The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-01-16

A"a'' A"N. "a'N lHt rug ui tue gtntiht tnhltIl-
al We cbhhend them to the attention Of other
counties in the States
Resglted' That We, the Democracy II Hunting
ton county, in Mass Convention assembled, accent
the late elections a. the judgment Of the ripe in
tellectuAl manhood Of the country, in rhich this
corrupt aud tyraHnical Administration has been
arraigned, and by just and righteous criticism
condemned for among Other things, precipita-
ting ;he country in an unnecessary, unholy and
ruinous WARRIOR the many palpable and wicked
violations Of the Constitution and its most sacred
guarantees, in the total disregard of the rights
Of personal liberty and private property-and it's
/ tyranny o'eT our own race and foolish regard
for servile one-an audaeious trampling upon
the rights Of our own citizens, with humiliating
cTouching 10 every foreign demand.
Resotre3, That il is due to the people that their
| expression at the ballot-box should be regarded
that by that expression the people have most en-
| phatieslly said they were tired Of this unholy
war, and that the members elect to the next Com
gress should feel themselves instructed To insist
that this war shall no longer be prosecuted for
any other purposes than the restoration of the
union OF all the States, as sovereigntes, upon
terms Of perfect equality, as was intended by the
! Constitution Of our fathers, and that no appro-
/ priatious Of men or money should he made for
the continuance Of the war for any other purpose.
Resotrcd, That we regard the restoration of
! peace % the country, upon honorable adjustment
of the issues involved ia this calamitous civil
war, as paramount TO all other considerations;
and tina 10 considering the terms Of such settle
ment ", viii look only to the welfare, peace and
safety 81 d. white race, without reference to the
effect ~ iogcnt may have upon the cOndi-
/ tion of Beafrican.
! ResoltsF That it is due TO the taxpayers of
! Indiana that thpv shou1d Lnow IN vbat
their hard earnings have been applied, and that
we recommend TO the Legislature now about to
assemble the propriety Of instituting a strict in
| quiTy, by appropriate committees, into the inan-
cial conduct of all our State officers, and more
especially that Of the Governor with reference to
the prOdigal appropriations made by that silly
and corrupt Legislature of 1861.
Resotred, That when we survey our present un-
| happy difficulties as a country, as well as their
origin and surroundings, the responsibilities of
their authors and the consequences to future gen
erations, the solemn and imposing proportions of
the subject inspire with a contempt for every
thing of deceltful OF time serving character.
and impel us to speak frankly and make this SOL
emn declaration: That, had it not been for the
fanaticism and peculation of New England, our
generation would not have witnessed the CHASTITY
spectre Of disunion; and were it not for the same
causes still potent for evil those difficulties could
readily be adjusted. Therefore, we declare, that
when we have exhausted every reasonable effort
for the restoration of the Union as it was, should
New England stand in the breach we, as Western
men, will consult Western interests and Western
pride, which alike forbids that the great Missis
sippi Valley should ever be divided. and thereby
rendered tributary to a ruinous system Of Yankee
intolerance, cupdity, class legislation. No! new
| err will we for one moment consent to surrender
the fellowship of any Of her gallant sons. or the
rich commerce Of her broad acres. No! The
great Mississippi Valley, "nOw and forever one
and inseparable." Then will we cheerfullv say
to New England, with all her cupidity, with all
her meanneSs, fanaticism fOlies and moral turpi.
tude, we bid you good by, remembering You only
for the wrongs you have done us.
Resolved, That we reafIirm rhe following resO.
lutons adopted by us in County Convention in
August, 1861:
l. That next to the liberties of the people and
independence of the States. we most earnestly de-
sire the perpetuation of the Union of the States
but we solemnly proclaim the conviction that
tins Union can only he preserved by the main.
tenance Of the principles upon which it was foun.
ded-the voluntary consent Of its members and
n scrupulous observance of the rights of each
other under the ConstitutOn-and that "war i,
disunion."
2. That we have always accorded to others tn,
right to criticise aud freely comment upon tn,
acts Of public officers, and discuss, in becoming
manner, through the press or otherwise, all sub
iec,s Ia amy W. concerning US as n people; anC
we claim the same privilege for ourselves, ant
will resist to the last extremity any and all at
tempts from whatever source they may come, t
abridge or interfere with such rights.
3. That tyranny and cOwardice are monsters o
the same birth, and now, as ever. seek to entrencl
themselves behind the military, and that tn,
keeping up of the army lately, so wickedly anC
unconstitu,oually, and now under the command
Of AbolitiOnists and INSCRIPTIONS adventures
is inconsistent with the liberties of the peopl,
and already present the frightful proportions of
military despotsm.
4. That we have no sympathy with the cause o
Secession and do not believe that in the election
of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency-AbOi
ZIONIST and sectonalst rs he was known to be-
the Confederate States had any Just cause t.
withdraw from the Union. But the facts are 81
apparent that all patriotic moral and sensible
men must stand appalled, at the unscrupulou
per6dy his Administration has inaugurated-
That perjury and usurpation characterize hi
public career; that neither written Constitution
nor official acts afford any guarantee against tn
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF his Administration, and that II
the wantOn and palpabc violation Of the Consti
tuition of the United States in the suppression o
the writ of hoJeds corpus, in depriving citizen
of liberty and property without due course
lawn the levying of war by the Prssident-ir
raising an army, in providing and maintaining
navy--in giving preference in commerce to tn
ports of one State over anOther--in the unreason
able search and seizure of persons and papers
in the dissertation of the houses and homes o
citizens--in the subjugation of the press-in th
prostitution of the telegraph in the abridgemen
of the liberty of speech, and like wrongs an,
usurpations, we have witnessed the overthrow o
constitutional liberty in America.
5. That we takc pride in rendering cOrdia
support to our Government in the exercise Of al
its constitutional functions, without stopping T.
question their proprety save ut the hustings an
ballot-boX; our loyalty to our Government shall
never be prostituted to a sycophanic adulato
of u tyrant, or a quiet submission to his usurpa
tiOns.
6. That we have accepted the Constitution O
the United States from our fathers, as fortres
around the liberties of the people prescribing in
flexible limits to the powers of the Government
in peace rs well rs in war, and we hold its nvio
liability paramount to any emergency, and no ne
cessity however great, can ever justify its viola
ton.
7. Tha. Sc have unbounied confidence in tn
gallanirsJud courage of the Western volunteer.
aud while disappearing Of the war in which the
are engaged, with all it's ruinous incidents the
have our kindost wishes for their welfare and SAT
and speedy return to their homes and friends.
s. That in the Presidents late message we so
nothing to cheer the heart of the patriot or tina
promises roaco to the country, and we do nov
declare that we have no confidence in the IN tri
otism Of the President or his advisers, and tina
we unqnnlifedly condemn his policy Of emanci
patton Of the negro or the colonization of then
among ms with or without compensation