Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-05
Constitutional Llberty-vOte I'm COn-
RreoD.


In the proceedings Of Congress on the Isl
inst. appeared the following: A ai IN
Mr.. Cox offered the following preamble and
resolution:
Whereas many citizens of the United States
have been seized by persons acting, or pretend
Ing to be acting, under authority OF the United
States, and have been carried out Of the juris'
diction of the States of their residence and i'm
prisoned in the military prisons and camps OF
the United States, without any public charge
having been preferred against them, and with
out any opportunity being allowed them to
learn or dlsprove the charges made or alleged
10 be made against them; and whereas euch
arrests have been made In States where there
was no inaurrection, or rebe lion, or pretenee
thereof, or any other obstruction to the author
ity OF the Government: and whereas 1t is the
sacred right of every citizen that he shall not
be deprived Of liberty without due process of
Law, and when arrested, shall have speedy
and public trial by ON impartial jury: There
fore
Resolued, That the House of Representatives
do hereby condemn all such arrests and prac-
tices as unWarranted by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, and 40 q usurpasior
of power never given up by the people to their
rulers, and do hereby demand that all such ar
rests shall hereafter cease, and that all persons
go arrested and yet bel shall have prompt
and public trial, according to she provisions OF
Of the Constitution.
Mr.. Colfax moved to lay the preamble and
resolution upon the table. The preamble as'
ser.s what is not true.
Mr.. Vallandigbsm demanded the yeas and
nays on the motion to lay on the table.
Laid on the table by 80 yeas to 40 nays, as
follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Arnold, Babbitt,
Baker, Baxter, Beamsn, Bingham, s. s. Blair,
Blake, W. G. Brown, Burlington, Casey, Cham
berlain, Clark, Clements, Colfax, F. A. Conk-
ling, R. Conkling, Dawes, Duell, Dunn, Edger.
ton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Fenton, 8. G. Fessen'
den, T. A. D. Fessenden, Ffsnchot, Frank
Gooch, Goodwin, Gurley, Harrison, Hickman
Hooper, Horton, Hutohins, Julian, Kelley, F.
w. Kellogg, W. Kellogg, Lansing, Leary,
Lehman, Loomis, Lovejoy, Low, McNight,
MePherson, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorheed, ]
s. Morrill,, Olin, Patton, Pomeroy, Potter, J. H
Rice, Riddle, E. H. Rollins, Sergeant, Sedg-
wick, Sloan, Spaulding, stratton, Train, Trim
BILE, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh,
Van Wyck, Verree, Walker, Wall, Wallaoel
Wheeler. Wilson, Window, Worcester-sO
NAYs-Messrs. Ancona. Baily, Biddle, ]. b
Blair, Calvert, Corning, Coz. Crittenden, En-
glish, fouke, Granges, GrideT, haight. Han
usraiMhnN, m. MohIa No.s nnspP' F Nrgan % OdsiI P.ics
Richardson, Sheffield, shiel, J. B Steele, W. G.
Steele, Stiles. B. F. Thomas, =. Thomas, Val
ianalgnsW, WARD ~ a. "n''s' "i'Aine
", .. :. p.;,,. :,
,sn. NM sstsd 10 ;nfo,m The House What citizens Of
Illinois are at present confined In Fort Warren,
Fort Delaware, and in-the Old Capitol prison
ano IN any C.net io,s % p,soes od s,.
ne places where arrested; and chat The Preai
dent be further requested to inform the House
me names Oh persons ma. nave Deen st,estss .s
iimits Of thai State and since released; whaI
we're the charges against them, and BY whom
made, and BY whose ORDERS ana oy "na' Ia"
'nsy we're evsnS ovsd The mo,on on ,bs
table. Carried by "a aesiust 40.
We desire IN nlace these resolutions on rec-
ord. ma evideucs forevs, of the utter TYRANNY
which has been sanctioned bv the dominant rar.
~. In waiting down Mr.. Cox,s resolution, thew
condamn svs,v nr;uc;nle os constitutional lib.
er,v asserted in Rnalapd for hundreds of years,
and remarkably reasserted in the BiIl of RIGHTS
of overv constitution IN Ame,,c. Tbe.e nr;n.
cnle. of civil Iibs,.v an sa,u.arv IN nublio safe
.v. we're anplisd bv RepubIioaus when their par
,v IA, .voupp and pure - to the alleped wrongs
81 Ko,s,s n, ,ha 1s,h of J,no 1885 a. ,bs
National Rsnublicsu: Convan,ion In Philsdel.
nh,a q n,o.aa. vas sn.s,sd soa,ns. tho usu,ns.
ton of oft3cials asustained bv The military nov.
ar of ,be Government - 70 enforce and make
t,,,nn;cal and uncors,i.n,,on.J ,s,s. and ,ho