Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-30

,,o,,,ors and RIGHTS NAV for time be interrupt
ed or obstructed by rebellion, and some lie
climate authority may be suostltuteu III It's
Mace but as soon as the rebellion Is suppress
sed. these states will be entitled OF right 10
resI,me the exercise of all rights, powers,
dignites, and immunities, when properly De-
long to them as states of the union.
9Th Resolved, that the present war, as
ayowed bv the president and congress, and
understood by the people, was commenced
and prosecuted for the purpose OF suppressing
rebellion, and preserving and indicating the
constitution, union and laws, and for that pur
pose only. 1t was a great and noble purpose,
high above any mere sectional or party OBJ
iects, and at once it inspired and united in its
support all loyal men of every creed, party,
and section. At the call of the government
a mighty army, the noblest and most patriotic
ever known, sprung at once into the field, and
is bleeding and conquering in defence of its
government. Under these circumstances it
would in our opinion be most unjust and I'M
generous to give any new character or direc-
ton to the war for the accomplishment of
any other than its first great purpose, and es-
pecially for the accomplishment Of any mere
party or sectional scheme.
9TH, Resolved that the many and great vic
tories lately acquired by our armies and ma
of the vast military power of our government,
give us the pleasing assurance that our de-
plorable civil war will soon be brought to a
close, should the proper objects of war as
herein before defined be kept steadily in
view, and when that is done, and when such
punishment is inflicted on such of the guilty
leaders as will satisfy public justice, and upon
such others as have made themselves con-
spicuOus for crimes committed in the prose-
cution of rebellion, it is our opinion that our
government should adopt such wise measures
of clemency as will tend to bring back cordial
reconciliation and peace to the whole country.
''6th Resolved that the doctrines of the Sc
cessionists and aboltionists, as the latter are
now represented in congress, are alike false
to the constitution and irreconcilable with the
peace and unity of the country. The first
have already involved us in a cruel civil war,
and the abolitionists will leave to the country
but little hope of a speedy restoration of the
Union or Of peace, if the schemes of confis-
cation, emancipation, and other unconstitu-
tional measures which they have lately car
ried and attempted to carry through the
house of representatives, shall be enacted in
to the form of laws and remain unrebuked by
the people.
9th, Resolved, that congress has no pow
er to deprive any person of his property for
any criminal ot1ense unless that person has
been duly convicted of the offence by the YER
dict of a jury, and that all the acts of congress,
like these, lately passed by the house Of rep
resentatives which assume to forfeit or confs-
cate the estates Of men for offenses of which
they have not been convicted upon due trial
by jury, are unconstitutional and lead to OPP
preston and tyranny. 1t is no justification
for such acts that the crimes committed in
the prosecution of rebellion are of unexam-
pied atrocity, nor is there any such justilica-
ton as state necessity known to our govern
ment or laws"
''Ihe foregoing resolutions are in eXplana-
ton and reaffirmance of resolution passed
at the extra session of the present congress,
known as ''the Crittenden resolutions" and
which declared that this war is not waged on
our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for
any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor
for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering
with the rights Of these states, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy Of the constitu-
ton, and to preserve the Union with all the
dignity, equality, and rights of the several
states unimpaired, and that as soon as these
objects are accomplished the war ought to
cease"
committee was appointed to superintend
the publication Of and procuring of signatures
to the resolutions. There were about thirty
five members present, and various reasons
were given for the absence of other gentle
men.