Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-04-11
RESOLUTIONS.
TIE |ollo,cing oye he resolutions passe' al
a amstiHg hcM at SttH Water, recently.


The foilowing oye he resolutions passed. al
amsting heH at SttH Water, recently,
WHEREAS, The Constitution Of the
United States and of the State Of Pennsyl-
vania, guarantee to us the "Freedom Of
speech and Of the Press
And, whereas, the time has come when
every man should think soberly, and speak
fseely, therefore
Resolued, That, the bloody struggle
in which we are now engaged, is not IN
our opinion, carried on by the admiustra-
tion Tor the restoration of the Union as it
was nor for the Constitution as it is but for
the abolition of slavery, an object as NOR
ally and socially wrong, as it is unconsti-
tutional.
Resolved. That, the Administration,
has forfeited all claims to our respect and
confidence, by the manner in which it has
conducted the war, either not having the
intelligence to grasp the subject involved
in it, or the frmnoss to carry out the
honest convictions of its own mind.
ResoiVed, That the President has not
acted for the good of the whole Nation
as our Chief Magistrate should, but has
favored sectional and fanatioal party
that care as little for him as they do for
the country, their chief object being,
through him, to accomplish favorits end.
ResolCed, That as a reason for his re-
peated violations Of the Constitution, he
has set up the tyrant's plea of necessity
plea as void of reason as it is unnecess
airy and dangerous.
ReSoiUei, That he has gradually beer
assuming unwarrantable powers, until h
now fills the Presidential chair as de>poti
cally as does the Gear the throne of Rus
sa.
ReSo'cm, That to require us to acqui
esce in the course he has pursued, proves
his ignorance over the Nation which hi
presides, and is an insult to the intelli
gence of men who know and appreciate
their rights
Resolced, That the war has been but {
waste Of money and of life, spreading des
olation over some of the fairest por
tions of our COMMUNICATING up the re
lations of society, and filling the land wit
s teara, lamentations and woes.
Resolued, That the object of the wa
being unconstitutional, the people are un
i der neither Illegal, Patriotic, or Religion
obligations to sustain it.
$ ReSoiUed, That the war should cesst
+ and every peaceful means used in order t
4 tbring about an honorable settlement, to
if a large majority of the people could b
. heard, their voices would be in favor (
peace.
l. RtS0lUed, That we congrat ,late I'll
d country upon the expiration of the thirty
+. seventh Congress, which assuming powe
unknown to the Constitution, and NJ
found in previous congressional histor,
le has left record, that will assign a ma jo
ity of the actors to the inlamy they d.
serve.
:. Rtsolucd, That to be loyal citizer
10 is to be true to the Constitution and Il
g Laws, and not to men who trample the
70 under their feet.
sr ResolUed, That the conscription bi
l. passed by the last Congress, is unjust,
n that it favors the rich, who for three hui
dred dollars can escape its provisions viii
- it consigns the poor man to the hardship
l. and dangers of the battle field, that it trar
Piles upon the rights of the States, disr
CARDS the civil laws and places the who
courts under despotie military rule.
20 Resolved, That we pledge our utmc
excrtions, in the use of every lawful mea
, to remove from power party that h
ne proven itself so unworthy Of the high trr
n, committed to it.