Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-12-25
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PRTEo 2. KENNEDY,
MAET ALICE KENNEDY.

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In the House Of Representatives on Thurs
day. Mr. Edgerton, of Indiana, tDemoc rat, }
introduced q resolution declaring Il the :indg-
ruent the House that g the maintananc'e in
violate of the constitutional powers Of Con-
gress and the rights of the States, and espe-
ciallz the rights of each State TO order and
control its own judgment exclusively, is essen
tial to the balance Of power, on which THE per-
fection and endurance Of our political fabric
of the Federal Union depends" and deAoUaeing
the occupation, Of State by an armed force
for the purpose of coetcfng its people to -abro-
gate or modify their laws as very, & rave
crime. The principle of the revolution was
declared to be binding on the President and
people alike, and in the preamble TO the reso-
iutien, the q assumption Of high prero ga
tive by the President 10 his late Prsclalna-
ton was held up as deserving Of anxiety and
as inconsistent with bis Inaugural of March 1,
1861, when. he said he had no purpose, and
believed had no right to :: interfere directly
or indirectly with the institutions In the
States where it slavery exists
On motion of Mr.. GriDnel of Iowa, the re
solution of Mr.. EdgertOn was laid on the ta-
bic by a vote of-90 against Go. All 1he
Northern Union - votedsin the affirmative,
also Messrs. 16derson, Randall and Smith
of Kentucky, and the Union members from
Maryland, West Virginia and Missouri
The Northern Copperheads and their Border
State allies all voted in the negative
!. Hon G.. Clay Smith of Kentucky, then Of
fered a series of resolutions, of which the fol-
lowing was the first :-
RESOLVED, That as our country and the very
existence of the best government ever institu-
ted by man is impsriled by the most immoral.
| causeless and wicked rebellion that the world
has ever seen and believing as We do that
the only hope of saving this country and pre-
serving this Government is by the power OF
the sword, we are for the most vigorous pro-
secution of the war until the Constitution
and laws shall be eDfOreed and obeyed in all
parts Of the United Stases and, to that end
we oppese any armistice or intervention, or
mediation or propositions for peace from any
quarter, so long as there shall be found reb-
el in arms against the Government
Ard we ignore all party names, lines and IS
sues, and recognize but two parties in this
war, viz patriots and traitors.
Mr.. Cravens of Indiana, moved to lay the
series of resolutions on the table. His motion
was disagreed to-yeas 60, nays loo. The
above resolution was then agreed to, BY yeas
| SO, nays 81.
The vote was essentially the same as that
already described.
p A vote was next taken on Mr.. Smiths Sec
ond resolution, which is as follows:
Resolced, That we hold it to be the duty
Of Congress to pass all necessary bills to sup
I ply men and money, and the duty of the Peo-
pie to render every aid IN their power to the
constituted authorities Of the Government in
the crushing out Of the rebellios. @a
This resolution was also agreed to by a
vote of I52 yeas-the only negative vote be-
ing cast by Mr.. Benz. G. Harris OF Maryland.
The last resolution in the series was then
submitted as follows: daaa
ResoIUed, That our thanks are rendered to
-FOUR soldiers in the field for their gallantry in
defending and upholding the flag of the
Union, and defending the great principles
dear to every American patriot.
n This resolution was adopted by vote Of
| I66 yeas, Mr.. Harris, of Maryland, being the
only member that voted in the negative.
As the name of the Hon. B. j. Clay, does
not appear in either of the votes, he was pro-
/ baby absent. i -