Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-09-24
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ron TIE STATE AT LARGE,
IRA G. .MITCHELL,
I. NJ. PRESTON.
PLATFORM OF THE DE MOCRA TIC
PARTY, ADOPTED AT CHIC AGO
g. AUGUST 3Oth, ls6&. s.

lst. Resolred, That in futurA a. in the
past, We will adhere with answering lidel.
itv to the Union under the Constitution as
the only solid foundation Of our strength,
security and happiness as people, and As
a framework OF Gosernment equally con.
dustive to the welfare and prosrcrity ef-aA
the States both northern aud southern.
End That this Convention does ex plic-
lilly declare as thessense OF the American
people, that after four years Of failure to
restore the Union bY experiment Of war,
during which, under prerence of military
necessity, or war power higher than the
Constitution, the Constitution itself has
been dsregarded in every part, and public
liberty and private rights alike trodden
down, and the material prosperity of.the
country essentially impaired, Justice, bu.
manity, liberty and the public welfare de-
rhand that immediate efforts be made for
cessation of hostii,ies, with view to
national convention Of the States, or other
peaceable means to the end, that at the
earliest practicable moment peace may be
restored cn the basis Of federal Union of
the States.
Sd. That the direct interference of the
military authority Of the United States in
the recent elections held in Kentucky,
Mary land, Missouri and Delaware, was a
shameful violation of the Constitution, and
= repetition Of such acts in the approach.
ing election will be held a. revolutionary.
and resisted with all the means aud power
under our control.
4tb. That the aim and object Of the
Democratic party is to preserve the Fed
eral Uni0n aud the rights Of States unim.
paired, and they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usurpation Of
extraordinary and dangerous powers, not
granted by the Constitution, and the sub
version of civil by military law in States
not in insnrrection, the arbitrary arrests,
imprisonment, trial and sentence of Amer.
can citizens 10 States where civil Law ex
ists, in full force, the suppression Of free.
dom of speech and of the press, the denial
Of the right of asylum, the open and
syowed disregard Of State rights, the en-
ployment Of unusual test oaths, and inter.
ference with aud denial of the right of the
peoplsto bear arms in their defence. is
calculated to prevent the restoration of the
Union and the perpetuation Of the general
government, deriving its just powers from
the consent of the governed.
9th. That the shameful disregard Of the
administration to its duty in respect to
our fellow citizene. who now and for long
time have bssn prisoners Of war, in a
suffering condition, deserves the severest
| reprobation, on the score alike Of public
Dolicy and common humanity. H..
9th. That the sympathy of the demo-
cratic party is heartily and earnestly sx-
tended to the soldiers of our army. who
now are and have been in the field under
the flag of their country, and in the event
Of its attaining power, they will receive all
the care,t protection and regard that the
brave soldiers Of the Republic hive 80
nobly earned. =. nt
The Nonpareil says: Every anti Union
dirt eating doughface.; every Southern
! sympathizer; every Northern rebel :; every
alder and ahettor Of treason every re.
leased convict every traitor; every tory
every thief or villain Of high or low de-
| gree, every scoundrel and treason dyed
| wretch throughout the North may be found
with his hat in his hand hurrahing TO.
Littulmack.'" VI.
Ny God! can !. be possible that the
entire Republican party aro going to de.
scrt Old Abo and vote for Mcclellan?