Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-04-03

JeWslt. johnson Of CuysbOga, LaBgdop. Law.
lon' .LOveland, Lyle, MeElwee, Mendenhall Of
efersOn, Mendehhsll Of Columbiana. Miller
Mills, Monroe, Mygatt Needham, oden, Pat.
tersOn, Peck, Pitlman. Plumb, PlymptoD. Post.
Potts. RslstOu. Kicker. Shaw, Simmons. Slough.
Smith o. Knox, spelman, Teu6ey, thompson
Of Brown, Townsend, True, Turney, Turpin.
WeaIherby. Williausoh, Yaplo and Speaker
FIRST RRsoLUros
Rssoltsd, That thecause Of the people Of
Kanzas engaged in defending themselves a.
gainst laSless violence, and asserting their in.
herent right of selfgOvelnmeut, be, and is here.
oy earnestly commended to the warm synpa.
Ihies Of the people Of Ohio,
AdOPted-yeas 80; nays 19.
The nays were Messrs. Baughman, Bingham,
Goudy, Grier, Lyle. McElWee, Miller, Odell,
Smith of Franklin, Smith of Montgomery
Thompson Of Brown and Weatherby.
SECOND RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed and our Representatives requested,
to oppose all acts and measures which shall
tend to tOrecogEize as legal and and binding, any
Of the acts the pretended Legislature Of Kan
zas held at Shawnee Mission.
AdOpted-yeas IS nays 80.
The nays were Messrs Anderson, Baughman,
Bingham, Carlin, CLANCY, Cory, Cowan of
Ashland, Egly, Flowers, Goudy. Grier, Holmes,
Hutcheson of Madison, Langdon, Loveland,
Lyle, McElwee, Miller, Odell, Ogo, Patterson,
Pittman, Ralston, Shaw, Slough, Smith Of
Franklin, Smith of Montgomery, Thomas,
Thompson OF Brown, and Turpin.
THIRD RESOLUTION
Resolved, That our Senators 10 Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives reqlestetA
to use their best enleavors for the immediate
passage Of an act Of Congress admitting Kanzas
into the Unior as a Free State, with such lmi,
ta'ion Of boundaries as by Congress shall be
deemed advisable and in case Congress
shall not consent to such admission, then to
use their best endeavors TO secure the passage
Of act enabling the people of the Territory to e.
lect their own. Governor and other officers.
and fully protect them in the exercises ofthe e.
lectve franchise.
Adopted yeas SO, nays 81, The nays we've
Messrs. Anderson, Baughman, Bingham, Car
lin, Chaney, Cory, Cowan of Ashland, Egly
Flowers, GOudy, Grier. Holmes. Hutcheson OF
Washington, Langdon, Loveland, Lyle, McEl-
wee, Miller, OdelL 0gle, Patterson, Pittman,
Ralston, Slough, Smith of Montgomery, Thomp.
ION of Brown, and Turpin.
FOURTH RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be
urther instructed, and our representatives re.
luested, to use their best endeavors to secure
he passage Of law prohibiting slavery iu the
Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska, and all ter !
itory embraced by the Missouri Compromise,
md reestabshiug the original American policy
IS declared in the regulation proposed by
Thomas Jefferson 10 1894 for the exclusion of
lsyery from all territory ceded, or to be csded,
md Of such other laws as shall best fulfill the
ligh duty repeated dly acknOwledgedby the 2eo.
'le of Ohio, OF "using all the power clearly Civ
N by The terms of the national compact to rre-
rent the increase, to mitigate and finally erad-
late the evil ofaslavery. without encroaching
lpon or in any way legislating upon the right
'feach State to adopt and modify its own mu.
icipa laws, to regulate its own internal affairs,
md TO hold and maintain its equal and inde-
'endent sovereignty with each and every other
'tate.
Adopted, yeas 81. nays 27 The nays were
Iessrs. Anderson, Baughman, Bingham, Cha
ey, Cory, COwan of Ashland, Egly, Flowers,
Ioudy, Grier, Holmes, lriOn. Langdon, Love-
and, Lyle, McElwee, Miller, Olell, Ogle, Pat
erson, Pittman, Ralston, Slough, Smith of
Thomas, Thompson of Brown,
md Turpin. "a. sa
g F..tr.v FIFTH RESOLUTION. ~ 5L
Resolped, That the Governor Of this State is
equested 10 cause copy of this preamble and
esolutiOns, properly certified, to be forwarded
0 each Of our Senators and Representatives in
congress, and the Governors of each State in
he Union, ,, sr.a es.s ..7tsss ...aE
Adopted without taking yeas and nays. i
PREAMBLE.
WHEREAS, The original policy ofour country
no extension Of slavery beyond
be limits Of slave States, and no increase of
he number Of such States land whereas, ex-
,erlence has sufficiently proved that every de-
,arture from thatpolicy has been productive Of
vii, and of evil only land whereas, by the re.
zeal of the slavery prohibition Of the Missouri
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