Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-25
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Blair, and lion. Ge0rge H. PendletOn. 1t
would be impossible to give the speeches, or
even the names of all who addressed the
different meetings Mr.. Pendleton spoke
from the balcony of the Keystone House,
and other distinguished speakers spoke in
front of the Mansion House. The resolu-
tions were read from the main stand. They
were as follows;-
ResolUed by the Democracy of Eastern and
Central Pennsylvania IN Mass C0nvcrtion
assembled,
That the contest upon which we are now
entering, is simply whether the Federal Union
under the Constitution, as adopted and con-
strued by its illustrious authors, with the re-
served rights of the States unimpaired, shall
continue to be one form of Governments, or
whether we shall have forced upon us by
Congressional usurpation and revolutionary
action a central consolidated government,
bound by no constitutional restraints, and in
which the liberties of the people would be
at the mercyof bare majority of Congress,
controlled by self-constituted and an ''irre-
sponsible' central directory
2. ResoLUed, That the Democratic are
noW as ever the only true Union party of the
land. That we point with pride to the un-
firing and unselish efforts made by all DEM
ocrats and Conservatives in and out of Con-
gress to preserve the Union before the war
commenced by conciliation and compromise,
the only means by which it was formed, and
without which it will never be more than a
name; that the refusal of the Republican
party to yield their partisan prejudices for
the sake Of peace and Union, was the i'm
mediate cause of the war and posterity will
hold them responsible.
8. ReSolUed, That we will holdall depart
ments Of the Government to its official and
solemn declaration that ''the war was not
prosecuted for any purpose of conquest or
subjugation, but to maintain the supremacy
of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired -
that the war having ended by the surrender
of the rebel armies, the people of the South
are subject only to such penalties as the
Constitution of our common country, and
the laws passed In pursuance of 1t, may pre-
scribe, and are entitled to all the rights
which that Constitution insures to all the
people of all the States.
f. ReSolced, That the Federal Union is
composed of thirty-six States that, under
the Constitution, each State is entitled to an
equal representation In the Senate, and to
its proper representation in the lower House;
that the Constitution is the Supreme law of
the land that the President is sworn to en-
force the law, and that we call upon him in
the name Of an outraged and violated Con
stitution, and an imperiled Union, to make
the Congress what the consequence requires
it to be-the representative body of the
people.
5. ReSolued, That we denounce the pro-
ceedings of the Radical majority in the So
called Congress as lawless and revolutionary,
and intended by the leaders to utterly sub
vert and destroy our wise and beneficial sys-
tenn of government, and to establish in It's
place consolidated despotism controlled by
the worst spirit of New England fanaticism.
g. ReSolred, That we tender to President
johnson our heartfelt thanks for his bold
and steadfast determination to restore the
Union of our Fathers in its original purity"
and we adjure him by the memory of the
immortal jackson, to convince the radical
disunionists by 1Cord and deed, that ''the
Federal Union must and shall be preserved. "
7. ResOLUed, That we are opposed to ne
gro suffrage, believing that the white men
of America are able to govern themselves,
without the aid of an inferior race, and that
we disapprove of the amendment to the Con-
stitution lately proposed by the so-called
Congress, 1T being nothing but the offer of
reward to the States for granting negro suf-
frage, and threat of punishment in case of
refusal.
8. Resozred, That the Soldiers who fought
for the Union and the Constitution deserve
well of the Country, and that the repeated
declaration of the Radicals that the rebellion
could not have been subdued without the
aid of black troops is gross and wanton In
suit to the brave and gallant white soldiers
of America, which they will know how to
resent at the polls
g. Resolred, That the sympathies of the
Democracy are now as they have ever been
with our brave brothers of the Emerald Isle,
in their gallant efforts to free their native
land from the foul tyranny of England, and
that we owe nothing to the English govern
ment which should prevent us from repeal
ing or modifying the neutrality laws, soa to
give the Irish fair play, which is all they
ask
TO- Resolred, That we endorse and re-af-
firm the platform of principles adopted by
the Democratic State Convention at Harris
burg on the 5th of March last, and we pre-
sent with pride to the Democratic and Con-
servative citizens of Pennsylvania our wor-
thy candidate for Governor, Hon. Hester
Clymer. He answers in an eminent degree
the requirements of Jefferson; he is honest,
he is capable, and he is faithful The most
malignant of his political enemies can find
no spot on his fair fame, and to the SANDERS
and misrepresentation of radical disunion-
lists, we answer that he is now as he has al
ways been, under all circumstances, in favor
of the Union of our Fathers, a Union of
White Men..
IL. Resolred, That the tariff men of Penn
sylvania may see 10y the votes of Senators
Sumner and Wilson, of Massachusetts,, and
Foster of Connecticut, that the professions
of friendship for Pennsylvani by the radicals
of New England, are as sincire as their pro-
fessions ofregard for the Union of the States
u. Resolced, That we approve of the call
for National Union Convention of all the
States to meet in Philadelphia on the l4th
of August next, to sustain the President in
patriotic policy of restoration, and we rec
ommend the State Central Committee to take