Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-09-06
Proceedings of the Democratic
National COnyenfIon.

AUGUST. and
organized by electing Governor Horatio
Seymour president, aud list Of vice pres
jdents and secretaries.
On the second day the following resOlu-
tons were presented by the committee aps
pointed for that purpose, and, after discus.
slon' was nearly unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolred. That in the future. "A in ,he
past, We will adhere with uusw crying &.
deity to the Union urder the constitution
as the only solid foundation of our strength
security and happiness as peotls, aud as
a framework If government EQUALLY con-
ducive to the welfare and prosperity If all
the States. bath northern and southern.
ResOtccd, That this convention does ex-
plicitly declare, us the sense of the Ameri-
can people, that after four years Of failure
~ restore the Union by the exrerimeot of
war, during which, under the preteoce Of
a u;i itary necessity or var puwer higher
than the constitution, the constitution il
self has been dIsregarGed, in every part,
and public liberty and private right alike
| trodden down and the material prosperitv
| Of the country essentially impaired,-ius,
| tiCe, humanity, liberty and the public wei.
| fare demand that immediate efforts be
made for Cessation of h0stihties, with a
view to an ultimate convention of the
! States, or ether Ieaceable means, to the
end that at the earliest practicable mument
| peace may be restored on the basis of the
! Federal States.
ReSoiCed. That the direct interferancs Of
\ the military authorities of the United
| States in the recent elections held in Keny
ftucky, Maryland, Missouri and Delaware,
! was a shameful violation of the conslitu-
| ton AMI a repetition of such acts in the
| approaching election will be held as revo-
| lutionary, and resisted with all the means
and power under our control,
! Resolred, That the aim and object of the
| democratic party is to preserve the Federal
Union and the rights Of the States uuin.
paired aud they hereby declare that they
consider toe administrative Usurpation OF
extraordinary and danger Jus powers not
granted by the constitution the subver.
sion of the civil by military Law in States
not 10 insurreGtiOn the arbitrary military
arrests, imprisonment, trial and sentence
Of American citizens in States where civil
law exists in foil force the suppression OF
freedom Of speech and of the press the
denial of the right of asylum the open
and avowed disregard Of State rights the
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interference with end denial of the right
o. the people - bear arms IN their defence
is calculated to prevent q restoration Of the
onion and the perpetustlOn Of government
deriving its just powers from the coDsen,
! Of the governed.
RcsOlccd, That the shameful disregard
of the adm inistratiOn to iis duty, in respec
to our fellow citizens who now are, snG
l. L.. r IF
fsring conditions, deserves the severest rep
robatiOn on tbe score alike Of public policy
and common humanity.
ReSolred, That the sympathy Of tht
democratic party is heartily and earnestly
| extended to the suldiery of our army. whC
are, and have Been, in the field under th'
flag of their country and, in the event o
its attaining power, they will receive 81
the care. protection, and regard that iht
brave soldiers of the Reruths have 30 DO
blv earned.
On the 81 day The following proceeding
occurred:
The convention was called to order at II
| O'Clock.
The proceedings opened with prayer.
Mr.. Wickl'tfe said the delegates of hi
nnrthW est were Of the o. iniOn that circum
stances NAV occur between now and th,
4th Uf March tor the democracy Of III,
country to meet III convention. He there
fore moved that the convention should no
be dissolved by adjournment, hut remain
sui jeGt TO the call of the executive commit
tee
4 communication was then received from
the democratic national committee, EN-
bodying a resolution adopted by the com.
| mitiee, US follows:
That ii is the deliberate conviction o
! this COMMITTEE, that had the life Of SiepheI
| A Douglas been spared, his gigantic grasI
of mind, taken in connection with bis dec
lsrbtIun that 'wsr is disuniou,' would Ions
since have restored the power Uf FEEDER.
81 compact, aud avoided that terribl,
lOss Of life for which nothing can c0mpeu.
| safe.
The president then stated the question
before the convention TO be on ordering the
previous question. 1t was ordered witbC u;
| dissent.
| The vote was then taken by states, the
! chairman OF each delegation announcing
| the vote when the states were called. Con-
necticut ami Ohio having been passed for
a mUmeut. the vote stood lG2 for McClel
Ian. the remainder scattering, when the
| different delegations began to change their
votes, and the fnsl result is as follows: