Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-01-25

only been led astray by the Willy arts of
the traitors in his Cabinet, which we are
now inclined to think has been the case.
The resolutions are as follows:
I. That the people of Ohio, believing
that the preservation of the Unity OF
Government that constituted the Ameri-
can people one people, is essential to the
support Of their tranquility at home, of
their peace abroad, of their safety, of
their prosperity, and of that very liberty
which they SO highly prize-are firmly
and ardently attached to the National
Constitution and the Union of the States.
II That the General Government can
rot permit the secession of any State
without violatf4, the obligations by
which it is bound, under the compact, to
the other States and to every citizen of
the United States.
Ill. That, whilst the constitutional
rights of every State in the Union
should be preserved inviolate, the pow
ers and authority of the National G ov-
ernment must be maintained, and the
laws of Congress faithfully enforced, in
every State and Territory, until repealed
by Congress or judged to be unconstitu-
tional by the proper judicial tribunal;
and all attempts by State authorities to
nullify the Constitution of the United
States or the laws of the Federal Gov
ernment, or to resist the execution
thereof, are revolutionary in their char
acter, and tend to the disruption of the
best and wisest system of government
in the world.
". That the people of Ohio are in
fexibly opposed to intermeddling with
the internal affairs and domestic rela-
tions Of other States of the Union; in
the same manner, and to the same ex-
tent as they are opposed to any inter
ference by the people. of other States
with their domestic concerns.
" That it is the will and purpose of
the people of Ohio to fulfil, in good
faith, all their obligations under the
Constitution of the United States, ac-
cording to the spirit and intent thereof;
and they demand the faithful discharge
of the same duty by every State in the
Union; and thus, as far as may be, to
insure tranquility between the State of
Ohio and the other States.
| VI That it is incumbent upon any
States having enactments on their stat
ute books, conflicting with or rendering
less efficient the Constitution or laws of
the United States, to repeal them; and it
is equally incumbent upona.the General
Government and the several States to
secure to every citizen Of the Union his
rights in every State under that provis-
ion of the Constitution which guarantees
to the citizens of each State all the priv
ileges and immunities of the citizens in
the several States and thus inspire and
restore confidence and spirit of frater-
nal feeling between the different States
Of the Union.
VII. That the Union-loving citizens
Of those States who have labored, and
still labor with devotional courage and
patriotism, to withhold their States from
the vortex of secession, are entitled to
the admiration and gratitude Of the
whole American people
VIII. That we hail with joy, the re-
cent firm, disnifed and patriotic special
message Of the President of the United
States, and that the entire power and re-
sources Of Ohio, are hereby pledged
whenever necessary, and demanded for
the maintenance under S strict subordina-
tion to the civil authority, OF the consti-
tuition and laws Of the general govern
mant, BY whosoever administered.
TX. That the Governor be requested
to forward, forthwith, copies of the fore
going resolutions to the President of the
nation, and to the Governors Of all the
States of the Union, and to each of the
Senator's and Representative in Con
gress from this State, to be by them pre-
sented to each branch Of the Nationa
Legislature.