The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-03
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At the afternoon session of the Convention, OH
Tuesday, Mr. Guthrie from the special committee
to prepare resolutions reported the following plat
form, which was ado, ted with only four dissentent
voices
Resoteca, That i'll the future, as Ill the past, We
adhere with un5wervlng fidelity to the Union under
the Constitution the only solid foundation of oul
strength, security and happiness as people, AMI as
the framework of a government equally conducive
10 the welfare and prosperity Of all the States both
Northern and Southern.
Resoi0ea, That this Convention does explicitly
declare, as the of the American people, that
after four years of failure to restore the Union by
the experiment OF war, during which, under the
pretcnse Of military necessity OF the wal power the
Constitution itself has been disregarded in every
pant, and public liberty and private right
alike trodlen down and the national pros
perity of the country essentially impaired, J
Justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for cessa-
ton of hOstilities with view TO an ultimate con-
yentlon of all the States. Or other peaceable means
to the end that at the earliest practicable moment
peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal
Union Of the States
ReSOiUel That the direct interference Of the mill
taiy authority OF the United States i'll the recent
elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and
Delaware, was Il shameful violation of the Con5ti-
tuition, and the repetition of such acts III the ap-
preaching election will be held as revolutionary
and resisted with all the means and power under
our control.
Res0lUe3, That the aim and object of the Demo-
cratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and
the rights of the States unmpaired and they hereby
declare that they consider the administrative usur
patton of extraordinary and dangerous powers, not
granted by the Constitution the subverson of the
civil by military law i'll States not i'll insurrecton
the arbitrary military arrest, Imprisonment, trial
and sentence of American citizens States where the
civil law exists i'll full force; the suppression of the
freedom OF speech and of the press; the denial OF
the right OF asylum the open and avowed disrc-
gard of States rights; the employment OF unusual
test oats and the interference with, and the denla
Of the right OF the people to bear arms as calculated
to prevent the restoration of the Union and the per-
petuation Of government deriving its just power:
from the consent of the governed.
Resolccd, That the sympathy OF the Democratic
party is heartily and earnestly extended to the sol
diers of our army who are, and have BEEN i'll the
field under the flag of our country, and i'll the event
Of our attaining power, they will receive the care
protection, regard and kindness that the brave sol
diers of the Republic have SO nobly earned.
Res0i0ed, That the shameful disregard of the Ad.
mlnistratiOn to its duty i'll respect to our fellow
citizens who are, aud long have been, prisoners
OF war III suffering condition, deserves the
reprobation and scoln alike of the public and com
mon humanity