The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-27

convention that Lately Assembled IL
Rochester, New York.
1. RESOLVED, That this meeting hereby
forms an Association of Conservative Unior
men for the next Presidential campaign
and that we invite the union and co-opera.
ton OF all who are opposed to the election
to any Office in the gift of the people, of any
person is political connection or sympatby
with Secession, Abolitionism, or fauaticism
OF any kind. That our abiding purpose, in
brief, is: Adherence to the Constitution
fidelity to the Government-the suppression
OF the rebellion-the maintenance of the
U nlon-the enforcement Of the laws-oppo-
sition to foreign Intervention.
2. RESOLVED, That National Committee be
appointed by this meeting, to consist of two
membe from each of the States, and q
Secretary, who shall be &c oficio member
thereof, and that said Committee shall have
power to fill the vacancies in their body
That it shall be the duty of the Committee
to elect President and Treasurer, and to
call National Convention for the nomina-
tion of President and Vice President of the
United States, and to make all necessary ar
rangements for conducting the Presidential
campaign; and, furthermore. to confer with
other conservative organizations, for the
purpose of securing united section.
| 3, RESOLVED, That the establishment of the
Independence of the States 10 revolt, would
entail upon the people of the United States
evils more grievous, and greatly more en-
during, than all that could result from a con-
tinuance Of the war. Wherefore, every pa
triot should support the appropriation of all
the money and men necessary for the Vigor-
Gus and successful prosecution of the war
against the people in state of Instruction,
until they dissolve their military array
against the United States, and in good fai tn
return to the Union under their respective
State Constitutions, existing at the time they
revolted.
4. RESOLVED, That the people of a State,
any portion of whom are in instruction
against the United States, should they aban-
don such insurrection and return to their
allegiance and obedience to the authority,
Constitution and laws of the United States,
may, thereupon, without further condition,
elect and send to Congress Senators and
Representatives elected according to the
Constitution and laws of the United States
and their respective StateL, and perform
every other act in conducting the Federal
Government which the people of any State
may rightfully do; provided. however that
all persons who in this revolt, have violated
any of the criminal or penal laws of the
United States, will be subject to be tried &C.
cording to the forms prescribed BY the Con-
stitutioD and the laws of the United States
for such offenses.
4. RESOLVED, That the right of property,
whether in lads, personality or slaves 10 the
States, is exclusively within the authority
and jurisdiction of the States respectively;
and the owners of all or either of those
classes of property can not be deprived of it
by the Government of the United States, or
the President, or any military or civil officer
thereof, except for public use. upon jus
com pensation, or for crimes committed, Of
which they shall be convicted according to
the mode and form of trial present. bed by
the Constitution.
6. RESOLVED, That the sole end for which
the United States Government has the power
to carry on the existing war against the
people in revolt, is to suppress their insur-
rection and compel them to obey the Con-
stitution and laws of Congress. And when
ever this end is effected BY military force, or
by the voluntary submission of the insur-
gents, there is no other lawful end for which
the war could be further prosecuted, and it
would become the duty of Congress. which
the Constitution charges with the suppression
of Instructions, at once to close the war.
z. RESOLVED, That in order to secure the
full represe ntation OF the entire country in
the convention herein provided for, and an
energetic prosecution of the campaign, that
we call upon conservative men in every
town and county of the United States, to
form conserva alive UGion Clubs by the cleo
ton of President, two Vice-Preside Tents, a
Secretary and a Treasurer, and report the
same to the Secretary of the National Com
mittee.