Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-30

PROTEST AGAINST THE ABOLITION WAR PoLscY-
RESTORATION OF THE UNION BY PEACEFUL
MEANS.

MEANS
In the New jersey House of Representatives.
on the 18th inst. the following resolutions were
adopted by a vote of SO to l3:
Be Il further resolved On the Senate and Gen
eraI Assembly of the State Of Nels Jersey That
this State. in promptly answering the calls made
by the President OF the United States, at aud
since the Inauguration of the war, Tor troops and
mems to assist in maintaining the power and
dignity of the Federal Government, believed and
cnnfded in the professions and declarations of
the President of the United States, in his inaugu-
raj address, and la the resolutions passed by Con-
gress on the 25th DAY of July, 1861. in which.
among other things. ii was declared that 1.-THE war
is not waged for conquest or suhlugatiOn. or in
terferins with the rights or established institu-
tons OF the States. bat to miintain and defend
the supremacy of the Constitution. with the rights
and equality under it nnimpaired. aud that, as
soon as these objects shall be accomplished. the
war ought to ease" and that. relying upon these
assur noes. given under the sanciiiv Of official
oaths. this State freely, fully and without delay
or conditions, contributed to the assistance of the
Federal Government her sens and her means.
, And be IL re~soired. That this State. having
waited for The redemption of the sacred pledges
of the President and Congress with a patience
and forbearance only equalej in degree by the
unfaltering and answering bravery and fidelity
of her sons, conceives it to be her solemn duty,
rs it is her unqueStionel right. to urge upon the
President aud Congress. in the most respectful
but decided manner. the redemption of the
pledges under which the troopS of this State en-
tered upon and TO this moment have continued in
the contest; aud inasmuch a. no conditions have
DELAYED nor hesitation marked lier zeal in be
half Of the Federal Government. even at times
when party dogmas were dangerously ~usurping
the place of broad national principles and Execu
tive and Congressional faith; and as the devo
ton of this State to the sacred cause Of perpetu-
ating the Union and maintaining the Constitn-
ton has been untainted by any degree of inf
deity. biyotry, sectioI.alism or partisanship. she
now, i'm view of the faith originally plighted,
of the disasters and disgrace that have marked
the steps of a changed and changing policy.
aud of the imminent dangers that threaten our
national existence. urges upon the Presidentand
Congress a return and adherence to the original
policy of the administration as the only means,
under the blessing Of God. by which the adj
herring Suites can he reunited in action. the
Union restored and the nation saved.
3. And be ii resolved. That it is the deliberate
sense of The people of this State that the war
power within the limits of the Constitution is
ample for any aud all emergencies; and that all
assumptions of power, under whatever plea, he
yond that conferred by the Constitution. are
without warrant or authority. and, If permitted
to continue without remoustrance, will finally
encompass the destruction of the liberties of the
people and the delth of the Republic; anu there
fore. To the end that in any event the mltnred
and deliberate sense of the people of New JERSEY
may he known and declared. we. their repre-
sentatives i'm the Senate and General Assem-
blv convened, do. ia their name aud in their be
half. make unto the Federal Government this
our solem
PROTEST.
Against a war waeed with the insurgent States
for the accomplishment of unconstitutional or
partisan purposes;
Against a war which has for its object the sub
%jugalion of any OF the States. with a view to their
reduction to a Territorial condition;
Against prorlamations from anv source by
which. under the plea Of military neceSsitv."
persons in States aud Territories sustaining the
Federal Government. and beyond necessary mill
tary lines. are held Ii ible to the rigor and severi-
ty Of military law;
Against the domination of the military over the
civil law in States. Territories, or Districts not in
a state Of instructions;
Against all arrests without warrant; against
the suspension OF the writ of habeas corpus in
Suites and Territories sustaining the Federal
Government, T" where the public safety does not
require IL" and against the assumption of power
by any person to suspend such writ, except under
the express authority Of Congress.
Against the creation of new States by the di
vision CT existing ones. or in any other manner
not clearly authorized by the Constitution: and
against the right of secession ms practically ad
mitled bv The action of Congress in admitting as
n new State n portion OF the State of Virginia.
Against the power assumed in the proclama-
ton of the President made January /, 1863, by
which all the slaves in certain States and parts of
States are forever set free; and against the ex-
p~enditure of the public monevs for the emancipa
ton of slaves, or their support at any time. under
any ~pretence whatever.
Against anv and every exercise of power upon
the part of the Federal Government that is not
clearly given and expressed in The Federal Con-
stitution-re asserting that 1.-The powers not dele
gated to the United States by the Constitution.
nor prohibited by it to the States. are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people,
A. And be Il resolred. That the uneqnalled
promptaess with which New jersey has responded
10 every call made by the President and Congress
for men and means. has been occasioned by no
lurking luminosity TO the States of the South or
the rights OF her people: no disposition to wrest
from them any of their rights. privileges, or pro-
perry: but simnly to assist in maintaining, as she
has ever believed and now believes il TO be her
duty to do. the supremacy of the Federal Consti-
tntion: and. while abating naught in her devn-
ton to the Union OF the States and the dignity
and power of the Federal Government, ut no
time since the commencement of the present war
has this State been other than willing to termin
ate peacefully and honorably to all a war unnec-
essary from its origin, fraught with horror and
suffering in its prosecution, and necessarily dan.
eerous to the liberties Of all in its continuance.
5. And lie IL resofoed. That the Legislature of
the State OF New Jersey believes that the APP
pointment Of Commissioners upon the part OF the