Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-02
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.

For the edifcation of whom it may con-
Germ, we give below the Platform of Reso-
lutions adopted by the Buzzard Roost at
Chicago on Tuesday last. We reserve for
another day any comment upon the n.y.
pocrisy of the rascally band of traitors
who concocted it:
Resolred, That in the future, as in the past,
we will adhere with answering fidelity to the
Union under the Constitution as the only
solid foundation Of our strength, security and
happiness as people, and as framework oil
Government equally conducive to the pros
perity and welfare Of all the States, both
Northern and Southern.
Resolved, That this Convention does ex-
plicitly desire, as the sense OF the American
people, that, after four years OF failure to re-
store the Union by the experiment Of war,
during which, under the pretense Of military
necessity, or Of war power higher than the
Constitution itself, it has been disregarded in
every part, and public liberty and private
rights trodden down and material property
OF the country essentially impaired-justice,
humanity and liberty, and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for a
ceSSdLlOu VI uOSLn1llCSt Will q view W oh
innate Convention of the States, or other
peaceable means to that end, or that, at the
earliest practicable moment peace may be re-
stored on the basis of the Federal Union Of
the States.
Resolved, 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 shame
full violation of the Constitution, and repe-
tition of such acts in the approaching cleo
ton will be held revolutionary, and resisted
with all the means Of power under our con
troll.
ResoIred, That the ain and object Of the
Democratic party is to preserve the Federal
Union and the rights Of the States unim-
paired; and they hereby declare that they
consider the usurpation Of extraordinary and
dangerous powers not granted by the Consti-
stitution, the subversion Of civil by military
laws in the States not in instruction, the
arbitrary military arrest, imprisonment, trial
and sentence of American citizens in States
where the civil law exists in full force, the
suppression of the freedom Of speech and OF
the press, the denial Of the right Of asylum,
the open and avowed disregard Of State
rights, the employment of unusual test oaths,
and interference with and denial Of the right
of the people to bear arms in their defense, as
calculatedto prevent the restoration Of the
Union and the perpetuation of Government
deriving its just powers from the consent Of
the governed.
Resoiued, That the shameful disregard by
the Administration Of its duty in respect to
our fellow-citizens who are now, and long
have been prisoners of war in suffering
condition, deserves the severest reprobation,
on the score alike OF public and common hui
mainly.
Resolred, That the sympathy Of the Dem
ocratic party is heartily and earnestly ex-
tended to the soldiery Of our army who now
are and have been in the field under the flag
of their country, and in the event of our at.
tanning power they will receive all the care
protection and regard that brave soldiers Of
the Republic have so nobly earned.
Long of Ohio offered an amendment, 70
come in after the first resolution, being the
first Kentucky resolution Of '98.
Under the ruling of the President this res.
olution went to the Committee, and under
the operation ofthe previous question the res.
clutions reported from the Committee were
adopted with but few dissenting votes.