The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-01
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should be heard and needed by the President
his Cabinet and in the Halls of Congress /;
therefore, H7 g
Resotued, That while we assert our devo-i
ton to the Constitution and the Union, and
will support the authorities, of the United
States in the full constitutional exercise of
their powers, we deliberately ayow, that the
liberties of the people are menaced by Con-
gressioial and Federal usurpatious and can
only be preserved by the energetic action of
State authority, and we are determined to
maintain and defend the honor of our State
and the rights of her people. t,,e SIS Sc 81
Resolved, That the conscription law res
Gently passed5by Congress is suLversive of fhe-
sovereignty and rights of the States ard de-
signed to make them mere dependencies. up
on the Central Government, unconstitutional
Units provisions and dangerous to the Iiber-
tiesofa the people. fe l'i3sa' siii 1865 i'sfe
ReSotued. That the National banking esyss
tenn recently inaugurated by Congress- based
as it upon an uneons tuition and irredeem-
able issue of currency, cannot fail, if forced
upon the people of the States, to prove des-
tructive, to the existing moneyed institutions
of the several States, and is covertly designed
10 establish a, vast central money power. alike
unknown to the Constitution of the United
which our government is founded. 50 -
ResoIUel That the President, by his Eman-
cip,tion proclamation, has assumed powers
not granted by the Constitution. struck Sc
rious blow at the rights of the States and
erected an almost impossible barrier Between
the North and the South, and that 10y TINS
pandering to the insane fanaticism of the ABB
olltlon faction, he has ventured upon a sys-
ten of public policy tending to disgrace our
country in the eyes .the civilized world.
and carry lust. rapine and murder, INTO every
house in the slaveholding States. mss -,5sl+ I
Res0lUed, That the acts of the Federal Adj
ministration, in sIspeuding the writ of habeas
corpus, the arrest of citizens not subject to
military law without warrant or AUTHORITY,
them to distant States, incareer-
ating them without charge or accusation, de-
nying them the right of trial by jury, of wit
nesses in their favor and counsel for their
deierse withholding from them all knowl-
edge Of, their zaccusers. and the cause of their
arrest. answering their pc ition for redress by
repeated injury and insult. prescribing in
many cases as a condition of their release,
test oaths, arbitrary and illegal; 73a ea
, Ii the abridgemeut of the freedom of
speech and of the press-in suppressing,
newspapers by military force, and establish
ing a censorship wholly incompatible with
the freedom of thought and expression of
opinion; a agf lsf-. 15a ss zs iaz
d, In the establishment of system of es-,
pionage by secret police to invade the sa-.
cred privacy of unsuspecting citizens:
In declaring martial law over States not in
rebellion, and where the courts are open and
unobstrncted for the ppnishmentsof crime; es
In attempting to strikeiout of existence the
entire value of property in slaves throughout
the country; 9s -
4 Insthe attempted enforcement of compen-
sated emaneipatonc; Sad e5 .5gssHFtlsz if
i. In the proposed taxation, of the laboring
whi.e men to purchase the freedom aud Sc
cure the the elevation of the negro
In the dismenberinent of the State of
Virginia, erecting within her boundaries new
State, without the consent of her Legislature.
Are each and all arbitrary and unconstitu-
tional; subverting the Constitutions, State
and Federal invading the reserved rights of
the people and the sovereignty of the States,
and, if sanctioned, the destruction OF the
Union, establishing upon the common ruins
of the liberties of the people and sovereign
ty of the States consolidated military des-
potiSm. 81 ai f9aIeiaa5 s7e
Resolred- That in deep reverence, for the
Constitution, which it is our privilege and
sworn duty to uphold and protect, we do
hereby enter our most solemn protest against
these usurpations of power. sf o B=
Before the reading of these resolutions was
half concluded, the House was in blaze of
excitement, which could not be controlled,
and at the conclusion of the reading, and be-
fore tie last word left the lips of the Clerk,
a simultaneous cry of fifty voices went up,
F" Mr. Speaker,'' /" Mr.. Speaker,''-but the
member from Logan was finally recognized,
who offered an amendment to expeI Dresel,
and on that motion demanded the, previous
question ss sra s5l 1iaE 81
The amendment was decided out of order,
but the previous question was sustained by a
large majority, and the yeas and nays were
demanded on the Dresel amendm mt and re-
suited as follows:
ID Y Yeas-Messrs-z Ault,. .Boesel, Chambers,
Dresel, Cribben, Keyyserf of Monroe, Scott,
Mafit, Snyder, Uhl-1o. Nays SO. 49,
All these yeas are of the pure Democratic
faith. The original resolutions. known as
the Welsh resolution of Loyalty to the Cow
ernment, were then agreed to, 81 yeas to IL
nays, all the nays being of the same Union
loving Democratic faith as before, Quite a
number of them, by this, time, lefttheir seats
or refused to vote. Mr., West then offered
the following resolution :, LAX, ..s+lss b
WHEREAS, Otto Dresel has offered to this
House preamble and resolutions disloyal in
their sentiments and insulting to the country,
fhpFpf F. 4srss f1as
Resolued, That sal, Otto Dresel be ex-
PEELED from his seat on this floor.
The lateness or the hour prevented imme-
diate action, and through the advice of some
of the prudent members, the House took
recess, and here the matter rests. L will
defer one day before mailing this, hoping to
be able to give you the result of the action.
of the hour to-day. We need not wonder
that this f1re-brand of Treason lighted up a
blaze of indignation in'every patriotic heart
and the only wonder is, that this Dressl was
not expelled at once by unanimous vote,
and the Sergeant-at-arms directed to take
the gentleman from the floor of the House.
1 hope you Will find room to publish this
Dresel affair, that the Loyal people may see
and know, what these Patriotic Denocratic
Copperaead Synlpathisers with the Rattle
snake Government are really driving att
whose every effort is to cripple the Govern
ment, both in State and Nation
No further action has. been. had on the
Dresel resolution. s5sf.,4sssG R.
F OHIO SENATE. rol iaEst'sss
Mr. Riarce .afferad for aaontion the follow