St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-08
D1eAlUCRAT1C PLATFORM.

"o PUBLISH Tue snancIul p!atIOrm
adopted by the Copperheads at Chica-
60, on the soth of August, and ask
for it a careful rea6ing. Especial at
tentioo is called to tile portions marked
With itaiics and capitals. Let every
honest American citizen read it, and
blush that it ever found utterancs in
our country:
Resolved, That in the future as in the
past We will adhere with unswerving fdeli-
ty to the Union under tho Constitution Is
the only solid foundation of our strength,
IS the bulwark Of 0overnmeht and equal
ly conducive to the welfare and prosperity
of all the States both North and South.
Resolved, That this Convention does ex-
plicitly declare as the sense of the Ameri-
can people, that after four years of failure
to restore the Union by the experiment Of
war, during whish, under the pretense Of
. military necessity, or = war power higher
than the Constitution itself, the Constitu-
tion has been disregarded in every part,
and public liberty and private rights have
been alike trouden down, and tho material
prosperity of the country essentially i'm
paired, justice, humanity, liberty and the
public welfare demand that IN IMME-
DiATE EFFORT BE MADE FOR THE
CESSATION OF aOsTIL1TlEs, WITH
A VIEW TO AN ULTIMATE CONVFN.
TION OF THE STATES, or other pescear
BILE means to the end that 1t the earliest
practicable N oment, peace may be re.tored
On the basis Of the Federal Union Of the
States
ResolveA That the direct interference
Of the military authority of the United
States in the recent elections held in Ken
tucky, Indiana, Missouri and Delaware,
was shameful violation of the Constitu-
ton, and a repetition Of such action in the
approaching election will be held a. REV.
OLUTlONARY, and RESISTED WITH
ALL THE MEANS AND POWER UN.
DER OUR CONTROL.
1tesolved, That the aim and object Of the
Democratic arty is topreserve the Feder-
al Government and the rights of the States
unimpaired, and therefore declare tLat
they consider the usarpation by the admin
istration Of extraordinary aud dangerous
powers, not granted ty the Constitution {;
the subversion of the civil by military law
in States not in insurrectionj Tie arbitrary
military arrest, Imprisonment, trisl and
sentence of American citizens in States
where civil law exists in full force the
suppression of freedom of speech ana Of
the Press; the denial of the right of asy-
lum; the open and avowed disregard Of
STATE RIGHTS; the employment of un-
usual test oaths, and the. interference with
and denial Of the right Of the people to
bear arms in their defense as calculated to
prevent = restoration of the Union and
that the powers Of government derives its
just support from the consent Of tho Gov
erned. ..
Resolred, That the shameful disregard
Of the Administration to its duty in respect
to its fellow citizens, who now and long
have been prisoners of war, in .. suffering
condition deserves the highest reprobation
on the score alike Of public policy and COM
mon humanity.
Re.olved, That the sympathy of tho Dem
ocratic Party is heartily and earnestly ex-
tended to tie soldiers of our army, who are
and have been in the field under the flag of
our country, and in the event Of q change
of power, they will receive all the care,
protection and regard that the brave SOL
diers of the republic have 50 nobly earned.