The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-09-08
where They stand.

The Democratic National Convention
which gathered at Chicago on the 29th of
August, and presented the names Of Geo.
B. Mcclellan for President, and George
H. Pcndleton for President, agreed or
and adopted the following
PLATFORM.
Resoloea, That in the future, rs in the
past, we Will adhere with. answering f.
deity to the Union under the Constitu-
tion as the only solid foundation of our
strength, security, and happiness as peo-
pie, and as a framework Of governme ent
equally conducive TO the welfare and pros
perity of all the States both Northern and
Southern.
ResolUed, That this Convention does
explicitly declare; as the sense of the
American people, that, after four years of
failure to restore the Union by the expe-
riment of war, during which, under the
pretense of military necessity or war
power higher than the Constitution, the
Constitution itself has been disregarded in
every part, and public liberty and private
right alike troGden down, and the material
prosperity of the country essentially i'm
paired, justice, humanity, liberty, and TIE
public welfare, demand that immediate
efforts be made for cessation Of hostili-
ties, with view to an ultimate Ceuven.
ton of all the States, or other peaceable
means, to the end that at the earliest prac-
ticable moment peace may be restored on
the basis of the Federal Union oc the
States
Resozced, That the direct interference
oe the military authority of the United
States in the recent elections held in
Kentucky, Mary land, Missouri and Della
ware, was a shameful violation Of the Con
stitution, and the repetition of such acts
in the approaching election viii be held
as revolutionary, and resisted with all the
means and power under our control.
Resotced, That the aim and object of
the Democratic party is to preserve the
Federal Union and the rights OF the States
unimpaired and they hereby declare that
they consider the Administration usurpa-
ton OF extraordinary and dangerous pow
ers not granted by the Constitution, the
subversion Of the civil by military law in
States not III insurrcction, the arbitrary
military arrest, Imprisonment, trial and
SCUttuCt VI hulGLltdl tlllLSHc III sOOsitC>
where civil law exists In full! force, the
suppression of freedom Of speech and of
the press, the denial of the rightof asylum,
the open and avowod disregard of State
rights, the employment of unusual test
oaths, and the interference with and denial
of the right of the people to bear arms,
as calculated to prevent a restoration of
the Union and the perpetuation of gov
ernment deriving It's just powers from the
cocsent of the governed.
ResolUed, That the shameful disregard
Of the Administration to Its duty In re-
spect to our fellow-citizens who now and
long have been prisoners Of war in a saf-
fering condition, deserves the severest re-
probation, on the score alike Of public in
terest and common humanity.
Resoloed, That the sympathy of the
Democratic party is heartily and earnest
ly extended to the sodiery of our army,
who are and nave been in the field under
the flag Of our country and N the event Of
our attaining power, they will receive all
the care and protection, regard and kind
ness, that the brave soldiers Of the Repub-
lie have SO nobly earned.