The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-10-18

IAaats5u, Oetober2, Is6I
Resolued, That in the spresen. Nati9na
crisissthe falying cry Of all1inne men aac
patriots shoald -bei"1f1e Union-it must
and shall be.preserved.' .7.'. -.gl' .
Resozsed, .ThatBe deny the right of any
State or number Of States to withdraw
from the Union, and to relinquish their
obligations ard allegiance TO the cons.itu
ton and laws of the United States, and
that the. attempt 50 to do on the part OF the
seeded States is in direct conflict with
the sNg4 and letter Of the constitution
and Blow aimee. directly at tlle existence
Of the government, which should here.
sisted with all the power at It's command
That il, has ever BEEN and ever should be
the policy Of the Democracy to resist the
claim whenever and wherever asserted
and % blfst, i with prompt and vigorous
Resot8e7,5 That Ii D6m0crscy ever have
and stll DO, ,deprecate the agitation, both
North and South Of those sectional is aes
which have distracted the country, and
that political policy which has asserted
the light Of constituting The. constitution
and laws Of the Federal Government to
conform TO The views of particular States,
ignoring The fact that the constitution is
the suprene law Of the land, equally bind
| ing Oh the people Of all the States, and
that il Is. Susceptible Of put one construc-
| ton ID all foealities And we assert, that
although these sectional agitations and
CONSTITUTIONAL interpretations, North and
South, have melted the impending war,
they afford no justification for the action
Of the seeded States, and that the Union
and. constitution must be preserved and
enforced in every State and Territory Of
the United States. s@7-Es p s.':s
Resotved, That we deprecate the spirit
manifested oy-all those people at the North
who seek to force the National Admins.
tration to abandon the policy which has
been sanctioned by the Government of
the United States In the conduc: of the
war, and to substitute therefor the aboli>
ton of slavery asrits primary object, as at
variance with the very purpose tor which
the war is prosecuted, and as incompati
BILE with a complete restoration of the
Union of these States.
Resolyed, Thatwe owe it to those noble
men in the Border States who are strup-
Cling to maintain the Government, in
their respective States, as well as TO our
selves, to erase from our statute book all
laws and resolutions that have been pas
sed which are at variance with the coEsti
tuition and laws Of the United States, and
are calculated 10 embarrass the Govern
ment in suppressing the rebellion. We
therefore recommend to the loyal people
Of this State tnat the next Legislature
beinstructed to repeal so much of the Re
plevin and Habeas Corpus act as is in
conflict with the constitution and laws of
the United States and also to rescind
and anend) ".Joipt Resolution relative to
thesdecision of the United States Supreme
Court reversing decisionof Supreme Court
of Wisconsin" approved March 9th, 1859,
and especially we recommend the repeal
Of the last three clauses of said joint res
olutions, which read as follows: ...
''ReSo1red, That this assumption Of jurisd c.
ton oy the federal judiciary, in the sad case
1.-THE Booth easel and without process, is an
act of undelegated power, and therefore wth-
out authority, void, and Of no force,
"Re,olued" That Government formed by TIE
constitution Of the United States was not made
the exclusive or final Judge Of the extent of the
powers delegated to itself but that, as in al
other cases of compact among parties having
no common judge, each party has a right tc
Judge for ITSELF as well of int.actions as of the
mode and measure of redress.
ResoIUed, That the principle and constr ucior
contended for, &c., that the General Govern
ment is the exclusive Judge of the extent Of the
powers delegated to it, stop. nothing short oi
despotism, since the discretion of those WHO
administer the Government, and not the constf
tuition, would be the measure of their powers
that the several States which formed the instru
ment being sovereign and independent have tht
unqaestionabe right to Judge of its infracion
and that positiuc defaace of those sovereign
ties, of all unauthorized acts done or attemptes
to be done under color of that instrument, i
the rightful remedy"
These resolutions, we believe, are cal
eulased to place the State Of Wisconsin in
false and inconsistent position before tht
world ; we believe that they are uncon
stitutionaI, revolutionary and wrong, au(
that they do not reflect the sentiments OF
the loyal people Of the State.
. Resoluei, That we are now, as we eve
have been, devoted to the maintenance 0
the constitution and laws of the United
States, under whatever administration Q
the Government, and amid all danger
that may threaten it. That in the Ian
guage Of the lament Douglas, "We shoul
never forget that man cannot be a trn
Democrat, unless he is a loyal Patriot,
and that the words Of our dying states
man, to his children, "Obey the laws an
support the constitution are bindin!
upon all the children of America.
Resolved, That we are in favor Of a.
honest and faithful discharge Of the dutie
devolving on the State officers, and Of al
economical disbursement OF the publ
funds; and we hereby declare that an
man who directly or indirectly uses bi
Office for self faggrahdizement or gain,
unworthy the confidence and support {
the people. .rsfa-.r
a1f A WONDERFUL FoRrIFIcATIoE-Ther
are many wonderful natural cuyiositit
a,a-na t;1,,,.e3 ralics In he found in X M