The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-13
The Carre, DavI. Resolutions.

Garrrt Davis, I" Krntucky, nj long
since introduced >nmr very bold rcSnlu.
ii0uS in the United States Senate, accom-
uaui-d aith some very hold talk. His
course had the 1T ct nf cxa>I"rating tie
radicals. aud the intr0Iucti III of a rcs"lu
ton Gm his eXpuI,lun, WATCH. however,
was subsequently Withdrawn and the
matter permitted To rest Tor the present.
W. here pre>rnt portion of the reSulu.
Iirn> introduced by hlm
Resolved, There is not and cannot b"
MuV unltnruI. rerinanrnt, or even c"nlIn
uus lA~ M military Necessity. The idea
HAT y IaW siWays acrI'Irntal, tVsncScent
aud, Ia truth, Hu InrUhSI'leiahlr. shuu.u
tiavc the magic Inrcc tu enable Abraham
Liurum To- bound over the Constitution
ani all its liuIitatInn> and restrictions,
anl ciuicr the vast poAcIs which h,
ciai,n> under it, Is n gisnntIcNah>urtlitv.
Rcsrivr,i, lnat at the hrginLIng al the
aWar, utrirr the panic Ut the defeat Of Bui.
Run, the parry ~ power pT"frS>eI Ia car
~ it On Tor the C0nSiItuiinn, aud to pun
dawn the rebellion. and vIndIcnte the laws
aud authority Of tIIr United States ia the
in>uryvut Stat :, aud 3hen That Nas ei
tecteI It was tn ce st. But mnre than "a
var ag" AmOtlrr. aud II paramount aud
unconstitutional on tie total Suhv, r>iun uf
slavery, WA> iniusurAtcd i'y tnr.u; auI
at length, To- carry nn the var IL this aug.
4 -,
xpruui urr, on the part ut the CniIcL
States, wxS swollen u one iIundr, Il Lhuu
sand lives, u mIch larger amount "f per
s"nal disability. and . thousand mili"nS
"f Innm v, and vet the wI>eSt "ann"t SEE
the end OF The war; veIily, the people
Nrrt', ani Ihr i.cOplc Sonhn, "uSht To- r..
coil against their ~Hr lead. r., aud take
thi, great matter into their oWn hAr"i> {;
aud clrcI IN -min.r> 10 NatinuAl Cunvrn
Iinn of all the StaIe>, L. terminate. war
that i cnrchimg hundreds Of tnu,I>aud>
If officers, l,lunic'rr> and SpnilS.nrn it,
tine lnvnl State. and threatens the mass
eS uf inlh sections y ith IN ctrievati-- t,at,k.
ruptcy aud indefinite Slaughter, aud To re
store thrir Union aud c.,mtnun q vern
mrut upon tiI" great principles Of liberty
anI c"nprnmi>r devised 10y Washington
and his associates.
Resolved, That the impending destiny
Of our country eau M longer be blink.pd
The y, oplc nf the loyal States are re>oI-
we'd int" two great parties, tie deStuc-
Iives aud the conservatives. The first
consists Of Abraham Lincoln. his office.
holders, cuniI actors aud other followers !;
/ the second uf all men who are for eject
! ing LINCOLN and his party from otiirc and
power. The prolckSrd objects OF the first
are, To preserve the UniO,', and to abolish
slavery in all the States they have about
ceased Ia make n pretrn$r 0i $uplI"rthS
! the Constitution aud the laW>. rneir real
objects are to pcrprtnaie their party pow
"r, aud to hold p,'>>rS>i"n Of The Govern
mrnt. to continue the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ol
their leaders. great aud small, by almost
countless offices and eInplnNment>, by
myriad< Of plundeling contracts, and by
putting up To sale the largest amount ri
SunlS that were ever offered TO market 10y
any Government on earth. Their object
is not tn eradicate SLAVERY, hut only t.
abolish its form and the mastery to sub.
jugate wholly the rebel States, aud utter.
| ~ revnluionizc their political and sOcil
organization TO destroy W hanish, and
strip of their property. all the pr'-slavrry
people. SecrS>i0nists aud anti SrceSsinn'
lists, loyal and diNIm al, c0mbatants and
non. .cninbat IntS old nen. wnInen and
children. Ircrepit aud non cn,rpns 'ncntis
all whom they cannot ah0lilimhxe, and tc
distribute the lands nf the Suhjusated pen
pie among their followers, aS MAS done by
the R"Iman c"nqucrurS Of their county
4 men To proclaim a mock freednn T.
slaves, but by military power to takt
possession Of the freedmen and work thrT
tnr their own profit; to do all this, an,
also to rnSlave the white man, hv tramp
ling under i'mt the CONSTITUTION and law,
Of the United States aud Of the States, b,
the power Of subsidized army, aud les
il should (alter, by hundreds Of thousand