The Grand Haven news., 1862-03-05


pie everywhere, and when peaceable means
fail within her own territory, " falls under
the jurisdiction of Congress-" and should
be compelled, If need be, at the cannon's
mouth, to expunge the black record from
her statutes, thus rendering the record,
according to the language Of the law, .telo
de Sc, ceasiug to exist"
i" Resolved, That any combination of
men assuming" to give expression TO SEN
timents or opinions calculated TO alienate
one portion of the Union from another,
"and attempting to ensnare and coerce"
any species Of property from +" the inhabi-
tants thereof" inaugurates {" "confedera-
ton hostile 10 the Union, which is rebell-
ious, reasonable and destitute Of all moral
authority y nevertheless, affording no legal
justification for the armed rebellion Of the
aggrieved communities against the benifi-
cent parent of US all, whose glorious
blessings, like the +" dews of heaven" have
been lavished alike upon our common her
itage; and that all such combinations are
4" a usurpation, incapable of any costitu-
tional existence, and utterly lawless, so
that anything dependent upon them is
without constitutional or legal support"
Resolved, That there can be no "termi-
nation of State under the constitution"
or of "those peculiar local institutions" rec
ognized by the constitution while upheld
by the sole, exclusive authority of the
State" /.
RESOLVED, That in the exercise of its
exclusive jurisdiction over" all our territory
and States, of all delegated powers, "it is
the duty of Congress to see that the su-
premacy of the constitution is maintained"
inyiolate, $50 that everywhere in this ex-
tenve territory"the laws shall be promptly
obeyed; and that TO this end it is the
duty of all good citizens to raise their
voice and hands against all common ene-
mics TO the country and constitution, alb
olitionism, secession and rebellion, until
these vile and unnatural monsters are
everywhere driven before our banner Of
freedom to share the fate of false spirits
of old.
"ResolUed, That the allegiance from the
inhabitants and protection from the gov
ernment are corresponding obligations, de-
pendent upon each other, SO that while the
allegiance of every inhabitant is due to the
United States, and cannot in any way be
defeated, the corresponding obligation of
protection is at the same time due by the
United States TO every such inhabitant,"
and that we hail the recent glorious vic
tories of the armies of the Union over
traitors and rebels rs an earnest of the
allegiance and protection of our brave
brethren in arms and the government we
delight to honor from which all traitors,
North and South, must learn that the
constitution and flag of our country must
be maintained and respected, without a
line erased or altered, or star 0bliterated.
Resolved That President Lincoln, in
rising above mere party considerations, ac-
knowledging the claims of country before
convention, and committing himself un-
alterably TO the war for tho Union and
Constitution; in comforting upon the no.
bic General at the head of our now thor
oughly disciplined army the Office of COM
mander.in. chief, and sustaining him thro'
all his herculanean duties Of bringing .
disorganized mass of men out of chaos
and confusion up to the standard of n
thoroughly trained army Of half mil
lion, by the whole power of his official
position against the unprncipled opposi-
ton of Congressional interference; in Civ
ing to the country, in its most trying hour,
the able. energetic and patriotic services
of Secretary Stanton, and in comforting
the most important military trusts upon
such officers rs have covered themselves
: and their country with imperishable re-
nown, has given TO the country and the
world spectacle of moral and political
heroism worthy of all admiration, and to
the democratic party handsome acknowl-
edgemeut of their countenance and sup
port in his adherence to all the require
ments of the constitution, in the darkest
hour of our national history.
RESOLVED, That the unbounded sym
pathes of the loyal States are due to
their suffering brethren of the South,
where the arch traitors and ingrates who
have led of this unholy rebellion are rid
ing and ruling with rod of iron, TO the
sundering Of all political ties by which
they have been sustained and upheld thro'
every factional struggle since our national
existence, deserting and rending the great
political organization whose existence and
growth has been identified and parallel
with the greatness and prosperity of our
democratic institutions, and that we hail
with uuspeakable JOY the Union uprisings
in every disaffected State where the glo-
rious old flag is unfurled, as ushering in
the auspicious hour Of a restored Union
and Constitution.
Motion made and supported that the
} report of the committee be published in
the Detroit Free Press, and that the re-
port and proceedings of the convention
be published in the Grand Haven News
and The Holander. Carried.
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