The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-04-29
VOICE OF NEW JERSEY.

Protest against The Har Poiey--Res,ora.
ton offhe Union By Peaceful Means- Protect
against Lincoln's .dcis, &c.
New Jersey has again declared agains,
the war. Her voice is plain and earnest,
and il cannot be mistaken. Her legisla-
ture has just, by vote OF 3s to Is, passed
the following resolutions. Read them and
her manly protest against the acts Of Lin
culn:
|. BE IL further resoired BY the Senate
aud General .assenbiy Of the STATE Of NeW
Jersey, That this State. in promptly an
,wering the calls made BY the President Of
the United States. at and since the inau-
guratIon Of the war, for troops and means
10 assist in maiataining the pewer and
dignity of the Federal Government. be-
Ileyed and conhded in the professions and
declarations Of the President oi the United
States, in his inaugural address, and in the
resolutions passed by Congress on the 25th
day Of July. 1861, in which, among other
ihings, IL was declared ",hat the war is
not waged fur conquest or subjugalinn or
interfering with. the rights or established
institutions oi the States, but 10 MAINTAIN
snd defend the supremacy Of the Consiitu-
ton. with the rights and equality under il
unlmpaired. and that, as soon as these OBJ
iects shall be accomplished. the war ought
10 ceasr !" and that. relying upon these as.
suranees. gisen under the ssnctity Of uiTi
cal oSths, thi. State freely, fully, and
without delay or conditions, contributed 10
the assistance Of the Federal Government
her sons and her mraas.
:. .9nd be IL Resolrsd, That this State,
having waited for he redemption Of the
sacred pledge. Of the President and Con-
srrs with patience and fnibearsnce only
eqaalsd in degree by The unfaltering and
answering bravery and fidelity of her sons
eenceiyes IL 10 be her solemn duty, as il il
her unquestioned right, to urge upon The
President and Congress. in the most re.
spr.tlul bnt decided manner. the redemp.
ton uf the pledges under which tie troop,
af iliis STATE entered upon and 70 this mn.
ne#t have continued III the contest; and
inasmuch a. no conditions have delayed
nor hesitation marked her zeal in behalf %
ihe Federal government. even at iimei
nhrn pa;y dogmas we're dangerously
asnrping the place of broad national prin
sIplrs and Executive and Congressions
ialih; and ss the devotion Of this State I,
he sacred cause of perpetuating the Unior
al maintaining The Constitution has beef
aniainied in any desree by inhdelity
bgoiry. sectinnaIism or partnership. 81,
nov. ~ view Of the faith originally plight
ri, ~ The disasters and disgrace that hav,
asf sed the steps ot changed and changing
pulley, and Of the imminent dangers tha
ihfeaten our national existence, urges up
- The President and Congress- return an,
adherence to the original policy Of The al
miHistration. as the only means, under N,
blessing Of God, by which the aiherin
States can be reunited in action, the Iinio
festnrcd, and the nation saved.
2. find be II Rssciped, That Il Is the dc
libcraie sense Of the people ot this Stat
that the war power within the limits Of III
Constitution i ample for any and all emer
rrncies ;and that all assumption. sf move
under whatever plea, beyond that confer
ed BY the Consultation. are without war
ant " authority, and. If permitted to con
irue without rcmonstrance, will hnall
eompass the destruction of the Repul
1s; aud therefore, TO the end that in an
..snt the malurcd and deliberate sense Z
IL people of New Jersey NAV be know
90 declared. We, their representatives. Il
senltc and General Assembly convened
10, 10 their nane and in their bchslf, max
INTO tho Federal Government this ou
solemn
PROTEST.
Against, war waged with the insurger
siatrs for the accomplishment Of uncor
siiutional Or partisan purposes;
Against war which has for its obie,
The subjugation Of any OF the States, with
view TO their reduction TO territorial col
dition;
Against procIamations from any sour,