The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-12-19
crime against the Constitution and the Union.

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competent for the House, or any other authori-
/ ty. to establish a dictatorship in the United
States, thereby superseding the Constitutional
! authorities of the Union, and shall proceed to
make any movement toward the declaring of q
dictator, shall he guilty of q high crime against
| the Constitution and the Union and public lib
erty.
Resolved, That the unhappy civil war in
which we are engaged was waged, in the begin
ming, professedly not in any spirit of oppression,
or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation,
or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of the States,
but to defend and maintain the supremacy Of
the Constitution, and to preserve the Union
with all dignity, equality and rights of the sew
erai States unimpaired, and was so understood
and accepted by the people, and especially by
the army and navy of the United States, and
that therefore whoever shall pervert or attempt
to pervert the same to a war of conquest and
subjugation, or for the overthrow or interfe.
renee with the rights or established institutions
of anv of the States, or to abolish slavery there
| in, or for the purpose of destroying or impair
ing the dignity, equality or the rights of any Of
the States, will be guilty of fragrant breach
of public faith, and of high crime against the
Constitution and the Union. sig Z! fs46s
Mr.. Lovejoy, of Illinois, objected to the res
olutions. All that was good was containedin
those of Mr.. Stevens.
On his motion, Mr.. vaandiglan,'s resolu-
tions were tabled. Yeas 75 nays So siisals
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Arnold, Ashley,
Babbitt Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham,
Blair, Blake, Burlington, Chamberlin, Clark,
Colfax, Frederick Conkling, Roscoe Conkling,
Covode, Cutler, Davis, Delano, Duell, Edger
ton, Eliot, Ely. Fenton, Fessenden, Fisher
Franehot, Frank, Goodwin, Gurley, Halo
Harrison. Hickman. Hooper, Horton, Hutch
ins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Loomis, Loyejoy,
Low Mcpherson, Mitchell, Morehead, Morrill,,
Nixon, Pike. Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Rice of
Maine, Riddle, Rollins of New Hampshire,
Sergeant, Sedgwick, Shanks, Shellaharger, Shery
mau, SIoan,, Spaulding, Stevens ,Stratton.
Thomas Of Massachusetts,, Train, Trowbridge,
Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh,a Van Wyck,.
Walker, WALL Wallace, Washburne, Wilson,,
| Window, Worcester-75. aal svad .lsosq ST
| Nays-Messrs. Allen, of H., Ancona, of Pa,
Bailey, Biddle, Browne, Of Va, Clements. Cobb,
Conway, Corning, Cox. Cravcns, Crisfeld,
Dunlap, English, Foulke,s Granger, Grider,
Hall, Harding, Holman, johnson, Knapp, Law,
Iazear. Leary, Mallory, Maynard, Menzies,
Noble, Norton, Nugent, Pendleton Perry, Price,
! Richardson. Robson, Sheffield, Sthiel Smith,
| Steele, of N. Y, Steele, of n. j., Stiles, Val-
| landigham, Vibbard, Voorhees,, White, of Ohio,
Wickliffe, Woodruff, Wright and Yeatman--'
! 50 Hee os3 0a eff 81 sle1ss7
MI Allen, of ILL.,, asked, but failed to obtain
| leave 10 offer resolution instructing the Com
mittee on the Judiciary to inquire into the al-'
| legged right Of the Federal government to set at
defiance the Constitution, laws and sentiments
Of the people of illinois in importing negroes
into that State, and to consider what action Isl
neccssaryato bring about the deportation Of tho
said negroes -..,~s,.f..sef 4. 4. ..rsang
Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois, proceeded to re-
view The message, observing that it was remark
able for what 1t says, and still more remarkal'
ble for what omits. The one-half of thetwen.
ty-ope pages is devoted to the negro. ID There,
was no page, no sentence, no line as to bravery
and good conduct of those in the field fighting
| TO maintain the flag and the Constitution and
| the Union No sorrow was expressed for the
lamented dead---no mention made of the maiin.i
cd and wounded; no sympathy was expressed
for the widows of the suffering orphans made,
in the progress of this war which could have
been avoided by honorable compromise, if tho,
President and his friends had desired to avoid
civil war. Eair @.i oi 4atiS1 oi
| The sum and substance of the message was
to tax the white man, mortgage him and his
poserity forever, to free, feed, clothe, and coll;
onize the negro When our people, anxious
| for the restorrtion of the Union and the return
of peace. look to the message to see what infor-i
nation they could get upon that subject, they
could draw only by by inference that the war
would end in thirty years, provided all
the Presidents plans were adopted by Congress
and the people. But then the President gave
the consolation that most of us would be dead
by that time. Every proposed change of the
Constitution was for the negro s.. -
No proposition was made to change the Con-,
stltution for the benefit Of the white, or to per-
petuate the Union of these States by preservr
ing the Constitution of the country The people,
will, in due time, compromise for the benefit Of
white men and not for negroes. He had hoped,
that the President would so conduct himself
that he might accord to him his support; but
| he had hoped against hope. The President
had violated the pledges he made in his Inaug-,
ural Address by the Proclamation Of the 22d.
Of September. .,,s ..t,a,..,,. ~.
| Tn the course Of his remarks. be said that
the effect Of the Proclamation was not to re-
store the Union. but only to freea the qnegrcs
Reviewing the military, events Of the year, ho
yindicated the course of Gen. Mcclellan, say.
| ing that he was removed, not because he was
incompetent, but because he refused to endorse
the Emancipation Proclamation. sai g 9a..s
| The Republicans have been running the House
and the departments of Government for the
benefit of the negro, Speaking Of the bill
which was passed to-day, indefnnifying tho
President and others from the consequences or
suspeniing the privilege of the writ Of hdbeds
c0,qus, he said the Courts will not,sanction this
II.-u n,,l t,,rn Nnrcise of nnNyar Th0