The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-09-25
The Platform Of the New York
Democracy.

The following are the resolutions adopt
ed by the New York Democratic State
Convention, held at Albany on the 10th
instant
Resolred That we reaffirm the platform
adopted by the democratic convention OF 1867,
NAMELY. First. that we will continue to render
the government our sincere and united support
in the use of all legitimate means to suppress
the rebellion and to restore the Union as it
is - believing that sacred instrument, founded
i'm wisdom by our fathers, clothes the consti-
tinted authorities with full power to accomplish
such purpose; Second, that by the following
resolution unanimously passed by Congress in
July, 1861, the government was pledged to the
policy inculcated therein and which cannot be
departed from without violation of the public
faith, namely:
Resotced, That the present deplorable civil
war has been forced upon the country by the
disuniOnists of the southern States now in arms
against the constitutional government and in
arms around the capital; that in this national
emergency Congress, banishing all feelings OF
mere passion or resentment will recollect only
its duty to the whole country; that this war is
not waged on their part in any spirit OF oppres-
sion or for any purpose of conquest, or for in
terfering with the rights or established institu-
tiOns of those States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy Of the constitution and to
preserve the Union with all the dignity and
rights of the several States unimpaired, and
that as soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought to cease"
Third-That we, having confidence in the
loyalty of the citizens of the State of New
York, reiterate the sentiment heretofore ex-
pressed by the Democratic party, that illegal
and unconstitutional arrests and Imprisonment
of if IF Nyith fh0 Ipvofi
cation of necessity, and should be discontinued;
and we denounce such arrests as usurpation
and crime, and that the freedom Of the press,
equally protected by the constitution, ought to
be maintained.
RESOLVED, That in view of our recent victo.
ries and the manifestations of returning allie
glance on the part of North Carolina and other
seeded States, it becomes the Government to
manifest u policy of Cancellation; that such
policy is demanded alike by patriotism and by
wise craftsmanship, which seeks to avoid the
uncertainties Of the future by bringing this
eXhausting war to a speedy close. not only by
the exertiOn of power, but by an Hnlarged line
of action which shall encourage the Union
sentiment of the South and unite more thor
oughly the people of the North that therefore
We regret President Lincoln's late letter,
which while reiterating the visionary ideas and
unconstitutionality of the emancipation policy,
contemplating no measure for the restoration
of the Union, but looking to an indefinite pro-
traction of the war for abolition purposes,
points to no future but national bankruptcy
and the subversiOn Of our institutions.
Resolved, That the doctrine of the right of
States to secede from the federal government is
not more false to the constitution than the
claim OF the right by the federal government to
Obliterate State boundaries and State rights,
and that therefore we repudiate the doctrine
put forward by the Administration, THAT no
seeded State returning to its allegiance shall
be permitted to resume its place in the Union
until it has cOnfOrmed in its constitution to the
will of the party in power"
Resolred, That the constitution of the United
States is obligatory upon the government and
the people in time of war as well us in peace,
and the doctrine that the President may dis
pense with the constitution. id time of war sub
verts all constitutional l.o.rty and turns the
government into a military despOtism, and is a
revival of the Odious prerOgatives of the dis
pensive power claimed by the Stuarts Of Eng
land.
Resolrsa, That the thanks of the people of
the State are due to the gallant soldiers of New
York, who on the first in,imation of public
danger voluntarily rallied to the standard of
the country, and who have borne it victorious
through SO many battle fields; we shall ever
honor the memory of those who have fallen
we wi ever cherish and protect the brave sur
vivors.
cent Consumption act of Congress not less un-
just. vexatious and oppressive, both in its char
acter and manner of execution, which have
excited genaral mistrust, should admonish
the administration how much wiser it would
be to place its reliance on the voluntary &C
ton of a gallant and patriotic people, ever
ready to de,end their institutions and their
honor.
Resolyed, That we condemn all mob violence
crime against the people and against re-
publican government; that whether the spirit
of misrule and disregard of constitutional and
legal obligations take the form of the higher
law of fanaticism or the lower law of the mob
they are equally emanatiOns of the spirit of dis
loyalty, and should be suppressed at all haz-
ards.
kesolced. That the administration of HOratio
Seymour as Governor of New York, meets our
highest approval-his devotion to the interests
and dignity Of the State-his fearleS assertion
OF the rights of the citizen, his fidelity to the
constitution, the administrative energy eIinced
in promptly sending the military OF the State
to repel the invasion of Pennsylvania by the
Confederate forces, and the vlgor he displayed
in putting down q lawleSS mob and the states
manship exhibited in his whole public action,
present a record Of which not only our own
State, but the whole American people may
Justly be proud.
From the South.