Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-26
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Good Resolutions.

Inc Democracy Of YORK county, Penn9yiva-
MIA, at their late Convention unanimously
adopted the following capital resolutions. They
have the ring Of the true metal, and may with
great proprieIy be adopted In Ohie as well ae
In Pennsylvania, by simply striking out the
names of ANDREW G.. CURTIN, GEORGE w.
WOODWARD, and WALTER H. LowRIE, wherever
they occur, and inserting right there the names
of DAVID TOP, G. l.. VALLANDIoHAM, and P.
VAN TRUMP. The resolutions are as follows.
Resoved That the Constitution Of the United States
s the supreme law Of the land and entitled, OF right
to the obedience Of all om the highest to the lowest
that there Ia rghtful power In the Federal Govern
ment to dispense with set aside supersede any Of its
provisions, and that the doctrine Of ager Tao" 10
an alrocious and abomnabe political heresy, utterly
subversive Of all constitutional government, and do.
Btructive Of the rights and liberties Of the people,
ReSOI0ed, That Abraham Lincoln, President OF the
United states has perverted this Government from the
constitutional heretofore established and admins
tered, into a military dospotisn absolute oppres
Biye as that Of the OZa OF Russia. He has, by military
violence, overthrown the Government Of sovereign
States OF this Union and established others In their stead
subservent 10 himself. He has In those States unscru
pulously arrested and imprisoned men without any
charge OF time and without authority Of law, when
ever they stood in the way OF his designs. He has BY
similar violence dragged the Judges Of State Courts from
the bench degraded them from their Official positions
and subjected them to brutal and harbarous treatment for
no cause except that OF firm and faithful DISCHARGE Of
their duties according ito their consclences and oatbs
OF office. He has overthrown the supremacy OF the
civil laws Of the land and established military power in
their place. abolished the right Of trial by uy instruct
ed his officers and mnions to refuse obedience the civil
process Of the courts OF law, and resisted the enforce
Of such process by violence He has caused thous
ands Of men, and children, free citizens OF these
StaeB to be illegally seized and transported public
bastileg where he has kept them mmured in loathsome
dungeons far from their homes and families and beyond
the limits Of their States, and afterward, at his own
caprice TUNED them out OF prison, without accusation
trial or judgment, and without Ieparaon for the injury
BE has suppressed newspapers letters and documents
and denied their transmission through the Government
mails; has established odous partisan censorship
the telegraph and press has converted these great
means for the circulation OF public intelligence into
instruments for the accomplishment Of unjust and par
san purposes and has denied to the free citizens Of this
country the liberty Of speech and Of the press He has
ordered illegal searches and seizures OF persons and pa
pers has condemned freemen unheard and without trial
according TO law and has inflicted them cruel unusual
and illegal punishmenta. He has transformed the pub
lie arued forces Of the nation from means OF public
warfare Into partisan police forthe execution Of yran.
nical and edics against those who dis
approved his Administration He has destroyed the free
dom Of elections by placing whole States under martial
law, sationng armed men at the polls, and permitting
to vote except his political psrsAns He has
perverted the war which was originally waged for the
purpose OF restoring the supremacy OF the Constitution
over the seeded States into an unholy and unconsu
onal crusade against slavery and for the freedom Of
the negro aud for this purpose has armed the slaves OF
the Southern people against their masters melted them
to nBurTecten and to the peTperaon Of the most hor
rble atrocities, has pundered their property, burned
their homes and ravaged and laid waste their country
Notwithstanding these glarng and repeated acts OF op
pression we have submitted patiently and still submit
in the confident hope Of speedily rghting the public
wrongs and restoring constitutional government by the
quiet and peaceful fundamentally OF the ballo.box.
ResoI0ed, That throughout all these unparalleled
outrages upon the people Andrew G.. CURTIN the pres
ent Executive Of Pennvania, has been the plianand
dependent tool OF the despotism at Washington and
has seen the sovereign rights Of the State and the un
doubted rights Of the citizens trampled In the dust with
out raising his voice in their favor; that he has
permitted the swndling officials OF the Federal and
treasury Of the state and our patriotic soldiers In the
Aeld and that he has faiOd In any single instance to
bring the offenders to the condgn punishment they do
served. s. t..--l. a. Aia B.. u.
Resolved, That the Democratic party is pledged to
support the Government Of the United States In all its
constitutional measures calculated to end the present
strife honorable peace and restore the Union
to Its original integrity and glory.
ResoIoed, That the nomination Of Hon. George W.
woodward for GoveTner OF Pennsylvania meets with
our most cordial appreciation We believe that under
God his election will be effective means Of restoring
the Union Of these States and Of ending the war and
staying those fearful outpourngs OF blood which have
hlled this once happy land with widows and orphans
and manned and mutated men. and woes and miseries
and distress unutterable. We believe that he will ad
minister the Government OF the State with that ability
and integrity which have heretofore ever distinguished
him In Official stations; that he will defend the liberties
OF the people and uphold the sovereign rights Of the
States; and that while he will strictly enforce the pro
visions OF our statutes againit the kidnapping Of ne
groes and muattoes, he will extend the same benecent
protection to the free white citizens OF the Common
wealth. ,l. .,HH.- t- III
ResolUod, That pure and uncorrupted judiciary is
the great shield Of public liberty and that In the Hon
Walter II. Lowrie the people Of Pennsyvania have
candidate for the Supreme Bench able, tried and rue
one whom the Of power cannot overawe nor its
Establishments seduce from an upright and Impartial ad
minstration OF Justice.