Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-03-22
The New Jersey Resolutions on Feder-
al Relations.
L. TiERNAN BRYAN, A. A. G.

l. Be it Resolued By the Senate and General
assembly oJ the Slate of New Jersey, That this
State, in promptly answering the calls made by
the President of the United States, at and
since the inauguration of the war, for troops
aud means to assist In maintaining the power
and dignity of the Federal Government, believ. |
ed aud confded In the professions and declars- |
tious Of the President Of the United States, in
| his inaugural address, snd 10 the resolutions
passed by Congress on the 25th day of July
| 1861, in which, among other things, 1t was de,
clared "that the war i'd not waged for conquest
or subjugstion, or interfering with the rights or
established institutions of the States, but to
maintain and defend the supremacy OF the
Constitution, with the rights and equality under
it unimpaired, and that as coon as these objects
sh all be accomplished the war ought to cegse:''
and that, relying on these assurances, given
under the sanotity OF official osths, this State
freely, fully, and without delay or conditions.
contributed to the assistance of the Federal
Government her sons and her means.
2. And be il further RssOlu.d, That this State
having waited for the redemption of the
pledges of the President and Congress with a
patience and fOsbeErance only equaled Ia de-
gree by the untaltering and unswerving brave
~ and fdelity of her sons, conceiyes it TO be
her solemn duty, as II is her uuquestioned right.
to urge upon the President and Congress, in the
most respeetful but decided manner, the re-
demptlon OF. tho pledges under which the
troops OF ths State entered upon and to this
moment have continued in the contest; and in
| asmuch ss no conditions have delayed nor hesl-
tation marked her zeal in behalf of the Fed
eral Government, even at times when party
dogmas were dangerously usurpiDg the place Of
broad national principles and Executive and
Congressional faith; and as the devotion Of
this State to the sacred cause of perpetuatino
the Union and maintainiDg the Constitutio1
has been untainted In any degree by inidelity,
bigotry, sectionalism, or partsanship, che now
in view OF the faith originally plighted, OF The
disasters and disgrace that have marked the
steps OF changed and changing policy, and of
the imminent dangers that threaten our ma
tionai existence, urges upon the President and
Congress return and adherence to the original
policy OF the Administration as the only means.
under the blessing Of God, by which the ad.
herring States can be reunited in action. the
| Union restored, and the nation saved
| 8. AHd De Il Resolved, That it is the delibe-
rate sense of the people of thia State that the
war power within tbs limits OF she Constitution
is ample for any and ell emergencies, and that
| ell assumptions Of power, under whatever plea
beyond that conferred by the Constitution, ia
| without warrant or authority, and If permitted
to continue without remonstrsnce, will finally
| encompass the destruction OF the liberties of
| the people and the death OF the republic; and
| therefore, to the end that ia any event the ma
| tured and deliberate sense Of the people of New
Jersey may he known and declared, we their
representatives in Senate and General Assem-
bly, convened, do, in their name aud In their be-
half, make unto the Federal Government this
our solemn
Against war wsged with the insurgent States
for the accomplishment of unconstitutional or
partisan purposes;
Against war which hss for it's object the
Esubiugation OF any Of the States, with view
| to their reduction to territorial condition;
Against proclamations from any source by
which, under the plea Of military necessity" |"
persons in States and territories sustaining the
Federal Government, and beyond necessary mil
itary lines, are held liable to the rigor and se-
verify Of military law;
Against the domination of the military over
the civil law in States, territories, or districtu
not in q state of insurrecton;
Against all arrests without warrant-apairst
the suspension of the writ of habeas coy0us in
States and Territories sustaining the Federal
Government, where the pnblic safety does
not require it"-and against the assumption of
power by any person to suspend such writ, ex
| cept under the express authority of Congress :.
Against the creation of new States by the
division Of existing ones, or in any other man
ner NOS clearly authorized by the Consti tuition,
and against the right Of secession as practical.
~ admitted by the action of Congress- in ad.
mitting as new State portion Of the State
Of Virginia .'r
Against the power assumed in the proclo mo
| tion of the President made January one
eighteen hundred and sixty three, by which
all the slaves in certain States and parts of
States are forever set free and againstrthe
| expenditure of the public moneys for the emap-
cpation OF slaves or their support at any time.
under any pretense whatever;
Against any and every exercise of power mn.
on the part of the Federal Government that "a
not clearly given and expressed in she Federal
Constitution -reasserting that "the powera not
delegated to the United States by the Constitu-
ton, nor prohibited by 1t to the States, are re-
served to the States respectively, or to the
people.
A. and be 1t ResOlued, That the uneoualed
promptners with which New Jersey has respond,
ed to every call made by the President and
Congress for men and means, has been ooca.
stoned by no lurking snimosity to the States of
the South or the rights of her people no dis-
position to wrest from them any of their riabts.
privileges, or property, but simply 60 assist in
maintaining, as she has ever believed and now
believes il TO be her duty to do, the an
premscy Of the Federal Constitution and
while sbating naught in. her devotion to the
union Of the states and the dignity and power
Of the Federal Government, at no time aimee
the commencement OF the present war has tbia
State been other than wiling to terminate
peacefully and honoraSly to all, war unneces-
sary. in it's origin, iraught with horror and suf-
feriDg In it's prosecution, and necessarily dan
gerous to the liberties OF all in it's continuance
S. And be II Resoloed, That the Legislature
Of the State Of New Jersey believes thai the
appointment of commissioners upon the part Of
the Federal Governments to meet commission
ers similarly appointed by the insurgent States
to convene In some suitable place for the Dur.
pose Of considering whether any, and If any.
what plan may be adopted, consistent with the
honor and dignity of the National Government,
by which the present civil war may be brought
TO close, 10 not inconsistent with the inteqri.
iy, honor and sdignity Of the Federal Govern