Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-31
President LineoIn's Amnesty Proc.
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The following resolutions were offered in
the Virginia House of Delegates by Mr..
HUTCHINSON on Friday last, and referred to
the committee on Confederate relations: 20
Whereas: Abraham Lincoln, President OF
the United States, has by various messages
and proclamations endeavored to create the
impression upon the civilized world that the
secession of the several States of the South
and the organization of the Confederacy
were acts of those whom he styles the lead
ers of the people, In contradistinction of the
people themselves, and was not the free and
spontaneous choice OF the people; and
whereas in order to carry out this idea, he
has recently issued his proclamation, in
which he endeavors to seduce the patriotic
soldiers of our army and the citizens of this
ancient Commonwealth from their love of
country andincite them to the abandonment
of those duties which deVolye upon them
as descendants of the noble and chivalrous
ancestry of '76, in the present struggle for
national independence and civil and religi-
Gus liberty; therefore, We the members of
the General Assembly of Virginia, freely
chosen by the people in accordance with
the time-honored laws and institutions of,
the State, and fresh from association and in
tercourse with our patriotic constituents,
do hereby, for and in behalf of ourselves
and in the name of the people of Virginia
l. RESOLVED, That the separation from the
United States was the deliberate act of the
Representatives of the people in convention
assembled, ratified by the almost unanimous
voice of the constitutional voters of the
State, confirmed by voluntary enlistment
Of more than one hundred and thirty thou
al oh ctai ht,o tn -
taxation unprecedented in the annals oflcg-
islation, and defended by heroisn and self
sacrificing patriotism unexampled in the
pages ofhistory;and that any representation,
from any quarter whatever, that the people
of Virginia have acted under duress in this
revolution, is a gross misrepresentation Of
facts and SANDER upon their character;
that having calmly counted the cost and
weighed the danger and difficulties neces-
sary for the achievement of the rights and
independence they covet, the people of the
Old Dominion spurn with contempt the
proffered pardon and amnesty of the said
Lincoln.
2. iResolred, That the terms proposed by
the said proclamation are degrading to tree
men, and all who seriously entertain them
are destitute of patriotism and traitors to
their country, and viii be SO regarded and
treated by the authorities Of this Common
wealth. .-,-v,-s.-
8. Resolsed, That the people of Virginia
have, In the struggle, inalienably united
their destiny, forweal or for woe, with the
other States of the COnfcderacy, and that
they. will share the same fate, accept no of
fers, make no terms of peace that do not
secure to her sister States the same rights,
privileges and Independence which we seek
for ourselves. '',1.a ssisaHt
A. RESOLVED, That although the difficulties
which now seem to environ us appeaAto to be
great, there is no just cause for alarm, be-
cause they are nothing like as distressing
and embarrassing as those which frequently
darkened the prospects and threatened with
destruction the efforts Of our ancestors; and,
relying upon the same source of support
which brought them out of all their diff
culties and crowned them with success, the
confidence in the prudence, energy and
of the proper constituted au-l 4
thorities, the patriotism, perseverance, and
iberality of the people, and the courage of
our brave soldiers guided by the wisdom
md sustained by the mercy of an All-wise
ind beneficent Ruler, we have every faith
m the ultimate SUCCESS Of our arms and the |
Of our object-the inde-
of the Confederate Statesof Amer
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