Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-03-25
RESOLUTIONS.
Passed by the Pierce County Democrat
&c Club, a! n meeting held at Els,
Dorth, Narch q, 1862.

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! WHEREAs;-AG Government based up
on the wishes of the neople, as expressed
/ at the ballot box, is in every sense Of the
word the only truly liberal form of Gov
ernment; and whereas; In all past ages
as at the present. time, questions of Ma
lionaI policy have arisen. wherein the in
terests of the people are concerned; and
Nhere"s; In the great and loyal Demo,
critic party, upon the Platform as first
laid down by Jefferson, and handed
down to this generation bv such good
and wise men rs Jackson, Douglas, and
others we might mention, is, and ever
has been, party whose first great car
dInal principle has been strict and IN
wavering adherenco to The principles Of
the Constitution, and as n party, have
ever deprecated any attempt to violate
any of the many compactS of that instru-
| ment, believing any departure from the
principles there laid down to be the har-
| O,nger of sectional difficulties, and if per-
sisted in to any great extent would pro-
duce civil war; Therefore
Resolved, That we believe it to lie the
duty Of every loyal msn, in this day of
! great national caamit es, to unhesita-
tngly and without faltering, attach him
self to that party whose principles thro'
| long decades hcva but added 10 the in
lei'igence, wealth and greatness of the
Nat OIL.
Resolved, That those principles we
| tinl embodied IN the cardinal principles
of ihe Democratic party, therefore we
| dye ourselves 20 labor for the advan
cement OF those principles by seeking
nee again To place our bleeding and dis
tracted country beneath the gaidance of
Democratic Statesmen, which hope can
not be realized except it be through the
ballot box.
Resolped, That in Montgomery NJ
| Colbren, the Domocratic nominee for
Chlei Justice of the Supreme Court, We
! tind man of r"re combinations, pre-em
iheDily qualifying him for that position.
| and we pledge ourselves to spare no eff
| that shall tend 10 secure his election to
that high position.
Resolved That we pledge our undi-
ded support to the Administration in all
end avors to restore the country to lis
original standing. upon the basis of the
Union as it WAS" under 'the Consttu
ton rs 1t is, and that when that is &C
compIished, we believe this war ought to
/ cease.
Resolued, That the maintenance invio-
late of the rights Of the States, and espe-
cially the right Of each State to order
and control its own domestic institutions,
according to it's own jndgme exclusive
", is essential to that balance of power
on which the perfection ard endurance
of our political fabric depends.
Resolved. That the people justly view
with alarm the reckless extravaganza
which pcrvades every department. of the
Federal Government; that return to a
rigid economy and accountability is in
dispenSable to arrest the systematic plum
der of the public treasury by favored
PARTISAN, while the recent startling de-
veIopments of frauds and corruptions at
the Federal metropolis. show that an en-
tire change of administration is impera.
lively demanded.
Resolved, That tho history of the
present National Administration is his
tory of repeated wrongs and usurpa tons,
tending directly to overthrow the Union.
subvert the powers of the States, and to
enslave the people; and that its present
policy is fast dragging this nation into.
First. p consolidation of Federal powers
on specious pretext of .'miitary neces-
sity," and Second, to a military despo.
tism. more intolerable than that inauga-
rated by the House of Hapshurg; to
prove which, let few historical facts be
submitted to candid world.
The President has without excuse or
legal authority suspended the sacred writ
of habeas corpus, in the loyal states,
thus striking down the liberties of the
people.
lie has caused citizens to DE arrested,
transported to distant states, and incar-
cerated in loathsome prisons. without
charges or accusations against them, and
after keeping them in duress until the
event of popular election, has ordered
them to be "bonorably discharged" with
out consolation or redress.
He has denied to citizens thus arrest
ed and imprisoned, {. trial by jury. or in
deed any trial, and has withheld from
them all knowledge or information as to
who we're their aesusers or the eauss Of
their arrest.