Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-11-12
COUNTY, OFFICIAL PAPER.
DAIifiAs. SATURDAY., NOV. Il
RESOLUTIONS OF the Late
senate.

Res6lUed, That the Legislative As.
sembly OF the State of Oregon, un,
swerving in fidelity to the Union, de.
elares its Rrin determination to main.
tain and defend the Constitution of the
United States, and the Constitution oi
this State, against every aggression,
either foreign OF domestic, and that il
will sustain the Goyernment of the
United States in every Constitutional
requirement.
This reminds US very much of the
inauner in which O'Meara disposes OF
the question of suffrage by saying. that
none should vote except those who, in
the opinion of the party in power, know
enough to vote Alright. The above re-
kolution is the first Of a series Of eight,
DATED and passed by an Intensely
Democratic Senate in the State of Ore
gon. 1t swears hdelit5 TO the Union ;
declares its determination TO maintain
ind defend the Constitution of the
United States and the State of Ore
gon against all aggressions, either
fofeigH or domestic; and that it will
sustain the Government of the United
States in every Constitutional require
heiit.
We desire to address ourselves to the
people, irrespective of party, in discus
sing the extre mes of both the pressn
political organization. Our readers all
knots that we consider the principle of
universal suffrage the extreme of the
Republican party. So we consider the
principle set firth in these resolutions,
the dangerous extreme of the Demo-
cratic party and to oppose both is but
bur duty. The leaders, not the masses,
of the Democratic party cioiIntd, in
1861, when the attention ofthe American
people was called directly to the SUBJ
jet of the power of the general Gov
ernment, that it possessed no powers,
except those expressly delegated to it
by the sesefA States at its formation,
aad that such delegation of power must
be strictly c0estrued. So said Buchan-
nm, and all the Democratic resolutions
ahd great men of that party at the time,
when State after State, were passing
their ordinances of secession, aud DEM
ocratic leaders all over the land did
proclaim and maintain that they were
devoted to the Constitution, and That
they would sustain and maintain it in
violate, just as does the above resolu-
ton, but, of course, as they understood
It. So, the men who passed the above
resolution mean by their declaration,
that they will muintain the Constitu-
tion NIB they understand it.
Nov, hotiss, they called it unswerv-
ing fidelity to the Union when they de
clared that State in this Union had
never delegated away the right to re-
tire from the Union whenever she de-
sired. Buchanan declared his unswerv-
ing fidelity to the Union when he said,
there was no power found in the Con
stitution to coerce seeded State; and
Democratic leaders, from Maine to
Texas, and from Minnesota to South
Carolina, all responded, Amen. And
when we speak of the leaders of that
party, we desire to be understood, those
who supported Breckenridge and Lane,
and remained such during the war.
And now, what we charge is this, that
when the leaders of that party, at this
day, profess fidelity to the Union, as in
the above resolution, they really mean
20 soy, that this Union was created by
the States il their sovereign capacity
that the Union is confederation o.
States, and not National Government
by the whole people; that the genera
Goyerhment formed by this Union has
no power, except that expressly con
ferred upon Il BY the States in thu
Consultation, and that the power se
conferred mhsf be strictly construed
And 20 says the lending Democratic
organ Of this State, the Heraid. Heal
1t III It's issue Of the 4th inst: "Th'
Dsn6cfstic party holds that the powers
Of the general Government were grant
Cd by the States in the Constitution
and it ID now, and always has been, op
posed TO that Government, assumin.
any powers not granted" !" And in TIL
game article, the editor declares tha