness and
consideration as an nferior and dependent
race that the ri ght of the several States to
determine the position and duties of the race
! is sovereign right. and the pledges of the
Constitution requires us as loyal citizens not
| to interfere Herewith. That the party fan
aticsln, crime, whichever it may be called,
that seeks to turn the, slaves of the Southern
States loose to overrun the North, and enter
iuto competition with the white laberng
classes, thus degraddg their manhood by
placing them on an equality with negroes in
their occupation. is insulting TO our race and
merits our emphatic and unqualified conden,
nation.
Z. That the purchase of the slaves by the
government. as proposed by the President,
will impose an onerous and uncomfortable bur-
den, upon the present 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 of those acts, have imposed
unfair and njust enactments upon the peo-
pie at large, by discriminating in these acts
in favor of the comparatively wealthy, and
against those who are least able to bear the
burdens of taxation.
8. That we recur with patriotic pride to
the bravery and valor of the officers and sci
diers Of all the Iowa regiments, exhibited in
the struggles, upon the many bloody fields in
which they have been engaged-and that
this Convention in behalf of the Democracy
Of this State tenders to them unified testi
nlony to their valor and devotion to the Con.
stitution and the Union ; and offers to the
friends and families of those who hayo fallen
upon the field, its sincere sympathy and con
dolencc.
10. That viewing the glories Of the pas
and contemplating the gloomy realities of tht
present, we believe there is no hope in th'
future for the perpctuity Of our system o.
Government, but by preserving the Constitu
ton inviolate andin respecting it by bott
Government, and people as a sacred deposit
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an an economical and tysternatical admin
istration Of the Government by which cor
ruption will be prevented, extrnvagance re
strained expenditures reduced; and heav,
taxation rendered unnecessary. 4"'I
In cultivating among the people that spiri