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1864 Democratic Party Platform
w my comments.
IMHO in this document, "Constitution" and "Union" is the Constitution and Union of Taney, not Lincoln, where armed force can be used against rebels assembled as "States". The States are divided into 2 divisions "Northern and Southern" not a single "United States". "United States" appears only once in the phrase "Resolved, That the direct interference of the military authorities of the United States in the recent elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware was a shameful violation of the Constitution" suggesting a disparagement of the government of the United States. This is a very State's Rights document suggesting an adherence to the Compact theory of the secessionists.
The war is unconstitutional. If the war is unconstitutional then there is no way to continue it or pursue it once stopped. Any cessation of hostilities is unconditional. "the basis of the Federal Union of the States." is interesting, but based on the State-centric view of this document, it is more a confederation than a federation meaning exit at any time and nullification of undesired federal laws.
Apparently, the Federal Government will go to war with the military.
the Union side and you displease the Peace Wing. Appease McClellan and the unionist and you displease the Peace Wing. Details on any Armistice is vague. Will it be in place or State boundaries. In such chaos, the war party, the Republicans would be favored to win.
w my comments.
IMHO in this document, "Constitution" and "Union" is the Constitution and Union of Taney, not Lincoln, where armed force can be used against rebels assembled as "States". The States are divided into 2 divisions "Northern and Southern" not a single "United States". "United States" appears only once in the phrase "Resolved, That the direct interference of the military authorities of the United States in the recent elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware was a shameful violation of the Constitution" suggesting a disparagement of the government of the United States. This is a very State's Rights document suggesting an adherence to the Compact theory of the secessionists.
Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution as the only solid foundation of our strength, security, and happiness as a people, and as a framework of government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern.
The war is unconstitutional. If the war is unconstitutional then there is no way to continue it or pursue it once stopped. Any cessation of hostilities is unconditional. "the basis of the Federal Union of the States." is interesting, but based on the State-centric view of this document, it is more a confederation than a federation meaning exit at any time and nullification of undesired federal laws.
Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view of an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Apparently, the Federal Government will go to war with the military.
Resolved, That the direct interference of the military authorities of the United States in the recent elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware was a shameful violation of the Constitution, and a repetition of such acts in the approaching election will be held as revolutionary, and resisted with all the means and power under our control.
The following is a real clutter. In this war, preserving the Federal Union and State's rights without military action is a real paradox. Disavow military action and there is no union.
Resolved, That the aim and object of the Democratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and the rights of the States unimpaired, and they hereby declare that they consider that the administrative usurpation of extraordinary and dangerous powers not granted by the Constitution; the subversion of the civil by military law in States not in insurrection; the arbitrary military arrest, imprisonment, trial, and sentence of American citizens in States where civil law exists in full 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 employment of unusual test-oaths; and the interference with and denial of the right of the people to bear arms in their defense is calculated to prevent a restoration of the Union and the perpetuation of a Government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed.
The Democrats enter into the election season politically fatally divided. Appease McClellan and
the Union side and you displease the Peace Wing. Appease McClellan and the unionist and you displease the Peace Wing. Details on any Armistice is vague. Will it be in place or State boundaries. In such chaos, the war party, the Republicans would be favored to win.
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