Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-25


RESOLUTIONS OF THE DExooRkrsc COUNTY eOSvKS
TIox
I The following resoiulior- were adopted BY a
unanimous vote By the convention on he oh
inst Ties have the ring OF tie genuine metal
We commend them 10 the attention Of other coun-
ties in the State.
Rssolred. That We, the Democracy Of Hunt
iEston county In mass convention assembled,
accept the late elections as the judgment OF the
ripe intellectual manhood of the country IN
which this corrupt and tyrannicsl Administration
has been arraigned. and By a just and righteous
criticism condemned: for, among other things,
pfecpitating the country IN unnecessary, un-
holy and ruinous civil WARRIOR the many palpa-
bic and wicked violations OF the Constitution and
it, most sacred guarantees IN the total disregard
OF tie rights Of personal liberty and private prop
erty-in its tyranny over our own race and TOOL
ish regard for a serve one-an audaeious tramp
ling upon the nights OF our own citizens with
a hsmsliating crouching 70 every foreign de
mand.
Rssolred. That it il due 10 the people that their
expressions at the ballot-box should be regarded :
That by that expression the people have most en-
phaticaly said that they tired of this unholy
WAR, and that the members elect to the next Con-
gress should feel themselve instructed to insist
that this war shall no longer be prosecuted for
any other purpose than the restoration of the
terms Of perfect equality, as was intended b
the Constitution of our fathers, and that no
appropriations of men or money should be made
for the continuance OF the war for any other
purpose.
RssolDed. That We regard the restoration of
peace to the country. upon honorable adjust
ment of the issue involved in this calamitous
civil war, as paramount TO all other consldera
lions; and that in considering the terms OF such
settlement, We will look only to the welfare,
peace and safety OF tie white race, without refer
TO the effect that settlement may have upon
\ the condition oil the African.
\ Resolped That it l. due TO the tax PAYERS Of
Indisna that they should know to what purpose
their hard earnings have been applied, and that
we recommend to the Legislature now about 20
assemble the proprety of insIitutng strict in
quiry, by appropriate committees. into the hnan-
cial conduct of our State officers, and more
especially that of the Governor, with reference
To the prOdigal appropriations made by that silly
and corrupt Legislature of 1c6l.
Resoiued That when we survey our present
unhappy difficulties a country, as well as their
origin and surroundings. the responsibilities of
their authors and the consequences to future
generations; the solemn and imposing proportions
of the subject inspire with contempt for every
thing OF decetiul or time serving character.
and impel us To speak frankly, and make this
solemn declaration: That, bad il not been for the
fanatcism and peculation of New England, our
generation would not have witnessed the CHASTITY
specter Of disuniOp; and were il not for the same
causes still potent for evil. those difficulties could
<feadily be adjusted. Therefore, We declare that,
when we have exhausted every reasonable effort
for the restoration of the Union as it was should
New England stand in the breach, We as W est
ern men, will consult Western interests and
Western pride. which alike forbids that the great
Mississippi valley should be divided. and thereby
rendered tributary to ruinous system Of ankee
Intolerance, cupdity class legislation Nol never
will we for one moment consent to surrender the
fellowship of any of her gallant sons, or the rich
commerce of her broad acres mol The great
Mississippi valley, "now and forever and in
separable.' Then will we cheeriully say to New
England. with all her cupidty with all her mean
ness fanatcism, follies and moral turpitude, we
bid you good bye, remembering you only for the
wrongs you have done u.s.
Resoired, That reaflirm the following reso
lutions adopted by us in County Convention in
August 1861:
L. That next to the liberties of the people and
independence of the States, we most earnestly
desire the perpetuation of the Union of the
States, but We solemnly proclaim the conviction
that this Union can only be preserved by the
maintenance of the principles upon which IL was
founded-the voluntary consent of its members
and scrupul0uS observance OF the rights Ct each
other under the Constitution-and that '-war is
,disunion.'
? That we have always accorded to Others the
right crticise and freely comment upon the
acts OF public officers, and discuss, in becoming
manner. through the press otherwise. all SUBJ
jects in any way concerning a people; and
We claim the same privilege for ourselves and
will resist to the last extremity any and all at
tempts, from whatever source they may come, to
abrldge or interfere with such rights
}. That tyranny and eowardce monsters
Of the same birth. and now, "a ever seek to in
trench themselves behind the military, and that
the keeping up of the army lately so wickedly
and unconstitutionally and under the com
mand of Abolitionists and INSCRIPTIONS adven-
urers, is Inconsistent with the liberties of the
people, and already present the frightful proper
tons of a military despotism
4. That we have sympathy with the cause
of secession and do not believe that in the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln to the presldency-Ab-
otionist and secessoBist he was known to
be-the Confederate States had any Just cause to
Sittdraw from the Union. But the facts are so
apparent that all patriotic, moral and sensible
men must stand appalled, at the INSCRIPTIONS
perhdy his Administration has inaugurated That
perjury and usurpaton characterize his public ca
reer; that neither written constitutions official
acts afford any guarantee against the licentous-
ness of his Administration, and that in the wan
ton and palpabe violation OF the Constitution of
habeas corpus. in depriving citizens of liberty and
property without due course of LAWN the levy
ing OF war by the President-n raising an army:
in providing and maintaining navy-n giving a
preference in commerce TO the ports of one State
over another-in the unreasonable search and
SEIZURE of persons and papers-in the dissertation
OF the houses and homes of citizens-in the sub
jugation of the press-in the prostitution of the
teegraph--in the abridgment of the liberty of
speech, and like wrongs and usurpations we have
witnessed the overthrow of constitutional liberty
In America.
,. That we take pride in rendering cordial
support TO our Government in the exercise of all
its constitutional functions. without stopping TO
question their propriety, at the hustings and
ballot box: our LOYALTY TO Government shall
never be prosttuted to a sycophantic adulaton of
tyrant, quiet submission to his usurpations
6. That we have accepted the Constitution OF
the United States from our fathers, a fortress
around the liberties of the people, prescribing in
flexible limits to the powers of the Government
in peace as we'll as in war. and we hold its invio-
liability paramount 10 any emergency. and no
necessity, however great, can ever justify It's vic
lation.
T. That We have unbounded confidence in the
gallaniry aud courage of the Western volunteers.
and while disappt owing of the war in which they
are engaged. with all lis ruinous incidents. they
have our kindest wishes for their welfare and safe
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