The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-08-19
A Voice Against the War from
New jersey.


A large and enthusiastic Demo
cratic peace meeting was held al
Schaaienberg, Bergen county, \. J.,
Tuesday afternoon, July 90, Al which
the following resolutions wora pass
cd
Rcso2red, That rs citizens of the
State of New jersey, a sovereignty
always faithful to the compact which
she cntercdinto with the other States.
her peers, and which has ALWAYS
strictly sustained the constitution. We
are loyal to the General Governments
to the full extent OF its limited and
specified powers, and devoted to that
Union which was found on the csn-
sent of its creators, and ratinod hy
the several States, its members.
Re~tced. That loyalty to the
Union is only compatible with strict
fidelity to the constitution, and that
those who violate the provisions of
the latter, even under the llypocriti-
cal pretence preserving the former,
are enemies to be confronted and re-
sisted
ReSo'rcd. That we firmly protest
| against tho attempts made under
color of the ivraut's eNcHse, "nccessi-
tv," to consolidate this Government
lection, and to rob free white citizens,
for whom this Government was form
ed, of their constitutional rights and
privileges.
Resoired, That thi. Union based
on the consent of States. and the
good will OF the people. cannot be
preserved by the bayonet and sword
| ofthe soldier, and that the result Of
continued civil war can only be ,he
permanent dissolution OF n Union
which. up to this period. was bless
ing to the people, aud which would
continue to be SO throughout all time
if administered according to its true
spirit and intent.
Resoired, That we charge the aw-
full responsibility for the pending
civil war. fer all its sacrifice of valu-
able lives. its lavish waste oftreasure,
and the deadly blow it has stricken
at our prosperity as people-upon
the asitators in the Northern States.
who, though the press and popular
assembiascs, and most of all. from
prostituted pulpit, have exertcd
themselves to educate generation
to hate the South - and who are to
day gIoating over the spectacle Of
Americans Mounted on to slaughter
by the very parties who are witness
es OF the contest. but too cowardly to
participate in it. That the asgres-
sors among the States have been the
'ransgressors of the bonds OF the
Union and that upon the heads of
the anti-slavery fanatics and -dema-
gogues of the North, who are play
ing into the hands of equally unscru-
pulous men in the South, rest the
crimes of fratricide, bloodshed and
treason against the liberties of the
people and the union of the States.
Resoleed, That the suppression OF
the writ of habeas corpus by irres-
ponsible soldiery, through the orders
of the Executive the seizure of
respectful petitions without color of
law by the police of New York the
unlawful increase Of the standing ar
my the stoppage Of newspaper
presses in Missouri the inearccra-
ton ofcitizens without warrant, and
the systematic attemps made to re-
press free speech by the tools of the
President, meet our seycrest condem-
nation. and cannot be cnred by the
passage of laws which are themselves
equally unconstitutional, and there
fore void and of no effect.
Rcsofred, That the whole course
of the Executive, and of the Con-
gress Of the United States M his in
stance, be;rays Il settled purpose to
destroy the rights If States and indi-
viduals. aud yaIpipv IA. freedom be
queathed to u~ by pur fathers, we
are prepared TO resist a-urpad pow
cr in every legal aud righiinI way
that our determined hatred 10 ,Sram-
ny may suggest.
Resofrea, That copy Of these re-
solutions be semitic the Hon. George
L. Cobb, the Representative in Con
gress from this district, and that he
be requested to.use every means to
stay the progress of this fratricidul
war.