The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-02-28
coanecticut State Convention
,.n,e Assemblage Of the Masses
iS stirrins and Patriotic speecses-No-
.nat;en Of Hon. Thos. ID. Seymour
nan Goyernor of the State.

Stirrt t;en M Hon. Thos. III. Seymour
Tor Governor of the state
The Democratic Convention OF the
stots Of Connecticut, met on We'd
ussdsy the 18th inst. There was a
large assembIage of the people; sew
eraI stirring speeches; and much en-
tbusasm manifested. The ConSen-
tiou nominated Hon. Thos. II. oey-
monr, for Governor of the State.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following preamble and reSo-
lutions we're unanimously adopted:
Whereas, 1t is the privilege and
duty of a free people, living under the
guarantees of written Constitution,
Shicb combines the provisions of an
organic law with the great principles
Of federation and fraternity, to trank-
" and fearlessly assert their ri ghts;
to freely canvass the acts OF their a,p-
pointed servants, and to reathrm the
great truths which underlie the gov
ernment, and upon which tor three
quarters Of century, have securely
rested the liberties Of the people; and
whereas, the present Administration
of the General Government has, Tor
nearly two years, been in armed COILS
ion with the people of more than one
thid of the States composing the Con-
federcy, and in the prosecution OF the
existing war, has assumed powers ut
terly at variance with the letter aud
spirit of the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States; it becomes US as the rep
resentatives Of the conservative peo-
pie of Connecticut, while re-assertlng
our determination to adhere to the
true principles upon which our Uni
on is founded, and proclaiming our
devotion to the Constitution, to firm
ly but temporarily condemn the err
Tors of our public officers; and where
as, the Administration of Abraham
Lincoln has violated the Constitution
of the United States in many of its
most important particulars; there
fore,
Resolved, LIST, That the United
States are IL Confederacy Of States,
coequal in sovereignty and political
power; independent in their several
organizations, and reserving to each,
all rights not granted by the Constl-
tuition to the central government.
ID. That while as citizens OF Con-
necticut we assert our devotion to the
Constitution and the Union, aud will
hereafter, as we have heretofore, sup
port with zeal and energy the author
tiles of the United States in the full
constitutional exercise Of their pow
ers, we deliberately avow that the
liberties Of the people are menaced by
congressional and Federal usurpa-
tions, and can only be preserved by the
energetic action Of State authority;
and we are determined 10 maintain
and defend the honor of our State,
and the rights Of her people.
Sd. That while we dcnouncc the
heresy Of secession as undetcndcd and
unwarrantcd by the Constitution, we
as confidently assert, that whatever
may heretofore have been the opinion
of our conntrymen, the time has now
arrived when all true lovers Of the
Constitution are ready to abandon
the "monstrous tallacy' that the
Union can be restored by the armed
hand; and are anxious to inaugurate
such action, honorable alike to the
contending sections, as will stop the
ravages of war, avert universal bank
rnptcy and unite all the States upon
terms Of equality, as members of one
Confederacy.
4th. That the Democracy of Con-
necticut, sympathizing with their
conservative brethren Of the Middle
and Western States, pledge them
selves to unite with them in the adop-
ton Of all honorable measures, hav-
ing in view the cessation Of hostili-
ties between the North and South;
the reconstruction of the Union on
such terms as shall thoroughly de-
fine the rights Of the States; the re-
production of those fraternal feelings
which form the true foundation Of
the federation, and the erection upon
more enduring basis of the temple
Of the Constitution.
5th. That the militia Of Connecti-
cut are the natural guardians of the
liberties of her people, subject to the
control of her Chief Executive officer,
acting under and by authority of the
laws of the State; and any, and all
acts of the Congress of the United
States violative Of the sovereignty Of
the State in relation thereto, should
receive the execration of people
justly jealous of their liberties,
''Who know their rights,
And knowing dare maintain"
9Th That the Militia bill recently
Introduced into the Senate OF the U.