Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-11-14

tlon OF tnat FeueraDle WOrk OF on
Fathers. the BM.of Rights. which tn
Stale Constitution solemnly declsres L
be an integral portion Of itself. an,
never to be riolatsd on any pretenc
whatever.
They have placed us in the false stti
tude of revolt against bene6cent ant
protecting Government which ha,
never done us an injustice, and whiel
was full of blessings to US sll.
They have made loyalty crime. ant
betrayed many of our people saio ae
tive rebellion. by false pretenees and in
timidaiion. safsT.-
] They have endeavored. by the gross.
est falsehoods. persistently repeated
and by exaggerated appeals to preju'
dice and passion. TO influence our
minds against fellow citizens whose in.
tereourse with us had been productive
only Of benefits.
: They have destroyed commerce
with our Northern brethren which af-
forded a means of livelihood to no
small portion of our people. and there
by brought the horrors Of starvation to
our doors.
They have inaugurated a neighbor-
hood warfare OF most cruel and unpity-
ing ferocity. which spares neither age.
sex. or condition, but which arrays
brother against brother, father against
son, and substitutes for the kindly in
tercourse of friend with friend, a fend-
ish hatred. espionage and persecu-
ton.
They have invaded the sacred pre-
cincts of the household. and sundered
the dearest ties of human nature
have torn husbands and fathers from
their homes. and robbed families Of
their natural protectors.
They have perpetrated the most
shocking harbarities, and established a
reign Of terror and alarm without pre-
cedent in civilized history.
They have countenanced outrages
and bloodshed, and encouraged mobs
and riots; they have sanctioned the
proceedings of irresponsible and self
constituted vigilance committees. and
other bodies utterly unknown to the
laws; tolerated with complacency their
prescription and indiscriminate violence,
and applauded their atrocious deeds.
They have brutallv murdered inoffen-
sive and harmless persons, some of
them Of great age.
They have offered rewards for the
lives of frpemen guilty of no crime,
and pu. prices upon their heads.
They have organized fraud and false
hoods. and made system Of robbery
and theft.
They have taught our youth habitu-
al disrespect of law, and inculcaled
lessons of sedition and unbridled IL
cense.
They have used every agency OF
bribery and corruption to consummate
their ends.
They have invited foreign tyrants to
our shores, and sought through the in
trigues OF commissioners abroad to bar
ter away our chartered liberties.
They have confscated the property
of citizens without Just cause.
They have denied us the exercise of
the elective franchise, and set at nought
that provision of our organic law which
affirms that elections ought to be often
held.
They haYe destroyed the freedom of
speech and of the press.
They have arrested and imprisoned
peaceful and unoffrnding citizens with
out due process Of law. and suspended
the writ Of h0beas corpus.
They have recklessly disregarded the
will Of the people to abide by the COM
pact OF the National Union as repeat
edly declared in public meetings
throughout the State. and BY the en-
phaiic and overwhelming vote of the
qualified electors Of the commonwealth
in February last.
They have set aside the solemn and
deliberate disapproval Of the machina-
lions Of the disunionists. pronounced
by majority of the people, in refusing
to authorize the calling OF State Con-
venlion.
They have prostituted their official
position to the purpose of a secret and
Infamous conspiracy. which had pre-
determined the destruction of the Union,
regardless of popular dissent, and, in
the INSCRIPTIONS zeal Of their treason.
they have assumed powers without
warrant, either expressed or implied, in
the Constitution.
They have arrogated the authority.
through convention, summoned with
indecent haste and acting in fragrant
violation of the wishes Of the people, to
perform an act legally impossible, and
therefore with effect or iorce. in de-
creeing the secession Of this common
wealth from the Federal Union. The
ordinances Of this convention have new
er been submitted to the people for
their ratification or rejection.
They have commissioned ten men
as Representatives Of the State in a
body called the Confederate Congress.
unknown to and unauthorized by the
laws. and occupying an attitude Of
hostility to the Constitution which
North Carolina has formally and
de6antly ratified and accepted as the
supreme law Of the land. And as il
to omit no incident Of complete dis.